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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

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What is GATE ?

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all -India

Examination conducted by the six Indian Institutes of Technology and

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, on behalf of the National

Coordinating Board - GATE, Ministry of Human Resources

Development (MHRD), Government of India.

Objectives of GATE

To identify meritorious and motivated candidates for admission to

Post Graduate Programmes in Engineering, Technology, Architecture

and Pharmacy at the National level.

To serve as benchmark for normalisation of the Undergraduate

Engineering Education in the country.

Who Appear in GATE ?

The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE:

Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/

Architecture/ Pharmacy and those who are in the final or prefinal

year of such programmes.

Master's degree holders in any branch of Science/

Mathematics/ Statistics or equivalent and those who are in

the final or pre-final year of such programmes. However, if the

degree is in Master of Computer Applications, the candidate

should have had courses in Mathematics at the Bachelor's or

Master's level.

Candidates in the second or higher year of the (Post B.Sc.)

Four-Year Integrated Master's degree programme in

Engineering/ Technology or in the third or higher year of the

Five-year Integrated Master's degree/ Dual degree

programme in Engineering/ Technology.

Candidates with qualifications obtained through examination

conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/

AICTE as equivalent to B.E./ B.Tech. Those who have

completed Section A or equivalent of such professional

courses are also eligible.

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Structure of the Examination

The GATE is held every year on the second Sunday of February, across the

country in over 100 cities. At present nearly 60,000 students write GATE

every year. Candidates can choose a single paper of 3 hours duration to

appear in GATE from the discipline papers shown in the following Table.

Table: Papers

PAPER CODE PAPER CODE

Agricultural Engineering AG Mathematics MA

Architecture AR Mechanical Engineering ME

Civil Engineering CE Mining Engineering MN

Chemical Engineering CH Metallurgical Engineering MT

Computer Science & Engg. CS Physics PH

Chemistry CY Production & Industrial Engg. PI

Electronics & Comm. Engg. EC Pharmaceutical Sciences PY

Electrical Engineering EE Textile Engg.& Fibre Science TF

Geology & Geophysics GG Engineering Sciences XE

Instrumentation Engineering IN Life Sciences XL

Papers XE and XL are general in nature and comprise of the following

sections: Candidates appearing in XE or XL papers are required to answer

THREE sections, one compulsory as indicated below:

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

(XE)

CODE LIFE SCIENCES

(XL)

CODE

Engg. Maths (Compulsory) A Chemistry (Compulsory) I

Computational Science B Biochemistry J

Electrical Sciences C Biotechnology K

Fluid Mechanics D Botany L

Materials Science E Microbiology M

Solid Mechanics F Zoology N

Statistics G

Thermodynamics H

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GATE Result

The GATE result is declared every year on 31st March and the score of the

qualified candidates shows their All India Rank and Percentile Score in the

discipline paper chosen by the candidates. The percentile score in each

paper is calculated as follows: Let N be the total number of candidates

appearing in that paper, and nc be the number of candidates who have the

same all India rank c in the same paper (there can be bunching at a given all

India rank), then all the candidates, whose all India rank is r, will have the

same percentile score P, where

P is actually the percentage {number of candidates who have secured marks

less than the candidates concerned / N}

The percentile score of candidate shows that the performance of the

candidate was better than P percent of the candidate who appeared in this

paper.

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Where GATE Result is used?

Admission to Postgraduate Courses, with MHRD Scholarship / Assistantship,

in Engineering / Technology / Architecture / Pharmacy at Colleges / Institutes

in the country will be open only to those who qualify through GATE. Some

engineering colleges/Institutes specify GATE as mandatory qualification even

for admission of self-financing students.

Who can Benefit from Data on GATE Qualified Candidates

The GATE result is currently seen as one of the bench marks for admission to

post-graduate and research programmes by many Universities outside the

country as well. The GATE qualified candidates in the Engineering discipline

are also eligible for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR

Laboratories. Many industries and business houses are using the GATE

score as one of the performance indicators for making recruitments. Some

industries and universities abroad have shown their interest in obtaining

particulars of GATE qualified candidates.

The GATE Committee has therefore decided to provide the relevant details of

GATE qualified candidates to prospective users. This is a great opportunity

for obtaining particulars of the top ranking engineering graduates and science

post graduates who have qualified in the National level, Graduate Aptitude

Test in Engineering.

