India, April 19 -- Aadit Prakash Bhagade from Vadodara and Shiven Vikas Toshniwal from Kutch have emerged as Gujarat's state toppers in JEE Main 2025 Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.), each securing a perfect NTA score of 100, as announced by the National Testing Agency on April 18, 2025. Among the top 24 candidates nationwide, Aadit clinched All India Rank (AIR) 14, while Shiven shared the elite rank, showcasing the state' academic strength in an exam with over 10.61 lakh registrations in Session 2.

Aadit, a student at Navrachana School in Sama, Vadodara, has been passionate about mathematics since childhood, fueling his engineering ambitions. "Aadit's focus was unwavering from a young age," said his mother, Dr. Dilita Bhagade, a gynaecologist who...