The second and third rank were bagged by Gangula Bhuvan Reddy and Vaibhav Raj respectively, while Kanishka Mittal topped among females, officials said.
Anand Kumar, a mathematician, is the brain behind a globally-feted programme that provides free IIT entrance coaching for 30 students from the poorest families every year.
NEET for undergraduate admissions is scheduled to be held on 13 September, days after Modi govt wrapped up JEE amid resistance from students across the nation.
The main reason being advanced against deferment is that any further delay in conducting the JEE will put IITs at a disadvantage because the number of students will double up.
Much of the negative reaction to Mann ki Baat videos appeared driven by protests against govt decision to go ahead with NEET and JEE Main amid Covid-19 pandemic.
Govt is going ahead with NEET-JEE despite students' concerns, but National Testing Agency has assured aspirants that all Covid precautions are in place to ensure safety.
In a Facebook post, IIT Delhi Director V. Ramgopal Rao also said the institute will soon start a portal to coordinate the efforts to arrange transport for JEE aspirants.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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