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The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 Statistical and Performance Report released on 17th September by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)  Roorkee which provides important data about qualifying marks, number of candidates and cut off trends for major papers such as CS, ME, EC, EE and CE - which will be very helpful for the aspirants who are preparing for GATE 2026. 

What is GATE 2025 Statistical Report?

IIT Roorkee recently released the official GATE 2025 Statistical Report, the exam conducted on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025. The report includes essential details on the number of students who registered, appeared and qualified and the cutoff marks set for each paper. Its major goal is to provide students and policymakers with a clear understanding of current trends in admission, competition, and performance.

GATE 2025 Exam Participation: Highlights

• Total Registered: Around 8.6 Lakh Students
• Total Appeared : 6.9 lakh students
• Overall Participation Rate: Almost 80

These numbers reveal a steady rise in comparison to previous years with participation and qualification levels helping to predict competition for future aspirants. 

Cut-off marks and Qualifying Data

The cut-off marks and qualifying score for GATE 2025 are as follows:

The 2025 cutoffs and qualifying numbers of popular GATE papers are as follows:Cutoffs vary by paper and category, and the highest registrations remain in CS, followed by CE and EC.

Highlights of Exam performance

• CS recorded the most number of test takers. 
• In the majority of key papers, maximum scores were close to the 100-mark. 
• The trends of cutoffs are analyzed to forecast the trends in GATE 2026.

How to Download GATE 2025 Report?

To get the official report: 

• Visit gate2025.iitr.ac.in
• Click on ‘DOWNLOAD’
• Choose GATE 2025 STATISTICAL and performance report. 
• Store the PDF as a reference.

Official GATE 2025 Report

Here is the PDF link: https://gate2025.iitr.ac.in/doc/download/GATE2025StatisticalAndPerformanceReportWebVersion.pdf 

The importance of the Statistical Report

1. Helps aspirants have set achievable goals on GATE 2026 preparation. 
2. Planning and guidance valuable to institutions and coaching centres.
3. Facilitates the improvement of admissions, allowing the policy makers and recruiters to understand performance trends.

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India is silently bleeding talent—not due to brain drain, but due to its own harsh entrance test culture, startup founder Akhil Suhag writes in a LinkedIn post.

His criticism? A system that siphons off would-be engineers through chemistry question papers, forces programmers into textile courses, and encourages memorization at the expense of mastery.

A 13-year-old coding-fanatic wants to be world-class," Suhag explains. "What does the system do? It compels him to spend 4–5 years memorizing chemistry and physics to make it into IIT/NIT.

Even when they pass the entrance exams, Suhag writes, students are randomly allotted branches—Textile, Mining, Metallurgy—neither because of any aptitude nor even because their rank was "high enough." This, he contends, sidetracks not only individual promise but the nation's innovation pipeline in the long run.

In his blog, Suhag deconstructs the deeply held notion that elite college labels are the sole indicators of intelligence. "We test how good a computer engineer one can be based on his chemistry skills," he says, going on to point out that fever, anxiety, or a single bad day can sabotage an entire career path.

He also identifies the trickle-down effect on career changes such as MBA applications: "Your college determines your first job, your first job determines your MBA profile." In a system where where you graduated looms larger than what or how well you learned, says Suhag, the deck is stacked against even the most talented.

His attack also covers the UPSC exam, India's door to its most sought-after civil services. "Hundreds of thousands of bright youngsters throw away their prime years memorizing irrelevant trivia for 500 posts," he states. "Even the military tests psychological ability—not UPSC."

"It's not only unjust. It's dimwitted. It's destructive," concludes Suhag. "India kills its own talent before the world even gets to see it."

Students, who are suspected to be ABVP activists, vandalized the administrative block of Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU) on Monday in protest against vice-chancellor Sunita Mishra's comment praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb as a "good administrator" while speaking on an international seminar organized by the university on Sept 12 at the university campus.

In her 23-minute speech at the seminar, Mishra discussed a range of subjects that varied from Maharana Pratap and Prithviraj Chauhan to the Mughal period. Referring to Aurangzeb's administrative skills too, while discussing the "mixed legacy of history,".

