Education in India - Dates of Entrance/competitive examinations-Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)- Career in india

Before applying for GATE 2009, candidates must assure themselves that they have chosen the right paper, which qualifies them to become eligible to seek admission to the specific programme they are interested in. The criteria for postgraduate admission with Scholarship/ Assistantship are different in various Institutes/Universities. GATE Offices will not provide any information in this regard. For more details, the candidates are required to contact the Institutes/Universities to which they are interested in seeking admission.

The choice of the paper is the responsibility of the candidate.

GATE Qualification

Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarship/ assistantship at engineering colleges/ institutes in the country are open to those who qualify through GATE. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor's degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy or Master's degree in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications are eligible for Master/ Doctoral programmes in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science. To avail the scholarship, the candidate must secure admission to such a postgraduate programme, as per the prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. GATE qualification, however, is not required for candidates with Master's degree in Engineering /Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy, who may be seeking scholarship/ assistantship for relevant doctoral programmes.

Some institutions specify GATE as the mandatory qualification even for admission of self-financing students to postgraduate programmes. GATE qualified candidates are also eligible for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories and CSIR sponsored projects. Some government organizations prescribe GATE qualification as a requirement for applying to the post of a Scientist / Enginee

Eligibility

The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE 2008:

Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
Master's degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master's degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master's degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.
Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE(I), AME by ICE(I)) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

How to Apply

There are two different processes by which a candidate can apply/register for GATE 2009, namely, "offline" and "online". For General candidates the Application fee is Rs. 900 for online process and Rs.1000/- for offline process. For SC/ST category the fee is Rs. 400 for online process and Rs. 500/- for offline. The application fee is not refundable.

For online submission of application forms, the candidates must obtain a Demand Draft, drawn on any nationalized bank in favor of Chairman of the corresponding zonal GATE Office, the website of which the candidate wishes to submit online Application. The candidate should submit the payment details while filling up the Online Form. Candidates are required to take a print of the Online Application Form after successful submission of data. SC/ST/OBC (non creamy layer) and Disability Certificate should be obtained from appropriate authority, if applicable. Duly filled-in Application Form with appropriate enclosures must be sent by Registered or Speed post to the Chairman, GATE of the Zone, the website of which has been used for making ONLINE registration on or before the prescribed date.

Offline process involves procuring the Information Brochures and Application Forms on payment of cash from the designated Bank Branches corresponding to each zone. The bank pay-in-slip in original must be attached to the candidate’s application during submission. Candidates can also obtain Information Brochures and Application Forms by Post from/or personally at the GATE offices. For this purpose a Demand Draft is to be sent for the amount as above to the Chairman, GATE of the corresponding zonal GATE office, along with a request letter and two self-addressed slips.

Filled in Application Form along with the bank pay-in-slip / receipt of payment from GATE office must be sent to the respective zonal GATE office depending on the examination city where the candidate wishes to appear.

Draft in favour of Zonal Gate Office address Examination Cities

IISc, Bangalore IISc, Bangalore, Bangalore 560012 Ananthapur, Bangalore, Davangere, Hassan, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Mysore and Surathkal

IIT Bombay IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Sangli, Shegaon, Solapur, Thane and Goa

Chairman, GATE, IIT Delhi IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jodhpur, Ludhiana, Moga, New Delhi, Patiala, Pilani, Srinagar (J&K), Surat, Udaipur and Vadodara

Chairman, GATE, IIT Guwahati IIT Guwahati Guwahati 781039 Agartala, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Silchar and Siliguri

Chairman GATE, IIT Kanpur IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016 Allahabad, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Sagar, Sultanpur, Ujjain and Varanasi

IIT Kharagpur IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 721302 Balasore, Berhampur (Orissa), Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur, Cuttack, Eluru, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur, Kolkata, Kothagudem, Machilipatnam, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam

IIT Madras IIT Madras Chennai 600036 Bapatla, Chennai, Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddapah, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Guntur, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Madurai, Manchiryala, Nagercoil, Nellore, Ongole, Palakkad, Pondicherry, Salem, Tenali, Thiruvananthapuram, Thanjavur, Thrissur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati and Warangal

