Name: Sayar Karmakar

School: Sarada Vidyapith, Sonarpur

Score: 450

How he did it: “I didn’t study for long hours — about six to seven hours was all I could put in. I was concentrating on cracking the ISI entrance exam. I prefered to study on my own rather than attend several coaching classes.”

Future plans: Has received an interview call for B. Stat, having made it through the entrance test. He will take the WBJEE as a back-up option for taking up computer engineering. He expects to be among the first 100.

Name: Priya Mehta

School: Modern High School

Score: 97%

How she did it: “I stressed on maths and science. My parents also guided me. My father, a CA, helped me with maths.”

Future plans: Plans to take up computer engineering or electronics and communications. She has taken the IIT exams and will take the WBJEE, AIEEE and BITSAT.

Name: Vedanta Munshi

School: St. James’ School

Score:96.25%

How he did it: “I was pretty consistent throughout the year. But I also took part in national-level debate tournaments. So there were days when I could give only a few hours.”

Future plans: Wants to pursue economics from a reputed university.

Name: Sarthak Ghosh

School: Lycee

Score: 97.8%

How he did it: “I worked throughout the year, but studied for up to 11 to 12 hours before the exams. My school was a great help. Half the work would be done at school as the lessons were taught very well.”

Future plans: Trying for computer engineering at IIT. Have started preparing for it.

Name: Sugata Das

School: Lycee

Score:97%

How he did it: “I tried to think from the teachers’ point of view. What questions they might ask? How would they like me to tackle an answer? That helped me.”

Future plans: “I will start preparing for IIT, WBJEE, AIEEE soon.

Name: Naman Garg

School: M C Kejriwal Vidyapith, Howrah

Score:96.8%

How he did it: “I preferred studying at night and never took long breaks in between. I used to follow the class lectures closely.”

Future plans: Wants to pursue Commerce and then take up an MBA course.

Name: Satyaki Basu

School: Meghmala Roy Education Centre, Behala

Score: 97.4%

How he did it: “I owe my results to a sharp and scientific method of studying. I never burnt the midnight oil”

Future plans: Wants to pursue a career in medicine, biotechnology or molecular biology.