GATE 2026 Merit List - Check Branch Wise Toppers Name, Highest Marks, AIR

Updated By Falak Khan on 06 Aug, 2025 16:13

The GATE merit list is released along with the results in March. The merit list of GATE includes the names of the GATE toppers, AIR ranks, score out of 100, and score out of 1000.

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GATE 2026 Merit List

GATE 2026 merit list will be released in March 2026 in online mode at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. The GATE 2026 result will be released on March 19, 2026. You can expect the merit list of GATE 2026 to be released along with the result, or a few days after the release of the result. The GATE merit list/topper list features GATE paper wise highest marks out of 100, scaled scores out of 1000, and the names of the toppers. If you scored the highest marks in your GATE papers, you will be declared as the GATE 2026 topper of your paper and will be given the AIR 1 rank. Being the topper in the GATE 2026 exam has various perks. Firstly, you can easily get admission into popular IITs like IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi etc. Secondly, you will become eligible for a high-paying job in the PSU recruitment through GATE. The highest marks in the GATE exam vary paper-wise. GATE Check out the GATE 2026 merit list for all 30 papers here.

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Table of Contents

GATE 2026 Merit List
GATE 2026 Merit List Release Date
How to Check GATE 2026 Merit List?
Details Mentioned in GATE 2026 Merit List
How Is GATE 2026 Merit List Prepared?
GATE 2026 Merit List: Toppers' Name, Highest Marks and Scores
GATE 2025 Merit List: Paper Wise GATE Marks vs Score
GATE 2024 Merit List - Check Previous Year Toppers Name, Highest Marks
GATE Merit List 2023
GATE Merit List 2022
GATE Exam Toppers Trends Analysis
FAQs about GATE

GATE 2026 Merit List Release Date

The GATE merit list 2026 release date will be announced soon. The GATE 2026 merit list dates can be checked below:-

Event	Date
GATE 2026 Exam	February 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2026
GATE 2026 Result	March 19, 2026
GATE 2026 Merit List	March 2026

How to Check GATE 2026 Merit List?

IIT Guwahati will publish the GATE merit list 2026 in online mode, on the website. You can simply follow the steps mentioned below to check the merit list of GATE 2026 exam toppers.

Go to the official website of IIT Guwahati at gate2026.iitg.ac.in.
Click on the link saying 'All India Rank - 1 Candidates'
Open and view the entire list of GATE 2026 exam toppers along with the GATE paper codes, marks obtained and ranks assigned

Details Mentioned in GATE 2026 Merit List

The GATE merit list 2026 will have the following details mentioned in it:-

Name of the GATE test paper
Name of the student
GATE raw marks obtained out of 100
GATE score obtained out of 1000

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How Is GATE 2026 Merit List Prepared?

Check out the important points about the GATE merit list 2026 preparation below.

GATE merit list included the names of the paper-wise toppers.
GATE merit list has raw scores calculated out of 100 and scaled scores out of 1000. GATE raw marks are converted into scaled scores using this formula; GATE Score = Sq+ St–Sq( M-Mq)( Mt–Mq).
For single-session papers, raw marks are converted into scaled scores. Raw marks are first converted for multiple-session papers into normalized marks and then scaled scores.
Not all students are assigned ranks in the GATE exam. Only those students who score the qualifying marks are given ranks.

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GATE 2026 Merit List: Toppers' Name, Highest Marks and Scores

IIT Guwahati will issue the GATE merit list 2026 in March 2026. We will update the paper-wise GATE 2026 toppers' names below.

GATE Paper Name	Topper Name	Raw Marks (out of 100)	GATE Score (out of 1000)
To Be Updated	To Be Updated	To Be Updated	To Be Updated

GATE 2025 Merit List: Paper Wise GATE Marks vs Score

GATE merit list 2025 has been published on the official website, gate2025.iitr.ac.in. The merit list has been prepared in order of the GATE marks obtained by the students in the respective exam papers. We have updated the GATE 2025 merit list below. The merit list of GATE 2025 includes the highest marks scored by the toppers in GATE papers.

