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IIT-JEE Advanced result 2017 declared; check results at jeeadv.ac.in

Joint Entrance Examination Advanced 2017 results have been declared. 

IIT-JEE Advanced result 2017 declared; check results at jeeadv.ac.in Representational image (File pic)

Delhi: The results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2017 was declared on Sunday.

The results were declared by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, the organiser of the exam.

The exams were held on May 21.

Sarvesh Mehtani from Panchkula in Haryana topped this year's examination.

Mehtani was followed by Pune's Akshat Chugh and Delhi's Ananye Agarwal who secured the second and third spot in All India Ranks (AIR). Kerala's Shafil Maheen topped the South Zone.

According to a statement from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, a total of 1,59,540 candidates appeared in the JEE (Advanced) 2017 held on May 21. Of those, 50,455 made it to the rank-list across all categories.

"The gender ratio of the successful candidates stands at 43,318 boys and 7,137 girls (86 per cent boys and 14 per cent girls approximately)," it added, as per IANS.

Category-wise, 23,390 students qualified under General, 9,043 under OBC-NCL, 13,312 under SC and 4,710 under ST categories.

In order to check the results, students should go to the official website - results.jeeadv.ac.in - and type advanced application number.

They should enter date of birth and other details and click on submit.

It's advisable to take a printout of the result after downloading it.

As per reports, at least 1.7 lakh candidates had registered and appeared for the exams.

Those who had cleared the JEE (Main) were eligible to sit for it.

JEE (Advanced) is an annual engineering college entrance examination and used as the sole admission test by the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

Other universities like the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), and Indian Institute of Science also use the score obtained in JEE Advanced as the basis for admission.