IPU Cut-off List Abbreviations: Full Forms of GGSIPU Category Codes (OPNOHS, SCNOHS, EWNOAI…)

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) is a professional University in India, located in the capital city, Delhi. The admission in IP University is given on the basis of merit in an entrance test: depending on the programme, this is a national-level test (for example, NEET UG for nursing or NIMCET for MCA) or the University’s own CET (Common Entrance Test), as set out in the admission brochure for each year. See how to apply for admission in IP University. The entire process of the admission in IPU is online based except caste and other document verification.

The Indraprastha University upload previous year’s CET cut-off on the official admission website ipu.admissions.nic.in (we have also compiled older IP University cut-off lists) so, that the students and parents can get an idea about which college to fill during the online counselling choice filling.

Most of people find very confusing to figure out the means of the caste abbreviation used by the IP University in the cut-off list that they upload. Here in this article we have listed all the abbreviations with its meaning that are used by IPU in the cut-off. The list below has the 27 abbreviations that appeared in the cut-off lists when this article was first written in 2017. The codes used in the 2025-26 cut-off lists, which add OBC, EWS, PwD, All-India and minority-quota codes, are explained after the list.

The Full Form and Meaning of the Abbreviations used by IPU in Cut-off List are:

1. GNGND — Delhi Region General
2. GNDCD — Delhi Region Defence
3. SCGND — Delhi Region Scheduled Caste
4. STGND — Delhi Region Scheduled Tribe
5. OBGND — Delhi Region Other Backward Caste
6. GNPHD — Delhi Region Physically Handicapped
7. GNGNO — Outside Delhi Region General
8. GNDCO — Outside Delhi Region Defence
9. SCGNO — Outside Delhi Region Scheduled Caste
10. STGNO — Outside Delhi Region Scheduled Tribe
11. GNPHO — Outside Delhi Region Physically Handicapped
12. GNGNA — All India Region General
13. SCGNA — All India Region Scheduled Caste
14. STGNA — All India Region Scheduled Tribe
15. GNKMA — Jammu & Kashmir Migrants
16. GNMUA — All India Muslim Minority
17. GNSMA — All India Sikh Minority
18. GNJAA — All India Jain Minority
19. OPDFHS — Delhi General Defence
20. OPNOHS — Delhi General
21. OPPHHS — Delhi General Physical Handicapped
22. SCNOHS — Delhi Scheduled Caste
23. STNOHS — Delhi Scheduled Tribe
24. OPDFOS — Outside Delhi General Defence
25. OPNOOS — Outside Delhi General
26. SCNOOS — Outside Delhi Scheduled Caste
27. STNOOS — Outside Delhi Scheduled Tribe

The abbreviations consist of two things, your location like whether you are from Delhi or Outside Delhi and your caste and category.

Codes used in the 2025-26 cut-off lists

The University’s newer cut-off reports use six-letter codes and print a legend (“Abbreviation – Full Form”) with each report. Reading those legends, the codes follow a pattern:

• the first two letters are the category: OP (General), SC, ST, BC (OBC) or EW (EWS);
• the middle two letters are the sub-category: NO (none), DF (Defence) or PH (PwD);
• the last two letters are the region: HS (Delhi), OS (outside Delhi) or AI (All India).

Codes that begin with NO are quotas that are not tied to a caste category, such as the Sikh, Jain and Christian minority quotas in minority institutions, the Army quota and the KM quota (the older lists called this “Jammu & Kashmir Migrants”).

Not every code appears in every programme: each cut-off report shows only the codes used for that programme and round. Always read the legend printed on the report you are looking at.

So, you maybe looking for the full form and the meanings of GNGND, GNDCD, SCGND, STGND, OBGND, GNPHD, GNGNO, GNDCO, SCGNO, STGNO, GNPHO, GNGNA, SCGNA, STGNA, GNKMA, GNMUA, GNSMA and GNJAA that we’ve already answered.