chandigarh pranav goyal from panchkula emerged as an inspiration for many indian institute of technology iit aspirants by securing the all india rank 1 in the joint entrance examination jee advanced results of which were declared on sunday pranav 16 who secured 337 out of 360 marks in the jee advanced has his eyes set on the coveted iitbombay he completed his schooling from bhavans vidyalaya panchkula which is also the alma mater of 2017 jee advanced topper sarvesh mehtanii want to pursue computer science as i have keen interest in developing programmes after completing btech i would want to take up a private job to get handsonexperience and subsequently get into entrepreneurship said pranav who was in hyderabad with his parents for a felicitation ceremony by his coaching institutethe student attributes his success to maintaining balance between study hours and breaks i studied for five to six hours everyday i took regular breaks to destress myself during the exams said goyal who had secured air 4 in jee mains and 972 in class xii examination he did equally well in other exams such as the national talent search examination among other olympiads the student watched cartoons and read english and hindi novels to help him with the exam stresspunjabi music was like meditation for pranav he was not a nerd as he watched movies read books and spend enough time with the family said his mother mamta goyal a proud motherfaculty members of his coaching centre said they had identified his potential at a very early stage he had the right blend of being the jee topper in class 11 he studied for hardly an hour everyday considering his potential we changed his study pattern and urged his parents to motivate him to put in more number of hours said mrinal singh centre head of the coaching centre at chandigarhwatch movies during study breaks helped chandigarh boy top jee