GATE 2013 Application Exam Admission Notification Results

GATE 2013 Hall Ticket Download Available from 10th December 2012

GATE 2013 Admit Card Download

Admit card can only be downloaded from the zonal GATE websites from 5 pm on 10th December 2012. Sending Admit cards by post has been discontinued. Bring the downloaded admit card at the test center along with at least one original (not photocopied / scanned copy) and valid (not expired) photo identification. ONLY one of the following photo identifications is permitted: Driving license, Passport, PAN Card, Voter ID, College ID, Employee identification card, or a notarized Affidavit with Photo, Signature, Date of Birth and Residential Address. Photocopies of the original identification document are not acceptable. Candidates will NOT be permitted to take the test, if original and valid photo identification is not presented.

GATE 2013 - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Application Exam Result and Admission

GATE 2013 is Organizing by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

GATE 2013 Apply Online

GATE 2013 Results

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all India examination that primarily tests a comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in Engineering and Technology. The GATE score of a candidate reflects a relative performance level in a particular paper in the exam across several years. The score is used for admissions to post-graduate engineering programmes (eg. M.E., M.Tech, direct Ph.D.) in Indian higher education institutes with financial assistance provided by MHRD and other Government agencies.  The score may also be used by Public sector units for employment screening purposes.


Administration
GATE is administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology  on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB)  – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

The GATE Committee, which comprises of representatives from the administering institutes, is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring the results. GATE is conducted through the constitution of eight zones. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are:

Zone-1: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Zone-2: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Zone-3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Zone-4: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Zone-5: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Zone-6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Zone-7: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Zone-8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

The overall coordination and responsibility of conducting GATE 2013 lies with Indian Institute
of Technology Bombay, and is designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2013.


What’s New in GATE 2013?

1. 15 subject papers will be conducted by an ONLINE computer based test: AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CY, GG, MA, MN, MT, PH, TF, XE, and XL. 
2. Female candidates are exempted from paying the application fee, as required by MHRD, Govt. of India.
3. All candidate related information and grievance redressal will be available in a single GATE Online Applicant Interface. 
4. Soft copies of photograph and signature must be uploaded during online application (This is in addition to sending recent photograph of applicant with signed application).
5. A new formula will be used for calculating the GATE score.
6. Bio metric information (Photograph and fingerprint) maybe captured  on the day of the examination for randomly selected candidates.

Other Important points about GATE 2013

1. Application Process: For GATE 2013, candidates need to register and fill the application ONLINE only by accessing the zonal GATE websites of IISc and seven IITs. The application process is complete only when a print out of the filled ONLINE application with the candidate’s signature and a good quality photo affixed in the appropriate place is received by the respective GATE office along with necessary documents, if any, on or before 8 October 2012. Please note that application forms are NOT available for sale anywhere.
2. Downloadable Admit Card: Admit cards are NOT sent by mail anymore. Admit cards can only be downloaded from the zonal GATE websites from 5th December 2012 onwards. Bring the admit card to the test center along with at least one original (not photocopied / scanned copy) and valid (not expired) photo identification.
3. Use  of black ink  ballpoint pen for Offline exams: Candidates should use only black ink ballpoint pen for darkening of the bubbles in the OMR sheet. Since bubbles darkened by the black ink ballpoint pen cannot be erased, candidates should darken the bubbles in the OMR sheet very carefully.
4. Numerical answer type questions in ONLINE papers: In the ONLINE papers, the question paper will consist of questions of multiple-choice type and questions of numerical answer type. For multiple choice type questions, each question will have four choices for the answer. For numerical answer type questions, each question will have a number as the answer. Each online paper will have 15 or more marks worth of questions requiring numerical answers where possible.
5. Pre-final year students:  Pre-final year students are NOT eligible to write GATE 2013.

Certificate from Principal

Candidates who have to submit a certificate from their Principal, as determined from the above table, have to obtain a signature from their principal on a certificate that will be printed on the application PDF file provided after completion of online application submission.

Candidates with backlogs

Candidates who have appeared in the final semester/year exam in 2012, but with a backlog (arrears/failed subjects) in any of the papers in their qualifying degree should submit

1. A copy of any one of the marks sheets of the final year,  OR10

2. A letter from the principal indicating that the student has a backlog from an earlier 

semester/year to be cleared, and therefore cannot produce a course completion certificate now. This certificate will also be present in the last portion of the PDF application form provided to you after you submit application online

Filling in GATE 2013 Application Online

1. GATE Online Application Interface (website) can be accessed from the GATE website.

2. You must first register yourself, by providing a valid email address.  Choose this carefully to be the one you check frequently, as all communications to you from the GATE offices will be sent to this address (DO NOT USE ANYBODY ELSE’S EMAIL ADDRESS. ONLY ONE PERSON CAN REGISTER WITH ONE EMAIL ADDRESS).

3. Upon registration, an email will be sent with a link and an one time password (OTP).  You must click on the link and enter the password.  You will be required to change the password after the first login.  Choose a password that is not easily guessable (should not be like: your name, DOB, 12345, asdf, etc.), so as to ensure that the data you provide is not accessible to any person other than yourself.

4. Next you will see an application form to be filled in.  Keep the following information ready:

1. Personal information
2. Communication Address (Important: PIN Code)
3. Eligibility Degree Details (College address, PIN Code of College)
4. GATE paper, Choice of GATE examination cities

5. High quality image of your photograph conforming to the requirements 

6. Good quality image of your signature (in .jpeg format) conforming to requirements similar to photograph

7. Optional: PDF files of supporting documents (Eligibility & Category Certificates) (max file size: per file 0.5 MB)

8. Optional: Your Netbanking details to make the application fee payment (only for Male candidates).

5. Fill in the necessary data in the online application form following instructions given there. 

Upload the soft copies of photo and signature (mandatory).

