More than 10,000 women qualified for JEE Advanced 2026, achieving a six-year high qualification rate of 23.4% according to IIT Roorkee's Joint Implementation Committee report.
The supernumerary seats scheme has maintained women's seat allocations around 20% across 23 IITs since 2018 without reducing male candidate allocations.
A recent study indicates the scheme encourages high-ranking women to select traditionally male-dominated branches like computer science and electrical engineering.