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nChetan Bhagat is one of the most popular IITians ofnIndia. He has transformed himself from being an investment banker to a new agennovelist to a commentator on the contemporary social, economic and politicalnissues of India. He is also hated and often termed as a person who is not worthnbeing the bestseller author because of his poorly written novels. However, henhas always said that his writing is only aimed for youngsters and he never trynto write to get shortlisted by coveted prizes, like Man Booker.
nChetan Bhagat is one of the most popular IITians ofnIndia. He has transformed himself from being an investment banker to a new agennovelist to a commentator on the contemporary social, economic and politicalnissues of India. He is also hated and often termed as a person who is not worthnbeing the bestseller author because of his poorly written novels. However, henhas always said that his writing is only aimed for youngsters and he never trynto write to get shortlisted by coveted prizes, like Man Booker.
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nChetan Bhagat usually writes novels based on his ownnstory. His first blockbuster novel – Five Point Someone – led many to believenthat he scored poorly at IIT Delhi as the protagonist of the story couldnsomehow get CGPA of little over 5.
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nSo, how was Chetan Bhagat as a student?
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nIIT JEE Rank of Chetan Bhagat
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nChetan Bhagat has never disclosed his exact IIT JEEnrank. But, we can make rough estimate about his rank as he has studied from thenIIT Delhi.
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nChetan did B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering. He hadntaken admission in 1991. At that time, Computer Science had started to rule andntop rankers used to go for it. Mechanical was losing steam. Yet, with comparativenless number of available seats, we can safely say that Chetan Bhagat rank mustnbe around 1000.
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CGPA of Chetan Bhagat at IIT Delhi
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nChetan Bhagat, contrary to what his readers believe,nwas not an average student when it comes to scoring in semester exams at IIT.nHe had completed B. Tech with CGPA of 9.45.
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nThis is quite a high CGPA when you see it in thencontext of his branch – Mechanical Engineering.
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nThere is not an iota of doubt that Chetan Bhagat hadnworked very hard to get such an astronomical figure of CGPA. Generally, thesentypes of students are called MAGGU at IIT Delhi.
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nChetan Bhagat was also a Maggu. And, in all probability,nhe was not someone to raise voice against the prevailing education system ofnIndia. And, he was definitely not in relationship with the daughter of hisnprofessor.
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