Mr. Nalin Verma of Telegraph reported wrongly in a newspaper article on Sat, May 31, 2008 about the first IIT-JEE topper from Bihar being Shrikanth, but I had topped IIT JEE in 1993 and Abhinav Kumar of Jamshedpur in 1997. This was before Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar. some readers of PatnaDaily have also expressed their complaint. I was jealous, as chief minister Nitish Kumar met the families of Shrikanth, but while there rumours of then chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav meeting me and giving a merit scholarship, none happenned. It is interestign that all 3 IIT JEE toppers from Bihar/Jharkhand have joined IIT Kanpur. It pains me that in recent years, it is no longer toppers' choice. Infact 86 of top 100 joined IIT Powai in Mumbai.
