Meet IIT-JEE Main 2025 Topper Om Prakash Behera who doesn’t own a mobile, studies for…, stays away from…

In the era of social media and times when phone is no luxury but a necessity, hearing that one doesn’t have a phone is just hard to believe. But there is someone who inorder to attain a higher good has made it possible. Om Prakash, who has cleared the first paper of the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) with a perfect score of 300 out of 300 doesn’t own a phone.

Talking about his approach, Om Prakash says that he aced one of India’s toughest exams thanks to his methodical approach, concentrated self-study, and strategic planning. He also made a very conscious decision to avoid social media which he terms as a distraction.

Om Prakash, beaming in happiness, said, “I have scored 300 out of 300. I worked hard for 3 years. I am happy with the results. I get continuous support from my parents. Overthinking a bad result is not going to help. Instead, work on your shortcomings. Take it as a lesson, get motivated by it, and focus on future exams.”

For Om Prakash self-study is very important. “The graph of marks keeps fluctuating in weekly tests, but I tried to give my best. After every test, I used to do self-analysis and see which mistakes were responsible for getting fewer marks. In the next test, I would try not to repeat those mistakes,” he says. When it comes to study material, the JEE topper stuck to the basics. “For JEE Main, I mainly focused on the NCERT syllabus,” he says.

Om Prakash who had been preparing in Kota, had his mother, an Odisha college instructor, by his side in this three years. Kamalkant Behera, his father, is an Odisha Administrative Services officer.

Om Prakash who wishes to do BTech in the Computer Science branch at IIT Mumbai, signs off with a note that the IIT-JEE results is just a stepping stone.

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