Local students delivered a steady performance in the JEE (Advanced) 2026 examination, the results of which were officially announced on Monday. Out of 1,87,389 candidates who registered nation-wide for the premier engineering entrance test, 56,880 qualified for admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Arsh Jain emerged as the top performer from Bhopal, securing an All India Rank (AIR) 131. According to the data released by the organising institute, IIT Roorkee, Arsh also secured the top position nationally (AIR 1) in the CRL-PwD category. Following him closely in the city standings, Kunal Gyanchandani secured an impressive AIR 354. In the wider regional circuit, Riddhesh Anant Bendale from Indore secured AIR 18, making him the absolute topper for the entire IIT Kanpur zone.

 

Led by Riddhesh’s zonal rank, the IIT Kanpur zone registered a total of 5,552 qualified candidates. The zone placed three students in the national Top 100 and 16 within the Top 500. Behind Riddhesh on the zonal leaderboard are Parth Maheshwary (CRL 55), Anvesh Patel (CRL 68), and Bhopal’s Arsh Jain (CRL 131). Bhopal’s performance brackets:\ The city’s representation on the national leaderboard remained steady with several students clearing the high-percentile threshold. Tanishq Shukla secured AIR 711, placing well within the top tier of successful candidates. Other notable rankers from Bhopal include Bhavya Diwakar at AIR 1259, Mudit Gupta with AIR 1886, Satvik Arora who scored AIR 2045 and Divit Agarwal with AIR 2227. To qualify for the Common Rank List (CRL) this year, IIT Roorkee set the minimum baseline at 7.30% in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics individually, along with a minimum aggregate cut-off of 25.56%, which required a total score of at least 92 marks out of