From 54% in Class 10 to IIT Bombay: Student’s remarkable turnaround

3 min readNew DelhiJul 29, 2026 05:54 PM IST Jainendrajeet changed how he approached learning. Before attending classes, he would watch educational videos to understand the basics of a topic in advance (AI generated image)Class 10 board exam marks are often seen as a defining moment in a student’s life. But for Jainendrajeet, they became the starting point of a remarkable comeback rather than the end of a dream. After scoring 54 per cent in his Class 10 boards, he refused to let the disappointing result define him. A few years later, he secured admission to IIT Bombay‘s prestigious Computer Science programme.In a YouTube video, Jainendrajeet looked back on the journey that transformed him from a student struggling with low board marks into an IIT Bombay undergraduate. He said there was no