6. Optional: You may upload pdf files of supporting documents conforming to the eligibility (except principal’s certificate) and category requirements given below in section Supporting Documents

7. You will have to select one of the payment options  while filling the online form.

8. The GATE Online Applicant Interface allows you to enter data, “Save” partially filled form, “Logout”, and resume filling in by logging in again.

9. Before you make the payment, you will be shown a “Preview” of your application, where you have to carefully check for any errors.

10. Once you submit the application with payment, no further changes to the application can be made by the candidate.

11. Candidates who have selected online payment option will follow the instructions given below for online net banking in payment section and complete payment process. Those who have selected challan payment option will directly proceed to the next step.

12. You will then see a link to “Print Application Form”.  You have to download a PDF file from this 

link and print it. It will contain four pages as mentioned below.

1. Page 1: Instructions and Address slip where you need to send hard copy
2. Page 2-3: Two copies of application form with bottom part showing certificate to be signed by principal (if need be)
3. Page 4: Optional page for candidates who select “bank challan” mode of payment. This page will contain 3 copies of challan to be processed with bank

Supporting Documents

Applicants have an option to upload supporting documents online.  Please make sure that the max file 

size permitted to upload per file is 0.5 MB. For scanning the documents please use the following setting

1. Resolution: 200 dpi

2. Color mode: 256 colors

3. File format: PDF or JPEG

Eligibility Documents

Eligibility criteria and necessary supporting documents can be found from the Eligibility table

Mailing Documents to GATE Office

The printed application form along with the documents must be mailed by speed post to the 

Zonal office, as mentioned in the printed address slip that comes along with the PDF file of the 

application form. Before mailing, the following procedures need to be completed

Before Mailing

1. Out of the printed pages, keep one copy of application form (page 2) for your reference and 

process the other copy as follows

1. Paste a color photograph of yourself in the space provided, and sign the application in the box provided. This  photograph and signature should EXACTLY match the one in the photograph file uploaded electronically to the GATE Online Interface; your application is liable to be rejected otherwise.
2. Do not pin, sign, or attest the photograph
3. You must sign in the box provided
4. In case principal’s certificate happens to be proof of your eligibility, Submit the whole page (without cutting it) to your College principal’s office. Bottom portion of the form contains the part that your college principal has to certify. Once you obtain principal’s signature and stamp this is ready to go in application packet to be sent.

2. If you had paid the application fee by challan, bank would have returned you stamped GATE 

copy of challan. Keep it ready to go in application packet to be sent.

3. You will also find half page of instruction and half page address slip

Cut this address slip, which 

contains the address of the Zonal office (along with application bar code), where the application 

form needs to be mailed.

4. Make sure you are ready with the following CHECK LIST:

1. The signed application form (with photograph affixed) with, Principal’s certificate if that is proof of your eligibility to appear in GATE 2013.
2. Other  eligibility documents to appear for GATE 2013 (degree certificate) in case pdf files of these are NOT uploaded to online interface.
3. Category certificate for claiming discounted application fee in case pdf files of these are NOT uploaded to online interface.
4. PD certificate if you require a scribe assistance21
5. GATE copy of Challan duly stamped by the bank after payment of fees (you need not submit challan in case of payment by net banking)

Mailing

1. Use A4 sized envelope and put application form along with other documents mentioned 

in the CHECK LIST above.

2. Do not fold the application form and DO NOT STAPLE or pin the documents.

3. Do not fill address by hand, as the address slip provided contains a barcode necessary 

for processing your application. Note that barcodes on these address slips are different for 

each candidate. DO NOT use someone else’s address slip for your application.

4. Secure the address slip firmly to the envelope using good glue or with additional 

transparent sticky tape (cello-tape)

5. Send the packet by  Speed Post (preferably) or by Registered Post to the address 

mentioned. The application packet should REACH the respective GATE offices on 

or before Monday, 8 October 2012. Alternatively it can also be handed over personally 

to the respective Zonal GATE Office on or before Monday, 8th October 2012. (Note: 

Applications  reaching respective offices later than 8th October 12  may not be 

considered even if they are post marked 8th October, 2012 or earlier)

6. If you had uploaded the supporting documents online, you should post only the 

application form page (with principal’s certification if applicable).  There is no need to 

post the paper copies of other documents.

Current status of your application will be updated after receipt and scrutinizing of your 

application by respective GATE offices. This status can be checked anytime by logging onto 

your GATE Online Applicant Interface.

Important Dates for GATE 2013 Application, admission and Result

GATE Online Applicant Interface (website) Opens	Saturday	1 September 2012 (00:00 Hrs)
Last date for Submission of Online Application (website closure)	Sunday	30 September 2012 (23:00 Hrs)
Last date for the receipt of printed version of ONLINE Application at the respective zonal GATE Office	Monday	8 October 2012
Last date for request of change of city	Tuesday	20 November 2012
Availability of admit card on Online Application Interface	Wednesday	5 December, 2012
GATE 2013 Online Examination for Papers: AR, CE, GG, MA, MT, PH and TF	Sunday	20 January 2013 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2013 Online Examination for Papers: AE, AG, BT, CH, CY, MN, XE and XL	Sunday	20 January 2013 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
GATE 2013 Offline Examination for Papers: CS, ME and PI	Sunday	10 February 2013 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2013 Offline Examination for Papers: EC, EE and IN	Sunday	10 February 2013 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
Announcement of results on Online Applicant Interface	Friday	15 March 2013 (10:00 Hrs)