GATE Online Application

Fees

#Service Charges Extra (Maximum Rs.30/-)
*PD: Person with Disability

Online Application Process

Step 1: Decide Payment Option

• Gateway Payment:Payment can be made using credit or debit cards or netbanking through the payment gateway of ICICI Bank / Bill Desk / HDFC.
• Challan Payment:Payment by cash at State Bank of India or Indian Bank branches.

Step 2: Obtain SC/ST/PD Certificate (if applicable)
Authorities empowered to issue Certificates

Step 3: Apply Online
Candidates must follow the instructions provided while applying online.
Click Here to Apply Online

At the end of this process, a PDF file will be generated with the following pages:

• Page-1: Instructions
• Page-2: GATE 2011 Application Form – Institute’s Copy
• Page-3: GATE 2011 Application Form – Candidate’s Copy
• Page-4: Address Slip
• Page-5: Bank Challan (for Challan Payment option only)

Take a print out of the entire file.

Step 4: Cash Payment: (only for Challan Payment option)

The bank challan (Page-5) will be printed in triplicate. Take it to any one of the branches of State Bank of India or Indian Bank (as opted by the candidate) and pay the fees. Bank will retain a copy with them and will return two copies to you. In those two copies, retain the Candidate’s copy with you and attach the Institute’s Copy with the application form.

Step 5:

• Paste your recent photograph (3 cm X 4 cm) in the designated place of Page-2.
• Sign at the designated places of Page-2.
• Paste the Page-4 on top of a A4-size envelope.

Step 6: Post/Submission

Duly filled-in Application Form with appropriate enclosures must be sent by Registered or Speed post to The Chairman, GATE of the Zone, where the candidate prefers (corresponding to the 1st Choice of Examination City) to appear for the examination, so as to reach on or before Tuesday, November 02, 2010
OR
It can be handed over personally to respective Zonal GATE Office.

Offline Application Process

Step 1: Procurement of Application Form

Candidate can obtain a packet containing:

• Offline Application Form
• Information Brochure
• Envelope

from:
A. Designated Bank Branches corresponding to each zone on cash payment.
B. Over the counter from Zonal GATE Office after handing over Demand Draft for appropriate amount.

Step 2: Obtain SC/ST/PD Certificate (if applicable)
Authorities empowered to issue Certificates

Step 3: Fill in the Application Form
Candidates must follow the instructions provided in GATE 2011 information brochure.

Step 4:

• Paste your recent photograph (3 cm X 4 cm) in the designated place of OMR sheet.
• Sign at the designated places of OMR sheet.
• Write the examination city first choice code, paper code and the address of the Institute on the envelope.

Step 5: Post/Submission

Duly filled-in Application Form with appropriate enclosures must be sent by Registered or Speed post to The Chairman, GATE of the Zone, where the candidate prefers (corresponding to the 1st Choice of Examination City) to appear for the examination, so as to reach on or before Tuesday, November 02, 2010
OR
It can be handed over personally to respective Zonal GATE Office.

a) There are two different ways by which a candidate can apply/register for GATE 2011, namely, ‘Online’ and Offline’. The preferred mode of application submission process is Online’. Details for applying Online and Offline are available on the websites of zonal administering institutes given below. Details of the process for applying Offline are also given in Section 5 of this brochure.

b) The Online application fee is Rs. 800 for General/OBC Category candidates and Rs. 400 for SC/ ST/PD* Category candidates. The Offline application fee is Rs. 1000 for General/OBC Category candidates and Rs. 500 for SC/ST/PD* Category candidates. The application fee is non-refundable. *Person with Disability

Instructions

a) Before you start filling the Application Form, please check that the Application Number printed on (i) Application Form and (ii) Envelope are the same. Any discrepancy should be brought to the notice of the GATE Chairman of the zone from which the Application Form was purchased. The contact details of all the zonal GATE Chairmen are given in Table-1.

b) It is essential to quote the Application Number in all future correspondence with the respective zonal GATE office. The candidates are advised to keep a copy of the filled Application Form.

c)  The Application Form must be folded only along the original fold line. Nothing should be stapled or pinned to it. The Barcode on the Application Form should not be tampered. The Application Form will be declared defective if these instructions are not followed.

For Items 1, 2, 8, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19, the candidate must write the required information in ink with black ball point pen in the boxes provided and then darken the appropriate bubble(s), using dark HB pencil only. In case of any discrepancy in the marked bubble(s) and the corresponding boxes, the information provided through the bubble(s) will be taken as final. The text boxes are provided only for guidance.

For Items 1 to 9 and Items 14 to 19, the candidate must provide information by filling the appropriate bubble(s) using dark HB pencil only.

Darken the appropriate bubble by filling it completely. For correcting any entry, completely erase the previous mark using a soft eraser and remove all smudges before re-filling.

Only BLACK BALL POINT PEN must be used for filling Items 10, 11, 13 and Items 20 to 22.

Filling and Submission of Application Envelope

On the application envelope, fill in the CODE of the examination city corresponding to your first choice (Item No. 8 of Application Form) and your chosen GATE Paper Code (Item No. 9 of Application Form).

Write your postal address in the designated space. The envelope should be addressed to the Chairman, GATE, of the Zone corresponding to the 1^st Choice of Examination City of the candidate. See Table-1 for addresses of zonal GATE offices.

Completed Application Form must reach the Chairman, GATE of the Zone, where the candidate prefers (corresponding to the 1^st Choice of Examination City) to appear for the examination, on or before Tuesday, November 02, 2010, by Registered/Speed Post only. It may also be submitted in person at the GATE office counter of the concerned Zone.

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