<p>The results of the IIT entrance exam, JEE-Advanced 2022, were announced on Sunday.</p>.<p>Bengaluru boy R K Shishir, who took the exam from the Bombay zone, emerged as topper, officials said. According to IIT Bombay, which conducted the exam, Shishir secured 314 out of 360 marks.</p>.<p>Tanishka Kabra from the Delhi zone is the topper among females with 277 marks. Her all-India rank is 16.</p>.<p>Shishir, from Bengaluru, was a student of Narayana Techno school Sahakarnagar and had secured 56th rank in JEE Main at the national level.</p>.<p>He was also the 4th topper in KCET engineering stream, and secured the first rank in B.Pharma. </p>.<p>Speaking to <em>DH</em>, Shishir said that he wishes to join IIT-Bombay and pursue computer science engineering.</p>.<p>Over 1.5 lakh candidates had appeared for the exam and over 40,000 have qualified.</p>.<p>"The aggregate marks are calculated as a sum of the marks obtained in mathematics, physics and chemistry. Candidates have to satisfy the subject-wise as well as aggregate qualifying marks to be included in the rank list," a senior IIT Bombay official said.</p>.<p>JEE-Main, which is the admission test for engineering colleges across the country, is the qualifying exam for JEE-Advanced.</p>.<p><em>(with agency inputs)</em></p>
<p>The results of the IIT entrance exam, JEE-Advanced 2022, were announced on Sunday.</p>.<p>Bengaluru boy R K Shishir, who took the exam from the Bombay zone, emerged as topper, officials said. According to IIT Bombay, which conducted the exam, Shishir secured 314 out of 360 marks.</p>.<p>Tanishka Kabra from the Delhi zone is the topper among females with 277 marks. Her all-India rank is 16.</p>.<p>Shishir, from Bengaluru, was a student of Narayana Techno school Sahakarnagar and had secured 56th rank in JEE Main at the national level.</p>.<p>He was also the 4th topper in KCET engineering stream, and secured the first rank in B.Pharma. </p>.<p>Speaking to <em>DH</em>, Shishir said that he wishes to join IIT-Bombay and pursue computer science engineering.</p>.<p>Over 1.5 lakh candidates had appeared for the exam and over 40,000 have qualified.</p>.<p>"The aggregate marks are calculated as a sum of the marks obtained in mathematics, physics and chemistry. Candidates have to satisfy the subject-wise as well as aggregate qualifying marks to be included in the rank list," a senior IIT Bombay official said.</p>.<p>JEE-Main, which is the admission test for engineering colleges across the country, is the qualifying exam for JEE-Advanced.</p>.<p><em>(with agency inputs)</em></p>