NDA topper shuns IIT to join defence forces
Seventeen-year-old Shivansh Joshi, who topped the National Defence Academy entrance examination this year, has decided to serve in the defence force over studying at one of the IITs, despite having effectively cleared the JEE Advanced. Joshi, who hails from Uttarakhand's Ramnagar, said that serving the country has been his objective since childhood, adding that he is "living his dream" now.