GATE 2010 notification

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all India
examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute
of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the
National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other
government scholarships/assistantships in engineering
colleges/institutes is open to those who qualify through GATE. GATE
qualified candidates with Bachelor’s degree in
Engineering/Technology/Architecture or Master’s degree in any branch of
Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications are eligible for
admission to Master/Doctoral programmes in
Engineering/Technology/Architecture as well as for Doctoral programmes
in relevant branches of Science with MHRD or other government
scholarships/assistantships. To avail the scholarship, the candidate
must secure admission to such a postgraduate programme, as per the
prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. However, candidates
with Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Architecture may seek
admission to relevant PhD programmes with scholarship/assistantship
without appearing in the GATE examination.
Some institutions specify GATE qualification as mandatory 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. Top rank
holders in some GATE papers are entitled to apply for “Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee Fellowship” awarded by CSIR. Some government organizations
prescribe GATE qualification as a requirement for applying to the post
of a Scientist / Engineer.
IMPORTANT DATES of GATE 2010
Commencement of Sale of Information Brochure and Offline Application
Form/ Online Application Form submission - Tuesday Sept 22 2009
Last date of issue of Information Brochure and Application Form :
1) by post from GATE Offices Tuesday Oct 20 2009
2) at bank counters Wednesday Oct 28 2009
3) at GATE office counters Friday Oct 30 2009
Last date for :
1) Online application form submission (website closure) Wednesday Oct
28 2009
2) Receipt of completed Offline/ Online Application Form at respective
zonal GATE Office Tuesday Nov 03 2009
Date of the examination :
1) Computer based ONLINE Examination for TF paper from 09.30 hrs to
12.30 hrs Sunday Feb 07 2010
2) Computer based ONLINE Examination for MN paper from 14.30 hrs to
17.30 hrs Sunday Feb 07 2010
3) OFFLINE Examination for all papers except TF and MN from 09.30 hrs
to 12.30 hrs Sunday Feb 14 2010