Dear Vishal,

Let me introduce you at first about the GPA .. GPA stands for Grade Point Average . Now it's basically of four types , which you may face mostly in College academic curriculums in CBCS mode some cases . The four types are:

• SGPA - Semester Grade Point Average
• YGPA- Yearly Grade Point Average
• CGPA- Cumulative Grade Point Average
• DGPA  - Diploma/Degree Grade Point Average

Now, SGPA is generally calculate your each semester marks . YGPA is calculated based your overall performance in a year (i.e. in two semesters each year). CGPA is calculated based on your overall performance upto your current academic year ( like upto 3rd year, 2nd year etc) and lastly DGPA means your total Grade point average at the time of obtaining Diploma/Degree .

Generally , most of the colleges takes CGPA grades instead of DGPA to calculate his/her academic marks .

CGPA is calculated by summing the grade points of each subjects and then dividing it by the total no of subjects .

Hope this helps !

Hi aspirant,

CGPA is a measure of a students performance in academics during a particular session. CGPA is calculated for each semesters but it includes the data of every examination and semesters in a whole. That means your CGPA at end of 1st year would be cumulative of both first and second semesters and is calculated by your total grade points by total credits. At the end of every semester you would be given GPA that is the measure of that particular semester but it does not represents your overall performance. That means by the end of your first semester your GPA and CGPA would be the same but it would start different from the second semester onwards

Hope it helps!