IIT's extended merit list for JEE Advanced to benefit 14,000 students

The extended merit list added 8,954 candidates in general, 3,824 in OBC, 771 in SC, and 293 in ST categories -- a total of 31,980 eligible candidates across categories

Following a direction from the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) has released an extended merit list with 31,980 candidates, instead of the 18,138 who had earlier been declared as qualified for JEE Advanced-entrance test on June 10. The direction by the HRD ministry, issued late on Wednesday night, clearly said that a supplementary list should be published with twice the number of total seats on offer in each discipline and each category -- general as well reserved ones. The HRD ministry direction will benefit close to 14,000 more students