Hyderabad, May 25: Vabirisetti Mohan Abhyas, the son of a samosa seller from Hyderabad, figured in top 100 students across the country in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2017. Overall 30 students including Abhyas are from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, as these states clearly took the lead in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2017 examination. Joint Entrance Examination is conducted for admission to various engineering colleges, including the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Also Read - Merit List For JEE(Main) Exam to be Based on Percentile Scores, Not on Raw Marks

A resident of Hyderabad and son of a Samosa seller Vabirisetti Mohan Abhyas secured All India Rank 6 in JEE Mains examination, tops AP Engineering, Agri & Medical CET. Abhyas scored 345 out of 360 marks and attributed his success to his parents, teachers and hard work. He used to take coaching from Aakash Institute at Kukatpalli in the outskirts of Hyderabad. Also Read - IT Sector Layoffs: Is it the reason for dip in Engineering Admissions across the country, report

While speaking to media Abhyas said “I decided to do engineering at IIT when I was in Class 8 and I never lost my way in achieving the goal. I attended all the classes regularly and with determination to make it big in IIT,” the first ranked in south India.

Abhyas is the son of V Subba Rao and Suryakala, both of them are samosa sellers. They are very hard working and have been supportive all these years and sacrificed a lot to provide him coaching.

V Subba Rao “We are from Palakole in West Godavari district and we came to Hyderabad 13 years ago only to ensure a better education for my son. He is the first person in our family who is going to do engineering. We are glad he has made it to the top.

Around 2.21 lakh students, who have cleared the IIT Main examination out of 10.2 lakh students which were held on April 2, 8, and 9. The exams were held at 1,781 centres across India. Kalpit Veerval, from Udaipur in Rajasthan, secured the first position with a perfect 100% score