Maharashtra students performed strongly in JEE Advanced 2026, with IIT Bombay zone candidates among category toppers, organisers said. B Jayakrishna Srinivas secured General-EWS Rank 1 with 319 marks, while Kovid Boob topped the SC category. Overall, 56,880 of 1.79 lakh candidates qualified for IIT admissions through the exam.
Mumbai: Maharashtra students delivered an impressive performance in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2026, with candidates from the IIT Bombay zone emerging among the top performers across categories, reinforcing the state's reputation as a major hub for engineering aspirants.
IIT Bombay zone registers strong presence among category toppers
The results, announced on Sunday, saw Shubham Kumar of the IIT Delhi zone secure All India Rank (AIR) 1 in the Common Rank List (CRL) with 330 marks. However, the IIT Bombay zone also registered a strong presence among category toppers.
According to data released by the organising IIT, B. Jayakrishna Srinivas from the IIT Bombay zone secured Rank 1 in the General-EWS category with 319 marks, while Kovid Boob of the IIT Bombay zone emerged as the top-ranked candidate in the Scheduled Caste (SC) category.
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