Chairman, GATE, IIT Roorkee IIT Roorkee Roorkee 247667 Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Bijnor, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Gwalior, Hamirpur (HP), Haridwar, Hissar, Kota, Kurukshetra, Mathura, Meerut, Noida, Pantnagar, Rohtak, Roorkee, Shimla and Yamunanagar

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is administered and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are

Zone	Contact Address	Phone/ Fax / E-mail/ Url
Zone 1 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore	Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore 560 012	Phone: 080-22932392 Fax: 080-23601227 Email: gate@gate.iisc.ernet.in http://gate.iisc.ernet.in
Zone 2 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076	Phone: 022-25767068 Fax : 022-25723706 Email: gateoffice@iitb.ac.in http://www.iitb.ac.in/gate
Zone 3 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas New Delhi 110 016	Phone: 011-2659 1749 Fax : 011-2658 1579 Email: gate@admin.iitd.ernet.in http://www.iitd.ac.in/gate
Zone 4 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039	Phone: 0361-2582751 Fax : 0361-2690789 Email: gate@iitg.ernet.in http://www.iitg.ac.in/gate
Zone 5 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016	Phone: 0512-2597412 Fax : 0512-2590932 Email: gate@iitk.ac.in http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate
Zone 6 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302	Phone: 03222-282091 Fax : 03222-278243 Email: gate@adm.iitkgp.ernet.in http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in
Zone 7 Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chairman,GATE Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036	Phone: 044-22578200 Fax : 044-22578204 Email: gate@iitm.ac.in http://gate.iitm.ac.in
Zone 8 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667	Phone: 01332-284531 Fax : 01332-285707 Email: gate@iitr.ernet.in http://www.iitr.ac.in/gate

Zone-wise Bank Branches for Sale of Application forms with Information Brochures :

IISc Bangalore Zone : State Bank of India
Ananthpur (Sainagar), Bangalore (IISC, St. Marks Road), Davangere (TMN Complex), Hassan (Subhash Square), Hyderabad (Begum Bazar, Nampally, Parishrama Bhavan), Kurnool (Kurnool), Mahabubnagar (Mahabubnagar), Mysore (Sayyaji Rao Road), Surathkal (Srinivasa Nagar), Tumkur (M G Road)

IIT Bombay Zone : State Bank of India
Akola (Shastri Nagar), Amravati (Near Shyam Talkies), Aurangabad (Kranti Chowk), Gulbarga (Supermarket), Hubli (Keshwapur), Jalgaon (Jalgaon), Mumbai (Andheri W-Shopper's Stop, Dadar-SS Wagh Marg, IIT Powai, Main Br-Samachar Marg), Nagpur (Rly Stn), Nanded (Vazirabad), Nashik (Hotel Samrat), Navi Mumbai (Belapur), Panjim (Hotel Mandavi), Pune (Pune Camp), Sangli (Ganapati Mandir), Solapur (Budhwar Peth), Thane (Tembi Naka)

IIT Delhi Zone : Canara Bank
Ahmedabad (Narain Chamber, Ashram Road; Advance Cinema, Bhadra), Ajmer (Ajmer), Amritsar (Golden Temple Rd), Bhatinda (Bhatinda), Chandigarh (Sector 17-C), Faridabad (Faridabad), Gurgaon (Gurgaon), Jaipur (M.I. Road), Jalandhar (Mahavir Marg), Jammu (Jammu), Jhunjhunu (Jhunjhunu), Jodhpur (Jalori Gate), Ludhiana (Ludhiana), Moga (Moga), New Delhi (IIT; Janpath; Commercial Complex, Maharani Bagh; V-II Market, Vivek Vihar; Nagia Park, Shakti Nagar), Patiala (Dharampura Bazar), Srinagar (Residency Road, J&K), Surat (Main Br, KM Rd), Udaipur (Udaipur), Vadodara (R.C.Dutta Road)

