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60%, or 6.0 CGPA, is the standard academic floor for campus hiring in India. Of the 28 recruitment processes in Astra's database, 19 use it. Four sit at 65%, two at 70%, and one company, Zoho, has no academic cutoff at all.
The number is not the difficult part. What catches most students out is which marks are counted, and how.
Almost every mass recruiter here applies its cutoff across three levels: Class 10, Class 12 and your degree. Not the degree alone.
A student with 8.2 CGPA in B.Tech and 58% in Class 12 fails the Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, Wipro, Capgemini and Tech Mahindra filters before anyone reads a line of code. The last four years of work do not change that.
Wipro applies the strictest version: 60% in each of Class 10, Class 12 and graduation, assessed independently. There is no averaging across levels. Companies that apply the bar to an aggregate let a strong degree score pull up a weaker Class 12. Wipro does not.
| Company | Stated academic requirement |
|---|---|
| Zoho | No minimum CGPA required |
| Intuit | Strong academics preferred, no fixed public cutoff |
| Capgemini | 60% or above in 10th, 12th and graduation |
| Cognizant | 60% or 6.0 CGPA in 10th, 12th and graduation |
| EY | 60% and above in 10th, 12th and graduation |
| Hexaware | 60% or 6.0 CGPA across 10th, 12th and graduation |
| Infosys | 60% or 6.0 aggregate across 10th, 12th and UG |
| LTIMindtree | 60% or 6.0 CGPA across 10th, 12th and degree |
| L&T Technology Services | 60% across 10th, 12th and degree |
| Mphasis | 60% or 6.0 CGPA in 10th, 12th and graduation |
| TCS | 60% or 6.0 aggregate across 10th, 12th and graduation |
| Tech Mahindra | 60% or 6.0 CGPA across 10th, 12th and graduation |
| Wipro | 60% in each of 10th, 12th and graduation, independently |
| Coforge | Typically 60% across 10th, 12th and graduation, drive dependent |
| Cyient | Typically 60% across 10th, 12th and degree, drive dependent |
| HCLTech | 60% or 6.0 CGPA across 10th, 12th and graduation, drive dependent |
| Persistent Systems | 60% or 6.0 CGPA across 10th, 12th and degree, drive dependent |
| Deloitte USI | Typically 60% and above, role dependent |
| PwC | Typically 60% and above |
| S&P Global | Typically 60% and above, role dependent |
| Bharat Electronics (BEL) | First class B.E. or B.Tech, about 60% or 6.5+ |
| Accenture | 65% in 10th, 12th and graduation |
| Amazon | Varies by role, often 6.0+ or 65% |
| IBM | 60% in 10th and 12th, 65% in graduation, drive dependent |
| ISRO | First class B.E. or B.Tech, 65% or 6.84 CGPA |
| Oracle | Typically 60% to 70%, role dependent |
| Adobe | Typically 7.0+ or 70% |
| Microsoft | Typically 7.0+ or 70%, role dependent |
Product companies are not always the strictest gate. Adobe and Microsoft sit highest at 70%, but Amazon often sets 65%, which is lower than Accenture, a mass recruiter. At product companies the difficulty sits in the interview, not the eligibility form.
"Drive dependent" is a real signal. Coforge, Cyient, HCLTech, Persistent and IBM all carry that qualifier. The bar moves with the hiring target for the year. In a strong hiring year these are worth an application slightly below the stated number. In a weak year they tighten. Companies with unqualified numbers, such as Capgemini, EY, Wipro and Accenture, do not move this way.
Role dependent cutoffs reward reading the specific posting. Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, Deloitte and S&P Global all vary by role. An Oracle posting may ask for 60% or 70% depending on the team. The headline figure is close to useless here. The posting is what counts.
Start with Zoho. No CGPA gate, no backlog gate, and a process that tests programming directly. See the Zoho recruitment process.
Then the "typically" and "drive dependent" companies. 58% against a "typically 60%" bar is worth an application. Against Wipro, assessed independently at each level, it is not.
Then off campus and startup routes, where academic filters are applied inconsistently or not at all.
Do not pay for services that claim to raise a recorded percentage. Nothing legitimate does this, and every company here verifies transcripts before joining.
Academic filters at mass recruiters exist to reduce applicant volume rather than to predict engineering ability. That does not make them negotiable. It does mean the companies that skip them, such as Zoho, are measuring something else rather than lowering the bar.
Cutoffs shift between drive cycles and campus tiers, and several companies publish different numbers for different roles in the same season. Confirm against the official notification before deciding not to apply.
Source: Astra campus recruitment database, covering 28 companies hiring in India. Eligibility data verified August 2026. Full per company guides at useastra.in/campus.
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