GATE Cutoff Marks for IIT and NIT for OBC category: Check Branch-Wise Cutoff Range, Subject-Wise GATE OBC

GATE cutoff marks for IIT and NIT for OBC category are generally 10% lower than the General category, but vary across branches and institutes. GATE cut-offs for OBC NCL vary widely across IITs and NITs. At the top IITs, OBC cut-offs often range from 650 to 750, while newer IITs admit from 400 to 550.

NITs set OBC cut-offs at 600 to 700, mid-tier NITs have the OBC cut-off 450 to 550, and newer NITs have OBC cut-offs from 350 to 450. Roughly 27 to 28% of GATE applicants belong to OBC NCL, and nearly 40% of qualifiers are OBC and CL.

GATE Cutoff Marks for IIT and NIT for OBC category: Branch-wise Cutoff Range

• At IIT Bombay, OBC qualifying scores range between 427 and 630, while actual admission for CSC can go up to 700 800
• IIT Delhi shortlists OBC candidates for CSE at a minimum gate score of 720
• At IIT Madras top OBC cut-offs in each program, like CSE and Data Science, reach around 800 850
• At NIT Suratkal, the overall OBC cut-off ranges from 311 to 694, with CSE closing near 700.
• At NIT Calicut, the OBC CSE cut-off falls between 421 to 592 across admission rounds.
• At top NITs such as Trichy and Warangal, OBC cut-offs typically lie in the 600 to 720 range for competitive branches.
• The Airport Authority of India also uses GATE scores for engineering recruitment, with OBC cut off at 806 for Civil, 714 for Electrical, 573 for Electronics, and 820 for IT
• 2023 onwards Airport Authority of India publishes normalised scores.

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Key Summary

• 27 to 28% of registered candidates for GATE belong to the OBC NCL category.
• Among 18 to 20% of total gate applicants qualifying OBC candidates usually account for 35 to 40% of the qualified pool
• With 27% seats reserved for OBC NCL, roughly 20 to 25% of the total IIT M. Tech seats are filled by OBC candidates
• 25 to 28% of NIT seats are consistently secured by OBC candidates.
• Gate qualifying cutoff for OBC candidates is set at 90% of the general cutoff for each paper.
• At the IIT level, actual admission cut-offs are higher due to intense competition, ranging from 600 to 750 plus for popular branches like CSE and AI in top institutes
• Top-tier NITs such as Trichy, Warangal, and Suratkal typically set OBC cut-offs between 600 to 700.
• Mid-tier NITs generally require a GATE score in the 450 to 600 range, while newer or less competitive NITs have OBC cut-offs around 350-450

GATE Cutoff Marks for the IITs-OBC Category

• GATE cut-off marks for IITs for the OBC category range from 400-720.
• The cut-offs depend on the rounds and the programs.
• Key programs like CSE, AI, etc, have a 600-715 cut-off across top to mid-tier IITs.
• OBC-NCL candidates have 27% reservation in IIT M.Tech seats.
• OBC qualifying marks are 90% of the General category cut-off in each paper.
• Top-tier IITs have an OBC cut-off usually 600-720+.
• In Mid-tier IIT, the OBC cut-off ranges around 550-650
• Newer IITs have comparatively lower OBC cut-off, ranging from 350-500, for demanding courses, it is as high as 550-600.
• Brach-wise cut-offs vary across streams.

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GATE Cut-off Marks for NIT-OBC Category

• OBC cut-offs differ in all 5 rounds. In the beginning rounds, the cut-off is higher, and it comes down with later rounds.
• OBC cut-offs across NITs span from 270 to 747 from Newer to the top NITs.
• At NIT Trichy, NIT Warangal, and NIT Suratkal, maximum OBC cut-offs exceed 730, especially in CSE and AI, while their minimum cut-offs stay above 300-350.
• Institutes like NIT Calicut, Kurukshetra, Jaipur, Nagpur, and Allahabad show OBC cut-offs between 280 to 650, with stronger demand in CS/ECE/EE, moderate in mechanical and civil.
• NITs like Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal, Manipur, Puducherry, Bhilai, Dharwad- Overall cut-offs often start at 270-300 and peak only around 570 to 600.

Subject-wise GATE OBC cut-off

• Computer Science (CSE): OBC cut-off 25–30 marks.
• Electronics & Communication (ECE): OBC cut-off 25–28 marks.
• Electrical Engineering (EE): OBC cut-off 26–30 marks.
• Mechanical Engineering (ME): OBC cut-off 27–32 marks.
• Civil Engineering (CE): OBC cut-off 26–30 marks.
• Other papers (Mining, Metallurgy, Textile, Environmental): OBC cut-offs can be 22–28 marks.

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GATE AAI OBC cut-off

• Airport Authority of India uses GATE scores for its Engineering roles.
• AAI uses the GATE scores specifically for Junior Executive roles in Civil, Electrical, Electronic, IT, and Architectural Engineering.
• AAI shortlists candidates for these posts out of a maximum score of 1000.
• OBC cut-off for AAI Engineering posts ranges from 573-820.
• 2023 onwards, AAI releases normalised scores.

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