GATE Paper Name	Topper Name	Raw Marks (out of 100)	GATE Score (out of 1000)
Computer Science and Information Technology	Rahul Kumar Singh	100	1000
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	Sadineni Nikhil Chowdhary	96.33	1000
Mechanical Engineering	Rajneesh Bijarniya	95.33	967
Metallurgical Engineering	Yogesh Sarma Sedai	89.67	941
Civil Engineering	Abhay Singh	89.02	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology)	Sanjna Shukla	89	922
Engineering Sciences (Engineering Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics)	Anant Prakash Pandey	88.33	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics)	Sambuddha Roychowdhury	87.33	948
Ecology and Evolution	Keshav R Menon	86.33	1000
Production and Industrial Engineering	Devendra Dhananjay Umbrajkar	85.67	1000
Architecture and Planning	Jayanth Giftson R	83	1000
Electronics and Communication Engineering	Swarnava Biswas	82.67	1000
Electrical Engineering	Pradip Chauhan	81.67	1000
Aerospace Engineering	Balamurugan	81	990
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics)	Moomal Majee	81	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology)	Victor Prince N J	80	939
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology)	Arijit Sengupta	80	939
Biomedical Engineering	Tanish Gupta	77.67	1000
Physics	Purnendu Das	76.67	1000
Geology and Geophysics (Geology)	Sumit Ghosh	76.67	970
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy)	Mohit Kumar	76	1000
Statistics	Archishman Mukherjee	77	1000
Life Sciences (Chemistry, Biochemistry, Zoology)	Yugansh Bhatia	78.67	1000
Mining Engineering	Aniket Kumar Gupta	75.67	1000
Chemical Engineering	Amlan Kumar Tripathy	75.33	1000
Agricultural Engineering	Keerthi Revanth Kumar	74.67	1000
Petroleum Engineering	Saurabh Kumar	74	1000
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	Yadav Avadhesh Anantram	73.67	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences (English)	Naoreet Khondekar	71	1000
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics)	Rahul Mukherjee	70.67	1000
Chemistry	Debasis Mandal	70	1000
Environmental Science and Engineering	Yash Jain	67.33	1000
Biotechnology	Arnab Paul	66.67	1000
Instrumentation Engineering	Kailash Goyal	65	993
Geomatics Engineering	Nitish Kumar	61.67	1000
Mathematics	Soham Pal	57	1000
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	Jatin Pal	52.33	1000

GATE 2024 Merit List - Check Previous Year Toppers Name, Highest Marks

Go through the GATE merit list 2024 below to know the topper's name and the marks secured by them in their respective papers.

