IIM Kozhikode on Wednesday announced the results of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025, where two engineers Prateek Pradhan (99.82 percentile) and Naitik Singhal (99.45 percentile) have emerged as high scorers. Pradhan, who completed an integrated course in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Physics from BITS Pilani Hyderabad in 2025, found his calling during a six-month internship at Ergon Mobility in Bengaluru. “I was the mechanical intern and as we were five-member team, I got a lot of responsibilities and things to learn,” he recalls. It was this experience that shifted his focus from core engineering to management. “I realised the value of management. I liked the entire ownership of a product that I got to do at my internship,” Pradhan explains. Following another research stint at IIT Delhi, he decided in May-June to prepare for CAT, giving himself just four months before the exam. Singhal’s journey began differently. A final-year student pursuing Internet of Things from MITS Gwalior, he was influenced early on by his uncle, a director at JP Morgan & Chase. Subsequently, …