Ranchi Lad Anupam Khandelwal is IIT Kharagpur Zone Topper in JEE advanced 2013

The topper from IIT-Kharagpur zone was bagged by a student from Ranchi who ranked 9 in IIT-JEE (advance).  Anupam Khandelwal has done what was unheard for last decade in Ranchi. He has attributed his success to his father and teachers.

Among the top 100 ranks, thirty six candidates from IIT-Chennai region found a place in the top 100 which was followed by IIT-Delhi region with 25 students among the top 100. From IIT-Bombay zone, 17 students ranked in the top 100. IIT-Kharagpur came fourth with 10 positions. The fifth place was bagged by IIT-Kanpur zone with six candidates in the top 100. From IIT-Roorkee zone five students and from IIT-Guwahati zone 1 student bagged positions within the first 100 ranks.

In IIT-JEE (advanced), two girls made it to the top 10, among them one is from Madhya Pradesh and another from Tirupati. The enrolment of girls has also gone up from last year. The fee waiver scheme for girls, introduced from 2012, is bearing fruits. This year there were 14,157 candidates who appeared from IIT-Kharagpur zone among total candidates of 1,30,000," said vice-chairman of IIT-JEE (Kharagpur), S K Pal.