16 February,2026 11:11 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Of the 12 toppers, 11 belong to the General category and one to the OBC-NCL category. Representational Pic/File
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the results of JEE (Main) 2026 Session 1 Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.), with 12 candidates, including Madhav Viradiya from Maharashtra, scored a perfect 100 percentile, an official release said.
Of the 12 toppers, 11 belong to the General category and one to the OBC-NCL category.
The examination was conducted in January 2026 across 658 centres in 326 cities, including 15 cities outside India.
The exam was also held in international cities such as Manama, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Kuwait City, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, West Java, Washington, Munich and Abu Dhabi, the release said.
A total of 13,55,293 candidates registered, and 13,04,653 candidates appeared, resulting in a high attendance rate of 96.26 per cent.
According to the official release, 12 candidates achieved a 100 NTA Score in Paper 1.
Twelve candidates achieved a perfect 100 NTA Score (percentile) in Paper 1.
The top scorers include-
- Shreyas Mishra (Delhi-NCT)
- Narendrababu Gari Mahith (Andhra Pradesh)
- Shubham Kumar (Bihar)
- Kabeer Chhillar (Rajasthan)
- Chiranjib Kar (Rajasthan)
- Bhavesh Patra (Odisha)
- Anay Jain (Haryana)
- Arnav Gautam (Rajasthan)
- Pasala Mohith (Andhra Pradesh)
- Madhav Viradiya (Maharashtra)
- Purohit Nimay (Gujarat) and
- Vivan Sharad Mahiswari (Telangana)
General Category: 4,73,633 candidates
Gen-EWS: 1,64,260 candidates
OBC-NCL: 5,33,971 candidates
SC: 1,37,207 candidates
ST: 46,222 candidates
Overall, 4,67,817 female candidates and 8,87,476 male candidates registered for the exam.
The NTA score is a normalised score based on the relative performance of candidates in each shift. It is not the same as percentage marks.
Final ranks will be released after Session 2, considering the best of the two NTA scores, in line with existing policy.
The results of Paper 2 (B.Arch/B.Planning) will be declared later.
NTA adopted several strict measures to ensure fairness including:
- OTP-based Aadhaar E-KYC introduced for authentication
- Biometric attendance and frisking at centres
- 5G jammers installed in all centres
- AI-based video analytics and virtual observers
- Live CCTV monitoring from a Central Control Room in New Delhi
- 311 City Coordinators, 726 Observers, 311 flying squads deployed
- Special facilities for PwD/PwBD candidates under the RPwD Act 2016
- Provisional answer keys and recorded responses were uploaded online for transparency before final results were declared.
