patiala local boy jayesh singla on friday secured allindia rank air 17 in the joint entrance exam jee advanced in another brilliant performance after topping the state in the jee main in january this yearjayesh had bagged 100 percentile in jee main the first level of the twopart iit exams he was among the top 15 candidates out of the 874 lakh who had appeared in the examinationjayesh who turned 18 in march had cleared class x with 974 from yadavindra public school he now studies at apollo public school he devoted around 7 to 8 hours a day on his studies and avoided smartphones and watching tv during his days in coaching classes from a private institute in chandigarh keen on computer engineering jayesh said he would prefer to get admission in indian institute of technology iit mumbai jayesh a cricket lover could not see any matches owing to his studies i would now like to spend days watching all the remaining world cup matches he saidi have a love for physics and enjoy studying instead of taking it as a burden i had given importance to selfstudy as it has always helped me i do not lose confidence while attempting any examination i am thankful to the almighty my parents and teachers for their support and guidance said jayeshjayeshs father ajay singla is a paediatrician while his mother dr monika is a gynaecologist at a private hospital in patiala