It is the dream of lakhs of students of this country to crack JEE Main and Advanced and pursue engineering in IIT. But there are some students who take a decision against tradition and choose a different path keeping in mind their interest and goals. Dhrithishman Dutta, a promising student of Assam, is one such student. Dhrithishman cracked JEE Main and JEE Advanced. He scored 99.875 percentile in JEE Main and his All India Rank in JEE Advanced was 1,422. With this rank, he would have easily got admission in some IIT. He has scored 625 out of 720 marks in the medical entrance exam NEET UG. On the basis of these marks, he can do MBBS from any private medical college, if not a government one. But Dhrithishman has rejected the option of engineering from IIT and MBBS from medical college and decided to take admission in the country's best research institute IISc Bangalore. Dhrithishman Dutta has secured the all India fourth rank in the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Aptitude Test (IAT) 2024. Its result was declared on 25th June.
Let us tell you that through IISER IAT entrance exam, admission is given in research degree courses of 7 research institutes of the country, IISER and IISc Bangalore and IIT Madras. Through this exam, admission is given in five-year BS MS dual degree program, four-year BS degree course. In the government's NIRF ranking, IISc Bangalore is the best research institute of the country and it is at second place in the overall category.
18-year-old Dhrithishman has secured 9th rank in the entire state with 94.2 per cent marks in the Assam Board 10th examination. The student from Dibrugarh told the Indian Express that he wants to explore more options during the first year of the institute. After this he will decide about his future. This was Dutta's first attempt at IAT. He also appeared in both the sessions of JEE Main 2024, JEE Advanced and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG). With a rank of 1,422 in JEE Advanced, he would have got admission in Electronics and Communication Engineering or Electrical Engineering branch in IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur or IIT Kharagpur. The NEET UG score is such that he is eligible for a state quota seat.
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How to prepare for JEE Main, IAT and NEET together
Dutta said, 'I started my preparation after class 10th with JEE Main in mind. However, my interest in research and IISER Aptitude Test made my preparation mostly shift towards IAT. I took PCMB coaching at Aakash. My school teachers helped me achieve this feat to prepare for the IAT 2024 exam.'
Talking about his preparation strategy, he said he studied from the notes given by the coaching institute and NCERT textbooks in school. “After my school got over between 1 pm and 3 pm, I would take some rest and then complete my school homework. I did online coaching from 7 pm to 10 pm,” he said.
He further added, “I studied in such a way that my online coaching did not interfere with my board exam preparation and school routine. I don't think CBSE students have an edge in national-level exams. The essence of the syllabus remains the same – be it state board, CBSE or CISCE.”
On what his routine was after the board exams were over, he said he had set daily targets, which he rarely missed. He had scheduled his day to study and revise PCMB topics. “I paid less attention to Biology than PCM for IAT, though it had 25 per cent weightage,” he said. He also solved previous years' questions well.
