The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) has officially published the GATE 2026 toppers list, including subject-wise AIR 1 details for CSE, ME, EE, and CE. Visit gate2026.iitg.ac.in to verify your results and qualifying status.
The GATE 2026 Topper List for all 30 test papers is now available, following the official
result announcement by the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati). This comprehensive list highlights the All India Rank 1 (AIR 1) holders for each discipline, detailing candidate names, branches, and their normalized GATE scores out of 1000.
The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a premier national-level examination. It serves as the gateway for admission into prestigious M.Tech, ME, and direct PhD programs at IITs, NITs, and IIITs, as well as a pathway for recruitment in leading Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
GATE 2026 Toppers List Out
Over 7 lakh candidates participated in GATE 2026, held in a computer-based format across 30 subjects on February 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2026. With a maximum normalized score of 1000, topper performance varies significantly by paper. You can verify your individual qualifying status via the GATE 2026 Result portal available at https://gate2026.iitg.ac.in/.
Many top-performing candidates achieve a near-perfect score of 1000 across various engineering disciplines annually. The official GATE 2026 branch-wise toppers list is published at www.gate2026.iitg.ac.in, allowing candidates to evaluate their performance against the highest raw marks and normalized scores.
GATE AIR 1 2026 List
IIT Guwahati has released the official GATE 2026 Toppers List for all 30 papers. Candidates who secured the highest marks in their respective disciplines have been officially recognized as the subject-wise toppers for this year's exam.
| Name | Subject (Paper) | AIR | Raw Marks (Out of 100) | GATE Score (Out of 1000) |
| Raja Mehta | CE | AIR 1 | – | – |
| Rita Rajeshwari | CH | AIR 1 | – | – |
| S H Gowtham Gunalan | XE | AIR 1 | – | – |
| Abhishek Kumar Sinha | MN | AIR 3 | 67.67 | 891 |
| Rajat Pawar | CS | AIR 4 | 81.3 | 902 |
| Satyajit Jana | PI | AIR 10 | – | – |
| Sachi Chowdhury | CS | AIR 18 | – | – |
| Sushil Gupta | EE | AIR 20 | – | 911 |
| Rishiram Gupta | EC | AIR 27 | 72.31 | 904 |
| Rishiraj Gupta | EE | AIR 55 | 70.47 | 881 |
| Sushrut Mishra | ME | AIR 64 | 66.67 | 881 |
| Chandan Sahu | CE | AIR 90 | 62.67 | 679 |
| Harikrishna Mishra | XE | AIR 21 | 71 | 802 |
| Upendra Kumar | AE | AIR 14 | 69.34 | 784 |
| Sangram Agrawal | EE | AIR 41 | 62.67 | 753 |
| Rakesh Dadhich | ME | AIR 42 | 62.33 | 641 |
| Rishan Kattala | AE | AIR 44 | 62.31 | 746 |
| Priyanshu Gupta | EC | AIR 51 | 63.13 | 838 |
| Shreyas Chapola | XE | AIR 60 | 63.67 | 700 |
| Goushik | EC | AIR 73 | 64 | 695 |
| Nimai Patra | EE | AIR 75 | 63.7 | 806 |
| Samrath Munche | XE | AIR 77 | 61.67 | 861 |
| Shashwat Mishra | ME | AIR 84 | 62.67 | 801 |
| Manish Sharma | EE | AIR 92 | 62.71 | 675 |
| Rajat Pareek | CS | AIR 107 | 61.23 | 796 |
| S Pavan Kumar Reddy | XE | AIR 112 | 63.31 | 671 |
| Vikas Garg | CE | AIR 113 | 64 | 762 |
| Sai Chandran | ME | AIR 126 | 59.87 | 643 |
| H T Pawal | EE | AIR 132 | 59.28 | 639 |
| Utkarsh | CE | AIR 145 | 59.67 | 634 |
| Shrutivrat Srivastava | XE | AIR 152 | 58.67 | 607 |
| Chhayank Tiwari | EE | AIR 202 | 60.33 | 741 |
| Agnisha Mukherjee | AR | AIR 200 | 58.67 | 714 |
| Subhadeep | CE | AIR 240 | 57.33 | 706 |
| Prashant Sagar | AE | AIR 340 | 51 | 584 |
| Ajay Purohit Singh | EC | AIR 355 | 54.67 | 694 |
| Raj Bhavsar | ME | AIR 419 | 54.67 | 676 |
| Pooja | EE | AIR 446 | 48.6 | 501 |
| Akhila | ME | AIR 439 | 48.67 | 511 |
| Gopi Krishnan | ME | AIR 572 | 51 | 693 |
| Rameez Raja | CE | AIR 625 | 52 | 612 |
| Abhishek Nayak | EE | AIR 752 | 51.23 | 752 |
| Noor Arman Ahmed | AR | AIR 867 | 50 | 626 |
How to Check GATE Toppers List 2026
- First, visit the official website of GATE 2026 i.e. www.gate2026.iitg.ac.in.
