JEE Mains Result 2026 toppers: Ashi Grewal from Haryana emerges as female topper, check list here

Published on: Feb 17, 2026 9:26 AM IST

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The National Testing Agency, NTA has announced JEE Mains Result 2026 toppers. The Session 1 Joint Entrance Examination result was announced on February 16, 2026. The result link is available to candidates on the official website of JEE at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

JEE Mains Result 2026 toppers: Ashi Grewal from Haryana emerges as female topper, check list here (Unsplash )

Ashi Grewal of Haryana is the female topper for JEE Mains exam session 1. She scored 99.99 percentile.

A total of 13,04,653 candidates appeared for the exam out of which 4,49,568 were female candidates and 8,55,085 were male candidates.

JEE Main Final Answer Key 2026 released at jeemain.nta.nic.in, direct link to download here

JEE Mains Result 2026 toppers: List here

This year a total of 12 candidates scored 100 percentile in Paper 1 (B.E/B.Tech) JEE Mains Session 1 exam. The list is given here.

Shreyas Mishra - Delhi (NCR)

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

Vivan Sharad Mahiswari — Telangana

The Paper 1 exam was held on January 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28, 2026. A total of 13,55,293 candidates had registered for the exam out of which 13,04,653 candidates appeared. The exam was held in 15 cities outside India in Manama, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Kuwait City, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, West Java, Washington, Munich and Abu Dhabi.

NTA said the NTA score of 68 candidates has not been declared after they were found to be indulging in unfair means practices or discrepancies in identity verification. These cases are under action as per exam rules. For more related details candidates can check the official website of NTA JEE.

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