{
 "name": "Indian government and entrance exam calendar 2026-27",
 "description": "Exam dates and status (confirmed, tentative, expected, awaited) for SSC, Banking, Railways, UPSC, JEE, NEET and MBA entrance exams, with the conducting body and its official website, re-checked every week.",
 "source": "Official notifications and calendars of each exam body, checked weekly",
 "updated": "2026-10-27",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "rows": [
  {
   "exam": "SSC CGL 2026",
   "stage": "Tier 1",
   "category": "SSC",
   "conducted_by": "Staff Selection Commission",
   "start_date": "2026-09-30",
   "end_date": "2026-10-30",
   "date_text": "30 Sep – 30 Oct 2026 (final days)",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://ssc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SSC CGL 2026",
   "stage": "Tier 2",
   "category": "SSC",
   "conducted_by": "Staff Selection Commission",
   "start_date": "2026-12-01",
   "end_date": "2026-12-01",
   "date_text": "December 2026",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://ssc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SSC CHSL 2026",
   "stage": "Tier 1",
   "category": "SSC",
   "conducted_by": "Staff Selection Commission",
   "start_date": "2026-11-30",
   "end_date": "2026-12-31",
   "date_text": "30 Nov – 31 Dec 2026",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://ssc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SSC CPO 2026",
   "stage": "Paper I",
   "category": "SSC",
   "conducted_by": "Staff Selection Commission",
   "start_date": "2026-11-23",
   "end_date": "2026-11-28",
   "date_text": "23 – 28 Nov 2026 (revised on 26 Oct)",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://ssc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SSC JE 2026",
   "stage": "Paper I",
   "category": "SSC",
   "conducted_by": "Staff Selection Commission",
   "start_date": "2026-11-02",
   "end_date": "2026-12-01",
   "date_text": "2 – 6 Nov and 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2026",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://ssc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SSC GD Constable 2027",
   "stage": "CBT",
   "category": "SSC",
   "conducted_by": "Staff Selection Commission",
   "start_date": "2027-01-01",
   "end_date": "2027-01-01",
   "date_text": "January – March 2027 (notification awaited)",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://ssc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SSC MTS & Havaldar 2026",
   "stage": "Notification",
   "category": "SSC",
   "conducted_by": "Staff Selection Commission",
   "start_date": "",
   "end_date": "",
   "date_text": "Yet to be announced",
   "status": "Yet to be announced",
   "official_url": "https://ssc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SSC Stenographer 2026",
   "stage": "Result and skill test",
   "category": "SSC",
   "conducted_by": "Staff Selection Commission",
   "start_date": "",
   "end_date": "",
   "date_text": "Computer test held in September; result and skill test dates awaited",
   "status": "Yet to be announced",
   "official_url": "https://ssc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "IBPS RRB PO 2026",
   "stage": "Prelims",
   "category": "Banking",
   "conducted_by": "IBPS",
   "start_date": "2026-11-21",
   "end_date": "2026-11-22",
   "date_text": "21 – 22 Nov 2026; Mains 20 Dec 2026",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://www.ibps.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "IBPS RRB Clerk 2026",
   "stage": "Prelims",
   "category": "Banking",
   "conducted_by": "IBPS",
   "start_date": "2026-12-06",
   "end_date": "2026-12-13",
   "date_text": "6, 12 and 13 Dec 2026; Mains 30 Jan 2027",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://www.ibps.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "IBPS Clerk 2026",
   "stage": "Mains",
   "category": "Banking",
   "conducted_by": "IBPS",
   "start_date": "2026-12-27",
   "end_date": "2026-12-27",
   "date_text": "27 Dec 2026; prelims result expected in November",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://www.ibps.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "IBPS PO 2026",
   "stage": "Mains result and interview",
   "category": "Banking",
   "conducted_by": "IBPS",
   "start_date": "2026-11-01",
   "end_date": "2026-11-01",
   "date_text": "Mains result in November; interviews November – December 2026",
   "status": "Expected",
