GATE scores are only for application to graduateconfision in terms of selecting institutes and specializations. But in the recent years IITKharagpur and Guwahati have been specifying last year cut-off mark list. programs in Engineering disciplines in India. Usually IISc application dates are within 4�"5 days of announcement of results. Most institutes do not specify their cut-offs for previous years. So there is a general
Typically the Indian Institute of Science is the most selective, very closely followed by the IITs. In general IISc and the IITs only admit students scoring among the top 3 percentile on the GATE, to their post graduate programs.