Particulars of the GATE qualified candidates in various discipline papers listed

in the table can be made available to the prospective users from industries,

scientific organisations, public sector and private undertakings and from Indian

and universities abroad on payment of applicable charges. The information

will pertain to only those candidates who have agreed that such information

can be made available to prospective users.

Applicable Terms and Conditions

Organisations desirous of using this opportunity can make an application to

any of the Chairmen of the GATE Offices, IITs/IISc Bangalore.

The GATE Committee has the discretionary power to make the result and

other particulars of the candidates available to any non-participating institute

or industry/company. The client will sign an agreement with the Organising

Institute and give an undertaking that the information available will be used

exclusively for their own institute or industry/company and it will not be shared

with any other agency.

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Payment Terms and Procedural Details

The GATE result and the other particulars of the GATE qualified candidates

can be made available to the non-participating institutes and industries/

companies on payment basis when specific requests are received from them.

Combination of formats in which the data are available are given below:

College wise, State wise, Gender wise, Category wise (GN/SC/ST), All

India Rank wise.

The charges applicable per discipline for furnishing the relevant particulars are

as follows: *

Organisations within India : Rs. 30,000/- per discipline for

100 candidates or part thereof

Organisations outside India : US $ 10,000/- or equivalent per

discipline for 100 candidates or

part thereof

* Subject to change from time to time

The concerned organisation shall pay the entire amount in advance to the

Organising Institute.

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For any further details, kindly contact the GATE Office at address indicated

below;

IISc Bangalore, Bangalore – 560 012 Tel: 080-3601227 Fax: 080-3600902

e-mail:gate@admin.iisc.ernet.in

Web: www.iisc.ernet.in/gate

IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076 Tel: 022-5724054 Fax: 022-5723706

e-mail:gate@cse.iitb.ac.in

Web: www.iitb.ac.in/`gate

IIT Delhi,Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 Tel: 011-6591749 Fax:011-6581579

e-mail:gate@admin.iitd.ernet.in

Web: www.iitd.ernet.in

IIT Guwahati, Guwahati-781 001 Tel: 0361-630355 Fax: 0361-630355

e-mail:gate@iitg.ernet.in

Web: www.iitg.ernet.in

IIT Kanpur, Kanpur – 208 016 Tel: 0512-597412 Fax: 0512-590932

e-mail:gate@iitk.ac.in

Web: www.iitk.ac.in/gate

IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur – 721 302 Tel: 03222-78015 Fax: 03222-78243

e-mail:gate@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

Web: www.iitkgp.ernet.in/`gate

IIT Madras, Chennai – 600 036 Tel: 044-4458090 Fax: 044-4458094

e-mail:gate@iitm.ac.in

Web: gate.iitm.ac.in

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REQUEST FORM

(to be filled in Duplicate)

Name of the Organisation :

Name of the authorised person :

Designation :

Information required for the number of GATE qualified candidates under each paper as given below:

PAPER No. of candidates whose

information is sought @

Agricultural Engg. A G

Architecture A R

Civil Engg. C E

Chemical Engg. C H

Computer Science & Engg. C S

Chemistry C Y

Electronics & Comm. Engg. E C

Electrical Engg. E E

Geology & Geophysics G G

Instrumentation I N

Mathematics M A

Mechanical Engg. M E

Mining Engg. M N

Metallurgical Engg. M T

Physics P H

Production & Industrial Engg. P I

Pharmaceutical Sciences P Y

Textile Engg. & Fibre Sci. T F

Engineering Sciences X E

Life Sciences X L

Combination of

formats

College wise

State wise

Gender wise

Category wise: General/SC/ST

All India Rank wise starting from

Date : Name and Signature

Place : Seal of the company

@ Note: The information provided will include only of those qualified candidates

who have given their consent to share the information.

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Attachment - 1

GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING

Indian Institutes of Technology : Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur,

Kharagpur, Madras, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Agreement Form to be filled in Block Letters)

TITLE OF ACTIVITY

CHAIRMAN, GATE OF ORGANISING INSTITUTE

Name:

Designation:

Telephone: Fax: e-mail:

EXPECTED TIME SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETING THE PROJECT

Duration: Months Starting Date: / / 

CLIENT DETAILS

Firm Name:

Address: Contact Person’s Name:

Designation:

City: Pin:

Tel. Fax e-mail

TOTAL FEES AND PAYMENT DETAILS

Mode of Payment: By Draft Currency: Indian Rupees

Foreign Country:

Payment enclosed: Full Payment

Total Amount (in figures)

Total Amount (in words) Bank's Name and Branch

D.D. No.