   "official_url": "https://www.ibps.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "IBPS SO 2026",
   "stage": "Mains",
   "category": "Banking",
   "conducted_by": "IBPS",
   "start_date": "2026-11-01",
   "end_date": "2026-11-01",
   "date_text": "1 Nov 2026; admit card out",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://www.ibps.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SBI Clerk 2026",
   "stage": "Mains",
   "category": "Banking",
   "conducted_by": "State Bank of India",
   "start_date": "2026-11-01",
   "end_date": "2026-11-01",
   "date_text": "November 2026; prelims result awaited",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://sbi.bank.in/web/careers"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SBI PO 2026",
   "stage": "Phase III",
   "category": "Banking",
   "conducted_by": "State Bank of India",
   "start_date": "2026-10-31",
   "end_date": "2026-10-31",
   "date_text": "Psychometric test 31 Oct; group exercise and interviews from 18 Nov 2026",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://sbi.bank.in/web/careers"
  },
  {
   "exam": "RBI Grade B 2027",
   "stage": "Notification",
   "category": "Banking",
   "conducted_by": "Reserve Bank of India",
   "start_date": "",
   "end_date": "",
   "date_text": "Yet to be announced",
   "status": "Yet to be announced",
   "official_url": "https://opportunities.rbi.org.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "RRB ALP 2026",
   "stage": "CBT 1",
   "category": "Railways",
   "conducted_by": "Railway Recruitment Boards",
   "start_date": "2026-11-03",
   "end_date": "2026-11-05",
   "date_text": "3 – 5 Nov 2026; city slip out",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://rrbapply.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "RRB NTPC Graduate 2026",
   "stage": "Apply by / CBT 1",
   "category": "Railways",
   "conducted_by": "Railway Recruitment Boards",
   "start_date": "2026-11-06",
   "end_date": "2026-11-06",
   "date_text": "Apply by 6 Nov 2026; CBT 1 expected in the last week of December",
   "status": "Expected",
   "official_url": "https://rrbapply.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "RRB NTPC Undergraduate 2026",
   "stage": "Apply by",
   "category": "Railways",
   "conducted_by": "Railway Recruitment Boards",
   "start_date": "2026-11-13",
   "end_date": "2026-11-13",
   "date_text": "Apply by 13 Nov 2026; CBT 1 date awaited",
   "status": "Expected",
   "official_url": "https://rrbapply.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "RRB Group D",
   "stage": "Result and PET",
   "category": "Railways",
   "conducted_by": "Railway Recruitment Boards",
   "start_date": "2026-11-01",
   "end_date": "2026-11-01",
   "date_text": "Result expected November 2026; PET after the result",
   "status": "Expected",
   "official_url": "https://www.rrbcdg.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "RRB JE 2026",
   "stage": "CBT 1",
   "category": "Railways",
   "conducted_by": "Railway Recruitment Boards",
   "start_date": "2026-10-27",
   "end_date": "2026-10-28",
   "date_text": "27 – 28 Oct 2026; CBT 2 date awaited",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://rrbapply.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "JEE Main 2027",
   "stage": "Session 1",
   "category": "Engineering",
   "conducted_by": "National Testing Agency",
   "start_date": "2027-01-20",
   "end_date": "2027-01-28",
   "date_text": "20 – 24 and 28 Jan 2027; register by 22 Nov 2026",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://jeemain.nta.nic.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "JEE Main 2027",
   "stage": "Session 2",
   "category": "Engineering",
   "conducted_by": "National Testing Agency",
   "start_date": "2027-04-02",
   "end_date": "2027-04-07",
   "date_text": "2 – 7 Apr 2027; register 5 Jan – 3 Feb 2027",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://jeemain.nta.nic.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "JEE Advanced 2027",
   "stage": "Exam",
   "category": "Engineering",
   "conducted_by": "IITs",
   "start_date": "",
   "end_date": "",
   "date_text": "Yet to be announced; usually in May",
   "status": "Yet to be announced",
   "official_url": "https://jeeadv.ac.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "GATE 2027",
   "stage": "Exam",
   "category": "Engineering",
   "conducted_by": "IIT Madras",
   "start_date": "2027-02-06",
   "end_date": "2027-02-21",
