IIT- JEE Results: IIT-JEE 2012 results were declared on Friday morning (May 18). IIT – JEE is always been in the category of the most difficult exams in India. Eighteen-year-old Rakesh Ranjan Nayak, the son of a poor village shopkeeper, surprised all when his name appeared in the list of successful candidates for this year's IIT-JEE.
While Rakesh ranked 154 in the All-India merit list, he stood 18th in the list of Other Backward Caste (OBC) category students. He also topped the list of 240 successful candidates from Odisha.
"I was expecting a place in the top 500 list. But I am surprised to find my name in the 154th rank," Rakesh said after being felicitated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar at the state secretariat.
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