Bhubaneswar: Priya Somadutta Nayak is the State topper in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2022, the results of which were released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Wednesday.
Nayak has secured the All India Rank (AIR) 39 with a score of 705 out of 720. He was a student of SAI International School, Bhubaneswar and had secured 96.8 percent in his Class XII examination. He wants to pursue MBBS at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Around 17.64 lakh candidates had appeared in the NEET-UG 2022. Tanishka, a girl from Rajasthan has become the India topper by scoring 715 out of 720. Delhi’s Vatsa Ashish Batra and Karnatak’s Hrishikesh Nagbhushan Gangule bagged 2nd and 3rd positions.