PSU Recruitment Through GATE 2020: Latest Notifications and News

PSU Recruitment through GATE 2020 is the primary reason for more than 50% of GATE aspirants for appearing in the exam. Different public sector enterprises in India accept the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering scores for filling vacancies in the management trainee and related posts in various engineering disciplines. Catch here the latest news and updates related to PSU recruitment through GATE 2020 for all Indian PSUs. 

PSU Recruitment Through GATE 2020

IITs and IISc are only responsible for conduct of GATE exam. Each of the organizations that accept its scores release PSU recruitment through GATE 2020 notifications, application forms, and conduct their selection processes according to their norms. Here is a compilation of available and expected recruitment in PSUs on the basis of GATE 2020.

Here is a list of all the notifications, leading to application forms and further processes, of PSU recruitment through GATE 2020.

PSU Recruitment 2020 Through Older GATE Exams

Some of the PSUs are filling vacancies in the year 2020, but on the basis of scores of older GATE exams like 2018 or 2019. Here are the notifications of those.

PSUs that usually recruit through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

There is no hard and fast rule for PSUs to recruit through GATE only every year. Hence sometimes it may so happen that a PSU has held recruitment on the basis of GATE score in one year and not the next. The vice versa also holds true, that the company has not offered any job on the basis of GATE in one year and may do so the next year. However chances are higher, for such PSUs to notify recruitment through GATE 2020, if they have previously offered positions through the exam. Hence, here is a list of such public sector undertakings that have in the past, recruited through GATE. 

1. DRDO
2. AAI
3. BARC
4. BBNL
5. BEML
6. BHEL
7. Bihar PHED
8. BMRC
9. BNPM
10. BPCL
11. BSNL
12. BSPCL
13. BSPHCL
14. Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India
15. CEL
16. Centre For Railway Information Systems
17. Coal India Ltd
18. DDA
19. DMRC
20. DST Bihar
21. ECIL
22. EdCIL India
23. EIL
24. GSECL
25. HAL
26. Haryana Power Utilities
27. HPCL
28. IPR
29. IPRCL
30. IRCON
31. KRCL
32. KRIBHCO
33. MDL
34. MECL
35. MGL
36. Midhani
37. MPPGCL
38. MRPL
39. Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd (MRVC Ltd)
40. NALCO
41. NBCC
42. NFL
43. NHAI 
44. NHPC
45. NLC India Ltd
46. NSPCL
47. NTC
48. OIL India
49. OPGC Ltd
50. PSTCL
51. RCFL
52. RITES
53. RVNL
54. Tata Power
55. THDC
56. Vizag Steel

List of GATE Papers That Are Accepted In PSUs For Recruitment Through GATE

Each PSU identifies the positions in which it has vacancies every year. Depending on the position, relevant GATE papers are accepted. For certain positions, more than one GATE paper scores are acceptable. 

In all the notifications you will see GATE paper names and codes. For easy reference, here is the list of all papers and codes. 

AE : Aerospace Engineering 

AG : Agricultural Engineering 

AR : Architecture and Planning 

BM : Bio-medical Engineering 

BT : Biotechnology 

CH : Chemical Engineering 

CY : Chemistry 

CE : Civil Engineering 

CS : Computer Science and Information Technology 

EY : Ecology and Evolution 

EE : Electrical Engineering 

EC : Electronics and Communication Engineering 

XE : Engineering Sciences 

GG : Geology and Geophysics 

IN : Instrumentation Engineering 

XL : Life Sciences 

MA : Mathematics 

ME : Mechanical Engineering 

MT : Metallurgical Engineering 

MN : Mining Engineering 

PE : Petroleum Engineering 

PH : Physics 

PI : Production and Industrial Engineering 

ST : Statistics 

TF : Textile Engineering and Fibre Science 

About PSUs in India

Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are those companies in India in which the direct holding of central government or other CPSEs is at least 51%. Public sector undertakings or public sector enterprises play a key role in achieving the following objectives. 

1. For the higher economic growth in India, realize broad macroeconomic goals.
2. Attain self sufficiency in goods and services production. 
3. Balance of payments facilitation.
4. Promote and indulge in regional development.
5. Creation of job opportunities in different sectors.

On the national level there are 352 listed PSUs. Though some of them have over time either closed, or liquidated or merged. On state levels, there are 1014 listed state government companies. 

About GATE

IITs and IISc hold the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering every year for the purpose of offering admission to ME, M.Tech, M.Arch, integrated PhD programs. NITs, IIITs, CFTIs also accept its score for similar programs admissions. 

Whereas earlier the GATE exam was only for such admissions, ever since Public Sector Enterprises started accepting GATE scores for its hirings, the registrations for the exam have jumped. 

All details of the yearly GATE exam are hosted by the organizing institute of that year’s GATE exam. 

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