Mumbai: Engineering aspirants wanting to join the Indian Institutes of Technology, the premier technology schools of the country, will take the Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced) on Sunday. While IIT Kanpur did not share data on the total number of candidates who registered to take the JEE (Adv), coaching classes said about 2 lakh students are likely to sit for the exam.In 2024, the IITs had a total of 17,740 seats for admission, up from 17,385 in 2023. After the exam and before the counselling, IITs will make the total seat tally available. Sunday’s exam will be conducted in two shifts – Paper 1 will be held from 9 am to 12 noon, and Paper 2 will be held from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm.Students have been asked not to wear jewellery or religious items. The candidates have been advised not to wear charm/tabiz, rings, bracelets, earrings, nose pins, chains/necklaces, pendants, badges, brooches, hairpins, hair bands, and clothes with big buttons. They are expected to wear sandals or chappals as shoes or closed footwear are not allowed. Similarly, wearing caps and jackets inside the exam hall is not permitted.Exam centres will open at 7 am. Candidates need to carry a printed copy of the downloaded admit card and any one of their valid original photo identity cards like Aadhaar card, driving licence, voter ID, passport, or PAN card, with a photograph for the examination. —Hemali Chhapia