NEW DELHI: Vijaywada’s Bhogi Suraj Krishna has topped the Joint Entrance Examination-Mains for admission to engineering colleges across the country, as the Central Board of Secondary Education announced the results of the test today.
A total of 10.74 lakh candidates appeared for the exam, with 2.3 lakh qualifying for the JEE-Advanced which is an entrance test for admission to IITs and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.
The second rank was bagged by Hemant Kumar Chodipilli from Andhra Pradesh, while the third rank was secured by Rajasthan’s Parth Laturia.
A total of 1,80, 331 boys cleared the exam, with 50,693 girls qualifying for the next stage. (AGENCIES)