Bengaluru’s JEE Advanced toppers eye IIT Bombay computer science seat | Bengaluru News
Bengaluru: Daksh Tayalia was so confident about cracking JEE Advanced and getting a seat of his choice at an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), he didn’t appear for any other entrance test. On Monday, when the JEE Advanced results were announced, Daksh secured an all-India rank (AIR) of 15.Daksh’s confidence stemmed from his performance in the Olympiads. A regular in Olympiads, he participated in maths in class 9, physics in class 10, and astronomy in class 11, in which he represented India at the International Olympiad on Astronomy in Brazil and won the gold medal.“When you are good at Olympiads, you get a head start for any competitive exam because it gives you training on how to crack analytical questions and develop your problem-solving skills. The best part about Olympiads is the liberty of time we get to crack the problems. Even though the JEE pattern is different, it trains you in solving problems and competing against others,” he said.A student of Shri Ram Global School, he was preparing for JEE with Vedantu online. He secured 97% marks in class 12.“I like maths — not pure maths, but that of application. I hope to get a computer science seat in IIT Bombay,” the son of chemical engineers said. A squash and cricket fan, he continued playing for an hour throughout his preparation days and more so in the last two months when stress was at its peak. His golden retriever was the next stress buster.Meanwhile, Bhavesh Jayanti from Sri Chaithanya Techno School, Marathahalli, who got CET rank 1 in engineering, has got an AIR of 35. Bhavesh also hopes to join IIT Bombay for computer science. “During Covid, I found a lot of free time when I started experimenting with coding. I was in class 8 and my sister in class 11, where she was learning coding. I sat with her and started learning and soon enjoyed it. That’s how I decided to take up engineering,” he said.Kushagra Gupta, a student of Narayana Co Kaveri Bhavan, Kasavanahalli, who secured 100 percentile in JEE Mains paper 1, has secured an AIR 49. He also has eyes on a computer science seat in IIT Bombay. He picked up interest in engineering in class 11 thanks to his passion for maths and science.Chinmaya Shankara Shastry, with an AIR of 57, had a different learning curve. He completed his class 9 and 10 in a single year through the National Institute of Open Schooling. For class 11 and 12, he joined Samsidh International School, Vidyaranyapura, and took coaching through Allen centre.“While at home, I got a lot of time to explore the things I liked. I learnt two coding languages from the Internet and enjoyed doing it. That’s when I decided I wanted to do computer science engineering,” he said.