A student leader meet was conducted with Registrar VC Garg. The students cleared out after Garg promised them that their issues would be settled. Mishra, appointed vice-chancellor in Aug 2023 under former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot's tenure, stood up for her comments.

"Yes, I declared that Aurangzeb was a good administrator-but my words don't stop here. My second statement was that he is the one who is responsible for the rift created by his policies such as jaziya (taxation of non-Muslims). A part of my speech was selectively highlighted by the ABVP, a section of university teachers and some right-wing organizations as a part of a propaganda to get me out of the job," Mishra said to TOI on Monday.

She added that in her address, she also lauded Maharana Pratap, Prithviraj Chauhan and Emperor Akbar, "according to what our historians have concluded."

Regarding Monday's vandalism, she added, "This is the work of ABVP goons who wanted to inflict physical injury on me. I have instructed the police not to be soft on them. Let's see if they take action or not."

Mishra, who hails from Odisha, is a professor at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University in Lucknow and is on deputation to work as VC of MLSU.

DoSEL or Department of School Education & Literacy, under the Ministry of Education, is conducting a five-day capacity-building program for master trainers. The program starts from 15th September and will end on 19th September 2025 at Deen Dayal Upadhyay State Institute of Rural Development, Lucknow. This initiative marks a significant step to empower Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) wardens nationwide with the right skills that are required for effective management, safety, and holistic development in residential girls schools.

What are DoSEL and KGBVs?

The Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSEL) is the central body under India’s Ministry of Education responsible for shaping and implementing policies and programmes for universal access to quality school education. Its mission involves not only academic development but also provision of equitable opportunity and inclusion particularly of disadvantaged groups throughout the country. One of its major initiatives is Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), a system of residential schools established to provide free, safe, and holistic education for girls from marginalized backgrounds, particularly in rural areas. KGBVs aim at assisting girls who would otherwise not access education with a focus on academic, personal, and social development.

National Drive Girl Child Welfare

In this program, master trainers are being equipped to conduct training sessions of wardens in India. The principal purpose will be to empower school leadership, to promote safe learning conditions, and to assist in guaranteeing physical and emotional health of girl students.

Leadership Involvement and Significant Messages

The inauguration featured video addresses by Shri Sanjay Javin, Secretary, DoSEL, and Smt. Archana Sharma Awasthi, Joint Secretary, DoSEL. Prof. Shashikala Wanjari, Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), and Ms. Sudha Meena, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Education, graced the occasion. All the people who  spoke, stressed the importance of warden roles that are one of the key elements deciding the nature of an inclusive environment, safety, and empowering residential schools for girls.

Program Highlights

1. The training involves management, child safety, leadership and holistic support of students.
2. Curriculum, structured modules and participatory learning methods are designed by NIEPA and DoSEL collaboratively.
3. It is projected that this capacity-building effort will benefit more than 5,000 KGBV wardens across more than 30 states and union territories. 

National Impact and Vision 

This program plays a key role in ensuring that the government continues to commit to quality education and safe schooling to the girls. DoSEL will provide KGBVs with further inclusive education, leadership, and empowerment in rural India by developing the skills and knowledge of school wardens.

The school wardens are an important part of best practice and long-term holistic growth of students; this also corresponds to the aims of equity and safety in education as set out in the National Education Policy.

In a fresh move, IIT Kharagpur will now offer its four-year BS (Bachelor of Science) course in Bengali, with a consideration for the students who speak the language from India, Bangladesh and even worldwide and accord priority to the National Education Policy 2020.

Statement By IIT Kharagpur Director Suman Chakraborty

"Now the need and significance of modern courses such as Artificial Intelligence or AI, Data Science, and Electronic Systems are great. They can be completed online or through NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning). This time we have initiated offering these courses in Bengali," IIT Kharagpur Director Suman Chakraborty explained.

As the director states, if one studies the courses for four years, they will be awarded a BS degree (which is equivalent to BTech and BSc). There is also the benefit of obtaining a diploma or certificate degree through short courses, which will also be available in Bengali.

