Recruitment in Public Sector Companies PSU by GATE 2025

Almost all Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) nowadays recruit engineers only through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) into their cadre. Generally, PSUs recruit Graduate Engineers as Graduate Engineers Trainees (GET), Officers, Management Trainees, Executive Engineers etc. at various levels and in various disciplines/subjects domain of Engineering etc.

This process of recruitment of the engineers through GATE has been adopted by many State PSU and State Government Departments also to recruit Engineers foe their requirements and vacancies.

Every year, the Central/State Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) companies recruit suitable engineer candidates for their Engineering Departments through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) which is conducted every year in the month of February and filling in application forms is completed in the month of September of the previous year of the GATE exam year.

All eligible engineering graduate job seekers pursuing their careers in the PSUs should apply for the GATE and get a good score in the exam. The valid GATE scorecard will make engineers eligible for the selection in their desired PSU for two-year duration. The GATE has become a de facto recruitment examination for Engineers. The GATE has now become one of the top recruitment examinations in India.

View – All Engineer Jobs are available through GATE only.

GATE 2025 by IIT Roorkee

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an examination conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. Like every year, this year also the organising committee of GATE has come up with an advertisement for GATE-2025. 

The Organising Institute for GATE 2025 is the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR).

A candidate currently studying in the 3rd or higher year of any undergraduate degree program OR has already completed any government-approved degree program in Engineering /
Technology / Architecture / Science / Commerce / Arts is eligible for GATE-2025.

The Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) will use the GATE 2025 score in their recruitment process.

Examination Pattern 

Each GATE 2025 paper is for a total of 100 marks, General Aptitude (GA) is common for all papers (15 marks) and the rest of the paper covers the respective syllabus (85 marks).

GATE 2025 will be conducted on 30 subjects and as an Online Computer Based Test (CBT) of 3 hours duration. The online examination paper will contain (a) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (b) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions. The total number of questions will be: 10 (General Aptitude) + 55 (Subject) = 65 Questions.

The Candidates will use only an on-screen virtual calculator provided for the examination. The Examination for GATE 2025 will be conducted on the 1st, 2nd, 15th and 16th of February 2025. The result of the GATE-2025 will be annpounced on 19th March 2025.

Recruitment in Government Organisations through GATE 2025

Apart from PSU, some other Central Government and State Government organisations and Departments will also use valid GATE 2025 scores to select engineers for their requirements. For Example, Direct recruitment to Group-A level posts in Central government, i.e., Senior Field Officer (Tele), Senior Research Officer (Crypto) and Senior Research Officer (S&T) in Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, will be carried out on the basis of GATE-2025 score only.

The details of the scheme of recruitment of Engineers through GATE 2025 will normally be published in National Newspapers/Employment News by the concerned authority. State Government PSU like Power companies, PWD, Irrigation Department will also recruit engineers through GATE-2025 score only. The valid GATE score has become a de facto recruitment examination for Engineers.

Online Application Form for GATE 2025

Application for the GATE-2025 Examination has to be submitted online in the prescribed format at the IIT Roorkee GATE-2025 website only from 28/08/2024 to 26/09/2024 and up to 07/10/2024 with a late fee.

The application fee for GATE 2025 is ₹1800/- (₹900/- for Female/SC/ST/PWD candidates) and for an extended period fee is ₹2300/- (₹1400/- for Female/SC/ST/PWD candidates) to be paid online.

Details and Online Submission of GATE 2025 Application

Please visit https://gate2025.iitr.ac.in for details and online submission of the application for GATE 2025.

If you have not filled out the application for GATE 2025, please hurry up. Remember, Now Government Sector recruit Engineers through a valid GATE Score only (except very feww vacancies and recruitment examinations). Several PSU and Government Departments will mandatorily advertise their requirements and intentions to recruit engineers through GATE 2025 only.

Please appear for GATE 2025 and use its score for getting employed in PSU/Govt. Department. Don’t Miss.

👉 You can refer to our recommended GATE Guidebooks and Exambooks for preparation.