A record-breaking 23 candidates achieved a perfect score in the Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main) 2024 January session. This number surpasses the 20 candidates who achieved the same in the 2023 January session and the 14 toppers in 2022. Among the 23 top scorers, four are from the OBC category.
Telangana had the highest number of top scorers, with seven candidates achieving a perfect score, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan with three each. The female topper, with a score of 99.9991763, is Dwija Dharmeshkumar Patel from Gujarat.
However, none of the candidates from the gen-EWS, SC, and ST categories achieved a perfect score. Additionally, for the second year in a row, there were no female candidates among the top scorers.
The candidates who achieved a perfect score are Aarav Bhatt, Rishi Shekher Shukla, Shaik Suraj (OBC), Mukunth Prathish S (OBC), Madhav Bansal, Aryan Prakash, Ishaan Gupta, Aaditya Kumar, Rohan Sai Pabba, Parekh Meet Vikrambhai, Amogh Agrawal, Shivansh Nair, Thota Sai Karthik, Gajare Nilkrishna Nirmalkumar (OBC), Dakshesh Sanjay Mishra, Muthavarapu Anoop, Himanshu Thalor (OBC), Hundekar Vidith, Venkata Sai Teja Madineni, Ipsit Mittal, Annareddy Venkata Tanish Reddy, Sriyashas Mohan Kalluri, and Tavva Dinesh Reddy.
Chunchikala Sreecharan is the PwD topper with a score of 99.98729. Sri Surya Varma Datla and Dorisala Srinivasa Reddy, with a score of 99.9991524, are the gen-EWS toppers, while ARADHANA R (99.9906591) and Agannadham Mohith (99.9991524) are the SC and ST toppers, respectively.
The JEE-Main 2024 recorded a 95.8% attendance for Paper 1 (BE/BTech), which is one of the highest percentages since the examination’s inception. The number of aspirants also saw a significant increase of about 27% compared to the previous year, with a total of 12.31 lakh candidates registering for the exam. The first session of the exam was held in February, while the second session is scheduled for April, and online registration is currently underway.
It is worth noting that the NTA score reflects the relative performance of candidates across multisession papers and is not the same as the percentage of marks obtained. The ranks are determined by considering the best of the two NTA scores. Paper 1 is for admission to BTech/BE programs in IITs, NITs, and CFTIs.
The results of JEE-Main Paper 1 and Paper 2 will determine the eligibility of around 2.6 lakh candidates to appear for the JEE-Advanced exam. The JEE-Advanced is the key examination for admission to the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The JEE-Main exam was conducted in 13 languages across 544 centers in 291 cities, including 21 cities outside India such as Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and Oslo.
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