Telangana’s Bani Brata Majee secures top spot in JEE Main State rankings

The JEE Main 2025 Session 1 results, released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday, saw Telangana’s Bani Brata Majee emerge as the state’s top scorer. Majee secured a perfect 100 NTA score in Paper-I (BE/BTech), making him the only student from Telangana to achieve this feat.

Nationally, 14 students attained a 100 NTA score, with Andhra Pradesh’s Sai Manogna Guthikonda being declared the overall female topper.

Ahead of the results, NTA published the final answer keys, dropping 12 questions from the examination. The JEE Main Session 1 was conducted on January 22, 23, 24, 28, and 29 across 618 centers in 304 cities, including 15 locations outside India. Out of 13,11,544 registered candidates, 12,58,136 appeared for the test. However, the results of 39 candidates were withheld due to violations of exam protocols.

The second session of JEE Main 2025 is set to take place between April 1 and 8, with registration open until February 25 (9 PM). Candidates can submit their application fees until 11:50 PM on the same day. After both sessions, rankings will be determined based on the best of the two scores.

JEE Main serves as the gateway for admissions into prestigious institutions such as NITs, IIITs, and centrally funded technical institutes. The top 2.5 lakh performers in JEE Main qualify for JEE Advanced, the entrance exam for IIT admissions.