For a long time, cracking the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced has been the main way to get into India’s top engineering schools, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). But IIT Kharagpur is about to change that. From the 2026 academic session, students who have done exceptionally well in international Olympiads or won medals in national and international sports can get admission without needing a JEE rank. This move aims to give talented students more opportunities to join one of India’s leading engineering institutes. According to the Times News Network , the IIT Kharagpur Senate has approved the plan in principle. A committee is now working out the details, taking inspiration from similar programs at IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Gandhinagar, and IIT Indore

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