PANAJI: Curchorem boy Jaiprakash Gurav has secured an all-India
rank of 72 in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) entrance exam, but narrowly missed admission to
AIIMS, Delhi. He will now opt for a degree in
engineering in one of the older IITs.
Jaiprakash Gurav Gurav was awaiting the outcome of the medical entrance results before taking a decision whether to pursue a career in medicine or engineering.
A student of Mushtifund Aryaan higher secondary school in Cujira, Gurav is the son of teachers Sarita and Suresh, who are working in government institutions.
Having secured a rank of 1,207 at the JEE (Advance), the results of which were declared on Friday, Gurav is confident of getting into one of the older IITs. He said he has decided to join chemical engineering programme at
IIT Bombay.”
“For the third year in a row, our institute has secured a rank among the first 300 at the AIIMS test. Jaiprakash’s was the best-ever performance from Goa after Aumkar Shah, who got entry into AIIMS last year with an all India rank of 28,” director of Mushtifund Aryaan, Vyankatesh Prabhudesai said.
Two other students from the same school, V Nikhilesh and Laxman Desai secured ranks of 625 and 1,064, respectively, at the AIIMS entrance test. They have decided to join IIT.
At the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Gurav had secured a rank of 1,332 scoring 645 out of 720 marks.