JEE-Advanced) due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will be given one more chance to appear for the exam in 2021, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) said in a joint note Tuesday“To address the concerns of the affected candidates, while avoiding prejudice to other candidates…it was decided to allow all the candidates who had successfully registered to appear in JEE Advanced, but were absent in the exam to appear in JEE Advanced 2021 as a one-time major to ensure equal opportunity to all," IIT Delhi said after a meeting of the joint admission board (JAB) of the IITs.IIT Delhi is the organizing IIT this year and JAB is the apex body of IITs that takes call on policy, rules and regulations related to admissions and selections at.