mumbai andhra pradesh again bagged the top position in the country in the jee main exam with pramod vakacharla scoring 355 of a total 360 last year too 16yearold m viswa virinchi a resident of kukatpally secured the first rank with 345 marks in second position this year were krishlay raj from jharkhand and mohammad akram khan from andhra pradesh at 350 while vakacharla hails from sulurapeta in nellore district khans family is from adilabad district but now lives in kothegudem incidentally both are classmates at narayana sri chaitanya iit academy vijaywada and bagged nearly the same score in their intermediate exams both want to enroll in the computer science engineering course in iitbombay in maharashtra akolas kapil vaidya who scored 335 was not rejoicing at his achievement instead he spent the entire day in the college library preparing for a greater challenge shalaka kulkarni who got a total of 306 was one of the highest scorers among girls a student of sulochanadevi singhania high school thane she had earlier scored the highest in the country in her class x icse exam in fact as results of the jee main trickled in on saturday 154 lakh candidates 28666 of them girls wanted to party but had to prepare for the upcoming jee advanced the cutoff for the entrance test to the indian institutes of technology is a tad higher this year at 115 for general category candidates compared to 113 last year for obc candidates it stands at 74 compared to 70 in 2013 at 53 for scheduled caste students and 47 for scheduled tribe candidates scores were relaxed by 385 for obc candidates and by 6018 for scheduled tribes the cbse withheld 16 results as the candidates were caught cheating according to the official notification the distribution across categories will be as per the government of india directive obcncl 27 sc 15 st 75 and the rest 505 will be from the common merit list that includes all category candidates for instance total candidates from the common merit list will be 75750 and candidates who have the same score as the last candidate a total of 1357 lakh students registered for jee main this year across the country nearly 15500 seats are on offer in 30 nits 850 seats in five iiits and another 15000 seats in selffinancing institutions the rank scored in the jee main is valid for two years it means a candidate who figures in the top 15 lakh list of jee main can take the jee advanced either this year or next year last year to figure in the top20 percentile list the cutoff was the highest for andhra pradesh 918 followed by tamil nadu at 909 and kerala at 852jee advanced candidates in the top 15 lakh rank list can take the jee advanced on may 25 admission to the 13 iits and ism dhanbad will be based on jee advanced scores registrations for jee advanced will end on may 9 candidates