Close to 14,000 more students have cleared the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced test, the gateway for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), with the Joint Admission Board (JAB) on Thursday releasing an extended merit list in line with the directions of the human resource development (HRD) ministry. The new list shows that as many as 31,980 candidates have cleared JEE-Advanced, compared to the June 10 list under which 18,138 students had qualified for admission to the elite engineering schools. According to a senior IIT director who didn’t want to be named, only the aggregate cut-off has been lowered and not subject-wise scores. The cut-off, which was 35% for the general category, has been lowered to 25%. For scheduled caste and scheduled tribe candidates and persons with disabilities, it now stands at 12.5% and for other backward classes (OBCs) at 22.5%.The number of female candidates who have qualified stands at over 3,000, up from the previous 2000. The move, officials said, may help more students from the reserved category getting a shot at admission as some students who were in the preparatory list (comprising students given extra classes to prepare them for the course) have now moved to the main list of SC/ST candidates. “Merit has not been compromised at all as the position one had in the previous rank list, it is still the same. The integrity of the system has not been affected and at the same time, through this extended list, we have taken care of the apprehensions of seats going vacant,” said a second IIT director. Earlier in the day, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted: “Responding to requests from students and IIT community to proactively ensure that all reservation seats are duly filled, I have directed @IIT Kanpur conducting JEE advanced to make available candidates, strictly as per merit, twice the number of seats in each category”. For the first time, the HRD Ministry had issued directions to the JAB to release an extended merit list for admission this year. IIT-Kanpur, which is the organising institute for JEE-Advanced this year, was asked to release a merit list with the number of candidates twice the number of seats on offer in each discipline and each category (general and reserved categories). The institute was asked to release the supplementary merit list before choice-filling for joint seat allocation for IITs and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) begins this week. Though a number of IIT directors had also expressed apprehensions over lowering the cut-off as it may dilute the brand value of IITs, a consensus was reached at a meeting held on Thursday after it was ensured that the earlier rankings would remain intact. The number of candidates who qualified has always been at least twice the number of seats on offer. This year, however, the 18,138 students on the merit list are only 1.6 times the total number of seats, making it the smallest number of qualified candidates since 2012, sparking concerns of seats going vacant. “It is the policy of government of India that all reservation category seats in all disciplines are filled and no vacant seats are left after counselling for admission in IITs,” said a letter issued by the HRD ministry. Students who clear JEE Advanced are eligible for admission in any one of the 23 IITs in the country. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) will announce the first seat allotment on June 27. Of the 10,998 seats that were offered in the 23 IITs in 2017, the number of vacancies after seven rounds of counselling stood at 121, which was more than the 96 vacancies in 2016. In 2015, there were 50 vacant seats and in 2014, three.<doc-sep>Sumi Sukanya dutta By Express News Service NEW DELHI: An extended merit list for JEE Advanced-the entrance test for admission into 23 Indian Institutes of Technology, was released by IIT, Kanpur on Thursday in an unprecedented development, following a direction by the Union Human Resources Development ministry. The new list has 31,980 candidates instead of 18,138 students who were earlier declared as qualified on June 10. The direction by the ministry, issued late on Wednesday night, clearly said that a supplementary list is published which should have twice the number of total seats on offer in each discipline and each category --general as well reserved categories, late on Wednesday night. IIT, Kanpur had been insisting that a pool of about 18,000 students was sufficient to fill around 11,279 seats on offer-even though concerns were expressed by many that several seats---particularly those for girl candidates and reserved categories-could go vacant this year. This was also reiterated in an emergency Joint Admission Board meeting on Wednesday where the IITs had decided against lowering the cut-off percentage of 35. "After the instructions from the government, a new list has been prepared with 25 per cent aggregate cut-off for general category students," Aditya Mittal, chairman of JEE-Advanced at IIT, Delhi told TNIE. "Cut-off in the reserved categories have also been lowered to make an extended list category-wise." Another meeting of JAB was called on Thursday to discuss the development. Earlier HRD minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted saying: "Responding to requests from students and the IIT community to pro-actively ensure that all reserved seats are duly filled, I have directed @IIT Kanpur conducting JEE Advanced to make available candidates, strictly as per merit, twice the number of seats in each category." Authorities at various IITs pointed out that the number of candidates who qualified the exam has always been at least twice the number of seats on offer but that was also because certain grace-marks were awarded every year on accounts of error in examination papers. "This is probably for the first time that the examination was fully glitch-free and not a single grace mark was needed to be given which resulted in only about 18,138 making the cut at pre-declared 35 percentage (for general category)," pointed out an official in examination organising committee. Dheeraj Sanghi, a teacher of Computer Science at IIT, Kanpur said that the government had done the right thing by asking for a supplementary list. "This year, in addition to about 11,000 seats on offer-there are also about 800 supernumerary seats to be allocated to girl students and I think a pool of about 18,000 students will be very small for about 12,000 seats as many high ranking students in OBC and SC/ST category also get seats through general category," he said.