Methodology and source policy
FormulaCGPA is a citation engine that happens to do arithmetic. The conversion is the last step, not the first.
Inclusion rule
A scheme is shipped as an official formula only when every item below is true:
- The formula appears in a circular, regulation, ordinance, or signed letter on an official university or institute domain, or a PDF those offices published.
- The file has a document date, issuer, and a scheme or regulation year we can name.
- The text states a conversion to percentage, not merely how SGPA is computed.
- We recorded an excerpt, a last-verified date, and a valid input range.
- Unit tests cover official illustrations, range edges, and scheme switching.
Exclusion rule
Coaching blogs, SEO calculators, and aggregator sites are not sources. cgpaconverter.in and cgpatools.com are listed here only as contrast: they demonstrate the market for a one-box converter. FormulaCGPA does not cite them for any equation.
If a popular university has no published conversion, we either omit it or show “No official conversion published.” Anna University is the worked example of the second path.
What we never do
- Never silently apply CGPA × 9.5. That is a former CBSE Class 10 board rule, not a university conversion.
- Never mix one university’s offset with another university’s multiplier.
- Never treat an affiliated college as if it had a private formula when it hosts the affiliating university’s regulations.
- Never reverse a formula the official text does not support.
Current official set
Last catalog audit: 22 September 2026. Full citations live in docs/SOURCES.md.
- Mumbai University— 10-point CBCS (2017 circular)
- Mumbai University— 10-point CBCS / CGPI (2018 circular)
- VTU— B.E./B.Tech. 2015, 2017 and 2018 schemes
- BIT Bangalore— VTU 2021 scheme / R5 (21OB13.2)
- JNTUH— B.Tech. Academic Regulations R22
- GTU— CPI/CGPA Notification 1 of 2012
- SPPU— UG conversion formula (Circular 332-2020 / marksheet note)
- KTU— B.Tech. 2015 & 2019 schemes after 2023 university orders
- IIT Madras— Graduated on or before 10 November 2020
- IIT Madras— Graduated from 11 November 2020