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  "id": 6747473,
  "title": "He failed JEE, gave up IIT seat; years later, Arjun Jain became IIT Bombay professor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/he-failed-jee-gave-up-iit-seat-years-later-arjun-jain-became-iit",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-11T10:39:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/he-failed-jee-and-gave-up-an-iit-seat-years-later-arjun-jain-worked-on-apples-self-driving-technology-built-ai-for-mercedes-and-became-an-iit-bombay-professor/articleshow/134054384.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Arjun Jain’s journey from struggling with JEE to becoming an IIT Bombay professor highlights how setbacks can redirect, rather than define, a career. After declining an IIT-BHU seat in Petrochemical Engineering, Jain completed Computer Science at RV College of Engineering, pursued a PhD in Germany and conducted postdoctoral research at NYU. His work in computer vision and deep learning led to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}