National Testing Authority made Aadhaar card number optional while filling the online registration form for JEE Main 2019 and NET December 2018.
Candidates can provide other identification details such as passport number, ration card number, bank account number or any other valid government identity number.
The registration process for both these exams started from September 1.
Both NET and JEE Mains will be conducted twice a year.
NET is conducted every year to fill up the post of assistant professor and junior research fellowship.
While clearing the JEE mains and advanced papers will make candidates eligible for admission to Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) courses at Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) across India.