CM Yadav congratulates MP resident Majid Hussain for securing 3rd rank in JEE-Advanced exam

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Monday congratulated Majid Hussain, a resident of the state's Burhanpur district, for securing All India Rank 3 in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Advanced 2025 examination.

Yadav took to social media platform X to hail Hussain's success and lauded him for bringing laurels to the state.

जेईई एडवांस-2025 की परीक्षा में AIR-3 रैंक अर्जित कर मध्यप्रदेश का नाम रोशन करने वाले बुरहानपुर के श्री माजिद हुसैन जी को हार्दिक बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं।

मध्यप्रदेश के छोटे जिलों से भी हमारे युवा अपनी प्रतिभा का परचम लहरा रहे हैं, यह अत्यंत हर्षित एवं गौरवान्वित करता है।…

— Dr Mohan Yadav (@DrMohanYadav51) June 2, 2025

"Our youth from small districts of Madhya Pradesh are waving the flag of their talent. It is a matter of joy and pride," he said in a post.

According to officials at IIT Kanpur, which was the conducting institute this time for JEE-Advanced, a total of 1,80,422 candidates appeared in both papers 1 and 2 of the exam held on May 18.

"In the exam, 54,378 candidates have qualified, out of which 9,404 are females," an official said.

Delhi zone’s Rajit Gupta, a resident of Kota in Rajasthan, bagged the top rank by scoring 332 out of 360 marks.

JEE-Main, which is the admission test for engineering colleges across the country, is the qualifying exam for JEE-Advanced.