Bihar student with polio disability secures IIT admission after stellar JEE performance

Savan Kumar from Vibhutipur village in Samastipur, Bihar, overcame a 70% locomotor disability caused by childhood polio to achieve an All India Rank of 17,532 in JEE Advanced. He also secured AIR-22 in the PwD category and Rank 9 in the OBC-NCL PwD category. His earlier JEE Main score was 99.1473246 percentile. Allen Career Institute recognized his determination and awarded him an 80% scholarship.

Born into a farming family with limited resources, Savan studied at a village school before gaining free education at Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya in Jamui from Class 6 to 10. After ranking 10th in the Bihar Board Class 10 merit list, his family supported his move to Kota for engineering entrance exam preparation. He now aspires to pursue Computer Science at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, or IIT Madras, with future plans to join the Civil Services.