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A.P. students bag over 10 per cent IIT seats

Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD: Notwithstanding the new format of the IIT-JEE, students from the State continued their golden run bagging more than 10 per cent of the IIT seats in the country.

According to figures available, nearly 600 students will get into the portals of IIT this year. The topper from the State this year is B. Sesha Pavan of Narayana College, who got the all-India 5th rank. Incidentally, the student got second rank in EAMCET-2006 and third in AIEEE this year. A notable feature is the success of students from rural background. State students also bagged top ranks in reserved categories like SC, ST and Physically Handicapped (PH).

The first rank in the ST category went to Lokesh Durga Bharath of Narayana Nellore branch while the 4th rank in PH category went to D. Anil Reddy of Vijayawada Nalanda college. Son of an RTC driver, R.U.V.N. Satish of Sri Chaitanya college in the city bagged 9th rank in PH category.

A majority of success stories have come from corporate colleges. Students of Narayana institutions got 291 seat getting ranks while Sri Chaitanya got 217 ranks. The IIT fame Chukka Ramaiah's institute will send 103 students to IITs this year while Nalanda IIT Academy and Delta Educational Academy will send 32 candidates each. Several State students figured in the top 100 ranks.

Narayana group Chairman P. Narayana said the State was likely to improve the position to 11 per cent of seats from 8.5 per cent last year and attributed it to students' awareness and their hard work. He said the innovative teaching concepts help students crack the test confidently. Dr. Narayana also gave Rs. 3 lakhs to the State topper Sesha Pavan and the same was handed over by the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

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