JEE Advanced Topper Chirag Falor Chooses MIT Over IIT, Sparks Online Debate

Bhubaneswar: JEE Advanced 2020 All India topper Chirag Falor’s decision to choose Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT over the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, has sparked a huge debate on Twitter. While some say it is the trend, others debate over the need to raise the level of Indian Institutes.

When the JEE main result was declared, Pune’s Chirag who had secured 12th rank had already mentioned that he had secured a seat at the prestigious MIT, one of the top 5 institutes in the world.

He has been since then taking night classes for MIT and preparing for the JEE Advanced alongside.

Falor has chosen to give IIT Delhi a miss by choosing MIT. According to him, he only sat for the JEE as he had been preparing for it for the past four years.

However, his decision has led to debate online. Read some of the reactions here.

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