IIT Guwahati Zone : Canara Bank
Agartala (Choumahani), Asansol (Ushagram), Bhagalpur (Tele. Office), Dhanbad (Katras Rd), Durgapur (Benachiti), Gangtok (M G Marg), Guwahati (Fancy Bazar), Jorhat (Gar Ali), Kalyani (Central Park), Patna (Gandhi Maidan), Shillong (GS Rd), Siliguri (Sevoke Rd)

IIT Kanpur Zone : Union Bank of India
Allahabad (Civil Lines), Bhopal (Post Jumerati), Etawah (Civil Lines), Faizabad (Motibagh), Gorakhpur (Golghar), Indore (Sanyogita Ganj), Jabalpur (Cantt.), Jhansi (Civil Lines), Kanpur (Birhana Rd., IIT), Lucknow (Hazratganj), Rewa (Raniganj), Sagar (Katra Bazar), Sultanpur (Super Market), Ujjain (Fawwara Chowk), Varanasi (Dashashwamedh Ghat)

IIT Kharagpur Zone : Canara Bank
Angul (Angul), Balasore (Balasore), Berhampur (Orissa), Bhimavaram (Bhimavaram), Bhubaneswar (Bapujinagar, Saheednagar), Bilaspur (Bilaspur), Cuttack (Cuttack), Eluru (Eluru), Howrah (Howrah), Jamshedpur (Jamshedpur), Kakinada (AP) (Kakinada), Kharagpur (Kharagpur), Khammam (Khammam), Kolkata (Gariahat, Park Street, Sealdah), Machlipatnam (Machlipatnam), Raipur (Raipur), Rajahmundry (Rajahmundry), Ranchi (Ranchi), Rourkela (Rourkela), Sambalpur (Sambalpur), Sindri (Sindri), Tadepalligudem (Tadepalligudem), Vijayawada (Governor Pet, Patamata), Visakhapatnam (Dwarakanagar, MVP Colony, Surya Bagh)

IIT Madras Zone : State Bank of India
Bapatla (Bapatla), Chennai (Annanagar W, IIT, Main), Chidambaram (Chidambaram), Coimbatore (Race Course Rd), Cuddapah (Cuddapah), Dindigul (Dindigul), Ernakulam (Broadway), Guntur (SPBB), Kannur (Kannur), Karaikudi (Karaikudi), Kollam (Chinnakada), Kottayam (Kottayam), Kozhikode (Kallai Rd), Madurai (Vinaya Nagar), Manchiriyal (Manchiriyal), Nagercoil (Nagercoil), Nellore (Town), Ongole (Bapuji Mkt), Palakkad (Civil Stn), Pondicherry (Pondicherry), Salem (Srirangapalayam), Tenali (Kolhapet), Thanjavur (Thanjavur), Thiruvananthapuram (Statue Br), Thrissur (Thrissur), Tiruchirapalli (Palakarai), Tirunelveli (Palayamkottai), Tirupati (Tilak Rd), Warangal (Battala Bazaar)

IIT Roorkee Zone : Punjab National Bank
Agra (Raja Ki Mandi), Aligarh (Railway Rd), Bareilly (Shyam Ganj), Bijnor (Civil Lines), Dehradun (Aarhat Bazar), Ghaziabad (Nehru Nagar), Gwalior (Naya Bazar), Haldwani (Nainital Rd), Hamirpur (HP) (New Rd), Haridwar (Mayapur Chowk), Hissar (Dabra Chowk), Kota (Bhimganj), Kurukshetra (Bank Colony Thanesar), Mathura (Chatta Bazaar), Meerut (Eastern Kachari Rd), Muzaffarnagar (South Bhopa Rd), Nainital (Mall Rd), Noida (Sector 18, Chillera Aterial Mkt), Pauri Garhwal (Mall Rd), Rohtak (Civil Lines), Roorkee (IIT), Rudrapur (Civil Lines), Shimla (The Mall), Yamunanagar (New Grain Mkt)