Official Press note for IIT-JEE 2008 results
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JEE 2008 Result - Press Note
The results of the prestigious and the most challenging competitive examination, the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), held on April 13, 2008 have been declared. One of the important features of JEE 2008 result is that OBC reservation has been implemented and a separate merit list for OBC candidates has been declared. Govt. of India have issued notification for setting up of 8 new IITS in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab and Rajasthan in 11th plan. Admission to 6 of them, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Orissa, Punjab and Rajastan for the academic session 2008-09 are likely to be made through JEE 2008. Also for the first time a JEE centre has been opened out side
Out of 311258 candidates who wrote the examination, 8652 candidates have been declared qualified to seek admission for 6872 seats in IITs at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee, some proposed new IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISMU Dhanbad. The number of candidates who appeared in JEE 2008 is nearly 28% more than in the previous year. Mr. Shitikanth (Reg. No. 1136075) from IIT Bombay Zone topped this year’s All India list of successful candidates. The result of all zones in terms of number of candidates appeared and qualified, and the name, registration no. and the AIR of zonal topper is given under.
Zone-wise: Numbers Qualified and Toppers
Zone Appeared Qualified Topper Name Regn. No. AIR
IIT
IIT
IIT GUWAHATI 19982 193 UTTAM SIKARIA 3005324 199
IIT
IIT KHARAGPUR 40915 767 ANKIT KUMAR 5048404 38
IIT
IIT ROORKEE 41617 828 ABHINAV GARG 7002179 3
TOTAL 311258 8652
This year 78159 girls wrote JEE 2008 and 840 of them qualified. The numbers of the appeared and the qualified girl candidates are respectively 39% and 43 % more than the last year. Ms. N Vasuki (Reg. No. 6067096) from IIT Madras zone with an All India Rank (AIR) of 14 topped the list of girl candidates. Also 3 out of 182 candidates who wrote JEE examination from
All Institutes having admission through JEE, admit OBC/SC/ST students with relaxed criteria. This year 72116 OBC candidates wrote JEE 2008 out of which 1134 qualified. Similarly of the 28393 SC candidates 690 qualified, of the 8514 ST candidates, 159 have qualified. Mr Raproolu Nikhil Simha , AIR 27 in the common merit list, Mr Anandiya Jyoti Roy , AIR 166 in the common merit list and Mr Rohit Singwal, AIR 429 in the common merit list are the toppers of the OBC , SC and ST candidates respectively. Candidates with certified physical disabilities (PD) are granted admission with relaxed norms. Twenty candidates have qualified under these norms. For students with reading disability specially printed enlarged font question papers were provided in the examination.
Counselling for admissions begins on 17th June and concludes on 21st June 2008 for the declared All India Rank (AIR) holders. Courses allocated to the successful candidates will be declared on Monday, the 30th June, 2008.
All the existing IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISMU Dhanbad also conduct a one-year Preparatory Course for SC/ST students who do not make it to the common or reserved category merit lists. This year, 395 SC candidates and 409 ST candidates have qualified for the Preparatory Course. Their counselling will be held on 7th July 2008 at IITs, IT-BHU and ISMU.
The result of JEE 2008 may be accessed from all IIT websites and through an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) specially set up for this purpose. The zonal results are displayed in the respective IITs, IT-BHU and ISMU.
An extended merit list, category-wise, has also been drawn to facilitate admissions to other Govt. of India Institutions and the same displayed on web site. Students on this list may be counselled by the Indian Institute of Space-Science Technology (IIST), Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT). The Indian Institute of Maritime Studies (formerly DG Shipping) also offers admission based on JEE-2008 results.
Roorkee
May 30, 2008