JEE Main topper Sai Manogna Guthikonda: ‘I deactivated my Instagram account, devoted 12 hours to studies’

Why did she power from a nationalist committee to the AP authorities board? “There were not galore bully ISC schools successful our area. Also, Bhashyam Junior College, wherever she presently studies, is considered the champion here. Her teachers person played an important relation successful her JEE mentation arsenic we are moving parents and hardly get time,” her parent said.

Sixteen-year-old Sai told indianexpress.com that the authorities committee is easier than the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) arsenic it has “too galore subjects to absorption on.”

Unlike different toppers, Sai did not enroll successful a coaching institute arsenic she felt her assemblage studies prepared her good for JEE Main. “My teachers and friends supported maine throughout. I bask subjects that person logic and therefore, machine subject and maths are my favorites,” said she adding each her six friends with whom she utilized to bash radical survey person cracked JEE Main. “I devoted 12-14 hours each time to my studies including mentation of JEE Main. Constant revising helped maine execute confidence. Sunday was the lone time when. I utilized to unbend – aftermath up late, ticker motivational videos of IIT students who showed beingness successful an IIT, discoveries etc,” she added.

How astir societal media wherever astir teenagers walk their time? “I was connected Instagram till Class 10 but past I deactivated my account. I wanted to ore connected my studies and societal media is simply a distraction. It was initially hard but I decided if I wanted to get into a bully assemblage past I person to marque this impermanent sacrifice,” she said.

Which IIT is she aiming for? “For present I americium targeting a bully rank. I similar electronics and connection but person not decided connected immoderate assemblage and branch,” Sai said.

Her elder member is simply a last twelvemonth pupil astatine the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Kottayam. Her begetter teaches mechanical engineering astatine RVR& JC College of Engineering, Guntur, AP.

Sai has already registered for the JEE Main April session. “While my absorption is connected JEE Advanced, however, I person registered for the April league conscionable for signifier purposes,” she said. NTA declared the JEE Main January league effect connected February 11 implicit 12.58 lakh candidates appeared for it.