<p>A city-based software engineer has secured 99.99 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT), results of which was released on Saturday.</p>.<p>Sushanth Thombre, a student of Triumphant Institute of Management Education, is one among the list of 21 candidates who scored 99.99 percentile.</p>.<p>“I am a full-time employee at a private firm. I studied 2-3 hours a day and took online tests regularly. Group study with like-minded helped. My parents accepting the shift from engineering to management was the biggest support,” a beaming Sushanth told <em>DH</em>.</p>.<p>In a release, convener of CAT 2019, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, said that 10 candidates had scored a perfect 100 percentile in the test held in November 2019.</p>.<p>They added that all 10 toppers were male and from engineering background.</p>.<p>Six were from the IITs, two candidates from the National Institute of Technology and one candidate from Jadavpur University.</p>.<p>In the state-wise list of the candidates who scored 100%, one candidate is from Karnataka but the CAT conveners refused to divulge the name and other details. </p>.<p>Four candidates are from Maharashtra and the remaining are from six other states of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.</p>.<p>Additionally, 21 candidates scored 99.99% in CAT 2019, with 19 of them from engineering or technology backgrounds.</p>.<p>The release noted that CAT 2019 saw the highest number of candidates taking tests in the last 10 years. This year, more than 115 non-IIM institutions will use CAT 2019 scores for admission into their management programmes. </p>.<p>Candidates can now download their official CAT 2019 marks by logging into www.iimcat.ac.in.</p>
<p>A city-based software engineer has secured 99.99 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT), results of which was released on Saturday.</p>.<p>Sushanth Thombre, a student of Triumphant Institute of Management Education, is one among the list of 21 candidates who scored 99.99 percentile.</p>.<p>“I am a full-time employee at a private firm. I studied 2-3 hours a day and took online tests regularly. Group study with like-minded helped. My parents accepting the shift from engineering to management was the biggest support,” a beaming Sushanth told <em>DH</em>.</p>.<p>In a release, convener of CAT 2019, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, said that 10 candidates had scored a perfect 100 percentile in the test held in November 2019.</p>.<p>They added that all 10 toppers were male and from engineering background.</p>.<p>Six were from the IITs, two candidates from the National Institute of Technology and one candidate from Jadavpur University.</p>.<p>In the state-wise list of the candidates who scored 100%, one candidate is from Karnataka but the CAT conveners refused to divulge the name and other details. </p>.<p>Four candidates are from Maharashtra and the remaining are from six other states of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.</p>.<p>Additionally, 21 candidates scored 99.99% in CAT 2019, with 19 of them from engineering or technology backgrounds.</p>.<p>The release noted that CAT 2019 saw the highest number of candidates taking tests in the last 10 years. This year, more than 115 non-IIM institutions will use CAT 2019 scores for admission into their management programmes. </p>.<p>Candidates can now download their official CAT 2019 marks by logging into www.iimcat.ac.in.</p>