CAT 2025 Topper Kushagra Barai, who secured an amazing 99.33 percentile overall, is a true example of how structured guidance and consistent effort can lead to exceptional results. After transitioning from a professional cricketing career to full-time CAT preparation, Kushagra joined iQuanta in January 2025 and navigated the challenges of being a non-engineer with focused mentorship, live conceptual learning, and application-based practice. His journey reflects the impact of a disciplined preparation strategy, continuous support from expert faculty, and a collaborative learning community, making his success story both inspiring and insightful for aspirants aiming for CAT 2026. This blog is an inspiring journey of a CAT topper Kushagra Barai.
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CAT Topper 2025: Sectional & Overall Percentile
CAT Topper Kushagra Barai scored an overall 99.33 percentile where 97.37 percentile in Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, 96.83 percentile in Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning and 99.24 percentile in Quantitative Ability. The detailed result of a CAT topper is mentioned below.
CAT 2025 Topper’s Preparation Journey & Strategy
CAT Topper: “Firstly, I would like to thank iQuanta team and the entire faculty for the constant support and structure they provided. Special thanks to Indrajeet Singh for creating this community. I never made any posts till now but I am really grateful for this experience.
I joined iQuanta in Jan 25, it was a tough decision for me as I played cricket professionally for almost a decade before this. The change was massive but the structured learning experience always provided me the assurance of being on the right track. Being a non engineer it was a challenge to actually re-learn all school math concepts.
The live classes followed by application class always made sure that whatever we were taught made immediate sense and felt relevant. From scoring 9 marks in a mock to crossing 120+ in a few mocks, it has been a journey full of ups and downs. I am extremely grateful for the progress, there’s always scope to push a little further, and in hindsight, a slightly higher score would have been ideal but the learning and growth from this journey have been far more valuable.. THANKYOU iQuanta Indrajeet Singh Raj sir Shabana iQuanta Nikhil sir and Sajjan sir.”
How iQuanta’s Application Classes Helped CAT Topper?
He joined iQuanta in 25th January and it was a tough decision for him as he played cricket professionally for almost a decade before this. The change was massive for him but the structured learning experience always provided him the assurance of being on the right track during CAT preparation. Even, he came from the non-engineering background where re-learning all the mathematical concepts was challenging for a CAT topper.
The application classes always made sure that whatever concept were taught by the expert mentors made immediate sense and felt relevant. So, initially he scored very less with 9 marks in mocks to crossing 120+ marks which has been a journey full of ups and downs.
