Kalpana Kumari, NEET UG 2018 Topper
NEET (National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test) UG 2018 results were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on June 4 on the official website - https://cbseneet.nic.in and http://cbseresults.nic.in. The exam results were initially scheduled to be released on June 5 but the same got published a day in advance.
Kalpana Kumari from Bihar has topped NEET UG 2018. With an AIR 1, she secured 99.99 percentile in the exam. She has obtained 171 out of 180 in Physics, 160 out of 180 in Chemistry, 360 out of 360 in Biology (Biology and Zoology). Overall her score is 691 out of 720. The second and third place has been secured by Rohan Purohit from Telangana and Himanshu Sharma from Delhi respectively. Both Rohan and Himanshu scored 690 in NEET (UG) 2018. Their percentile score is 99.999764.
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Aarosh Dhamija from Delhi and Prince Choudhary from Rajasthan have bagged an AIR 4 and AIR 5 in the exam respectively. Check out the list of NEET (UG) 2018 toppers below:
| S.No |
Candidate Name |
Gender |
Marks Secured |
Percentile Score |
All India Rank |
State |
| 1. |
Kalpana Kumari |
Female |
691 |
99.999921 |
1 |
Bihar |
| 2. |
Rohan Purohit |
Male |
690 |
99.999764 |
2 |
Telangana |
| 3. |
Himanshu Sharma |
Male |
690 |
99.999764 |
3 |
Delhi |
| 4. |
Aarosh Dhamija |
Male |
686 |
99.999606 |
4 |
Delhi |
| 5. |
Prince Choudhary |
Male |
686 |
99.999606 |
5 |
Rajasthan |
| 6. |
Varun Muppidi |
Male |
685 |
99.999449 |
6 |
Other |
| 7. |
Agrawal Krishna Ashish |
Male |
685 |
99.999449 |
7 |
Maharashtra |
| 8. |
Ankadala Anirudh Babu |
Male |
680 |
99.999134 |
8 |
Andhra Pradesh |
| 9. |
Madhvan Gupta |
Male |
680 |
99.999134 |
9 |
Punjab |
| 10. |
Ramneek Kaur Mahal |
Female |
680 |
99.999134 |
10 |
Punjab |
| 11. |
Aditya Gupta |
Male |
680 |
99.999134 |
11 |
Delhi |
| 12. |
Keerthana K |
Female |
676 |
99.998976 |
12 |
Tamil Nadu |
| 13. |
Ritwik Kumar Sahoo |
Male |
676 |
99.998976 |
13 |
West Bengal |
| 14. |
Onteru Venkata Sai Harsha Vardhan Reddy |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
14 |
Andhra Pradesh |
| 15. |
Sahil Sachinbhai Shah |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
15 |
Gujarat |
| 16. |
Menda Jaideep |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
16 |
Andhra Pradesh |
| 17. |
Abhishek Kumar |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
17 |
Delhi |
| 18. |
Tanuj Jatin Presswala |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
18 |
Gujarat |
| 19. |
Koduru Sriharsha |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
19 |
Andhra Pradesh |
| 20. |
Amulya Gupta |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
20 |
Delhi |
| 21. |
Gunjan Atul Gattani |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
21 |
Maharashtra |
| 22. |
Sangeet |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
22 |
Haryana |
| 23. |
Aaditya Vasudev Aggarwal |
Male |
675 |
99.998189 |
23 |
Delhi |
| 24. |
Shlok Viral Patel |
Male |
673 |
99.998110 |
24 |
Gujarat |
| 25. |
Siddharth Ravi |
Male |
672 |
99.998031 |
25 |
Telangana |
| 26. |
Mohammedanas Mohammedyunus Memon |
Male |
671 |
99.997559 |
26 |
Gujarat |
| 27. |
Aadhya Akshay Joshi |
Female |
671 |
99.997559 |
27 |
Gujarat |
| 28. |
Shikhar Bansal |
Male |
671 |
99.997559 |
28 |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 29. |
Shabista Khan |
Female |
671 |
99.997559 |
29 |
Madhya Pradesh |
| 30. |
Sameer Patro |
Male |
671 |
99.997559 |
30 |
Odisha |
| 31. |
Mehak Arora |
Female |
671 |
99.997559 |
31 |
Haryana |
| 32. |
Navya Yadav |
Female |
670 |
99.996929 |
32 |
Rajasthan |
| 33. |
Prerak Tripathi |
Male |
670 |
99.996929 |
33 |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 34. |
Amitabh Pankaj Chauhan |
Male |
670 |
99.996929 |
34 |
Gujarat |
| 35. |
Avnika Jain |
Female |
670 |
99.996929 |
35 |
Delhi |
| 36. |
Varada Ravikiran |
Male |
670 |
99.996929 |
36 |
Andhra Pradesh |
| 37. |
Lokesh Paras Mandlecha |
Male |
670 |
99.996929 |
37 |
Maharashtra |
| 38. |
Virendra Choudhary |
Male |
670 |
99.996929 |
38 |
Rajasthan |
| 39. |
Aditya Saraogi |
Male |
670 |
99.996929 |
39 |
West Bengal |
| 40. |
Jinwala Vishwa |
Female |
669 |
99.996771 |
40 |
Gujarat |
| 41. |
Arjun Saraswat |
Male |
669 |
99.996771 |
41 |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 42. |
Nishtha Agrawal |
Female |
668 |
99.996614 |
42 |
Rajasthan |
| 43. |
Sankalpa Keshari |
Male |
668 |
99.996614 |
43 |
Madhya Pradesh |
| 44. |
Megha Sharma |
Female |
667 |
99.996378 |
44 |
Chandigarh |
| 45. |
Kamakshi Miriyala |
Female |
667 |
99.996378 |
45 |
Delhi |
| 46. |
Ashish Kumar |
Male |
667 |
99.996378 |
46 |
Haryana |
| 47. |
Parul Berry |
Female |
666 |
99.996141 |
47 |
Punjab |
| 48. |
Samagra Singh |
Male |
666 |
99.996141 |
48 |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 49. |
Sagar Mishra |
Male |
666 |
99.996141 |
49 |
Chandigarh |
| 50. |
Aarushi Kollana |
Female |
665 |
99.995748 |
50 |
Odisha |
Candidates who qualify the exam will be invited for counselling and merit list shall be drawn based on All India Rank by the admitting authorities subject to their applicable rules. According to the official website, the first round of NEET 2018 Counselling (AIQ) will be held from June 12 to June 24, while the second round of NEET Counselling 2018 (AIQ) is scheduled from July 6 to July 12.
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