Auto driver's son enters KGMU at NEET AIR 3864
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Auto driver's son enters KGMU at NEET AIR 3864

The Indian Express··17h ago

Prabhat Kumar Yadav, 19, of Jaunpur's Devkipur village, cleared NEET UG 2026 at All India Rank 3864. He secured an MBBS seat at King George's Medical University in Lucknow. His father, Mahendra Kumar Yadav, has driven an auto-rickshaw in Mumbai for 20 years. Prabhat scored 504 marks in NEET UG 2025 before repeating and passed Class 12 with 83.44 percent.

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What It Means For You

  • An MBBS seat at KGMU in Lucknow is now tied to Prabhat's AIR 3864 in NEET UG 2026.
  • Family income from Mumbai auto work and a coaching fee concession covered Kota costs.
  • His father earns between Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000 a month, per the report.

What's Happening

  • Prabhat is a 19-year-old from Devkipur village in Jaunpur district.
  • He first scored 504 marks in NEET UG 2025, then improved to AIR 3864 in 2026.
  • After Class 10 boards at 89.44 percent, his family steered him from a UPSC plan toward medicine.

What paid for the Kota years

  • Mahendra Kumar Yadav has driven an auto-rickshaw in Mumbai for 20 years.
  • Prabhat received a 10 to 20 percent coaching fee concession after writing to institute authorities.
  • A maternal uncle also helped with living costs while Prabhat studied in Kota.
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