JEE advanced 2020 will be held under the aegis of IIT Delhi and the institute has announced May 17, 2020 as the official exam date.
A meeting was conducted by the IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) on September 15 and a number of key decisions were taken in the meeting. One of the many decisions was to conduct JEE Advanced 2020 in the United States. For this purpose, one examination center will be set up in the San Francisco area.
Speaking about the decisions taken by the IIT JAB, Prof V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi, said, "JEE Advanced is an examination conducted by all IITs for admission to IITs. IITs have taken a conscious decision to encourage cultural diversity on their campuses. JEE exam is now conducted in five countries worldwide and we have added the USA to this list. US has benefitted significantly by the presence of a large number of IIT alumni there and there is considerable awareness in the US about IITs. Conducting JEE in the bay area is a logical thing to do."
Another major decision in the meeting was taken to increase the number of eligible students for the JEE Advanced exam. Earlier, top 2,40,000 candidates were shortlisted for the JEE Main exam. Now, this number has been increased by 10,000 i.e. from 2020 onwards 2,50,000 students will be shortlisted to appear in the JEE Advanced Exam.
On May 17, 2020, the first paper of the JEE Main will start at 9 am and the second paper will start at 2:30 pm.
Prof Siddharth Pandey, Organizing Chairman, JEE (Advanced) 2020, "Paper 2 that used to start at 2 p.m. earlier, is now scheduled to start at 2:30 pm. This is to allow students, especially the PwD candidates, more time between the two papers. This will also help in conducting biometric verification at the centers in a timely manner."
In 2019, JEE Advanced centers were also set up in Dubai (UAE), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore and Colombo (Sri Lanka) but the JAB has decided to discontinue the exam centers in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Colombo (Sri Lanka) due to lack of candidates for the JEE Advanced exam.
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