At least 70 students, majority of them from Delhi Public School (DPS) and Chinmaya Vidyalaya, cracked the Joint Entrance (JEE) Advanced Examination 2020 in the district.

The results were declared on Monday.

Sarthak Kumar, a student of Rainbow Public School, scored the highest in JEE Advanced in the district with an all India rank (AIR) of 432.

Sarthak, who also scored highest in the JEE Mains in the district, is the son of Santosh Kumar, an employee of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL).

“I am elated. My ambition is to become a computer engineer and get admission in IIT, Mumbai. Regular and focused study is the mantra of my success,” said Sarthak. He was followed by Pranshu Gaur, a DPS student with an AIR of 537.

Two dozen students from DPS, Bokaro have cracked the IIT JEE Advanced. Harsh Agarwal, Utkarsh Aditya, Rahul Shrestha, Suryansh Arya, Tanay Singh, Aditya Kumar Singh and others are in the list of successful candidates. Principal, DPS Bokaro, A S Gangwar congratulated the successful students and said "This is reward for relentless effort put in by our students”.

District topper Sarthak with his parents. Telegraph picture

Chinmaya Vidyalaya students also cracked the entrance in large numbers. “It is a matter of great pride as Chinmaya Vidyalaya creates history with more than 35 students qualified in JEE Advanced. Our student, Uttam Kumar with AIR-661 has become one of the toppers in the district,” said Mahesh Tripathi, Secretary, Chinmaya Vidyalaya.

Four students of Sree Ayyappa Public School, three students of Pentecostal School Assembly, two of MGM Higher Secondary School and one of ARS Public School have also cracked JEE Advanced.

Many schools are yet to declare names of students who qualified JEE Advanced as institutions were closed.

Coaching institutes have also announced good results. Several students from FIITJEE, Pace Bokaro, Bansal Classes have passed the prestigious examination. Majority of the successful candidates claimed by coaching institutes are students studying in different schools of the town..

“Bokaro is known for producing a large number of students who crack the IIT entrance tests in eastern India since the past decade,” said S S Mahapatra, Director, Sree Ayyappa Public School. Principal of Pentecostal Assembly School, Dr Karuna Prasad said students have performed well as like last year.

The candidates who have cleared the exam will be eligible for admissions to undergraduate courses at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country.