Chandigarh, April 21 -- Two students from the tricity scored a perfect 100 percentile in the JEE (Main) Session 2 results, declared by the National Testing Agency on Monday.

Among them, Aarush Singhal of Chandigarh led with all-India rank (AIR) 8 and Arnav Gandhi of Panchkula bagged AIR 22.

As many as 26 candidates nationwide secured 100 percentile in the exam, even as 2,50,182 candidates qualified for JEE (Advanced), the gateway to the IITs.

Aarush, who lives in Sector 37-D with his parents and a younger brother, had already signalled his trajectory in Session 1 of JEE Main, held in January, where he scored 99.99 percentile.

His sights are set on IIT Bombay for computer science, a goal with roots going back to Class 4, when he ...