JEE Advanced JAC likely to introduce written exam 2017 onwards

The IIT Joint Admission Committee (JAC) is likely to introduce a written section in the Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE Advanced) in 2017. This written segment will be conducted after the JEE Main and JEE Advanced papers.
This new segment has been proposed in order to curtail the guess work by students and test their actual capabilities and knowledge about the subject. This would require overhauling the existing examination system, however, the JAC supports it as it will help improve the quality of students who clear the exam. Introduction of this third segment will make clearing the exam even more difficult for the candidates.
The committee seeks to introduce the written test as in the multiple-choice question (MCQ) based exams the candidates use guess-work rather than applying their own minds for at least 10 to 15 percent of the questions.

JEE Main 2015: Rank list expected to release on June 29

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to release the rank list for JEE Main 2015 today i.e. June 29, as the joint seat allocation process is set to begin. Earlier, the joint seat allocation was to commence on July 25, however, it was delayed due to the non-availability of JEE Main Paper 1 and Paper 2 ranks.
JEE Main 2015 was held by CBSE on April 4, April 10 and April 11. The results for the same were announced on April 27. Over 13 lakh candidates appeared for JEE Main, this year, out of which almost three lakh students took the exam, online.
Out of these, 11 lakh students are eligible for admissions to almost 34,000 seats to be offered by 85 participating institutions. The ranks of these candidates will be calculated by assigning 60 percent weightage to JEE Main score and 40 percent weightage to their score in Class 12.
Last week CBSE had issued a notice asking all education boards to submit the Class 12 marks, in order to prepare the All India Ranks (AIR). And if the marks are not received by CBSE by the due date, AIRs of such candidates will not be released and CBSE will not be responsible for the same.
The candidates who qualify JEE Main 2015 will get admissions in various institutes such as Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), National Institute of Technology (NIT) and Central Funded Technical Institute (CFTI). JEE Advanced is used for admission to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian School of Mines (ISM).

Almost 60 percent of candidates who qualified JEE Advanced are from CBSE

The results for JEE Advanced 2015 were declared last week, and almost 60 percent of the candidates who have been shortlisted for admissions to IITs are from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
These results are an outcome of the new criteria set for short-listing candidates, in which greater weightage is assigned to the students' Class 12 scores. About 75 percent of the qualified candidates are from four boards, i.e. CBSE, Rajasthan Board, Maharashtra Board and Andhra Pradesh Board.
A total of 1,787 candidates are from Maharashtra Board and 1,610 candidates are from Rajasthan Board.
The competitive exam was conducted on May 24 and results for the same were declared on June 18. A total of 1,24,741 candidates registered for the exam, out of which 1,27,238 appeared for the exam. And only 26,456 candidates have managed to qualify JEE Advanced.
Boys outperformed girls in the exam, with 23,407 of the qualified candidates being male and just 3,049 female candidates.

JEE Advanced 2015: Results declared at www.jeeadv.iitb.ac.in

The results for  JEE Advanced 2015 were declared at 10 am, today. The candidates who appeared for the exam can now check their marks and rank at the official website.
The results summary was released online by the authorities last evening. As per the statistics,  total of 1,24,741 candidates registered for the exam, out of which 1,27,238 appeared for the exam. And only 26,456 candidates have managed to qualify JEE Advanced.
Boys have outshined girls in the exam, with 23,407 of the qualified candidates being male and just 3,049 female candidates .
The first rank has been bagged by Satvat Jagwani of Satna, Madhya Pradesh, who scored a 469 on 504. Janak Agarwal came second, and Mukesh Pareekh came third.
Other statistics for the exam are listed below:
Zonal distribution of qualified candidates:

• IIT-Bombay: 6,838
• IIT-Delhi: 4,511
• IIT-Guwahati: 1,445
• IIT Kanpur: 3,085
• IIT-Kharagpur: 3,115
• IIT- Madras: 4,928
• IIT- Roorkee: 2,534

Category-wise toppers:

• Topper (OBC-PwD): Chinamaya Kumar Sahoo (Pune)
• Topper (SC): Turaka Bhavan
• Topper (ST): Harsh Meena

This year, the cut-off was 105 for General category, much lower than last year's 115 mark. OBC it was 70, for SC it was 50 and ST it was 44.
The IITs and ISM combined offer 10,006 seats. And the process of seat allotment is scheduled to begin on June 25, it will be conducted online through a common web portal. In order to get admission the candidates should be either be within the category-wise top 20 candidates in Class 12 Board examination or should have scored 75 percent (General Candidate) and 70 percent (SC/ST).

