GATE

The eligible two-paper combinations for GATE 2026 Data Science (DA) Syllabus are as follows -

• Biomedical Engineering (BM)
• Civil Engineering (CE)
• Instrumentation Engineering (IN)
• Chemical Engineering (CH)
• Metallurgical Engineering (MT)
• Biotechnology (BT)
• Humanities and Social Sciences (XH)
• Geomatics Engineering (GE)
• Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)
• Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
• Electrical Engineering (EE)
• Mathematics (MA)
• Mechanical Engineering (ME)
• Physics (PH)
• Statistics (ST)
• Engineering Sciences (XE)

"Successfully submitted" in the GATE application status dashboard means that you have completed all the steps in the GATE 2026 registration process, including the payment. It also indicates that your application form has been received by the official authorities. However, it does not mean that your form is approved by the officials. It is still "under the scrutiny process."

Candidates are advised to visit the GOAPS portal regularly to check the updates on the GATE GOAPS portal once the form is activated. 

The GATE 2026 application status facility will be made available at the time of GATE application form process. Candidates can check their application status at the GOAPS portal using their enrollment ID and password. 

The GATE application form 2026 is expected to release in the first week of August. Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria will be eligible to apply for the exam. The registration link remains active mainly till October. 

A GATE score of 350 for the DA (Data Analytics) subject is considered an average score. With this score, you can target a range of NITs (National Institutes of Technology) and some IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology) for M.Tech programs. Specific colleges will depend on your category (General, OBC, SC/ST) and the branch you are interested in. 

With a GATE score of this 416 in Ece, you might able to get Nits for some specific specifications in less competitive branches, you could target NIT Warangal, rourkela and can opt the branches u need ! within your score, often some nits offer these at your score ranges

Also some private universities can also give u the same branches but fees may be high.

These are some recommendations:

1. NIT Warangal
2. NIT SILCHAR 
3. NIT ROURKELA 

To check the GATE application form status 2026, candidates need to have access to the GOAPS portal. The steps to check the GATE status is as follows -

• Visit the GATE's 2026 website and click on the GOAPS portal
• Log in using the enrollment ID and password
• Once logged in, candidates will be redirected to the dashboard, where they can view their current status of the application form.

Candidates are advised to regularly check their GATE application status 2026 inorder to submit the correct application form, expecially during the scrutiny phase, as they have make changes within the given deadline if any issues are found.