GATE Paper Name	Student’s Name	Raw Marks (Out of 100)	GATE Score (Out of 1000)
Computer Science and Information Technology	Piyush Kumar	90	1000
Electronics and Communication Engineering	Raja Majhi	84.67	1000
Mechanical Engineering	Suraj Kumar Samal	84.67	1000
Biomedical Engineering	Sanjeev C Achar	54.33	1000
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	Ayyagari Sathya Sai Srikar	90	1000
Biotechnology	Akanksha S	83	1000
Civil Engineering	Deepak	87.33	989
Civil Engineering	Bhanu Pratap Singh	87.33	989
Electrical Engineering	Sai Kiran Adelly	77	1000
Chemical Engineering	Adarsh Rai	73.33	1000
Agricultural Engineering	Pratik Sherke	75.67	1000
Chemistry	Himanshu Papnai	78	1000
Aerospace Engineering	Kundan Jaiswal	86.33	962
Electrical Engineering	Manoj Kumar Sinha	77	1000
Electrical Engineering	Shivam	77	1000
Geomatics Engineering	Vaibhav Sonkar	79.33	1000
Environmental Science and Engineering	Gaddipati Yaswanth Babu	77.33	965
Ecology and Evolution	Dhrubojyoti Patra	81.67	1000
Statistics	Sinchan Snigdha Adhikary	89.67	1000
Geology and Geophysics (Geology)	Jaydeep Roy	82.33	1000
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics)	Shivam Kumar Rai	75.33	999
Instrumentation Engineering	Rishabh Gupta	82.67	984
Mathematics	Suyash Srivastava	71.33	1000
Architecture and Planning	Gajender Kumar Sharma	77	981
Mining Engineering	Anurag Kumar Pathak	58.33	966
Metallurgical Engineering	Hrutidipan Pradhan	81.67	977
Physics	Anurag Singh	78.33	1000
Petroleum Engineering	Saurabh Kumar	80.67	955
Production and Industrial Engineering	Kumar Vishesh	84.67	1000
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	Meenu Munjal	72	1000
Engineering Sciences (Engineering Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics)	Ghanshyam Girish Dhamat	83	989
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics)	Srijan Shashwat	70.33	940
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology)	Srishti Datta	77.67	975
Humanities and Social Sciences (English)	Ajay Kumar	83	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics)	Jesu Nazarene Roy	77.33	1000
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	Prince Kumar	55.33	1000
Life Sciences (Chemistry, Biochemistry, Zoology)	Siddhant Bhardwaj	77.33	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy)	Utkarsh Rana	58.67	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology)	Mohammed Shefin M P	63	1000

GATE Merit List 2023

Here is a look at the GATE 2023 merit list of toppers who secured the highest marks in their designated papers:-

GATE Paper	Name of the Topper	Raw Marks (Out of 100)	Scaled Score (Out of 1000)
Computer Science and Information Technology	Jayadeep Sudhakar More	93.67	1000
Electronics and Communication Engineering	Siddharth Sabharwal	90	1000
Aerospace Engineering	Joshi Yash Kishorbhai	73	988
Civil Engineering	Suban Kumar Mishra	83.11	1000
Mechanical Engineering	Aryan Choudhary	90.67	1000
Electrical Engineering	Bhanwar Singh Choudhary	66	1000
Biotechnology	Aishwarya K	79.67	1000
Biomedical Engineering	Thandava Sesha Talpa Sai Sunkara	60	1000
Chemical Engineering	Rohit Bhagat Kalwar	92.67	1000
Chemistry	Atanu Das	72	981
Mining Engineering	Udit Jaiswal	63.33	973
Statistics	Nikhilesh Rajaraman	73.67	1000
Architecture and Planning	Shreya Bhardwaj	75.67	1000
Agricultural Engineering	Anshika Rai	49	1000
Physics	Arunendra Kumar Verma	75	1000
Environmental Science and Engineering	Devendra Patil & Manish Kumar Bansal	64.33 (Both)	953 (Both)
Geology and Geophysics: Geophysics	Shubham Banik	85.67	1000
Mathematics	Suvendu Kar	50.33	941
Geology and Geophysics: Geology	Manish Singh	74	1000
Geomatics Engineering	Saurav Kumar	66	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics	V Gaurav	83.33	989
Humanities and Social Sciences: Sociology	Tejasvi Kamboj	73	943
Humanities and Social Sciences: English	Sayantan Pahari	84.33	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences: Philosophy	Sreeram K N	72.67	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences: Psychology	Deepti Dilip Moar	84	1000
Life Sciences: Biochemistry & Botany	Advita Sharma	73.33	1000
Instrumentation Engineering	Akash Srivastava	78.33	968
Humanities and Social Sciences: Linguistics	Keerthana Nair	74.67	1000
Engineering Sciences: Solid Mechanics & Thermodynamics	Anshuman	83.67	952
Ecology and Evolution	Karthik Thrikkadeeri	84.33	1000
Metallurgical Engineering	Ashutosh Kumar Yadav	85.67	973
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	Shivam Ranjan	60	1000
Petroleum Engineering	Mahammadtaukir Alauddinbhai Karigar	74.67	963
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	Amit Kumar Pandey	66	1000
Production and Industrial Engineering	Sh Gowtham Gudimella	87.33	938

GATE Merit List 2022

The following table features the names of the highest GATE scorers as per the GATE merit list 2022.

