JEE Main 2021: NTA adds over 160 new exam centres and 100 cities for session 3 and 4 exam
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NTA has increased JEE Main 2021 exam centres to 828 from 660 spread across 334 cities of India. It will help in ensuring all COVID-19 guidelines and safety protocal are being met at exam centres.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced JEE Main 2021 exam date for session 3 (April) and session 4 (May) exams. Along with the declaration of JEE dates, NTA has also announced that around 102 new exam cities and 168 exam centres have been added for the upcoming session 3 and 4 exams. JEE Main 2021 will not be conducted at around 880 exam centres in 334 exam cities spread across various states of the country and abroad.
NTA has also allowed candidates who have registered earlier for the JEE Main 2021 April and May exams to change their exam city preference and select new test city near to their place of residence. Candidates can login through the JEE Main official website jeemain.nta.nic.in and change their exam centre preference from July 6 to 8 and also during July 9 to 12. Candidates who are registering as fresh candidates will see option of newly added cities while filling the JEE Main application form 2021.
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The increase in exam cities and centres have been made to ensure all norms of social distancing in and out the examination hall is followed and also ensure all the COVID-19 safety protocols are met. It will help in assuring that less students are accommodated in every exam centres which would ultimately help in meeting all the Government guidelines for COVID-19 and social distancing norms.
For the matter of students safety and ease of organizing the JEE Main 2021 session 3 and 4 exams, NTA will be adopting the following measures,
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Face masks will be provided to every candidate at the JEE Main exam centre
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Examination hall, computers and seats will be sanitized before and after every shift during the exam day period.
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To avoid social gathering at the exam centre, students will be given staggered time slots for reporting.
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Candidates will be seated in the exam hall following the social distancing norms
JEE Main 2021 April exam will be conducted from July 20 to 25 and the May exam will be held from July 25 to 27. JEE Main admit card 2021 will be issued after the completion of application and correction window period.
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No, JEE Main is not compulsory for Intellipaat School of Technology, Pune BTech admissions. The institute conducts an in-house test based on which seats are given. Aspirants have to appear for the ISTEE to get admission in the institute.
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Yes, MITS Deemed to be University accepts valid score in JEE (Main) for admission in its BTech programme. Students can also choose take the MITSUCET instead which is conducted by the university for BTech admission.
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For those who are applying to the GD Goenka University BTech programme based on their JEE Main results, the timing is absolutely perfect and in sync with the rest of the country's results declaration and other processes. The JEE Main results are generally declared in the month of April every year, w
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- Candidates cannot use the JEE Main city slip 2026 for entry at the exam centre. Only the admit card can be used to enter the centre and for verification.
The National Testing Agency, in no case, will issue duplicate JEE Main admit cards at test centres
Candidates are requested to keep the admit card
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Answered 4 days ago
Check below how to recover JEE Main 2026 Password
Visit website of JEE Main 2026
Click on “Forgot Password” link
Answer security question
A verification code will be sent to registered mobile number
A password reset link will be sent to registered email ID
Click on reset password link and create a new pas
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Candidates can look for their JEE Mains application number in their registered email ID and confirmation page.
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Follow the instructions below if you find any errors in your admit card of JEE Main 2026:
- In case of any discrepancy in the particulars of the candidate or photograph and signature shown in the JEE Mains admit card 2026, the candidate has to immediately approach the NTA Help Line from 10:00 A.M. to 0
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No, Shetty Institute of Technology does not accept JEE Main. Students do not have to submit JEE scores. Instead, students need to appear for the CET exam. The institute may accept other tests for management quota admissions.
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SGT University considers JEE Main scores for admission to BTech. Candidates are also selected for BTech courses based on their merit or CUET scores. However, the preference is given to candidates with JEE Main scores.
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For general students 60 marks is not good enough for admission in top NITs or IIITs. 60 marks will be around 80 percentile and will give rank between 1.5 and 2.5 lakhs.
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