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Bengaluru labourers’ son cracks JEE through self-study, secures seat at IIITDM

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  1. Shri Kantha S N, a student of Government PU College, Dasarahalli, cracked JEE Mains through self-study and secured admission to Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Kancheepuram.

  2. He is the son of daily-wage workers Jayashree and Shekharappa at a garment factory in Peenya, Bengaluru.

  3. He prepared using NCERT books and study materials from PhysicsWallah, studying until midnight.

  4. He secured a rank of 1,975 in the ST category in JEE Mains.

  5. Former school education minister S Suresh Kumar visited Shri Kantha at his home in Peenya.

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