JEE Advanced results out, 43,000 candidates qualify

The test, known as one of the world's toughest college qualifier assessments, was taken by 180,372 who first had to clear the JEE Mains, a relatively easier hurdle to clear.

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Candidates from Hyderabad and nearby regions dominated the test for admissions into India's premier engineering colleges, the results of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced showed on Sunday, with a total of 43,773 securing the marks required for a successful seat.

While JEE Mains are used by most engineering colleges in the country, including NITS (National Institutes of Technology) and other centrally funded technical institutions, qualifying the JEE Advanced is must to secure a seat in one of the 23 premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) colleges.

Acing the test this year was Vavilala Chidvilas Reddy from Hyderabad zone, who scored 341 out of 360 marks. Reddy, whose family is from Telangana, said studying at the IIT's was a "childhood dream". "I am very happy and excited. I had expected that I will be in the top 10 and I got rank one," Reddy told news agency PTI.

The 17-year-old said he plans to take up Computer Science at IIT Bombay and wants to eventually take up research. "Six months before JEE, I used to study eight to 10 hours daily. In the last two months, I studied 11-12 hours daily," he said.