JEE Main Female Toppers List 2026: Ashi Grewal from Haryana is now the female topper in the JEE Main 2026 January session. She scored 99.9969766 percentile score. All the top 12 candidates who scored 100 percentile are only male candidates. Ashi Grewal is the only female topper in this session 1 of JEE Main 2026. As per the latest news, Ashi Grewal is a resident of Gurugram in Haryana. She passed out schooling in 2025 from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan of Hisar Cantt. Ashi is the only female candidate among the JEE Main 2026 Toppers List. Read the complete article to know more about the JEE Main Female Toppers list 2026.
This Story also Contains
The authority has published the list of session 1 JEE Main female toppers 2026 on its official website. Below are the details of the female toppers of the JEE Main 2026 January session, given here in table form.
| Name | NTA Score | State |
|---|---|---|
Ashi Grewal | 99.9969766 | Haryana |
Vaishnavi Kumari | 99.9775257 | Jharkhand |
Get expert advice on college selection, admission chances, and career path in a personalized counselling session.
The authority has released the JEE Main 2026 January session toppers list on its official portal. Among all these toppers, only Ashi Grewal from Haryana ranked top among female candidates. Next, Vaishnavi Kumari stood as state-wise topper from Jharkhand. Only these 2 female candidates are toppers in this session 1 of JEE Mains 2026.
The NTA has published the official data of gender-wise distribution of candidates who appeared for the paper 1 of the JEE Main 2026 exam. Below is the table that gives official information about how many female students appeared for the JEE Mains 2026 January session.
| Category | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
General | 1,57,747 | 2,95,078 | 4,52,825 |
General - EWS | 52,904 | 1,08,054 | 1,60,958 |
OBC - NCL (Central List) | 1,80,476 | 3,36,860 | 5,17,336 |
SC | 43,998 | 85,904 | 1,29,902 |
ST | 14,443 | 29,189 | 43,632 |
Total | 4,49,568 | 8,55,085 | 13,04,653 |
Ashi Grewal from Haryana, who is the only female topper of session 1 JEE Mains 2026, completed her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghathan last year 2025. The KVS is one of the central government schools run and managed under India’s Ministry of Education.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Ashi Grewal from Haryana is the only female topper in the first session of JEE Mains 2026 results.
There are 2 female toppers in the first session of JEE Mains 2026 results. Ashi Grewal is the only female topper in gender wise. While, Vaishnavi Kumari from Jharkhand is the state-wise topper.
Ashi Grewal scored a 99.9969766 percentile score, which is the top among female candidates.
4,49,568 female candidates appeared for session 1 of JEE Main 2026, among all the 13,04,653 students who attempted the exam.
On Question asked by student community
Dear Student,
The category rank with an 81 percentile depends on your specific category. You can check your category rank here:
You can get the following colleges:
You can check the complete list from here - https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/list-of-engineering-colleges-accepting-98-percentile-in-jee-main
Dear Student,
With 56 marks in JEE Mains 2026 April 5, the chances of result in a lower percentile than 80. But with normalisation you can expect a good percentile if your specific shift was very hard.
For your reference, check: JEE Mains 2026 April 5 Marks vs Percentile: Shift-Wise
Dear Student,
Normalization can boost your score and percentile if your specific shift was very hard.
You can check your percentile and rank here: JEE Mains 2026 April 5 Marks vs Percentile: Shift-Wise Expected Score Analysis
Dear Student,
88.3 percentile can help you get into NITs and other colleges but it also depends on your specific category. You can check cutoff and college list based on your JEE Main 2026 percentile here: JEE Main 2026 Colleges vs Percentile
Among top 100 Universities Globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026
Last Date to Apply: 29th April | Ranked #43 among Engineering colleges in India by NIRF | Highest Package 1.3 CR , 100% Placements
Recognized as Institute of Eminence by Govt. of India | NAAC ‘A++’ Grade | Upto 75% Scholarships
Last Date to Apply: 26th April | NAAC A++ Accredited | NIRF Rank #3
Merit Scholarships | NAAC A+ Accredited | Top Recruiters : E&Y, CYENT, Nvidia, CISCO, Genpact, Amazon & many more
Highest CTC 81.25 LPA | NAAC A++ Accredited | Ranked #62 in India by NIRF Ranking 2025 | JEE & JET Scores Accepted