Margao boy Goa's topper in JEE-Main Session 2

In the Session 2 Joint Entrance Exam (JEE-Main) results announced on Saturday, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced Margao-boy Navinya Desai as Goa state topper. Navinya attained a percentile of 99.98.

He will pursue one of the Indian Institutes of Technology.

Up to Saturday evening, it was known that nearly 17 students in Goa had over 99 percentile scores.

Mentor of the Mushtifund Aryaan Higher Secondary School (MAHSS), Vyankatesh Prabhudesai, informed that his school had eight students with above 99 percentile.

Apart from Navinya, Steffan Silva achieved 99.8, Sparsh Ajgaonkar 99.61, Ahana Sangui 99.47, Isaiah Caldeira 99.41, Suhit Mahambrey 99.23, Steve Barreto 99.14, and Tanay Mahajan 99.05.

"We have 17 students with over 98 percentile which is a record for one institute from Goa in the year 2025. Navinya was a student from MAHSS, Cujira. He was also Goa topper in 2024 JEE Main, Session 1 with a 99.89 percentile. This is the second highest percentile in the history of Goa. Congratulations to all the students, MAHSS principal Manali Varerkar and the staff," said Prabhudesai. He further stated that "uniquely structured and systematic approach" enabled students to prepare themselves for both Board exams as well as nation-level entrance exams.

Dempo PACE's Rupa S Khope added that the institute had five students above 99 percentile. "Rohan Keni has got 99.95 percentile, Aadi Pai Kuchelkar had 99.89 percentile, Advait Kotnis has got 99.6 percentile, Rishabh Talwadker has got 99.4 percentile, and Advay Mothe 99.18 percentile. We also have Saiee Dalvi with 98.87 percentile, among many other qualifications," Khope said.

Estellar Academy's Keegan Leitao achieved 99.82 percentile, Joshua Fernandes 99.33 percentile, and Abhay Maurya 99.02 percentile.

Director and founder of Estellar Academy Yogendra Singh Sikarwar remarked "We would like to congratulate all our students for their excellent performance in JEE Main 2025. Apart from Keegan, Joshua, and Abhay, there are numerous who have achieved over 90 percentile. We are confident that they will perform excellently in JEE Advanced 2025 as well."

MAHSS students scoring more than 98 percentile are Rishit Kulkarni (98.96), Krissh Parekh (98.73), Denise Fernandes (98.64), Sitara Naik (98.62), Hrishi Naik (98.58), Ishan Nadkarni (98.30), Gautam Shankar (98.22), Kartik Mahatme (98.28), and Saanvi Bhatikar (98.10).