Harsh scores 99.91 percentile in JEE (Main)-3, is Goa topper

PANAJI: Harsh Khandeparkar from Ponda has topped Goa in the JEE (Main)–2021 session 3, results for which were declared on Friday evening by the national testing agency (NTA). Harsh, a student of Mushtifund Aryaan Higher Secondary School (MAHSS), Cujira, scored 99.91 percentile.
The student said that he is hoping to get a seat in one of the prestigious old IIT campuses after answering the JEE (Advanced). “I have interest in the field of electronics, but I have not yet decided on a stream,” he said.
He had answered the two earlier sessions and will also be answering the fourth.
The best score of the student from among the four sessions will be taken into consideration.
His session-3 score — 99.91 percentile — is his best of the three he has answered so far. It is also the best score so far for Goa.
Harsh is also answering BITSAT.
After all four sessions of the JEE (Main) 2021 examination, the ranks of the candidates will be released taking into consideration the best of the four NTA scores.
To make the examination transparent, the question paper and responses were displayed on the website for verification.
“Harsh has scored 284 out of 300 as per the answer key,” said MAHSS director Vyankatesh Prabhudesai.
The NTA conducted the session-3 of JEE (Main) on July 20, 22, 25 and 27, and more than 7 lakh students across the country registered for it. The NTA scores of students are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session.