Cracking JEE Main and Advanced and doing engineering in IITs is the dream of millions of students in this country. But there are some students who deviate from the tradition and choose a different path according to their interest and goals. Dhritishman Dutta, a brilliant student from Assam, is one such student. Dhrishtam cracked JEE Main and JEE Advanced. His percentile was 99.875 in JEE Main and his All India rank was 1,422 in JEE Advanced. With this rank he can easily get into IITs or others. He has scored 625 marks out of 720 in medical entrance exam NEET UG. Based on these marks they can do MBBS from any private medical college if not govt. But Dhritishman has decided to reject the option of MBBS from an engineering and medical college from an IIT and take admission in the country’s best research institute, IISc Bengaluru. Dhritishman Dutta has secured the all-India fourth rank in the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Aptitude Test (IAT) 2024. The result was declared on June 25.
Let us tell you that through the IISER IAT entrance exam one can get admission in research degree courses of 7 research institutes of the country, IISER and IISc Bangalore and IIT Madras. Through this exam, one gets admission in five year BS MS dual degree program and four year BS degree course. In the government’s NIRF rankings, IISc Bengaluru is the best research institute in the country and second in the overall category.
18-year-old Dhritishman has secured 9th rank in the entire state with 94.2 percent marks in the Assam Board 10th examination. A student from Dibrugarh told The Indian Express that he wanted to explore more options during his first year at the institution. After this he will decide about his future. This was Dutta’s first attempt at IAT. He G major Also appeared in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test for JEE Advanced and Undergraduate (NEET UG), both sessions of 2024. A rank of 1,422 in JEE Advanced would have got him admission in Electronics and Communication Engineering or Electrical Engineering at IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur or IIT Kharagpur. Neat UG score is such that he/she is eligible for state quota seats.
How to prepare for JEE Main, IAT and NEET simultaneously?
Dutta said, ‘I started my preparation after 10th standard with JEE Main in mind. However, my interest in research and IISER Aptitude Test directed my preparation mostly towards IAT. I took PCMB coaching in Akash. My school teachers helped me achieve this feat in preparation for IAT 2024 exam.
Talking about his preparation strategy, he said that he studied in school from the notes provided by the coaching institute and NCERT textbooks. “After my school finishes between 1pm and 3pm, I will take some rest and then finish my school homework. I did online coaching from 7pm to 10pm,” he said.
He adds. “I studied in such a way that my online coaching did not interfere with my board exam preparation and school routine. CBSE Students succeed in national level examinations. The essence of the syllabus remains the same – be it state board, CBSE or CISCE.’
On what was his daily routine after the board exams were over, he said that he set daily targets, which he rarely achieved. He planned his day to study and revise PCMB subjects. “I paid less attention to biology for IAT than PCM, even though it had 25 per cent weightage,” he said, adding that he also solved previous years’ questions well.