<doc-sep>Overall, now 31,980 candidates are on the merit list, as opposed to the first list released on June 10, which had 18,138. (Express photo by Rajesh Stephen/File) Overall, now 31,980 candidates are on the merit list, as opposed to the first list released on June 10, which had 18,138. (Express photo by Rajesh Stephen/File) THE INDIAN Institutes of Technology (IITs) Thursday released an extended merit list with another 13,842 qualified candidates for JEE-Advanced after the government issued an unprecedented late-night directive Wednesday. The HRD Ministry ordered IIT Kanpur, the organising institute for JEE-Advanced this year, to release “a list of candidates, twice the number of seats in each discipline and category… strictly as per merit, prior to starting the choice filling through JoSAA.” The Joint Admission Board (JAB) of the IITs held an emergency meeting Thursday, following which IIT Kanpur added another 8,954 general candidates, 3,824 OBC candidates, 771 SCs and 293 from ST category to the merit list. Overall, now 31,980 candidates are on the merit list, as opposed to the first list released on June 10, which had 18,138. In order to expand the pool of qualified candidates, the IIT-JAB agreed to dilute the cutoff for the aggregate score by 10% points — from 35% to 25%. However, the minimum marks to be scored in each subject have not been tweaked. “This ensured that the IITs do not compromise on merit and all qualified candidates have the basic aptitude that the institutes expect of their students,” said Aditya Mittal, chairman of JEE-Advanced at IIT Delhi. “Moreover, by only lowering the overall cutoff, the ranks of the first merit list remain unchanged,” he said. This is the first time that the cut-off marks have been revised after the declaration of results. The unprecedented decision was taken in wake of concerns that the merit list this year did not have enough students to fill all 11,279 seats. In 2015, IIT-Mumbai, the organising institute for JEE-Advanced that year, had lowered the bar after evaluation as an adequate number of aspirants failed to make the cut. But this was done before the declaration of results. On June 11, The Indian Express had reported that since 2013, when IIT-JEE was renamed JEE-Advanced and the eligibility criteria for the entrance test was tweaked, the number of candidates who qualified has always been at least twice the number of seats on offer. This year, however, the 18,138 students on the merit list are only 1.6 times the total seats, making it the smallest list of qualified candidates since 2012. IIT-JAB’s first emergency meeting was held Wednesday, which was called after a few institutes expressed concerns over the number of students on the merit. Although JAB in the first meeting resolved to not lower cutoffs, the government’s decision to intervene was influenced by the fact that the number of OBC candidates on the merit list was less than the number of seats reserved for them. “It was pretty evident that the OBC seats would have fallen vacant and they would have eventually been converted into general seats. It’s government policy that all reserved category seats should be filled. The first merit list would have compromised that,” said sources. According to sources, the IITs agreed to follow the government’s directive as there was a split within their community. The newer IITs along with one old IIT were in favour of lowering cutoffs, The Indian Express has learnt. With the government directing the IITs to release an extended merit list, the institutes will have to conduct the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) again — on June 17 — for the additional candidates. AAT is the entrance test for aspirants who want admission to the architecture programmes in IIT Roorkee and IIT Kharagpur. The test based on the first merit list was conducted Thursday.<doc-sep>Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has now announced an extended merit list for JEE Advanced 2018 following the directions of HRD Ministry to issue a supplementary merit list for the exam. About 31,980 candidates have been qualified in JEE Advanced 2018. Earlier in the day, IIT Kanpur, the organizing institute for JEE Advanced this year, was asked by HRD Ministry to release a merit list with the number of candidates, which is twice the number of total seats on offer in each discipline and each category (general and reserved categories). Responding to requests from students & IIT Community & to proactively ensure that all reservation seats are duly filled, I have directed @IITKanpur conducting JEE (advanced) to make available candidates, strictly as per merit, twice the number of seats in each category... Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) June 14, 2018 The direction was given in order to not compromise with the government's policy and that all reserved category seats are filled. According to a Joint Admission Board (JAB) release, candidates who have appeared in both Paper 1 and Paper 2, can visit the official website at www.jeeadv.ac.in to check if they have qualified or not. Here's how to check the extended merit list of JEE Advanced 2018: Check if you are qualified for JEE Advanced 2018 or not Log on to the official website of the board, www.jeeadv.ac.in On the homepage, click on the link which says, ' Extended List of JEE (Advanced) 2018 Qualified Candidates Released' You will be redirected to a new webpage Fill the details including registration numbers and other details Check your result JEE Advanced Results 2018: The JEE Advanced results 2018 were announced on June 10, 2018, on the official website at jeeadv.nic.in For the first time, JEE Advanced was held completely in the online mode Over 1,60,000 students appeared for the JEE Advanced exam this year. 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Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result NEW DELHI: As many as 31,980 candidates have cleared the JEE-Advanced exam with the IIT's Joint Admission Board (JAB) issuing an extended merit list following directions from the HRD ministry.The extended merit list was issued following a meeting of the JAB today. Candidates who have given the JEE (Advanced) 2018 test can check the official website, jeeadv.ac.in, for the new merit list. "Choice filling on JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) would be started on 15th June as scheduled earlier. Students in the extended merit list can start filling up their options along with others," an official statement said.Earlier in the day, the HRD ministry for the first time issued directions to the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) to release a supplementary merit list for admission this year.IIT Kanpur, which is the organizing institute for JEE-Advanced this year, was asked to release the merit list with the number of candidates, which is twice the number of total seats on offer in each discipline and each category (general and reserved categories).The institute was asked to release the supplementary merit list before choice-filling for joint seat allocation for IITs and NITs begins this week. "Responding to requests from students and IIT community to proactively ensure that all reservation seats are duly filled, I have directed @IIT Kanpur conducting JEE advanced to make available candidates, strictly as per merit, twice the number of seats in each category," Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted.The number of candidates who qualified the exam has always been at least twice the number of seats on offer. This year, however, the 18,138 students on the merit list are only 1.6 times the total seats, making it the smallest number of qualified candidates since 2012.