Aryan Ragupathy, State topper in JEE (Advanced).

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Two students from the city have made the top 20 list and emerged as Karnataka’s first and second toppers in JEE (Advanced) 2026, the results of which were announced on Monday.Aryan Ragupathy, a student of Emerald International School, Bengaluru, has secured the 12th place in the Common Rank List (CRL) of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay zone and emerged as State topper.Manu Parameshwaran, a student of Narayana Olympiad School, Sahakar Nagar, Bengaluru, has got the 13th place in the CRL of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay zone and emerged as second State topper.

Manu Parameshwaran, second State topper.

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