The results of the prestigious competitive examination JEE 2007 held on April 8, 2007 have been declared. Out of 2,43,029 candidates who wrote the examination, 7,200 candidates are eligible to seek admission to 5537 seats in IITs at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee, ITBHU and ISMU Dhanbad. Mr. Achin Bansal (Reg. No. 2088031) from IIT Delhi Zone topped this year?s All India list of successful candidates.
The number of qualified candidates out of those who appeared in different IIT zones are: Bombay ? 2235 out of 45,246, Delhi - 1398 out of 45,910, Guwahati ? 137 out of 15,675, Kanpur ? 513 out of 38,849, Kharagpur ? 733 out of 32,693, Madras ? 1688 out of 38,192 and Roorkee - 496 out of 26,464. Counselling for admissions begins on 18th June and concludes on 22nd June 2007 for the declared All India Rank (AIR) holders. Courses allocated to the successful candidates will be declared on 29th June, 2007.
This year 54,025 girls wrote JEE 2007 and 587 of them qualified. Ms. Ankita Sharma (Reg. No. 1042066) from IIT Bombay zone with an All India Rank of 55 topped the list of girl candidates.
IITs admit SC/ST students with relaxed criteria. This year 20,892 SC candidates wrote JEE 2007 out of whom 594 qualified. Similarly 5,909 ST candidates wrote JEE 2007 and 109 of them qualified. Ms Anasuya Mandal, ranked 449 in the common merit list and Ms Varunie Shashni, ranked 983 in the common merit list were the highest ranked SC and ST candidates respectively. IITs, IT-BHU and ISMU also hold a one-year Preparatory Course for SC/ST students who do not make it to the common or reserved category merit lists. This year, 306 SC
candidates and 411ST candidates have qualified for the Preparatory Course. Their counselling will be held on 6th July 2007 at IITs, IT-BHU and ISMU. Candidates with certified physical disabilities (PD) are granted admission with relaxed norms.
An extended merit list has also been compiled and displayed. Students on this list may be counselled by the Indian Institute of Space-Science
Technology (IIST), Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER). The Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping) also offers admission based on JEE 2007 results.
source: IIT Jee Press Note...