Madras zone boy tops IIT-JEE

A total of 13,104 candidates today cleared the prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010 with Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone topping the test.
These students will be eligible for admission in 15 IITs, ISM Dhanbad and IT-BHU. There are 9,509 seats in these institutions. Over 4.5 lakh candidates had appeared in JEE-2010 which was conducted by seven of the IITs on April 11.
The number of candidates who appeared in JEE-2010 is nearly 18.3 per cent more than that in the previous year.