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Auto driver's son cracks JEE, seals spot in IIT-M

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July 08, 2024

WITH nearly a month left for the commencement of classes at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), 17-year-old C Parthasarathy is embarking on a new journey after cracking the JEE Mains examination with 112 marks and is about to pursue BTech Aerospace Engineering.

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Auto driver's son cracks JEE, seals spot in IIT-M

Parthasarathi, from Ganapathi Sundara Nachiyarpuram village near Rajapalayam, belongs to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and pursued his schooling at the Government Adi Dravidar Welfare (ADW) Higher Secondary School in Sundararajapuram. Parthasarathy's father, N Chandrabose (47), an auto driver said, "Despite being a school topper in Class 10, owing to financial constraints, I had to drop out and become an auto driver. However, I didn't want pov

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