Chief Minister felicitates JEE Advanced Odisha topper, sibling for their rare feats

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated the Malu brothers – Deevyansu and Deeptansu at Naveen Nivas here for their outstanding success in JEE (Advanced) 2022, today.

The Chief Minister congratulated them and wished greater success in future.

Deevyanshu Malu got All India Rank-11 and emerged Odisha topper. He earlier bagged the International Physics Olympiad Gold Medal and was the only one from the country in this Session to get Gold in the international competition. His twin brother Deeptansu has got All India Rank-228.

“I have given the prestigious JEE (Advanced) Exam and my AIR has come 11. I am the topper of Odisha and the CM has called me to felicitate,” the JEE topper Deevyansu expressed.

Parents of the children Chandan Malu and Swati Malu were present on the occasion.

News of the brother duo’s success has spread cheers in the family. “My sons got the rare feat after months of their struggle,” the twin children’s mother Swati earlier stated.

“I am immensely happy for the grand-sons and their success,” Divyanshu-Diptanshu’s grandpa said.

Notably, the National Testing Agency (NTA) yesterday announced the JEE (Advanced) results.

About 1,55,538 candidates appeared in both Paper I and II in JEE (Advanced) 2022. A total of 40,712 candidates have qualified the national level test, of which 6,516 are females.