D.D. Amount D.D. Date

Scope of the work

Client Type (Please tick)

o Private Sector

o Government Sector

o Public Sector

o Educational Institutions

o Foreign Organisation

o S & T Organisation

o Others (please specify)

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AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLIENT AND THE ORGANISING INSTITUTE

This agreement is subjected to the Terms and Conditions of the Contract for undertaking the project, the details mentioned

above and in the terms and conditions have been read and are acceptable.

Signature of Chairman Signature of Client

GATE Organising Institute (with date)

(with date)

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Specimen Copy

GATE - …….

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY …………….. / INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE

The following information on the GATE qualified candidates is provided to M/s. ____________________________________________________ (CLIENT)

as per the request and MOU No. enacted on (date) ……………… on behalf of the GATE …………. Committee.

Sl.

No.

Name & address

Pin Code, Contact Phone No. (if available)

Gender

M / F

Regn.

Number

GATE

Paper

Written

Basic

Degree

Percentile

score

All India

Rank

Category

GN/SC/ST

1

2

99

100

Valid upto

NOTE:

GATE ………. is organised by Indian Institute of Technology ……………………../Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore by rotation and on behalf of the

Ministry of Human Resources Development. The personal information provided is based on the information given by the applicants.

Signature and Seal of the

Chairman

Organising Institute

Date: (On behalf of GATE - Committee)

31.03. ………

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Annexure III

To be executed on Rs.10/- non-judicial stamp paper

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

This memorandum of understanding is made on this day …………….

BETWEEN

GATE Committee represented by the CHAIRMAN, GATE, Organising Institute and

having its office at the Gate Office of The Organising Institute,

................................................................and herein after called ORGANISING

CHAIRMAN on the first part

AND

M/s: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- having

its registered office at --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------

and represented by ……………..................

its authorised signatory herein after called the CLIENT on the second part.

Whereas the CLIENT is an Institution engaged in providing continuing education

and training in the higher academic levels of Engineering and Technology.

Whereas the CLIENT is an institution engaged in Research and Development in

the field of Science and Technology .

Whereas the CLIENT is an Industrial undertaking in the Sector,

Whereas the CLIENT is a business organisation carrying on business as

……………………………………………………………………….

And whereas the IITs at Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and

IISc., Bangalore are entrusted to conduct the GATE at India level on behalf of NCB -

GATE by the MHRD, Government of India. And whereas the GATE committee is

competent to provide the information of GATE qualified candidate to the CLIENT.

Now this memorandum witnesses as follows and the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. The ORGANISING CHAIRMAN will provide the required data pertaining to the

GATE qualified candidates as per the request of the client and as agreed to by

the ORGANISING CHAIRMAN.

.………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Delete whichever is not applicable

MOU No:

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2. All the proprietary rights of the data released rests with the ORGANISING

CHAIRMAN.

3. The CLIENT will use the data provided only for the authorised purposes for which

it has made the request.

4. The data is provided on non-exclusive basis. The ORGANISING CHAIRMAN can

use the data in any other manner.

5. The CLIENT will not use the data for any other purpose such as advertising,

electioneering or such purposes.

6. The CLIENT shall not sell/publicise/disclose/part with the data and any other

information received from the ORGANISING CHAIRMAN to any other

organisation or group or individual.

7. The CLIENT will make advance payment of full fees to the ORGANISING

CHAIRMAN the sum of money prescribed by the ORGANISING CHAIRMAN

(Attachment 1)

8. The charges once paid for by the client are non-refundable.

9. The CLIENT and his/her organisation shall be liable for damages for the breach

or violation of the above said terms and conditions and shall pay the amount

claimed by the ORGANISING COMMITTEE as Compensation.

10. Arbitration :

In the event of any dispute or difference between the parties hereto, such

disputes or differences shall be resolved amicably by mutual consultations. If

such resolution is not possible, then the unresolved disputes or differences shall

be referred to an arbitrator to be nominated by the Director of the Organising

Institute and the CLIENT for a reasoned Award. The Award of the arbitrator shall

be binding on the parties to the dispute.

11. Jurisdiction

The Memorandum of Understanding will be governed by the laws of Government

of India and unresolved dispute, if any, will be subject to the jurisdiction of the

courts nearest to the ORGANISING CHAIRMAN.

Signed by client Signed by the ORGANISING CHAIRMAN

(SEAL) (SEAL)

Place:

Date :

Witness 1 Witness 2

Signature : Signature:

Name : Name :

Address : Address :