AADHAAR NUMBER is mandatory for JEE Main 2017

Attention all the aspiring students of JEE Main 2017  

1. The MHRD has notified following new changes in the exam pattern and application form for JEE Main 2017. All the Indian students will have to submit their AADHAAR NUMBER while filling the JEE Main 2017 Application form. The details in the filled JEE Main 2017 application form will be validated with the UIDAI’s (AADHAAR ) data . All the students are advised to get their AADHAAR Card ready before 1 December 2016. The last date for application is 2 January 2017 and fee can be paid upto 03rd January 2017.
2. There shall be no weightage for the 12th class marks in calculating the ranks in the JEE (Main) examination,
3. For the candidates to qualify for the admission in the IITs/NITs/IIITs and such other CFTIs whose admissions are based on the JEE (Advanced)/JEE(Main) ranks, they should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12th class examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination conducted by the respective Boards. For SC/ST students the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th class examination.

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Exam Schedule :

Type of Examination	Date
JEE(Main)- Paper-1 (B.E./B. Tech.) [Offline examination]	02-Apr-17
JEE(Main)- Paper-1 (B.E./B. Tech.) [Online examination ]	08,09 April, 2017
JEE(Main)- Paper-2 (B.Arch./B.Planning) [Offline examination]	02.04.2017

Read the full notification :

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has notified following two changes in the JEE pattern for 2017:

1. There shall be no weightage for the 12^th class marks in calculating the ranks in the JEE (Main) examination,

2. For the candidates to qualify for the admission in the IITs/NITs/IIITs and such other CFTIs whose admissions are based on the JEE (Advanced)/JEE(Main) ranks, they should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12^th class examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination conducted by the respective Boards. For SC/ST students the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th class examination.

The States of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttrakhand, Nagaland, Odisha & some other institutions have joined JEE (Main) system, however, their admission criteria will be notified by the concerned authorities. Therefore, the candidates seeking admission to the institutions in these states, which were earlier admitting based on their State level examination, are also advised to fill in the JEE (Main)–2017  application form online. The Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) of JEE (Main) will also be an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which the candidate has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs.

All the Indian citizen candidates should possess AADHAAR card issued by UIDAI. At the time of filling application form of JEE (Main)–2017, the candidates will have to enter their AADHAAR number, name, date of birth & gender which will be validated with the UIDAI’s data.  In case, these particulars do not match, the candidates will not be able to fill the application form for JEE (Main)–2017. Therefore, the candidates are advised to ensure that their AADHAAR card has correct details of their name, date of birth & gender as per school records. If there is some mismatch in these details, the candidates should immediately get it corrected in AADHAAR data or school records, as the case may be.

The online application process will start from 01st December, 2016 onwards. The last date for application is 02nd January, 2017 and fee can be paid upto 03rd January 2017.

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