LUCKNOW, June 2 -- : Riddhesh Anant Bendale who notched All India Rank 18, has emerged as topper from IIT Kanpur zone in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced exam 2026, the results of which were announced late Sunday night. He along with Parth Maheshwary (AIR 55) and Lucknow's Anvesh Patel (AIR 68) from the zone made it in top 100 in overall JEE advanced results.

Total 5,552 candidates from IIT-K zone have cracked the exam.

Quite a few commonalities exist between Riddhesh and Parth. They are from Madhya Pradesh and looking forward to studying computer science from IIT Bombay, their childhood dream.

"I'm happy with my rank and presently looking forward to taking part in the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026 scheduled in July,...