Andhra Pradesh Bags 25 of the top 100 ranks in IIT-JEE 2007

AP Bags 25 of the top 100 ranks: Hundreds of students from the State have performed well in IIT-JEE 2007, the common entrance test for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology and affiliated institutions.

Nearly one fourth of the first 100 ranks were from Andhra Pradesh. At least 40 per cent of the total 7,000-odd students who qualified in IIT-JEE were from the State.

Almost 2,000 students of the State passed the test, the results of which were released on Wednesday. Last year, only 600 students from the State had qualified.

Narayana Educational Institutions claimed its students had got 1,064 ranks, Sri Chaitanya 603 ranks, FIIT-JEE 150 ranks, Ramaiah IIT study circle 115 and Delta Academy 41 ranks.



P. Santosh Kumar, a student of Narayana, got the 15th rank in the open category, which is highest for a student of the State. K. Venkatesh from the same college got second rank in the physically handicapped category, while Gowrav of Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions got 11th rank in the scheduled tribe category.

T. Varun, a student of Ramaiah IIT study circle, got the 18th rank in the open category and B.T. Satish Kumar of same institute got 7th rank in SC category.

S. Nitesh, who studied in Delhi branch of Narayana, got the all India second rank in IIT-JEE, while Ankit Garg of Bhatinda in Punjab got the sixth rank.

Sri Chaitanya students Hridil got the all-India 11th rank, Vijay Karthik got 16th, Naga Pratyusha 21st, Ankush 28th, and Achyut 37th rank.

Academic experts said more number from the State qualified for the IIT-JEE because the exam pattern was changed to objective type. The coaching institutes are completely oriented towards objective type questions.

The total number of students who qualified across the country increased to 7,000 in view of the IITs deciding to set up the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research and Indian Institute of Science and Technology. Admissions to these institutes are also being made through the IIT-JEE test.

The recent tragedy of BE III student Jay Bharadwaj from the State committing suicide in Kanpur IIT seems to have left an impact on the students.

"Tarun and several other students will easily get in Kanpur because of their rank but they are too scared to go there," said IIT guru Ch. Ramaiah even as Tarun nodded in agreement.

Mr Ramaiah was of the view that Kanpur had the best infrastructure and its tie-up with US universities would also help students. He said Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy also wrote to the authorities concerned to complete the inquiry and submit the report.