INSPIRE Scholarship Cut Off 2025-26 - Download PDF Here

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INSPIRE Scholarship Cut Off 2025-26 - Download PDF Here

INSPIRE Scholarship Cut Off 2025-26 - Download PDF Here

Manasvini GuptaUpdated on 29 Aug 2025, 05:05 PM IST

The Department of Science & Technology (DST) releases the INSPIRE Scholarship cutoff 2025–26 along with the INSPIRE Scholarship result. DST will soon announce the INSPIRE Scholarship cutoff 2025. The INSPIRE Scholarship cutoff 2025–26 represents the minimum marks required to qualify.
Check: INSPIRE Scholarship Cut-off List (Previous Year)

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INSPIRE Scholarship Cut Off 2025-26 - Determining Factors
How to Download INSPIRE Scholarship Cut-off 2025-26?
INSPIRE Scholarship 2025-26 Cut-Off Marks

Inspire Scholarship Cut Off 2025-26

INSPIRE Scholarship 2025-26 is given to students who score equal to or more than the cut-off marks in their 12th board examination. The INSPIRE Scholarship 2025 cut-off marks can be accessed via the official website as a PDF file. The DSE INSPIRE scholarship cutoff varies by state and educational board. This article contains information on expected cut-off marks for students and previous years' cutoff marks, among other things.

INSPIRE Scholarship Cut Off 2025-26 - Determining Factors

The Department of Science & Technology calculates the INSPIRE scholarship cutoff marks based on various factors. The following are some key factors:

Total number of students registered
Total number of available scholarships
Minimum marks of a student
Maximum marks of a student
Board-wise quota

How to Download INSPIRE Scholarship Cut-off 2025-26?

Follow the steps given below to download the PDF version of the INSPIRE scholarship cut-off marks from the official website:

Go to the official website at online-inspire.gov.in.
Open the scholarship tab under the announcements section.
Then click on the INSPIRE scholarship cut-off 2025-26.
It will lead to a PDF file. Click the download button, and the INSPIRE Scholarship PDF will get saved to the device.

INSPIRE Scholarship 2025-26 Cut-Off Marks

The table below shows the previous year's INSPIRE scholarship cut-off marks for various state boards:

Also, read: INSPIRE Scholarship Eligibility 2025-26

INSPIRE Scholarship 2025–26: Percentage Calculation Method

Students who have completed the INSPIRE scholarship application form 2025-26 can compare their marks with the INSPIRE Scholarship cutoff 2025–26 to estimate their chances of selection. They can use the following formula to calculate their percentage of marks:

Percentage of Marks = (Total Marks Obtained / Maximum Marks) × 100

For example, if a student secures 490 marks out of 500, the percentage will be calculated as:

=(490/500)*100

=(0.98)*100

=98%

Previous Years’ INSPIRE Scholarship Cut-off

Students can see the previous year's cutoff marks in the tables below. Using the same, they may estimate the INSPIRE scholarship cut-off scores for 2025-26.

INSPIRE Scholarship 2023-24 Cut off

Board Name	12th Board Top 1% Cut-off	Selected Based on Competetive Exam (e)	New Repositioning % Cuttoff	Provisionally Selected Except Abeyance Cases (n)	Final Provisionally Selected Including Competitive (e+n)
Andhra Pradesh	98.00	0	98.00	2	2
Assam	77.40	1	80.20	72	73
Bihar	80.40	0	82.40	156	156
CBSE	94.40	2	95.00	107	109
Chhattisgarh	82.40	0	84.20	405	405
CISCE	95.50	0	96.00	34	34
Goa	86.83	0	87.83	4	4
Gujarat	74.92	0	76.00	74	74
Haryana	86.80	0	89.80	22	22
Himachal Pradesh	91.60	0	92.40	130	130
Jammu & Kashmir	93.40	0	97.40	2	2
Jharkhand	83.80	0	85.60	22	22
Karnataka	94.83	0	95.50	10	10
Kerala	98.50	1	98.75	311	312
Madhya Pradesh	86.00	1	87.60	521	522
Maharashtra	83.00	0	84.00	133	133
Manipur	81.20	0	83.00	143	143
Meghalaya	74.00	0	75.80	49	49
Mizoram	76.60	0	77.80	13	13
Nagaland	84.00	0	86.20	8	8
Odisha	82.67	1	85.00	67	68
Punjab	92.80	0	95.00	39	39
Rajasthan	89.80	0	90.80	2777	2777
Tamil Nadu	93.83	0	95.33	6	6
Telangana	98.40	0	98.50	19	19
Uttar Pradesh	84.60	0	86.20	5093	5093
Uttarakhand	83.20	0	85.20	376	376
Visva Bharti	94.67	0	0.00	0	0
West Bengal	84.80	2	89.60	260	262

