‘Self-study & time management,’: JEE Main topper Arnav Gautam’s mantra for success
Arnav participated in the Junior Science Olympiad OCSC in 2023, the Astro Olympiad OCSC in 2024, and the Physics Olympiad OCSC in 2025. He also won a bronze medal in the Asian Physics Olympiad 2025.
Arnav aims for the Computer Science branch in IIT Bombay and is looking forrward for scoring a top rank in JEE Advanced 2026. (Image: Allen Institute) The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the JEE Main 2026 Session 1 results on Monday. 12 students have scored a 100 percentile this time. Among them, one Arnav Gautam from Rajasthan aced the examination in his maiden attempt.
Though both his parents were from a humanities background, Gautam said, he decided that he would become an engineer early on in his school life. He has scored 295 out of 300 in the JEE Main January session exam. Arnav will appear for the Class 12 exams from today (February 17).
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His mother told Indianexpress.com, “Arnav was always intelligent and very sincere in his studies. He has a tight schedule. He is also independent when it comes to studying. Arnav studied from Allen and relied on coaching notes completely.”
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