New Delhi, April 25: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the results for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2024 for Paper 1 (BE/BTech). A total of 56 candidates achieved a perfect score of 100 percentile. The NTA Scores for
Paper 2A (B.Arch.) and 2B (B.Planning) for the JEE (Main) - 2024
Session 1 will be issued separately, the NTA said in a release. Out of 56 who achieved a perfect score, 15 are from Telangana, with seven each from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, and six from Delhi. Among the six who achieved the 100 percentile from Delhi are Shayna Sinha, Madhav Bansal, Tanay Jha, Ipsit Mittal, Bhavesh Ramakrishnan Karthik, and Arsh Gupta.
Out of the 11,79,569 registered candidates, 10,67,959 candidates appeared for the exam of whom 3,29,600 were female candidates while 7,38,351 were male and 8 were the third gender candidates. While, 3779 disability category candidates registered for the exam, of which only 3369 appeared, out of which 744 were male and 2625 were female.
The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) to the NTA from 2019 onwards. For Academic Session 2024-25, NTA conducted the JEE (Main) - 2024 in two sessions, i.e., Session 1 (January 2024) and Session 2 (April 2024). The examination was held in 13 languages (Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu).
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The JEE (Main) 2024 Session 2 was conducted at 571 unique examination centres in 319 cities, [including 22 cities outside India in Abu Dhabi, Cape Town, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Manama, Muscat, Oslo, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Kuwait City, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos/Abuja, Colombo, Jakarta, Vienna, Moscow, Port Louis/Reduit, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Washington DC. However, Session 1 was conducted in about 544 Centres in 291 Cities (including 21 cities outside India) Strict action, including debarment for three years, has been initiated against 39 candidates on account of using unfair means (UFM).
The JEE (Main) 2024 examination was conducted as per the norms and procedures followed for the conduct of any high-stakes examination, thereby providing a fair and equal opportunity for all candidates. The JEE Main examination plays a significant role for students aspiring to pursue undergraduate courses in engineering and architecture in India. This examination is a gateway to some of the top institutions in the country, such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and other centrally funded technical institutions (CFTIs).