Kolkata: The much awaited IIT-JEE (Advanced) results were declared on Thursday. As many as 1.19 lakh students had attended the joint entrance examination to make their way to 16 premier engineering colleges.
Chitraang Murdia of Rajasthan has topped the exam by securing 334 out of a total of 360 marks. He is eyeing a seat in IIT-Bombay. He said the country is lagging behind in research and the number of patents filed are much less compared to other developed countries.
Bucking the IIT trend of bagging a lucrative corporate job or becoming an entrepreneur, Murdia wants to become a researcher. "I want to get into research either in the field of electronics or computer science. I have an inclination for research and would prefer that over a corporate job," Murdia said.
"Research will also help our industry to grow and the country will benefit. I want to do something for the society by creating solutions to problems of the underprivileged." the topper said.
Asked, he said he has little interest in getting a corporate job after finishing his studies.
Students can check their results on http://jeemain.nic.in/jeemainapp/Welcome.aspx.
(With additional information from PTI)
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