Paper Name	Student’s Name	GATE Marks (Out of 100)	GATE Scaled Score (Out of 1000)
Computer Science and Information Technology	Abhinav Garg	81	1000
Electrical Engineering	Gaurav Kumar	92.67	1000
Electronics and Communication Engineering	Ram Balaji S	78	1000
Mechanical Engineering	Nikhil Kumar Saha	90.05	1000
Agricultural Engineering	Vaibhav Awasthi	81.00	997
Architecture and Planning	Thatipally Raja Hari Chandar	79.67	1000
Biotechnology	Ayush Bagchi	73	985
Civil Engineering	Abhishek Agrawal	97.36	1000
Biomedical Engineering	Swarnendu Majumder	45.33	1000
Mathematics	Royal Pradhan	63.33	997
Chemical Engineering	Tetala Mani Sandeep Reddy	68	1000
Chemistry	Mohnish	77	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics	Vipul Yadav	88	1000
Physics	Archisman Panigrahi	68	1000
Geology and Geophysics: Geophysics	Satrughan Singh Choudhary & Bharat Joshi	78.67 (Both)	940 (Both)
Ecology and Evolution	Aparna Krishnan & Wenzel Pinto	71 (Both)	989 (Both)
Engineering Sciences: Solid Mechanics & Thermodynamics	Neel Ramchandra Sailor	94	978
Aerospace Engineering	Aalokeparno Dhar	83.33	1000
Environmental Science and Engineering	Saurabh Singh Yadav	77	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences: Philosophy	Priyanka Gairola	73	972
Geology and Geophysics: Geology	Indrajit Kower	91.33	1000
Geomatics Engineering	Mohit Panwar	80	979
Humanities and Social Sciences: Psychology	Riya Sharma	84	982
Humanities and Social Sciences: Linguistics	Devangan Roy	68	1000
Humanities and Social Sciences: Sociology	Navneet Gaurav Dubey	83.67	994
Humanities and Social Sciences: English	Umesh Bansal	77.67	971
Instrumentation Engineering	Macherla Pranith Kumar	88.33	940
Life Sciences: Biochemistry & Botany	Swarnadip Ghosh	68	1000
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	Ankit Chaurasiya	81.33	1000
Mining Engineering	Mahesh Kumar	64.67	973
Metallurgical Engineering	Mohit Patidar	80.67	952
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	Prabhav	58.33	1000
Petroleum Engineering	Shrinath Shaileshbhai Jani	82	980
Production and Industrial Engineering	Sourabh Patel	95	986
Statistics	Anirban Chakraborty	49	1000

GATE Exam Toppers Trends Analysis

The GATE topper trends provide information on the changes in scoring patterns and preparation methods:

Score Trends: GATE scores in fields such as Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronics have gradually increased, reflecting improved preparation resources accessible to students.
Difficulty Levels: Subjects such as Data Science, Environmental Science, and Artificial Intelligence are becoming more popular, with higher average scores.
Demographic Changes: An increasing number of high scorers are now from smaller towns, demonstrating the availability of quality internet and study resources.

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When will the GATE result 2026 be released?

The GATE result 2026 will be released on March 19, 2026.

Do GATE toppers get money?

GATE toppers can easily secure a high-paying job in the private sector as well as a government job in the PSU.

What details will be mentioned in the GATE merit list 2026?

The GATE merit list 2026 will have details like the name of the GATE test paper, the student's name, the GATE raw marks obtained out of 100, and the GATE score obtained out of 1000.

How to check the GATE 2026 merit list?

To check the GATE merit list, you must visit the GATE 2026 official website at gate2026.iitg.ac.in and click on the All India Rank link. The GATE topper list 2026 will be displayed.

When will the GATE 2026 toppers list be released?

The GATE 2026 toppers list is expected to be released in March 2026.

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