The Ministry of Education has officially reconstituted the Joint Entrance Examination Apex Board (JAB) for the upcoming JEE Main and JEE Advanced 2026- 2027 session.
A notification was released on 27 August 2025 with the subject “Reconstitution of Board structure and administrative framework of JEE Apex Board (JAB) for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for the year 2026 & 2027 for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes in IITs, NITs, and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs), etc.”
This decision has been taken to ensure a better, streamlined, and transparent conduct of both JEE Main 2026 and JEE Advanced 2026, benefiting lakhs of engineering aspirants across the country.
The newly reconstituted Joint Entrance Examination Apex Board (JAB) will now be chaired by Professor S. K. Jain, former Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, who has been appointed as the honorary chairperson.
The board includes the directors of IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, NIT Rourkela, IIEST Shibpur, IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT (PPP) Una, and IIITDM Kancheepuram as key members.
In addition, representatives from the state governments of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh have joined the panel, along with nominees from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), CBSE, NIC, C-DAC, and the Ministry of Education.
The Director General of the National Testing Agency (NTA) will serve as the member secretary, ensuring smooth coordination between all stakeholders involved in the conduct of JEE Main and JEE Advanced.
The JAB will remain the highest authority responsible for framing policies, rules, and regulations for the JEE Main exam while coordinating with organizing IITs for JEE Advanced. The National Testing Agency will continue to provide administrative and logistical support, including handling online applications and exam conduct.
The transparency processes established by the IIT system in JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced) shall be adopted, reads the official.
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