Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)
CGPA to percentage

How Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) converts CGPA to percentage

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) (West Bengal) uses the formula % = CGPA × 10 to convert a 10-point CGPA into a percentage for transcripts, job applications and higher studies. Enter your CGPA above to convert it instantly.

Worked example

Take a CGPA of 8.5 on the 10-point scale. Applying the official Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) formula % = CGPA × 10 gives a percentage of about 85%. Change the CGPA in the calculator above and the percentage updates instantly using this same formula — no rounding shortcuts.

Why the formula matters

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) uses % = CGPA × 10 on its 10-point scale. Using the official conversion keeps your percentage defensible if an admissions office or employer asks how you calculated it.

About Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT KGP), established in 1951, is the first and largest of the IITs, set up at the site of the historic Hijli Detention Camp in West Bengal. A public research university and Institute of National Importance, it offers the widest range of disciplines among the IITs across engineering, science, architecture, law, management and the humanities to over 14,000 students on a 2,200-acre campus, and follows a 10-point credit-based grading system.

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Source & verification

IIT Kharagpur converts CGPA to percentage by ×10 (CGPA 8.5 → 85%), per its UG conversion certificate and UG regulations. (Some third-party calculators wrongly cite (CGPA−0.5)×10; the institute's own documents use plain ×10.) Formula confirmed manually from the certificate (scanned PDF; the institute site blocks automated fetch).

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