JEE Topper Scripts Name In Limca Book For 100% Score
New Delhi: Udaipur boy Kalpit Veerwal, the first-ever student who scored 100 percent in Joint Entrance Examination Mains, has made it to the Limca Book of Records for his feat. Veerwal scored 360 out of 360 in the JEE-Mains this year and is now studying Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
His record of the perfect score will feature under the "Education Achievements" category of the 2018 edition, an official from the Limca Book of Records said. "I was confident of cracking the examination but didn't expect a perfect score. Similarly, making it to the Limca Book of Records was not something I ever dreamt of," Veerwal said.
Veerwal's home city of Udaipur is not more than 300 km from Kota, which is referred to as country's "coaching hub" because of large number of medical and engineering aspirants who go there for their preparations. Veerwal's father Pushpendra Veerwal is a nurse at the Maharana Bhupal Government Hospital in Rajasthan's Udaipur while his mother Pushpa is a government school teacher. His elder brother is pursuing MBBS from AIIMS, Jodhpur.
Veerwal
I was confident of cracking the examination but didn’t expect a perfect score. Similarly, making it to the Limca Book of Records was not something I ever dreamt of
Veerwal scored 109th rank in the JEE-Advanced. Out of the over 11.8 lakh students, who appeared for the examination for admission to various IITs and engineering colleges, around 2.2 lakh have qualified for the second and final round - the JEE (Advanced).