- Now, find the ‘GATE 2026 Topper List Announcement’ link on the homepage and click on it.
- A new page appears on the screen.
- Select your branch/paper
- The AIR 1 candidates’ list displayed on the system screen with name, raw marks, and GATE score
- Download the topper list PDF for future reference.
GATE 2026 AIR 1- Importance
- AIR 1 indicates the highest scorer in a specific paper
- Each branch has its own topper
- It is based on raw marks + normalisation formula
- Top rankers often secure:
Admission in top IITs (like the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
High-paying PSU jobs
GATE Previous Year Toppers List
GATE toppers represent the elite AIR 1 candidates who achieve the highest marks in their branches, often reaching scores close to the maximum. Securing such a rank provides a significant advantage for admission into top-tier institutions like IIT Madras and IIT Delhi, or securing prestigious roles in PSUs.
GATE Topper List 2025
The table below provides a detailed summary of the GATE 2026 AIR 1 toppers across various papers, including their respective raw marks (out of 100) and normalized GATE scores (out of 1000).
| Name | Subject (Paper) | Raw Marks (Out of 100) | GATE Score (Out of 1000) |
| Rahul Kumar Singh | Computer Science & IT (CSE) | 100 | 1000 |
| Abhay Singh | Civil Engineering (CE) | 89.02 | 1000 |
| Amlan Kumar Tripathy | Chemical Engineering (CH) | 75.33 | 1000 |
| Pradip Chauhan | Electrical Engineering (EE) | 81.67 | 1000 |
| Swarnava Biswas | Electronics & Communication (ECE) | 82.67 | 1000 |
| Debasis Mandal | Chemistry (CY) | 70 | 1000 |
| Sadineni Nikhil Chowdary | Data Science & AI (DA) | 96.33 | 1000 |
| Yash Jain | Environmental Science (ES) | 67.33 | 1000 |
| Keshav R Menon | Ecology & Evolution (EY) | 86.33 | 1000 |
| Balamurugan | Aerospace Engineering (AE) | 81 | 990 |
| Keerthi Revanth Kumar | Agricultural Engineering (AG) | 74.67 | 1000 |
| Jayanth Giftson R | Architecture & Planning (AR) | 83 | 1000 |
| Tanish Gupta | Biomedical Engineering (BM) | 77.67 | 1000 |
| Arnab Paul | Biotechnology (BT) | 66.67 | 1000 |
GATE Topper List 2024
| Name | Subject (Paper) | Raw Marks (Out of 100) | GATE Score (Out of 1000) |
| Kundan Jaiswal | Aerospace Engineering | 86.33 | 962 |
| Pratik Sherke | Agricultural Engineering | 75.67 | 1000 |
| Gajendra Kumar Sharma | Architecture and Planning | 77 | 981 |
| Sanjeev C Achar | Biomedical Engineering | 54.33 | 1000 |
| Akansha S | Biotechnology | 83 | 1000 |
| Deepak | Civil Engineering | 87.33 | 989 |
| Bhanu Pratap Singh | Civil Engineering | 87.33 | 989 |
| Adarsh Rai | Chemical Engineering | 73.33 | 1000 |
| Piyush Kumar | Computer Science and Information Technology | 90 | 1000 |
| Himanshu Papnai | Chemistry | 78 | 1000 |
| Ayyagari Sathya Sai Srikar | Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 90 | 1000 |
| Raja Majhi | Electronics and Communication Engineering | 84.67 | 1000 |
| Manoj Kumar Sinha | Electrical Engineering | 77 | 1000 |
| Shivam | Electrical Engineering | 77 | 1000 |
| Sai Kiran Adely | Electrical Engineering | 77 | 1000 |
