Resume template for India, from CGPA to Class X marks

Meridian uses no colour at all, matching IIIT Delhi's advice to avoid colour because a CV may be photocopied for a selection panel. Its skills sit above the jobs, so an analyst's SQL, Python and Power BI are read first, and the education block with board marks follows the work, the order Gurugram University suggests once you have a job.

Second choice: Henrietta. Henrietta prints education straight after experience, the highest of the seven, which suits a final-year student whose internship is short and whose marks carry the application.

Meridian template details and test results

Meridian prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.

1. Professional Summary. Two or three lines: your field, years of work, the tools you use daily and the role you want next. Gurugram University's placement cell asks you to drop words like "hardworking", "team player" and "self-motivated" and let the bullets prove those qualities instead.
2. Skills. List languages, software and data tools you could be tested on in an interview round; Gurugram University says to include only skills you can demonstrate. IIIT Delhi adds that a tool already named in an internship bullet need not be repeated here.
3. Work Experience. Newest job first, internships included. IIIT Delhi asks interns to say who the work was for, how long it ran, whether the output is actually in use and how big it was, measured in rows, screens or tables rather than adjectives.
4. Education. Degree with CGPA, then Class XII and Class X with board, year and percentage, newest first. IIT Kanpur's placement office expects exactly this table, and IIT Madras checks CGPA against the grade card, so copy it to the decimal places printed there.
5. Certifications. Gurugram University wants only certifications you can verify. Meridian prints them after education; if one is a job requirement, such as a cloud or Power BI certificate for an analyst post, name it in the summary too.

The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.

Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.

• SQL
• Python
• pandas
• Power BI
• Excel
• data cleaning
• dashboards
• KPI reporting
• credit risk
• loan portfolio
• roll-rate analysis
• data quality checks
• stakeholder reporting

• Rounding a CGPA of 8.36 up to 8.4. IIT Madras verifies the figure against the grade card and treats rounding as a discrepancy.
• Listing a class assignment as a project. IIIT Delhi says a project has to be substantial, with its size, technology and tools stated.
• A summary built on "hardworking, team player, detail-oriented", the stock phrases Gurugram University asks students to replace with results.
• Giving an entrance-exam percentile where IIT Kanpur expects the rank and the year.
• Colour bars, icons or a skills chart that turn grey and muddy on a photocopy, which is why IIIT Delhi advises against colour.

We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.

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We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.

1. IIIT Delhi (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi), Placement Cell: Guidelines for writing your CV (Give the year and percentage of Class 10 and 12 board exams and the CGPA in all cases; mention class position only if 1st, 2nd or top 5%; do not list class assignments as projects, state size, technology and tools; for internships give the customer, duration, whether the software is used and its size; usually no more than two pages; most important information first; one or two fonts; no colour because the CV may be photocopied. Its sample CV prints a home address.)
2. IIT Kanpur, Students' Placement Office: For students: Resume FAQs (Top heading: name, department, year of study and contact information; then a table of educational qualifications including 10th and 12th marks and CPI in reverse chronological order; JEE ranks as numbers, not percentiles (for example AIR 1234 in JEE Mains 2019), with the year; one- and two-page resumes uploaded to the portal after verification.)
3. IIT Madras, Placement and Internship Cell: Resume Guidelines (Internship Season 2025-26) (A4 resume; LinkedIn, Google Scholar or GitHub links may be given; no pictures or logos other than the institute logo; CGPA must be stated exactly as on the official grade card, rounding strictly prohibited and cross-verified; 10th and 12th grade sheets kept as proof. (Its rule against printing phone and email is specific to the campus portal.))
4. Gurugram University, Central Training and Placement Cell: Resume Writing Tips (Professional fonts at 10 to 12 points; avoid excessive graphics and colours; contact details: name, mobile, professional email, LinkedIn, portfolio; residential address generally unnecessary unless requested; avoid generic phrases such as hardworking, team player, detail-oriented, self-motivated; suggested order: professional summary, work experience and internships, skills and certifications, projects, education; fresh graduates may put education first; include only skills and certifications that can be demonstrated and verified.)