Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, is the dream destination of aspiring engineers from across the globe. Jeet Mohapatra, a student of Class XII in St Xavier’s School, Kedar Gouri, Bhubaneswar is one among the few who have achieved the feat of acquiring admission to the premier institution.

Every year, a large number of students from across the world head to MIT on merit scholarships or grants. Jeet stood out as a promising student in one of the most competitive applicant pools in the history of MIT. He has been selected for pursuing a four-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering. MIT admits 150 international students from 100 countries every year. This year, three Indian students, including Jeet, have made the list. Born in Bhubaneswar, Jeet completed schooling from St Xavier’s with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 10. While most of his friends opted for top colleges in the State and outside, Jeet continued his intermediate studies in Science in the same school. His aim was set on MIT, and, in his first attempt itself, he managed to get a high score in the entrance exam and was invited to join the course.

“Your commitment to personal excellence and principled goals has convinced us that you will both contribute to our diverse community and thrive within our academic environment,” said the Dean of Admissions, MIT, in his letter to Jeet. He scored full marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Having topped every year from Class II to Class XII, scoring over 90 per cent in all subjects, his academic record was exceptional. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad, and topped the State in the Zonal Informatics Olympiad last year.

A city-based Chartered Accountant’s son, Jeet also stood first in the National Standard Examination on Astronomy and Physics, this year. “I have an aptitude and passion for Mathematics and aim to pursue higher studies in the same. I am interested in the field of Combinatorics (a branch of Mathematics) and intend to research on Quadratic Assignment Problem and other NP-complete problems (a principal unsolved Computer Science problem),” says Jeet. In the future, Jeet wishes to make contributions towards  finding solutions of the P versus NP problems (a major unsoved problem in Computer Science).

 

 

Source:newindianexpress