| Gadipati Yashwanth Babu | Environmental Science Engineering | 77.33 | 965 |
| Dhrubojyoti Patra | Ecology and Evolution | 81.67 | 1000 |
| Vaibhav Sonkar | Geomatics Engineering | 79.33 | 1000 |
| Jaydeep Roy | Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 82.33 | 1000 |
| Shivam Kumar Rai | Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 75.33 | 999 |
| Rishabh Gupta | Instrumentation Engineering | 82.67 | 984 |
| Suyash Srivastava | Mathematics | 71.33 | 1000 |
| Suraj Kumar Samal | Mechanical Engineering | 84.67 | 1000 |
| Anurag Kumar Pathak | Mining Engineering | 58.33 | 966 |
| Hrutidipan Pradhan | Metallurgical Engineering | 81.67 | 977 |
| Prince Kumar | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 55.33 | 1000 |
| Saurabh Kumar | Petroleum Engineering | 80.67 | 955 |
| Anurag Singh | Physics | 78.33 | 1000 |
| Kumar Vishesh | Production and Industrial Engineering | 84.67 | 1000 |
| Sinchan Snigdha Adhikary | Statistics | 89.67 | 1000 |
| Meenu Munjal | Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 72 | 1000 |
| Ghanshyam Girish Dhamat | Engineering Sciences (Engineering Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics) | 83 | 989 |
| Srijan Shashwat | Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 70.33 | 940 |
| Ajay Kumar | Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 83 | 1000 |
| Jesu Nazarene Roy | Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 77.33 | 1000 |
| Utkarsh Rana | Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 58.67 | 1000 |
What Next After GATE Topper List 2026?
- M.Tech / PhD Admissions
Two different GATE counselling processes will be conducted for admission to M.Tech colleges in India, COAP and CCMT. GATE COAP counselling is conducted for admission to M.Tech programs in IITs, while GATE CCMT counselling is conducted for admission to M.Tech programs in NITs, IIITs, GFTIs, and CFTIs. Sarkariexamsalerts - PSU Recruitment
Students on the GATE 2026 toppers list can also apply for jobs at PSUs. Students having valid GATE 2026 scores are recruited as entry-level trainee engineers in many PSUs like GAIL, BHEL, DRDO, and ISRO with high salaries. Careers360 For top PSUs like ONGC and IOCL, candidates generally need to rank within the top 100–200 in their respective branch. - Scorecard Download
IIT Guwahati will issue the GATE scorecard 2026 at GOAPS on 27th March 2026
And it will be available for free till 31st May 2026. Later, students can download it by paying a fee of Rs. 500. The GATE 2026 scorecard will remain valid for three years and can be used for MTech, MSc, PhD admissions and PSU recruitment.
Also Read:
- GATE 2026 Exam Dates Announced: Check Official Schedule at gate2026.iitg.ac.in
- GATE Final Answer Key 2026 Released: Direct Link, PDF Download & Result Date
- GATE Admit Card 2022: Download Link & Exam Schedule (Out Jan 7)
- GATE 2026 Registration Now Open: Apply Online at gate2026.iitg.ac.in
- GATE 2026 Answer Key & Response Sheet Out: Download Link at goaps.iitg.ac.in
- GATE Result 2026 Released: Direct Link at gate2026.iitg.ac.in