Noida boy tops architecture entrance in UP

NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) on Wednesday declared the results of the UP State Entrance Examination (UPSEE) for admissions to affiliated engineering and MBA colleges in the state.

Noida’s 18-year-old Ayush Kumar topped the B.Arch entrance, scoring 415 marks out of 500 in his first attempt. A student of Delhi Public School, he has always aspired to be an architect. Ayush, who lives with his family in Sector 26, said big and splendid structures always fascinated him. Both his parents are doctors.

He has appeared in the JEE as well, and is waiting for its results. “I want to study architecture in Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture, and will decide once the JEE results are out,” he said.

Samarth Kapoor from Faridabad and Pulkit Kapoor from Kanpur topped the B.Tech entrance, with 556 marks out of 600. Samarth was declared topper as he had scored more in mathematics than Pulkit. Vishwajeet Shukla of Gorakhpur stood third, with 552.08 marks.

This year, 1,40,156 students qualified for 1,40,000 B.Tech seats available in different engineering colleges. In comparison, only 8,726 students qualified for the 40,000 MBA seats across the state.

University officials said 65% seats are filled through UPSEE, while 15% are reserved as management quota. “Rest of the seats are filled by students from the JEE merit list,” said an official.