JEE Advanced 2015: Results to be declared at www.jeeadv.iitb.ac.in tomorrow at 10 am

The results for JEE Advanced will be released at 10 am, tomorrow. The candidates who appeared for the exam will be able to check their marks and rank at the official website.
The revised answer keys and the marks for answers were released on June 13. These answer keys were published after making the required changes, on the basis of the feedback given by the candidates regarding any discrepancies in the answer keys, which were released on June 8.
The Optical Response Sheet (ORS) and scanned images, cut-off marks and rank list for preparatory courses have already been published online.
This year, the pattern for JEE was changed unexpectedly, and students complained about the excessive negative marking. Although both the papers were supposed to carry 180 marks, the pattern was altered without any  notice. Paper I consisted of 262 questions and Paper II carried 240 questions. Also, the candidates found most of the questions under the Mathematics and Physics sections time consuming. The new negative marking scheme, under which two negative marks will be awarded for wrong answers, was another shock to the students who took the exam last month.

JEE Advanced 2015: Architecture Aptitude Test to be conducted on June 21

The JEE Advanced Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) 2015 is scheduled to be conducted on June 21. The exam will be held from 9 am to 12 pm. The students will be able to register starting at 10 am on June 18, and they will be allowed to submit their registration up till 5 pm on June 19.
The candidates will have to carry their JEE Advanced admit cards to the exam centres, no fresh admit cards will be issued. They should also carry their own drawing and colouring kits for the test.
Only those candidates who are looking to join the B.Arch program at IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee and same the same as one of the choices while filling-in their choices online are eligible to appear for AAT.
The cut-off marks will be set by the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) of JEE Advanced. There will be no separate ranking or separate cut-off for students belonging to different categories. The results for the examination will be declared on June 25.

JEE Advanced 2015: Students' marks for answers released

The authorities released the marks for answers for JEE Advanced on June 13. The students can access the same at the official website.
The candidates who appeared for both the papers can check the marks awarded to them for each question in Paper I and Paper II. They can do so by logging into the candidate portal.
Few candidates who took the exam and were able to view their ORS responses but are unable to access their marks are required to contact their respective zonal IIT JEE (Advanced) office. They will have to produce proof of the payment of their registration fee while contacting the office.
The revised answer keys and the marks for answers were released on June 13. These answer keys were published after making the required changes, on the basis of the feedback given by the candidates regarding any discrepancies in the answer keys, which were released on June 8.

JEE Advanced revised answer keys to be released today at 12 pm

The authorities conducting the JEE Advanced are scheduled to release the revised answer keys at 12 pm, today. These answer keys will be displayed after making the required changes, based on the feedback submitted by the candidates regarding any discrepancies in the answer keys published earlier this week.
 The answer keys for both, Paper 1 and Paper 2 were published at the official website of JEE Advanced on June 8.
The students were permitted to give their feedback starting at 12 pm on June 8 up till 5 pm on June 11. They were allowed to submit the feedback only through fax, and any communication via e-mail or telephone was not available. The fax numbers for all zonal institutes were mentioned along with the answer keys.
The Optical Response Sheet (ORS) and scanned images, cut-off marks and rank list for preparatory courses have already been published online.
This year, the pattern for JEE was changed unexpectedly, and students complained about the excessive negative marking. Although both the papers were supposed to carry 180 marks, the pattern was altered without any  notice. Paper I consisted of 262 questions and Paper II carried 240 questions. Also, the candidates found most of the questions under the Mathematics and Physics sections time consuming.
The new negative marking scheme, under which two negative marks will be awarded for wrong answers, was another shock to the students who took the exam last month.
The JEE Advanced was conducted on May 24. Approximately 1.5 lakh students has registered for the  competitive exam, and about 1.25 lakh appeared for it.

Rajasthan engineering colleges to conduct direct admissions, no RPET from this year

The Rajasthan Pre-Engineering Test (RPET) will be discontinued from the 2015 academic session. Instead, the state government has decided to set up a Centralised Admission Committee (CAC), which will supervise the admissions to engineering colleges this year.
This committee includes experts from the field of technical education, who will be able to guide through the new admission process. This year 70 percent of the seats are reserved for students from Rajasthan, 15 percent seats have been allotted for management quota, and the remaining 15 percent will be filled by students from all over India.