While some of their counterparts were pelting stones to vent their anger at security forces in Kashmir, 40 IIT aspirants from the troubled valley were quietly undergoing coaching with the Indian Army, during the months of unrest, in pursuit of their dreams of studying technology at the premier engineering schools in India.
The recently announced results on June 11 of the Joint Entrance Examination-Advanced, saw nine of these Super-40 students clearing it with a good score. The IIT-JEE is considered as one of the toughest exams in India. Some 28, including two women, from the army’s Super-40 coaching…
