Staying off social media helped, says JEE (Advanced) 2019 topper
Hard work, staying off social media, using a basic phone and playing badminton to de-stress spelt success for Kartikey Chandresh Gupta, the topper of the JEE (Advanced) 2019, results of which were declared Friday.
Gupta, who hails from Ballarpur in Maharashtra, came first in the Common Rank List (CRL) of JEE (Advanced) 2019. He obtained 346, out of 372 marks.
He had scored 93.69 per cent in the Class 12 exams of the Maharashtra State Board.
Gupta comes from a family of engineers. His father is an engineer and is working in a paper production company and his elder brother has completed his BTech in computer science and is also working.
"He had been staying in Mumbai for the last two years in the coaching institute's hostel. After classes, he used to dedicate six to seven hours for self-study," Poonam, Kartikey Chandresh Gupta's mother, told PTI.
Poonam said the family was confident about him coming in the top 10 or top five rank holders since he had done well in the exam.
"When the ...