The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, for the first time will conduct Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Advanced) in 2020 United States (US). The centre will be set up in San Francisco area. Besides, the prestigious engineering institute will held JEE 2020 examinations in 23 IITs situated across the country. The engineering entrance examination will be conducted on May 17 next year.
With adding a centre in US, JEE exam will now be conducted in five countries worldwide. "We have added USA to this list. US have benefitted significantly by the presence of a large number of IIT alumni there and there is considerable awareness in the US about IITs. Conducting JEE in the bay area is a logical thing to do," said Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT-D.
Further the board has decided to discontinue the exam centres in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Colombo (Sri Lanka) for JEE (Advanced). Apart from this, IIT conducts examinations in Dubai (UAE), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore.
The Board has decided to shortlist Two Lakh Fifty Thousand (250,000) students (including all categories) from JEE (Main) 2020 to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2020. On May 17, 2020, the first paper of JEE (Advanced) will start at 9.00 a.m. and end at 12 noon. The second paper will be conducted from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
"Paper 2 that used to start at 2 p.m. earlier, is now scheduled to start at 2:30 pm. This is to allow students, especially the PwD candidates, more time between the two papers. This will also help in conducting biometric verification at the centers in timely manner,"said Siddharth Pandey, Organizing Chairman, JEE (Advanced) 2020.
