Bhubaneswar, April 26 -- A student of DAV Chandrasekharpur has secured an impressive 99.997 percentile to emerge as Odisha topper in the recently announced Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) 2024. Anvesh Subham Pradhan from Bhubaneswar has emerged Odisha topper in the JEE Main, result of which was published by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Wednesday.

He is also a recipient of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2021. He was then congratulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing. He has won more than 600 certificates in different Olympiads, competitions and events.

Speaking to TOI, Anvesh said, "Mathematics and Chemistry are my favourite subjects. I was giving extra effort to Physics. I was focusing on ...