JoSAA Counselling Schedule 2024: Check Category-wise Cutoff Marks

​​​​​​​Sakshi, Hyderabad: Telugu students have demonstrated their prowess in the JEE Advanced exam once again, securing four out of the top ten ranks. Additionally, 20 of the top 100 ranks are held by students from the Telugu states. A total of 12,000 students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh qualified in the JEE Advanced exam.

The JEE Advanced exam, held on the 26th of last month for admissions to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), saw IIT Madras conducting the examination. The results were announced on Sunday.

Qualification Statistics

  • Total Eligible Candidates: 48,248
  • Total Selected for Advanced Based on JEE Mains Ranks: 2.5 lakh
  • Registered for Advanced Exam: 1,86,584
  • Appeared for the Exam: 1,80,200

Top 10 Rankers

  • Ved Lahoti (IIT Delhi Zone) - Marks: 355/360 - Rank: 1
  • Aditya (IIT Delhi Zone) - Rank: 2
  • Bhogalapalli Sandesh (Telugu States) - Marks: 338 - Rank: 3
  • Putti Kaushalkumar (Telugu States) - Marks: 334 - Rank: 5
  • Koduru Tejeshwar (Telugu States) - Marks: 331 - Rank: 8
  • SSDB Sidvik Suhas (Telugu States) - Marks: 329 - Rank: 10

Increased Cutoff

The cutoff percentile for eligibility in JEE Advanced has increased this year:

  • General Category Cutoff: 93.2 percentile (2023: 90.7, 2022: 88.4)
  • Minimum Marks for Qualification:
    • Open Category: 109 marks
    • Reservation Category: 54 marks
    • Open Category Qualification: Minimum of 8.68% marks in each subject and an aggregate of 30.34% marks.

JoSAA Counseling Schedule 2024

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) will commence the counseling process for admissions into IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs from Monday. Mock counseling will be held until the 17th to familiarize students with the process.

The counseling schedule is as follows:

  • Registrations and Option Selection: From June 18th
  • First Phase: June 20th
  • Second Phase: June 27th
  • Third Phase: July 4th
  • Fourth Phase: July 10th
  • Final Phase: July 17th
  • Counseling for Remaining Seats: July 23rd (if any seats remain)

Seats in IITs are allotted based on ranks in the JEE Advanced exam, while seats in other central engineering colleges are based on JEE Main ranks. This year, 121 educational institutions are participating in JoSAA counseling, up from 114 last year. In the academic year 2023-24, there were 17,385 seats available across 23 IITs, with the number expected to increase this year.

JEE Advanced Category-wise Qualified Candidates

Category-wise

Category Applications Appeared Qualified
General 38,701 37,578 14,083
General (PwD) 857 798 236
OBC-NCL 68,507 66,213 9,281
OBC-NCL (PwD) 1,139 1,070 218
EWS 31,363 30,643 5,423
EWS (PwD) 340 324 85
SC 30,370 29,432 13,794
SC (PwD) 227 207 41
ST 14,651 13,869 5,073
ST (PwD) 69 66 14

Gender-wise Qualification

Gender Applications Appeared Qualified
Males 1,43,637 1,39,180 40,284
Females 42,947 41,020 7,964
Total 1,86,584 1,80,200 48,248

JEE Advanced 2024 Top 10 Rankers

Name Marks IIT Zone
Ved Lohith 355 Delhi
Aditya 346 Delhi
Bhogalapalli Sandesh 338 Madras
Raitam Kedia 337 Roorkee
Putti Kaushalkumar 334 Madras
Rajdeep Mishra 333 Bombay
Dwij Dharmeshkumar Patil 332 Bombay
Koduru Tejeshwar 331 Madras
Dhruvi Hemant Joshi 329 Bombay
Alladaboyina Sidwik Suhas 329 Madras
(Telugu states fall under the Madras zone)    

Minimum Qualifying Marks in JEE Advanced by Category

Category Minimum Marks in Each Subject Total Marks
Open Category 10 109
OBC-NCL 9 98
EWS 9 98
SC 5 54
ST 5 54
(In all other reservation categories, a minimum of 5 marks in each subject and a total of 54 marks is required to qualify.)    

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