INSPIRE Scholarship Cutoff 2019-20

State/Board Name	Cutoff 2019
Andhra Pradesh	97.3
Assam	78.4
Bihar	73.4
Chhattisgarh	85.2
Goa	89.17
Gujarat	71.38
Haryana	85.8
Himacha l Pradesh	90.4
Jammu & Kashmir	90.6
Jharkhand	78.6
Karnataka	92.17
Kerala	97.5
Madhya Prad esh	88
Maharashtra	80.31
Manipur	82
Meghalaya	68.6
Mizoram	84.8
Nagaland	75
Odisha	84.33
Punjab	90.67
Rajasthan	88.4
Tamil Nadu	90.17
Tripura	89
Uttar Pradesh	77.8
Uttarakhand	83.2
West Bengal	86.4
CBSE	94.6
ICSE	96.6
Viswa-Bharathi	96.17
Telangana	98

INSPIRE Scholarship Cutoff 2018

State/Board Name	Cutoff 2018	Total Number of Students selected
Andhra Pradesh	98.1	101
Assam	84.2	83
Bihar	73.6	18
Chhattisgarh	89.2	269
CBSE	95.2	319
Goa	86.5	4
Gujarat	78	149
Haryana	93.4	45
Himachal Pradesh	90.8	225
Jammu Kashmir	92.4	31
Jharkhand	80	5
Karnataka	94.17	43
Kerala	97.92	464
Madhya Pradesh	89.8	704
Maharashtra	86	450
Manipur	85.6	99
Meghalaya	72.4	44
Mizoram	74	4
Nagaland	79	22
Odisha	84.33	70
Punjab	91.33	29
Rajasthan	88.6	1722
Tamil Nadu	95.08	2
Tripura	89.6	1
Telangana	98.5	47
Uttar Pradesh	83.8	4033
Uttarakhand	85.2	455
West Bengal	88.2	946
Vishvwa Bharati	94	2
AMU	94.4	0
CICSE	96.33	40
Total		10426

INSPIRE Scholarship Cutoff 2017 & 2016

State/Board Name	2016 INSPIRE cutoff	2017 INSPIRE cutoff
Andhra Pradesh	97.9	98.3
Assam	81	82.6
Bihar	74	74.8
Chhattisgarh	84.8	87.4
CBSE	95	94.6
Goa	88	85.5
Gujarat	79.8	80.2
Haryana	88	92.6
Himachal Pradesh	88.6	89.4
Jammu Kashmir	90.4	91.4
Jharkhand	73.8	69
Karnataka	92.67	93.5
Kerala	96.5	97.08
Madhya Pradesh	88.8	89.4
Maharashtra	81.54	82.77
Manipur	83	80.8
Meghalaya	71.8	73.2
Mizoram	82	82.6
Nagaland	76	84.2
Odisha	84.5	79
Punjab	90.44	91.56
Rajasthan	85.4	89.2
Tamil Nadu	-	-
Tripura	82.6	85.8
Telangana	98.2	98.2
Uttar Pradesh	88.8	84.6
Uttarakhand	75.8	80
West Bengal	87.6	88.8
Vishvwa Bharati	94	94.33
ICSE	96	96

INSPIRE Scholarship Cutoff 2015, 2014 and 2013

State/Board Name	Cutoff 2015	Cutoff 2014	Cutoff 2013
Andhra Pradesh	97.3	97	97.1
Assam	79	75.8	75.8
Bihar	76.6	72	75.2
Chhattisgarh	86.8	80.2	82.8
CBSE	95	95	94.6
Goa	86.5	86.7	85
Gujarat	77	69.5	75.6
Haryana	88.4	88.8	86.4
Himachal Pradesh	86.6	84	83.8
Jammu Kashmir	91.4	92.2	88.8
Jharkhand	75	-	66.4
Karnataka	92	92.3	89.7
Kerala	96.7	95.6	95.1
Madhya Pradesh	88.4	88	86.4
Maharashtra	81.8	80	78.7
Manipur	81.8	83.3	84.6
Meghalaya	69	70.2	71.6
Mizoram	76.4	78.2	71.4
Nagaland	71	72.2	67.5
Orissa	84.5	75.8	78.5
Punjab	90	87.6	86
Rajasthan	86.8	83	81.6
Tamil Nadu	NA	96.1	95.8
Tripura	72.4	69.4	71.8
Telangana	97.3	-	-
Uttar Pradesh	86.8	87.2	84.8
Uttarakhand	77.8	71.6	72.6
West Bengal	84.4	81.8	80.4
Vishwa Bharati	90.6	90.2	-
ICSE	96.2	95.4	95.2

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What is the board-wise quota in the INSPIRE Scholarship?

The board-wise quota is the number of seats allotted to each education board, calculated as the number of valid applications from a board divided by the total valid applications, multiplied by 10,000.

Q: What is the Inspire scholarship cutoff 2025-26 for SC/ST students?

The INSPIRE Scholarship cut-off marks vary as per the state/board. The cut-off marks are the same for all category students.

Q: Why am I not selected after achieving Inspire scholarship 2025-26 cut-off marks?

There might be several reasons for this. Meeting the INSPIRE Scholarship 2025–26 cutoff does not guarantee selection. Final selection depends on merit, seat availability, document verification and other factors.

Q: Who is eligible for Inspire scholarship 2025-26?

The top 1% of meritorious Class 12th students of any state or central education board and top 10,000 in the JEE or NEET exam are also eligible to apply for the scholarship.

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