Quick Info
| Profession | Student |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Date of Birth | 10/05/1999 |
| Age | 27 years |
| Birthplace | Panchkula, Haryana, India |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
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Bio/Wiki
| Full Name | Sarvesh Mehtani |
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| Known For | Topping JEE (Advanced) 2017 with 339 out of 366 marks |
| Current Role | Quantitative Trader, developing high-frequency strategies for trading financial derivatives |
| Current Employer | Optiver (as reported in press coverage) |
Physical Stats & More
| Height | 178 cm |
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| Weight | 64 kg |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Body Measurements | Chest: 38 Inches, Waist: 33 Inches, Biceps: 11 Inches |
Educational Qualification(s)
| School | Bhavan Vidyalaya School, Panchkula |
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| College | IIT Bombay |
| Educational Qualification | B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering (Pursuing Honors, CPI 8.95 up to 2021) |
| Graduation Year | 2021 |
| Class 10 | CGPA 10 |
| Class 12 | 95.4% |
| Exchange Programme | Semester exchange in Computer Science at the National University of Singapore (2019) |
Personal Life
| Home City | Panchkula, near Chandigarh |
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| Stress Relief | Watching cartoons, listening to music, playing badminton |
Relationships & More
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
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Family
| Father | Parvesh Mehtani (Officer in the Income Tax department) |
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| Mother | (Placement officer in the Industrial Training Institute (ITI)) |
| Siblings | 1 (Elder) |
Career
| AIR 1 in JEE Advanced 2017 and AIR 55 in JEE Main 2017. | |
| Attended Orientation-Cum-Selection Camp for IMO, HBCSE (among top 35 in India) in 2016. | |
| Recipient of Aditya Birla Scholarship (2018, given to only 15 engineering students in India). | |
| Received KVPY Fellowship and NTSE Scholarship (2015-16). | |
| Research experience: Multilingual Representation Learning for Indian Languages (Summer 2020), including HindiBERT. | |
| Work experience in quantitative finance, including automated trading strategies. | |
| Served as Teaching Assistant and Academic Mentor at IIT Bombay. | |
| Currently working as a Quantitative Trader. | |
| Worked as a research intern at Google India in 2020, according to press reports. |
Favourites
| Hobbies | Reading novels, watching cartoon shows, playing badminton |
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| Favourite Subject | Mathematics |
| Favourite Actor | Aamir Khan |
| Favourite Film | 3 Idiots |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Sarvesh topped the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2017. | |
| 2. He scored 339 marks out of 366, achieving 120 in Maths, 104 in Physics, and 115 in Chemistry. | |
| 3. Sarvesh received IIT exam coaching from Lakshya Institute in Panchkula. | |
| 4. For 2 years, he abstained from using WhatsApp and Facebook to focus on his studies. | |
| 5. His goal is to secure admission at IIT-Bombay for a computer science course. | |
| 6. This year, he achieved an AIR rank of 55 in JEE (Main). | |
| 7. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys co-founder, serves as his inspiration. | |
| 8. He is reported to have received the INChO (Indian National Chemistry Olympiad) award from Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education. |










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