Hyderabad :

Hyderabad continued its top-notch record in IIT Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) with Ch Sai Chetan from the city bagging the second rank, the results of which were announced on Thursday evening. Names of three others from the city figure in the IIT-JEE toppers’ list. In the divided state, Chetan emerged the topper in Telangana while Revuri Lohit from Tirupati became the state topper in Andhra Pradesh, having secured the fourth rank in the exam.

Rajasthan’s Chitraang Murdia topped JEE (Advanced) securing 334 out of a total of 360 marks.

In all, the two states bagged five of the top 10 ranks and 11 of the top 20 ranks. Overall 19416 students from across the country, including 6,000 from OBC, 4,400 from SC and 1,250 from ST categories, figured in the common merit list this year.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hyderabad / TNN / June 20th, 2014