Telugus dominate IIT-JEE 2005

Like last year, students from Andhra Pradesh garner the single largest number of seats for any state in the Indian Institute of Technology's (IIT's) Joint Entrace Examination (JEE).


Vijayawada boy ranks 2nd in IIT

Vijayawada, June 16: When 25 per cent of students who qualified for the country's premier engineering institute belong to one State, it does call for attention. Students of Andhra Pradesh have this year excelled in the IIT (mains) exam. About a thousand students from the State did well in the prestigious test and garnered 25 per cent of the 4,200 seats available in seven IITs and two other institutes. P. Arun, a student of the Vijayawada Nalanda IIT-JEE Academy, came on top bagging the all-India second rank. An history of sorts. But he was not the only one who gave the State a reason to be proud of. Vamshi Anand, who was rejected by two corporate colleges because of his physical impairment joined the Narayana Group and bagged the all-India 17th rank in the exam. I am happy that I have achieved this, said Vamshi whose legs were left useless at the age of six following a heart surgery. Elsewhere, defeating all odds, Koneti Srinivasulu, son of a poor weaver from Nellore secured the 34th rank. He has come this far, but has no idea what the future held for him. My father earns about Rs 1,000 per month, said Srinivasulu. He will not be able to pay my IIT fee, he said. The poor student, who was coached free of cost by the Narayana Group, is now pinning his hopes on gaining a scholarship. In academics, as in tennis, it pays to keep time with an ace player. Pydimarri Arun of Vijaywada, who got the national second rank in IIT-JEE (mains), was trying to keep pace with his brother who won the 60th rank and got into IIT Mumbai. Arun has now surpassed his brother and has also done his State proud by creating a record of sorts. Arun has a long list of academic achievements. He got the 14th rank in the State in Eamcet-2005 and 27th rank in the all-India level in the AIEEE. He scored 95 per cent in Intermediate public examination where the topper, Pavan Kumar scored 98.4 per cent. Arun's achievements do not end here. This serious reader has also been selected for the International Science Olympiad at Taiwan.

Courtesy: Deccan Chronicle

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ఐఐటీ మెయిన్స్‌లో
తెలుగు తేజాల విజయదుందుభి

హైదరాబాద్‌, జూన్‌ 16 (న్యూస్‌టుడే): ఇండియన్‌ ఇన్‌స్టిట్యూట్‌ ఆఫ్‌ టెక్నాలజీ జాయింట్‌ ఎంట్రన్స్‌ ఎగ్జామినేషన్‌ (ఐఐటీజేఈఈ) మెయిన్స్‌లో రాష్ట్రానికి చెందిన విద్యార్థులు ర్యాంకులు సాధించారు. ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌ నుంచి సుమారు 500కు పైగా విద్యార్థులు దేశవ్యాప్తంగా ఉన్న ఏడు ఐఐటీల్లో సీట్లు సాధించే అవకాశం ఉందని నిపుణులు చెబుతున్నారు. టాప్‌టెన్‌ ర్యాంకుల్లో రాష్ట్రానికి చెందిన విద్యార్థులు (ఓపెన్‌ కేటగిరీలో) ముగ్గురు ఉన్నారు. ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌లో శిక్షణ తీసుకొన్న ఇతర రాష్ట్రాలకు చెందిన వారు నలుగురు ఉన్నారు. ఈ ఏడాది ఐఐటీజేఈఈకి దేశవ్యాప్తంగా సుమారు రెండు లక్షలమంది విద్యార్థులు హాజరవ్వగా, ఇందులో 80వేల మంది దక్షిణాది రాష్ట్రాల నుంచి, 40వేల మంది ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌ నుంచి హాజరయ్యారు. ఇందులో సుమారు 10శాతం మంది స్క్రీనింగ్‌ టెస్ట్‌ (ప్రిలిమినరీ)లో అర్హత సాధించారు. మెయిన్స్‌లో విజయం సాధించిన వారి సంఖ్య గత ఏడాదికంటే పెరిగింది. గత సంవత్సరం సుమారు 450 మంది విద్యార్థులు ఐఐటీ సీట్లు సాధించారు. ఈ ఏడాది రిజర్వుడు కేటగిరీకి చెందిన విద్యార్థులకు మంచి ర్యాంకులు రావడం విశేషం. ఒకప్పుడు ఉన్నత వర్గాలకే పరిమితమైన ఐఐటీ ఇప్పుడు వెనుకబడిన వర్గాలు, ఎస్‌సీ, ఎస్‌టీ విద్యార్థులకు కూడా అందుబాటులోకి వచ్చింది. అయితే ప్రభుత్వం ఈ వర్గాలకు శిక్షణనిచ్చే దిశగా చర్యలు తీసుకుంటే రాష్ట్రం నుంచి ఇంకా ఎక్కువ సంఖ్యలో విద్యార్థులు ఐఐటీకి ఎంపికవుతారనే అభిప్రాయాలు వెల్లడవుతున్నాయి.

Courtesy: Eenadu

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State students bag 1/6 of IIT seats

Staff Reporter

All-India second rank goes to Nalanda College student from Vijayawada

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Ranks 5, 8 go to Ramaiah pupils

Narayana students get 6th, 8th, 17th ranks

Topper in ST category was coached by Chaitanya

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HYDERABAD: State students reaped a rich haul at the IIT-JEE Mains, the results of which were released on Thursday, bagging top ranks in all categories and capturing nearly 1/6th of seats in the most sought-after institutions in the country.

The all-India second rank was bagged by P. Arun, a student of Nalanda College in Vijayawada while the first rank in the ST category was bagged by M. Abhishek of Sri Chaitanya Institutions at Vishakapatnam. Two students of Ramaiah Institute in Hyderabad, N. Tejaswi Venumadhav and K. Sharat Chandra, got the 5th and 8th ranks at the all-India level in the open category. The 6th, 8th and 17th ranks went to the students of Narayana Institutions.

"The second rank in the best so far in the history of the State students' success at the IIT-JEE," said Arun, who will be representing India at the Chemistry Olympiad to be held in Taiwan next month. The topper who attributed his success to hard work and his teachers is yet to decide on the course and college. His parents who are doctors based in Vijayawada said the success was the result of his talent coupled with hard work.

The topper in the ST category, Abhishek hails from Orissa but did his Intermediate at Sri Chaitanya, Vishakapatnam. The decision to shift to Andhra Pradesh given its successes in the competitive examinations paid dividends. He wants to study Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi or Kanpur.

The 5th and 8th rankers, Venumadhav and Sharat Chandra, of Ramaiah Institute had been friends since childhood and are even part of the Indian team at the Physics Olympiad. They were expecting the success and are cool about it.

The 6th ranker Deepak of Narayana Institutions, who too, was expecting the rank attributed his success to innovative coaching methods.

According to Mr. Ramaiah, nearly 110 students from his institute made it to the IIT portals and they include six in the top 100. He said the performance of State students has been commendable and growing every year. "It is not a surprise given the awareness and hard work put in by our students," he said. The Narayana Institutions chairman, P. Narayana, said 32 students figured in the top 100 while a total of 229 students from his institutions in the State would get admissions. "We bagged 17.9 per cent of IIT seats with 753 students from all over India getting admission this year," he said.

The Sri Chaitanya Director, B.S. Rao, said five students were in the top 100 while 169 students from the State would secure seats this year.

The Delta Education Academy in the city said more than 20 students emerged successful while Special Coaching Centre said 52 students cleared the test and the best rank in the centre was 5th bagged by K. Jyothi. Five students got ranks in the top 100.

Courtesy: The Hindu