Upbeat mood in IIT Madras and Bombay campuses after CAT results

Updated on: Thursday, January 10, 2013

The mood on the campuses of IIT-Madras and IIT-Bombay was upbeat on Wednesday. Students revelled as CAT scores filtered in, revealing still brighter prospects for many. Among the buoyant was Sumit Patil, a mechanical engineering student in IITMadras . The youngster's performance in the 2012 exam placed him in the above-99 percentile . "A good score in CAT is easy if one is serious about it," said Patil, with self-belief .

Patil had reasons to cheer; he cleared CAT in first attempt . "After writing the paper, I was sure of coming in the 99 percentile. But to be one of the toppers was not expected. My main preparations started four months before CAT, around July last year. I solved a few tests and then analyzed the areas where I needed more attention ," said Patil.

Engineers, like Patil, fared well in CAT 2012, with many scoring in the top 100 or 99 percentile . Harishwar Subramanian , a Mumbai-based analyst in investment banking and an IIT-Bombay alumnus, said he was not expecting to get a perfect 100 percentile score. "It came as a surprise." Subramanian , who has a BTech in aerospace engineering, had tried to surmount CAT in the past, but in vain. With the feat now achieved, he said, his pick of institute will depend on the calls he receives. The name of the other student from Mumbai who figured in the 100 percentile was not released to the media according to his wishes.

B Rajesh too scored in the 100 percentile—but for the second time in a row. An alumnus of IIM-Bangalore , he graduated in 2003 and thereafter took up a job in London. On his return to India three years ago, he began pursuing his original passion—teaching . Today, Rajesh runs coaching centres in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore . And, every year, he tackles CAT as practice to tutor his students better.

Srotaswati Pandi from Bhubaneshwar was among the four girls who scored in the 99.9 percentile. A final-year instrumentation engineering student, Srotaswati said: "I don't see why a girl can't crack the CAT. It's not a tough exam. All you need is perseverance. There might be fewer girls taking the exam. That might be a reason for the skewed gender ratio," she said.

Jaskaran Singh, who hails from Punjab, joined Infosys in 2010 after graduating from NIT Bhopal. For him, CAT 2012 was the fourth attempt. In the first try in 2009, he scored in the 88 percentile. Persevering on, he rose to 95 percentile in 2010, then to 96 in 2011 and finally to 100 in 2012. "I was not serious about the first two attempts. Determined preparations began in 2011, but I could not do well. This time, I was prepared. I learnt how to handle exam conditions and pressure."

Upbeat mood in IIT Madras and Bombay campuses after CAT results

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