Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has announced that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2021 has been postponed due to the rapid surge of Covid-19 cases across the country in the past month. The JEE Advanced 2021 entrance was scheduled to be conducted on July 3, as per the official exam timetable. The entrance exam now stands postponed till further notice, and the new dates will be announced once the pandemic is under control. Before the JEE Advanced 2021 exam, the JEE Main 2021 April and May sessions have also been postponed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The dates for these exams have not been notified yet.