Udaipur boy Kalpit Veerval tops JEE-Main exam, creates history with 360/360 score

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New Delhi: This is unbelievable!

A boy from Rajasthan has cracked Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main with a perfect 100 per cent score.

17-year-old Kalpit Veerval, hailing from Udaipur in Rajasthan, has topped the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main and he has got 360/360.

According to various media reports, his father is compounder by profession.

The results of the exam conducted for admission to various engineering colleges, including the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday.

Kalpit, who has scored 360 out of 360 in the JEE-Main, had earlier topped the Indian Junior Science Olympiad and the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE).

Over 10.2 lakh students had appeared for the exam at 1,781 centres across the country.

The examination was held on April 2 (offline) and April 8 and 9 (online).

Candidates clearing the JEE-Main will be eligible to appear in the JEE-Advanced exam, 2017.

The JEE is conducted for admission to B.Tech, BE and B.Arch programmes offered at IITs, NITs, IIITs and other government-approved engineering institutes.