Two city students among the top 100 in JEE (advanced) exam

Chennai: Two city students featured among the top 100 rank holders in JEE (advanced) exam. The results were declared on Monday and experts said candidates from Tamil Nadu have secured better ranks compared to previous year.Of 1,79,694 candidates who appeared for the exam on May 17, 56,880 qualified.Snehal Roy Choudhury, a student from Chennai scored 290 out of 360 marks and secured all India 41st rank.“I used to prepare for five to six hours a day for the last two years. Paper II in the JEE (advanced) was very challenging. I was expecting a rank within the top 50 this year,” he said.He is planning to join computer science engineering. However, he is yet to decide on the IIT.Thammina Girish, another student from Chennai secured 89th all-India rank. “The weekly tests and guidance from my teachers helped me to get a rank within top 100 this year,” he said. He is also yet to decide on IIT.Sharani Ponguru, director of Narayana Group of Schools, said Tamil Nadu students have performed well in the exam. “Students who trained on time management and practiced tests have scored well in the JEE (advanced),” she said.“This year we have seven students among the top 1000 ranks which is an improvement from four last year. Overall, more than 140 students have a chance of getting IITs from our institute,” said Santosh Singh, academic head (Tamil Nadu and Puducherry), Allen Career Institute in Chennai.“The interest to take the JEE exam has also gone up in Tamil Nadu,” he added.B Pavan Kumar, academic dean of Maharishi Global Education, said, the number of students qualified from IIT Madras zone has increased from 13,000 students last year to 14,294 students this year. “Though the paper was considered tough there was no big difference among top scorers,” he said.