Jaipur boy Aman Bansal has topped the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) for 2016, the results of which were declared on June 12. In the highly competitive exam on the basis of which admissions to the prestigious IITs and other top engineering colleges are granted, the second position was grabbed by Bhavesh Dhingra of Yamuna Nagar, while Kunal Goyal, also of Jaipur, stood third. Over 1,55,948 candidates had registered for the exam and 36,566 qualified, as per the official JEE website. Of these 31,996 are boys and 4,570 are girls. Read: Top 25 Engineering Colleges in India: India Rankings 2016 Riya Singh from Kota is the topper among girls with an all-India ranking of 133. Seats to 23 IITs including the four new ones will be allotted on the basis of this test which was organised by IIT Guwahati this year. Apart from IITs, admissions on the basis of this exam are granted to other institutes like Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram. Read: JEE Advanced 2016: Meet the Delhi toppers JEE Advanced 2016 result highlight Topper: Aman Bansal from Jaipur Girl topper: Riya Singh from Kota PIO category: 25 students Foreign students: 2 OBC-NCL category: Duggani Jeevithiesh of Vijayawada SC: Chinmay Awale of Navi Mumbai ST: Mude Chaithanya Naik Punganur Persons with disabilities: Kalluri Hari Prasad of Guntur Read: IIT-JEE Advanced: Results come out but website crashes In the academic year 2016-17, four new IITs — IIT Chhattisgarh, IIT Goa, IIT Jammu and IIT Karnataka — will take admissions. According to an official summary of results, zone wise, IIT Chennai zone had five candidates in the top 10. IIT Mumbai zone has three candidates, IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee zones have one candidate each among the top 10 candidates. For more news on education, click here
