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JEE Advanced 2026: Major milestone for women as qualifiers cross 10000 mark
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News18•06-10-2026, 08:21
JEE Advanced 2026: Major milestone for women as qualifiers cross 10000 mark
- •For the first time in six years, over 10,000 female candidates successfully qualified for the JEE Advanced 2026 exam.
- •A total of 43,112 female candidates registered, with 10,107 clearing the exam, bringing the female qualification rate to 23.4 percent.
- •While qualification rates declined for the General and OBC-NCL categories, numbers improved for SC, ST, and EWS categories.
- •The top-scoring female candidate secured 280 marks and achieved an All India Rank of 77.
- •IIT Kharagpur allotted the highest number of seats at 1,952 following the conclusion of JEE Advanced 2026 admissions.
Key Questions Answered
In 2026, a total of 10,107 female candidates successfully cleared the JEE Advanced exam, marking the first time in six years that the figure has crossed 10,000.
IIT Kharagpur allotted the highest number of seats at 1,952, followed by IIT BHU with 1,590 seats and IIT Bombay with 1,366 seats.
Arohi Deshpande from the IIT Delhi zone emerged as the top-scoring female candidate in JEE Advanced 2026, securing 280 marks and an All India Rank of 77.
