I studied for 6 hours daily, nobody can study for 18 hours: JEE Advanced topper Shubham

Shubham Kumar, who secured AIR-1 in JEE Advanced 2026, said he just spent six to eight hours daily on self-study alongside coaching classes. "Nobody can study for 18 hours a day," he said. Shubham, whose father runs a hardware business in Bihar's Gaya, said, "My father never made me feel that money was a constraint."