Tanmaya Shekhawat was over the moon when he secured the 11th rank in the IIT-JEE. While his rank itself would have been a matter of celebrations Tanmaya had more reasons. He had a BMW Series-1 car waiting for him.

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The car was promised as a gift by Dr RL Poonia, the director of Samarpan coaching institute in Sikar, Rajasthan to anyone scores an all-india rank under 20 in the IIT-JEE advanced.

Even though the announcement was made to motivate the students to perform well, not many expected it to be real. But the institute lived up to its promise and gifted a BMW Series-1 car to Tanmaya who's rank was 11.

The car which costs Rs 27.5 lakhs has done 1,500 km since it was bought two years ago by Dr RL Poonia.

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Tanmay, the son of a government school biology teacher, who aspires to be a software engineer said thanked his institute for the gift.

“I am very happy after receiving such lavish gifts from my teachers, however I never dreamt of it. I am thankful to my institute and all credit goes to them for my stunning performance.”

Even though many people have announced and received gifts for IIT-JEE performance, the one Tanmay got is by far the most expensive.