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

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 f