The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2024 Session 2. Nilkrishna Gajare from Washim, Maharashtra has emerged as the national topper while Dakshesh Sanjay Mishra and Aarav Bhatt secured the second and third ranks respectively. A record-breaking 56 candidates, including Sanvi Jain from Karnataka and Shayna Sinha from Delhi, achieved the perfect score of 100 NTA points. The high number of top scorers is expected to raise the cut-off for the JEE (Advanced) exam, a prerequisite for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). A total of 250,284 candidates are now eligible to appear for the JEE (Advanced) out of the 10,67,959 who took the JEE (Main) exam.