JEE main April session is likely to be conducted around the last week of June 2020. As the government extended the lockdown third time the NITs are compelled to restructure the entire schedule and the new academic session is likely to commence from September. The organising chairman of JEE Advanced, Sidharth Pandey said that the delay in JEE Main will also cause the delay in JEE advanced and so the authorities will try to conduct JEE Advanced just 2-3 weeks after JEE Main. The tentative date for JEE Advanced is 12th July. The entire process will take time and the session in IITs and NITs is not supposed to commence before September under any circumstances. The candidates who appeared in the January session have also not got their final ranks yet. The Central Seat Allocation Board is working on a plan for the students in which the counselling process will be conducted online. As the nationwide lockdown has been extended upto 17th May the train and flights and all other means of transport will remain suspended during this period. Also there is no certainty that the flights and trains will be back to normal after this period. Online counselling will be easy and convenient as the candidates won’t be required to be present physically with documents at the counseling center.

The Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal interacted with parents and teachers and said that JEE Main April session shall not be conducted until the central government completely lifts the nationwide lockdown.

As of now the NITs have decided to commence the session from September but that is also a possibility and not certain. For admission in NITs only JEE Main is required and so the NITs can proceed with counselling process as soon as JEE Main results are declared.