NEET-UG Results 2025: Two in top 10 from Pune, Mumbai; Baramati girl ranked 26

Krishang, who has scored 681/720, was confident of a rank in the top 10 candidates, but AIR 3 was a delight for him. Krishang, who was born in Mumbai, grew up in different cities owing to his father’s transferable job with the port authority “When I decided to study for NEET, we were staying in Goa where I joined Aakash institute in Class 10. But soon I was made part of the Aakash’s toppers’ batch, which has residential coaching in Pune so I shifted there to study,” said Krishang, who is thankful to his mother who decided to shift to Pune too where he could stay with her in a rented flat. “Having her around kept me motivated to study,” said Krishang, who studied 14-16 hours a day. But he did take breaks for his favourite activity – cooking. “Pizza and pastry are my favourite,” he said.

Aarav, a resident of Mumbai’s Anushakti Nagar, said, “I like the profession, it holds respect in society and I love biology as a subject.” He has scored 675/720. Aarav did not have fixed hours to study. “The preparation included a combination of coaching and self-study with great focus on practicing to solve a variety of question papers,” said Aarav, who would watch TV or talk to friends to unwind. His father works in BARC and mother works with a private firm.

All three of them plan to take admission in AIIMS Delhi for MBBS. A total of 2,48,201 students had registered for NEET in Maharashtra out of which 2,42,858 appeared for the exam and 1,25,727 passed the national level entrance test for medical courses.