IIT-JEE 2007 TOPPERS

Achin Bansal from Punjab topped this year's All India Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) conducted by Indian Institute of Technology while Ankita Sharma from Mumbai topped among girls.Achin Bansal hails from Kot Kapura, a small town in Punjab, and is the son of a medical practioner. Speaking to PTI over telephone, Bansal said he intended to do computer science course from IIT Mumbai.This year 54,025 girls wrote the JEE and 587 qualified with Ankita Sharma from Anushakti Nagar, with an all India rank of 55, topping the list. Sharma, daughter of a Nuclear Power Corporation of India official, said that she had not yet decided about the branch in which she wanted to study.IITs have put out an exteneded merit list and students on this list may also be counselled by the Indian Institute of Space Science, Thiruvananthapuram, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research at Pune, Kolkata and Mohali.