Jalandhar, August 8

Jalandhar’s Vaibhav Bajaj has topped the state in JEE Main exams, securing 99.987 percentile in the third session, results of which were declared today.

A student of MGN Public School, Urban Estate, Vaibhav, 18, said the extra time he got during the pandemic came in handy for him to prepare harder. He is a super medical student, which means he was pursuing biology out of curiosity, along with his chosen non-medical subjects. Vaibhav says during the pandemic he attended classes as early as 2 am to 4 am.

Speaking to The Tribune, Vaibhav said: “The extra time saved during the pandemic came in handy. I managed the extra hours in a constructive way. I credit my parents for the success and thank teachers for guiding me.” His father Rakesh Bajaj is a banker and mother Soni Bajaj is an officer with the central government. He wants to pursue computer science engineering or research. — TNS