IIT entrance to go online from 2018

CHENNAI: The entrance examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will go completely online from 2018, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) decided on Sunday. The JAB, which is the policy-making body on IIT admissions, took the decision at a meeting here.

In a statement, Director, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, and Chairman JAB 2017, Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi said, “It has been decided that the JEE (Advanced) will be conducted in online mode from 2018 onwards.”