Veerwal became the first person ever to achieve a perfect score in the JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) Main in 2017 when he scored 360 out of 360 to ace the competitive entrance exam. Here is his success story.
IIT Success story: The IIT JEE (Indian Institute of Technology – Joint Entrance Exam) is considered to be one of the toughest in the country, demanding high level of hard work, strategic planning and talent. Hundreds of students attempt the IIT JEE exam on a yearly basis but only a handful of them actually clear it. However, here is a story about about an aspirant who cleared the Indian Institute of Technology – Joint Entrance Exam with 360 out of 360 marks and that too without leaving his hometown.
Kalpit Veerwal, who topped the IIT JEE, attained the All India Rank 1 in JEE Mains 2017 with a perfect score of 360 out of 360. Following this achievement, he pursued a degree in computer science engineering at IIT Bombay from 2017 to 2021.
How Kalpit Veerwal topped IIT-JEE
Notably, Veerwal became the first person ever to achieve a perfect score in the JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) Main in 2017 when he scored 360 out of 360 to ace the competitive entrance exam. This amazing feat also made him reach the Limca Book of Records.
About his preparation, he told PTI in 2017 that, “I did not study for 15 hours a day, I did not go down the usual ‘Kota route’ for IIT preparations but consistent studies helped me a lot”.
Recently, a photo of the schedule of a 17 year-old IIT-JEE student went viral in which the student had planned to study more than 18 hours. Reacting on the same, Kalpit Veerwal, who scored 360 out of 360 to ace the competitive entrance exam in 2017 responded,
Preparation strategy by Kalpit Veerwal
”I literally scored full marks in JEE Main 2017 (AIR 1) and didn’t study half as much. Students who study this much usually end up burnt out, with skill issues,” Kalpit wrote on X.
”I had received multiple offers from Kota coaching’s to stay in their VIP hostel and stuff, they were even paying me to attend their classes. I rejected and stayed in Udaipur only, I used to play cricket, watch TV, etc with regular 8+ hours of studies. And I still felt pretty burnt out by the time I entered college, my whole first semester in IITB was enjoying lol”, he added.
Veerwal developed his first online course for the education website during his college days at IIT Bombay. Later on, he was able to sell enough to outsell the most expensive package that IIT Bombay CSE was providing at the time. Consequently, in order to focus on his business, he decided to forego the placements at the prestigious colleges.