   "date_text": "6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 Feb 2027",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "NEET UG 2027",
   "stage": "Exam",
   "category": "Medical",
   "conducted_by": "National Testing Agency",
   "start_date": "",
   "end_date": "",
   "date_text": "Yet to be announced; usually the first Sunday of May",
   "status": "Yet to be announced",
   "official_url": "https://neet.nta.nic.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "CUET UG 2027",
   "stage": "Exam",
   "category": "University",
   "conducted_by": "National Testing Agency",
   "start_date": "",
   "end_date": "",
   "date_text": "Yet to be announced; usually May – June",
   "status": "Yet to be announced",
   "official_url": "https://cuet.nta.nic.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "UPSC Civil Services 2027",
   "stage": "Prelims",
   "category": "UPSC & Defence",
   "conducted_by": "UPSC",
   "start_date": "2027-05-23",
   "end_date": "2027-05-23",
   "date_text": "23 May 2027; notification 13 Jan, apply by 2 Feb 2027",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://upsc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "UPSC NDA & NA (I) 2027",
   "stage": "Written exam",
   "category": "UPSC & Defence",
   "conducted_by": "UPSC",
   "start_date": "2027-04-11",
   "end_date": "2027-04-11",
   "date_text": "11 Apr 2027; notification 2 Dec, apply by 22 Dec 2026",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://upsc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "UPSC CDS (I) 2027",
   "stage": "Written exam",
   "category": "UPSC & Defence",
   "conducted_by": "UPSC",
   "start_date": "2027-04-11",
   "end_date": "2027-04-11",
   "date_text": "11 Apr 2027; notification 2 Dec, apply by 22 Dec 2026",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://upsc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "UPSC NDA & NA (II) 2027",
   "stage": "Written exam",
   "category": "UPSC & Defence",
   "conducted_by": "UPSC",
   "start_date": "2027-09-19",
   "end_date": "2027-09-19",
   "date_text": "19 Sep 2027; notification 12 May 2027",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://upsc.gov.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "CAT 2026",
   "stage": "Exam",
   "category": "MBA",
   "conducted_by": "IIM Indore",
   "start_date": "2026-11-29",
   "end_date": "2026-11-29",
   "date_text": "29 Nov 2026, three sessions; admit card around 4 Nov",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://iimcat.ac.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "XAT 2027",
   "stage": "Exam",
   "category": "MBA",
   "conducted_by": "XLRI Jamshedpur",
   "start_date": "2027-01-03",
   "end_date": "2027-01-03",
   "date_text": "3 Jan 2027, 2–5 pm; register by 6 Dec 2026",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://xatonline.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "SNAP 2026",
   "stage": "Tests 1–3",
   "category": "MBA",
   "conducted_by": "Symbiosis International",
   "start_date": "2026-12-13",
   "end_date": "2026-12-26",
   "date_text": "13, 19 and 26 Dec 2026; register by 25 Nov; result 12 Jan 2027",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://www.snaptest.org"
  },
  {
   "exam": "NMAT 2026",
   "stage": "Testing window",
   "category": "MBA",
   "conducted_by": "GMAC",
   "start_date": "2026-11-02",
   "end_date": "2026-12-20",
   "date_text": "2 Nov – 20 Dec 2026; retakes until 17 Dec registration",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://www.mba.com/exams/nmat"
  },
  {
   "exam": "CMAT 2027",
   "stage": "Exam",
   "category": "MBA",
   "conducted_by": "National Testing Agency",
   "start_date": "2027-02-07",
   "end_date": "2027-02-07",
   "date_text": "7 Feb 2027 per NTA's calendar; notification awaited",
   "status": "Tentative",
   "official_url": "https://cmat.nta.nic.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "MAT December 2026",
   "stage": "PBT and CBT",
   "category": "MBA",
   "conducted_by": "AIMA",
   "start_date": "2026-12-20",
   "end_date": "2026-12-27",
   "date_text": "Paper-based 20 Dec, computer-based 27 Dec 2026",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://mat.aima.in"
  },
  {
   "exam": "CLAT 2027",
   "stage": "Exam",
   "category": "Law",
   "conducted_by": "Consortium of NLUs",
   "start_date": "2026-12-06",
   "end_date": "2026-12-06",
   "date_text": "6 Dec 2026, 2–4 pm; register by 31 Oct 2026",
   "status": "Confirmed",
   "official_url": "https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in"
  }
 ]
}