Falor had obtained the Bal Shakti Puraskar for 2020 and was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Credit: PM Modi / twitter)
The boy from Pune had been admitted to MIT in March, but had not been able to go to the US due to the coronavirus lockdown, and thus had been left behind and taking classes online.
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Last update: October 6, 2020 12:00 PM IST
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Pune-based Chirag Falor led the joint entrance exam: advanced, the results of which were released on Monday. He topped the entrance exam with a massive score of 352 out of 396 and topped the exam among more than 1.6 lakh of students. Falor, who is already a student at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, had also previously passed the JEE Main and secured 12th place in all of India.
He had even called the JEE the hardest exam of all. Chirag went on to be admitted to the US MIT, one of the most prestigious tech institutions in the world. But the guy from Pune still showed up for JEE Advanced because he felt the JEE Advanced was tougher than even the MIT entry.
Now, Falor has said that he will give up his seat at IIT because he is already a student at MIT. Falor, who has been preparing for JEE since he was in Class 9, wishes to become a researcher in Astrophysics.
Twitter had mixed emotions when it emerged that Falor would not be staying at IIT to further his education.
Good.
It seems you have read NEP 2020.
Very soon there will be a shitty curriculum on Veda, Yoga at IIT.
Don’t worry, we will make our nation great without your help. Keep your champion there. We do not need it. We will produce thousands of excellent engineers who will build world-class infrastructure, manufacture excellent machines.
Another person decided to look at it from a student’s point of view and thought that anyone would ideally choose MIT over IIT if they had both opportunities.
People blame the reserve for this. To be clear, there is nothing to blame. Who would choose IIT over MIT if they had the resources?
It is a choice between various institutions. MIT stands out among the best institutes in the world, and it’s no wonder someone of its caliber chose it. India has to raise our institutions to that level in the next decade.
The boy from Pune had been admitted to MIT in March, but had not been able to go to the US due to the coronavirus lockdown, and thus had been left behind and taking classes online.
Falor said he had been preparing for the JEE for four years and did not want to waste his preparations. Speaking of the difference in approach to entrance tests and the educational process, Chirag had said that MIT assesses a candidate for personality and potential and checks to see how much they can take advantage of opportunities. He also said that he wants to study physics and mathematics.
Falor had previously told ANI that JEE is the most difficult exam because it is time limited. “MIT or any other US institution does not have an entrance exam. First-year exams for some common Physics and Mathematics classes at MIT are much easier than JEE Advanced. I am planning to apply for JEE Advanced.” He said . He previously received the Bal Shakti Puraskar for 2020 and was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
