Updated on: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), NTPC, and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC), public sector undertakings (PSUs) under the Union government, are taking the scores in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2012 for recruiting engineers in various branches. They have notified the vacancies for engineers and trainees.
The BHEL is going to recruit 800 engineer trainees in mechanical, electrical, and electronics engineering branches. Those with a BE or a B.Tech. or studying in the final year of the engineering degree programme can register for GATE 2012 till October 17 through www.iiitd.ac.in/gate. After getting GATE registration number, prospective candidates can register online from January 4 to 28 on http://careers.bhel.in for the BHEL recruitment.
NTPC is recruiting engineers in electrical, mechanical, civil, instrumentation, and electronics branches using the GATE 2012 score. Those securing the GATE registration number may register online on www.ntpccareers.net from January 6 to 26 for appearing for the NTPC's graduate engineer recruitment process.
IOC will recruit 225 graduate engineers in civil, chemical, computer science and information technology, electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, and metallurgy branches through the GATE 2012 score. By using the GATE registration number, candidates have to apply online from January 2 to February 11 on www.iocl.com.
These PSUs will use the GATE score for short-listing candidates for a group discussion and a personal interview. GATE scores are valid for two years from the date of announcement of results.
In future, more PSUs may come forward to consider GATE score as one of the criteria for short-listing candidates for recruitment. Therefore, engineering students and graduates have to obtain a high score.