JEE Main 2014 Topper: Srinidhi Prabhu to join IIT Madras with AIR 1

After securing a rank of 133 in JEE Advanced 2014, emerging as the JEE Main 2014 topper with an All India Rank 1 was an unimaginable feat for Srinidhi Prabhu of Hyderabad.

A native of Udupi district, Srinidhi hails from Karnataka board and is the son of Shashidhar Prabhu who works as a finance head in  the Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore and Shobha S Prabhu who works as a scientist at DRDO Bangalore.

A die-hard fan of comic books and novels, this young lad loves playing cricket, badminton and computer games in his free time.

In a quick interview with shiksha.com, Srinidhi talks about his incredibly unbelievable success and his plans for the future.

You can also listen to this exclusive podcast shiksha.com had with JEE Main 2014 topper Srinidhi Prabhu.

I am feeling very excited. Actually I can’t express my happiness in words because I did not expect to emerge as the JEE Main 2014 topper. I expected to be amongst the top 20-25  toppers but not this, not AIR 1.

I started preparing when I was in Class 9^th.

In 9^th and 10^th, I took my coaching classes from BASE and for 11^th and 12^th, I went to Narayana Integrated coaching and also took distance learning from Resonance.

I scored 590 out of 600 in 6 subjects in 12^th boards. However, for JEE Mains, they only consider the marks of 5 subjects and there I got 499/500.

In JEE Mains, I secured 336/360, while I got 275/360 in JEE Advanced. As for the ranks, I was placed at 133^rd in JEE Advanced.

My board normalized marks was 333 and overall normalized marks was 334.8!

Break up marks of JEE(Main):

Physics-105, Chemistry-115,Maths-116

Normalised board mark-333

Overall total- 334.8

Break up of JEE(Advanced):

Physics-87,Chemistry-95,Maths-93

Actually, my parents and I aimed for IITs since the very beginning. So, with the rank of 133, I got into IIT Madras.

This is what we dreamt and thus, my parents were happy then and now.

I always wanted to get through IIT Madras and pursue B.Tech in Computer Science.

I am from Karnataka PUC Board. As far as the syllabus is concerned, I think JEE Mains encompasses some extra topics. However, for Advanced, they mainly focus on higher level problems with few basic ones.

Besides JEE Main and Advanced, I have taken Karnataka CET and I stood first in the state. Besides this, I took BITSAT and scored 406/450.

In KCET, I scored was 174/180. The break-up of my marks was:

Physics – 60/60

Maths  - 58/60

Chemistry – 56/60

I also grabbed the 18^th rank in KVPY.

I think, I would just like to say that focus on the theory and understand the concepts well before solving the problems.

I have a small family – My father, my mother and me. My father is the finance head in Indian Academy of Sciences and my mother is a scientist at DRDO. I do not have a sibling.

I like playing cricket, badminton and computer games. However, I really enjoy reading comic books.

After B.Tech, I want to pursue either my MBA or MS. If it’s, MS, I would like to go abroad but if it’s MBA, I would like to pursue it from the IIMs in the country.