Hyderabad, Sept. 16 -- For the first time in the history of Telangana, 638 students from the Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) achieved their highest marks ever and qualified for the JEE mains 2021. The results for the same were announced on Wednesday.

In the JEE mains 2021, 44 tribal students secured above 90 percentile in JEE mains. The two-tribal girls top the entrance examination are E Kavya scores 97.2 percentile and J Gayatri scores 96.1 percentile, said a press note from the state government on Thursday.

Speaking on the achievement, J Gayatri, Social welfare residential Gowlidoddi college, says "I lost my father at a young age and my mother works as a labourer. I am from a Scheduled Caste (SC) ...