Exam

Yes, a JEE Main All India Rank (AIR) is required to qualify for the merit-based scholarships offered at Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College (AKGEC) for B.Tech students.

The college provides tuition fee waivers based on specific rank brackets in the JEE Main examination. These scholarships are applicable for all four years of the B.Tech program, provided the student maintains the required academic and attendance standards.

AKGEC B.Tech Merit Scholarship Criteria (2026-27)

The scholarship amount is a percentage of the tuition fee, determined by your All India Rank:

With a 74.8 percentile in JEE Main and the EWS category, you have a very strong chance of getting admission into the Mining Engineering branch at MBM University, Jodhpur.

At this score, he should look for specialised or interdisciplinary branches where the OBC cutoff is lower:

• IIT Jammu / IIT Dharwad: May get core Electrical or Power Electronics in later rounds.

• IIT BHU (Varanasi): Possible for programs like Electrical Machines and Drives or specialised Chemical/Materials branches (if they accept EEE).

• IIT Mandi: Possible for Power Electronics & Drives (PED) or Energy Engineering.

• IIT Gandhinagar / IIT Bhubaneswar: Good chances for interdisciplinary branches like Biomedical Engineering or Earth System Science.

No, the JEE Main exam on April 5, 2026, was not cancelled. However, it was officially rescheduled for certain candidates.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) allowed students to request a change of date because April 5 coincided with Easter Sunday. Following representations from students and religious communities, the Union Government approved a provision for affected candidates to opt for an alternate exam date within the Session 2 window (April 2 to April 9, 2026).

KIIT entrance exam has a total of 120 MCQs, and tests the Reasoning, Mathematics, Verbal Ability & General Knowledge of aspirants. Total duration of the exam is 150 minutes. Questions are about percentages, profit & loss, coding-decoding, and GK.