Three IIT-B students clear the test with flying colours

Keeping with the tradition of engineering students dominating CAT, three students from Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay have cracked the exam with high scores.

Mayank Raj, a 20-year-old final year student of civil engineering, scored 100 percentile and is among the 20 students from across the country to have achieved the feat. Raj said he gave up on a lucrative offer from ICICI Bank to pursue his MBA dream.

Raj, who hails from Hajipur in Bihar, said he was confident of scoring 99 percentile. "I am happy that I could get a perfect score. Both my parents are very happy about the news." He wants to take up public policy and improve his managerial skills through the management course.

Utkarsh Gupta, son of IPS officer Amitabh Gupta, scored 99.97 percentile. A final year mechanical engineering student, Utkarsh attributed his success to the Powai campus. "Being in IIT-B, quantitative aptitude was a cakewalk for me. I also had no trouble with verbal ability as my schools taught English very well. I would like to go to IIM-Ahmedabad."

At 99.85 percentile, the timing of the results couldn't have been better for Suryansh Bhargava, who turns 22 on Tuesday. "It's the best birthday present from me to me," beamed the B Tech (metallurgy) student, who took coaching from Mumbai's TIME institute.