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He topped IIT-JEE with AIR 1, turned down Computer Science, chose Physics instead — today his discoveries are taught around the world

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July 25, 2026
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Rajesh Gopakumar topped the 1987 IIT-JEE with AIR 1, a rank that guaranteed a seat in IIT Computer Science and a lucrative tech career abroad. He turned it down for Pure Physics instead. A PhD at Princeton under Nobel Laureate David Gross followed, along with the landmark Gopakumar-Vafa Duality discovered at Harvard. He later returned to India to lead ICTS-TIFR Bengaluru, building world-class research infrastructure so young Indian scientists no longer need to leave home to excel.

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