Earlier this year, there were discussions between IIT Kharagpur Director Chakraborty and IIT Madras Director V. Kamakoti on how to jointly manage these BS degrees or NPTEL courses. After the discussion, a team from IIT Madras' NPTEL and BS programmes at high level visited IIT Kharagpur last Friday to hold a meeting.

Sources indicated that the matter of imparting the BS (Bachelor of Science) course in local or regional languages ​​via NPTEL was debated, with consideration for the interest of the students from marginalised sections and those who are not proficient in English. Professor Chakraborty suggested that IIT Kharagpur is interested in providing BS degree, diploma and certificate courses in AI, Data Science in the Bengali language. Likewise, he also suggested translating the courses into the Bengali language.

But the technical portion will also have to be taught in English. In accordance with the IIT Kharagpur director, the institute possesses qualified professors to translate and educate such courses into Bengali. They are very adept in Bengali as well as English.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Sunday stated that it is only possible for India to become a developed country through women education and self-reliance.

Inaugurating the first National Conference of the Parliament and State/UT Legislatures' Committees on Empowerment of Women here, he reasserted that women-led growth on the basis of women empowerment and child well-being is the cornerstone of India's vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047.

The two-day workshop on the subject 'Women-led Development for Viksit Bharat' with a special focus on 'Gender Responsive Budgeting' and 'Empowering Women to Meet Challenges of Emerging Technologies' is being hosted by over 20 states' representatives.

The deliberations will be to strengthen women's leadership, voice in governance, presence on the board, and accelerating the vision of an India where women are not only beneficiaries but lead designers of national advancement.

The Speaker emphasized that Tirupati Conference sends a very clear and strong message that empowerment of women and child welfare are not add-on issues but the very pillars of national development. Drawing attention to women's leadership at Panchayat to Parliament levels, on inclusive laws and policies, and on economic emancipation for all women, the conference takes a bold step forward to realize the vision of Viksit Bharat in 2047, he asserted.

Om Birla also stressed further that empowerment of women is not a trial but a process occurring through and through with inclusive policies for all the needs of women throughout the stages of life. He stressed the importance of enacting the involvement of women from the Panchayat level to Parliament, since empowerment of the position of women at policy-making and law-making bodies would help address the problems and challenges faced by women over centuries.

As India enters the Amrit Kaal, Nari Shakti too is becoming an unbeatable force which is leading the nation towards empowerment and inclusivity, he further stated.

The status, voice, and role of women in every sphere of national life are not only questions of justice but the very cornerstone of inclusive and sustainable development, he stated. As India is making rapid and consistent progress in education, science, administration, technology, industry, and innovation, the status and secure future of women would determine the pace and character of national development, he stated further.

He added that Indian women have done wonderfully well in every field of life—starting from space exploration to science and technology, from sports to writing, and from grass-root politics to national leadership. Indian women have been made Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors, Speakers, and lawmakers, and this is a matter of great pride and an indication of the country's faith in women's leadership, Om Birla said.

Describes this change, the Speaker has called the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam a constitutional amendment of historical significance that gave institutional shape to this revolution. He recalled with pride that it was the first Bill to be cleared in the new Parliament building, ensuring reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies. This landmark legislation is not just symbolism, enfranchising women with a seat in government and bringing in a new generation of women politicians to lead the nation into the future.

He also spoke of the fact that Committees on Empowerment of Women at state and national levels work in a non-party setup and have also the extremely crucial job of scrutinizing deeply the laws, policies, and schemes so they are effective and all-encompassing. The recommendations, he stressed, should be such that the poorest child and the poorest woman in the remotest corners of the country have access to health, education, technology, and development.

The inaugural session was graced by Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Narayan Singh; Chairperson, Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women, D. Purandeswari; Speaker, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, C. Ayyannapatrudu; and Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Koyye Moshenu Raju; Government of Andhra Pradesh Ministers, Members of Legislative Assembly and Council and Chairs and Members of Committees on Empowerment of Women of Parliament and State/UT Legislatures.