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A native of Venugopalapuram village in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, Theja has been studying at Sri Chaitanya Institute at Hyderabad's Madhapur for the last five years.
The 17-year-old, who attributed his success to his family, teachers and mentors, said he plans to take Computer Science at IIT Bombay and would later like to take up research.
V Chidvilas Reddy from Telangana, who secured the top rank in the IIT entrance exam JEE-Advanced, the results of which were announced on Sunday, said he expected to get a rank in the top 10 and was very happy to clinch All India Rank 1.