Harshit Agarwal tops in CPMT
LUCKNOW: The results of combined pre-medical test (CPMT) 2011 were announced on Wednesday late evening. About 50% of the total 61,000 candidates who had taken the exam have been able to secure minimum passing marks. This means that about 30,000 students are eying 1,600 medical and AYUSH seats in state-funded colleges. The level of competition can be guessed from candidate-seat ratio of 1:18. Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, vice-chancellor S V S Rana said that Harshit Agarwal has topped the test this year. "He secured 169 out of 200 marks," said the V-C. "He was followed by Shailesh Singh who secured 165 marks. Anshul Tewari and Utkarsh Agarwal bagged the third and fourth places with 164 marks and Kumari Sakshi stood at the fifth place with 163 marks," he added. Others in the top-ten list are Sarthak Sharma with 163 marks at the sixth position. Ankit Kumar Tandon, Anubhav Pal and Mohd Saalis Pervez scored 162 marks each but they were designated at seventh, eight and ...