TN labourer’s son beats odds to ace JEE in first attempt

In a story of grit and perseverance, a 17-year-old boy of limited means and unlimited resolve from a remote hamlet in Trichy, who had not even heard about IITs till two years ago, cracked the JEE Advanced exam in his first attempt to secure an all-India rank of 12,175 and OBC-NCL rank of 2,503. P Arun Kumar, son of labourer N Ponnalagan, will soon enter the hallowed precincts of Indian Institute of Technology in a rare instance of a state government student gaining admission to the premier institute.

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