JEE Advanced 2023 Reservation Criteria for GEN-EWS/SC/ST/OBC-NCL

Indian nationals belonging to SC/ST/OBC-NCL are admitted under the seats reserved for them under the rules and guidelines laid down by the Government of India. JEE Advanced 2023 reservation will be updated however candidates can check the category wise previous year reservation matrix of seats (in percentage) which is provided in the following table:

Note: Within each of the categories – OPEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST category seats, 5% horizontal reservation is available for PwD candidates.

Important Points to Remember

• Backward Classes should be present in the most recent and updated Central List of OBC (NCL)
• Candidates appearing for JEE Advanced 2023 belonging to the Creamy Layer (CL) of OBC are not eligible for Reservations and are treated as part of the General (GEN) i.e. Unreserved category.
• Candidates from OBC (CL) shall compete for Open Seats i.e. the seats for which everyone is eligible.
• Eligibility for SC/ST reservation is determined and given to only those tribes and castes that are specifically and explicitly mentioned in the Central List of castes and tribes from corresponding states laid down by the Govt. of India.

JEE Advanced 2023 Reservation for Female Candidates

• A decision has been taken at the level of the IIT Council to improve the gender balance in the undergraduate programs at the IITs.
• 20% of supernumerary seats will be reserved for female candidates. 
• The supernumerary seats specifically for female candidates will be created without any reduction in the number of seats that were made available for non-female candidates.
• These supernumerary seats will only be offered to those female candidates who are declared qualified in JEE Advanced 2023.
• The detailed procedure for the implementation of this will be set out in the Business Rules of JoSSA 2023.

JEE Advanced 2023 Reservation Criteria for Defence Personnel

Defence Service candidates are defined as children of defence/paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action at war front or peacetime operations. 2 seats are reserved for allotment in each institute under JEE Advanced for DS candidates. However, in order to avail this preferential allotment, a DS candidate must qualify the JEE Advanced and hence, be in the Common Rank List of JEE.

JEE Advanced 2023 Reservation Criteria for PwD Candidates

Persons with Disability (PwD)- 5% seats (horizontally) are reserved in each of the following categories:

1. OPEN i.e. GENERAL
2. GEN-EWS
3. OBC-NCL
4. SC
5. ST

Candidates with 40% or more disability irrespective of the type- locomotive, visual or dyslexic are given higher priority. Preference to Leprosy-cured candidates who are otherwise fit enough to take up the course.

Details of Medical Authority issuing the Disability Certificate 

The following Report is required to be submitted by Dyslexic candidates:

• Handicap percentage should not be less than 40%
• Permanent disability only
• Issued from Govt. organization only.

A scribe is an individual who writes the examination for a person with a physical or learning disability and which restrains him from writing the examination. Typically, the scribe reads out the question and writes the response/marks the response in the OMR sheet after the candidate says the final answer. For IIT JEE Advanced, scribe is a class 11 student from science stream having Mathematics as one of the subjects

• PwD candidates (including Dyslexic, blind, lost fingers/hands, disability in upper limbs) can avail services of a scribe to mark responses in the OMR sheet
• Send the Scribe Request form (find below) along with PwD Certificate/Dyslexic Evaluation report to Chairman, JEE Advanced uploaded during registration
• Candidates cannot bring their own scribes. Zonal IITs do the needful
• The candidate and scribe meet one day prior to the exam along with IIT representatives
• If it is found that the candidate does not require the use of a scribe: evaluation, ranking, and admission stands canceled