Nagpur: Four Vidarbha students — two from Bhandara and one each from Wardha and Chandrapur — bagged a perfect 100 percentile in the second-attempt MHT-CET (PCM), results of which were declared by the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell on Friday.
Overall, 12 candidates, including two girls and two from outside Maharashtra, achieved a 100 percentile in the entrance test for engineering and allied courses.
Among the Vidarbha candidates who secured 100 percentile are Mohak Sandeep Chawle from Chandrapur, Pratha Prashant Agarwal from Wardha, and Shabbar Ghatiwala and Aditya Satish Wankhede from Bhandara.
Other top scorers are Aditya Torwe, Atharva Anil Ghorpade and Sujal Santosh Jadhav from Pune, Ipshita Hemant Nikale and Harshvardhan Yuvraj Patil from Mumbai Suburban, Nachiket Kisan Yewale from Raigad, Maan from Sonipat in Haryana, and Pranjal Sharma from Katni in Madhya Pradesh.
Over 2.85 lakh students took the test at 187 centres across Maharashtra. Unlike previous years, no examination centres were set up outside the state.
The CET Cell said it introduced the two-attempt format this year for PCM, PCB and MBA/MMS entrance examinations following directions from Higher and Technical Education minister Chandrakant Patil. Modelled on the national-level JEE Main pattern, the system allows students to improve their scores through a second attempt. For admissions, the higher percentile obtained in either attempt will be considered.
