IIT Buzz: 14 year old cracks it

The boy sat hunched  his eyes on the floor and his hands held in a twisted clasp below his knees clearly uncomfortable with all the attention. On Wednesday, 14 year old Sahal Kaushik had left everyone gasping in disbelief by not only becoming the youngest ever to crack the tough IIT-JEE test but also topping it in Delhi and notching an all-India rank of 33. Sahal tutored at home by his mother Ruchi Kaushik, a doctor turned home maker.

Among the IIT-JEE results announced on Wednesday threw up many firsts. The talk of the town is Madras zone beating Bombay with the highest number of candidates (32) in the top 100. Seven of the top 10 are from Andhra Pradesh.While only 22 students from the Bombay zone.