The city of Ludhiana in Punjab, India has been successful in getting high scores on the Common Admission Test, or CAT. Many of the city's residents have been able to achieve 98 and above percentile on the test, which is often seen as a qualification for admission into top management programs at Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Aashray Jain, a student at IISER, has topped the district with a 99th percentile score. Nilesh Bansal, also a student at IISER, has scored a 98th percentile. Other scores include Apoorva Gupta, a student at IISER, who scored a 97th percentile, and Sanya Singla, a student at Sri Aurobindo College, who scored a 97th percentile. Parth Hari Singhania, a student at Christ College, scored a 98th percentile, and Chirag Aggarwal, a student at BITS, scored a 98th percentile. Once cutoff scores for the IIMs and other management institutes are released, the passing aspirants will then appear for group discussions, personal interviews, and essay writing tests.
