AMU electrical engineer declared CAT topper from Bihar

An electrical engineer from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and belonging to Bihar, Syed Kashif Hassan has been the Common Admission Test (CAT) topper among candidates who appeared from Bihar. He has secured 99.99 percentile.

Those close to him said that his 99.99 percentile could have also been fetched by candidates from other states, but Kashif has been the topper among the Bihari candidates and he has also set the all-time record for the state till now.

He has been invited by all the six premier Indian Institute of Management (IIM) centres for group discussion, and final selection in the IIM concerned. Born at Hanuman Nagar, Patna, he has his ancestral roots at Bhagalpur's Mohibalichak locality. His father Dr S Q Hassan, an eye-specialist, and mother Eakhshimda groomed him, but his inspiration was his "nana (maternal grandfather) late Dr H A Usmani, a child specialist.

He did his schooling from Don Bosco and college studies from Science College (Patna) before moving to AMU for the five-year course (2005-09) in electrical trade. He has interest in music, and recently produced an album `Ummeed: A Tryst with Hope' in the company of his friends.link