IIT JEE 2007 Topper Achin Bansal's Advice

Achin Bansal from Kotkapura, who topped the IIT-JEE, 2007, created a history of sorts by becoming the first student of Punjab to win the top laurel, and that too from a school affiliated with the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB).

In an interview with The Tribune, the 17-year-old Achin Bansal said only hard work, preparation without tension, practice and concentration can bring the desired result in any competitive examination.

Taking about his preparation, he said he would study for about 10 hours a day, devoting more time to chemistry.

“I am never tense during the preparation, but I always ensure that if my input is about 10 hours, my output should also be about 10 hours."

I used to practice by solving the questions of all the three subjects—physics, chemistry and maths—repeatedly to increase my speed,” pointed out Achin Bansal.

Revision of all subjects, regular discussion with teachers and friends was also of great help.

Source:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070605/edu.htm

More sources

http://www.alumni.iitb.ac.in/news/2007/achin_bansal_interview.htm

http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/17-year-old_brings_fame_to_Punjab_town_by_topping_IIT_entrance_1232/



The result, which was declared in Mumbai saw Achin topping the list of 7,209 successful candidates. A total of 243,000 candidates had appeared in the test in 2007.

There are 5,537 seats in IITs at Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai and Roorkee and two institutions in Varanasi and Dhanbad.