Delhi's Education Minister Atishi said more than 1,400 students from the Delhi government schools have qualified for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024. The NEET UG 2024 results were announced by the test conducting agency National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 4.
In a press conference held today, June 7, the minister said that 1,414 students of Delhi government schools qualified for the NEET-UG this year. Further, she said that the number has been increasing year after year.
In 2020, a total of 569 students had qualified, Atishi said, adding that this year's figure is almost two-and-a-half times higher, as stated in a report by PTI.
According to NTA, more than 24 lakh candidates appeared for NEET UG 2024 at 4,750 different centres located in 571 cities throughout the country. Here are the details of the top ten All India Rankers (AIR):
AIR 1 Ved Sunilkumar Shende, Maharashtra
AIR 2 Syed Aarifin Yusuf M, Tamil Nadu
AIR 3 Mridul Manya Anand, Delhi
AIR 4 Ayush Naugraiya, Uttar Pradesh
AIR 5 Mazin Mansoor, Bihar
AIR 6 Rupayan Mandal, West Bengal
AIR 7 Akshat Pangaria, Uttarakhand
AIR 8 Shaurya Goyal, Punjab
AIR 9 Tathagat Awatar, Bihar
AIR 10 Chand Mallik, Tripura