GATE 2020
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The dates for the GATE 2021 has been announced by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay or IIT Bombay. The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, or GATE, has been scheduled to be conducted over February 5-7 and February 12-13, 2021. Not only the exam dates but also the exam conducting Institute has also introduced some changes to the eligibility criteria. The changes have been made by the organising team led by Professors Deepankar Choudhury, Upendra Bhandarkar and Mohd. Aslam of IIT Bombay.
While appreciating the new initiatives of the GATE-2021 committee, Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director IIT Bombay said: “I am particularly delighted at the creation of much needed new career opportunities for those in the Humanities and Social Sciences area as this may serve as one single standardized criterion for admission to various masters and doctoral programs in various IITs and other universities in India.”
“Should any agency, for example, various PSUs [Public Sector Undertakings] want to hire candidates with Humanities background, this new exam paper in GATE will prove to be a great enabler!” he added.
GATE 2021: Relaxation In Eligibility criteria
According to the new eligibility criteria, students in the third year of their undergraduate programmes will also be eligible for GATE now.
As per the IIT Bombay statement “Eligibility criteria to appear for GATE-2021 is relaxed from the minimum 10+2+4 (ongoing) to minimum 10+2+3 (ongoing), enabling even those in the third year of their undergraduate studies to appear for the examination, thus providing an additional opportunity to candidates to improve their performance to secure better career options”.
Highlights
- The dates for the GATE 2021 has been announced by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay or IIT Bombay.
- The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, or GATE, has been scheduled to be conducted over February 5-7 and February 12-13, 2021.
- Not only the exam dates but also the exam conducting Institute has also introduced some changes to the eligibility criteria.
