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Contents
Foreword 3

Brief about GATE Exam 4

What are GATE Cutoff marks? 6

PSU Recruitment through GATE 7

GATE Cutoffs for PSU Recruitment 11

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Foreword
Dear GATE aspirants,

F
or most of you, GATE exam is crucial as it opens up the doors to higher
education is some of the well-known institutes of the country namely
IITs and NITs or a good chance of a good placement in one of the public
sector units. For the later, a trend that started in 2012 onwards with one or
two PSUs recruiting though GATE has picked up such momentum that no
less than 30 PSUs announce their recruitment through the GATE every year.
This is only increasing with the government throwing its support for this with
the belief that this channel of screening is fair to all the players.

The big question for all GATE aspirants applying to PSUs recruiting through
the GATE exam is how much should one score to get a call? It is known that
GATE is a very tough exam and only the very hardworking and fully prepared
candidates stand a good chance of clearing the exam. Therefore, the short-
listing that is done by PSUs on the basis of the GATE scores carries good
weightage in the selection parameters.

Careers360 has gathered the requisite GATE scores from the official sourc-
es and compiled them for leading PSUs. The GATE cutoffs have been listed
category and discipline wise for each PSU. We hope the details and data
given will be useful for all GATE aspirants to gauge the marks they need to
score to get shortlisted and further participate in the selection by a PSU.

All the Best!

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Salient Features of GATE

G
ATE is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and seven Indian Institutes of
Technology namely IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and
IIT Roorkee. GATE is conducted on behalf of the National Coordination Board GATE, Department
of Higher Education and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering commonly called as GATE is a national level exam for the
admissions to the post graduate courses in Engineering, Technology and Architecture. The exam is
held in 23 papers and all the tests are held online. Some disciplines have a larger number of applicants
and the tests for these disciplines namely ME, CS, EE, EC and CE are conducted in multiple sessions.

GATE 2017 Zonal Centres

The IITs and IISc Bangalore have been segregated as zonal centres for the ease of students. These
zonal centres aid the organizing institute in co-ordination and organization of the exam.

SNo Name of Zonal Centre Zone

1 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Zone 1
2 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Zone 2
3 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Zone 3
4 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Zone 4
5 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Zone 5
6 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Zone 6
7 Indian Institute of Technology Madras Zone 7
8 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee – Organizing Institute for GATE 2017 Zone 8

Salient Features of GATE 2017

 The GATE 2017 Application Process is completely online through the GATE Online Application
Processing System (GOAPS).
 GATE 2017 will be held for a total of 23 papers and will comprise of online tests only.
 The Virtual Calculator is now an integral part of the GATE 2017 online tests. Therefore candi-
dates will not be allowed to carry physical calculators to the exam hall.
 Random Biometric verification is done for candidates before the examination. Students found
with any electronic gadgets, mobiles will be debarred from the exam and their GATE scores will
be withheld.
 GATE 2017 Admit Card will be available for download only. Candidates are advised to keep the

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admit card safe for the next three years in case they require it for PSU recruitment or M.Tech
admission
 GATE 2017 Answer Keys will be provided shortly after the tests are over. Candidates can chal-
lenge the same for a fee during a specified period of time.
 GATE 2017 Scores will be valid for a period of three years from the announcement of the GATE
2017 Result on March 27, 2017
 The GATE 2017 Score Card will be available for download for a specified period only. Only can-
didates who have qualified in GATE 2017 will be able to download the Score Card. Candidates
are advised to take a copy of the same as they may require the same for PSU recruitment or
M.Tech admission at a later period.
 GATE 2017 Score Card is valid for three years from the date of declaration of the result.

What’s New in GATE 2017?

 A New Section has been introduced in the Engineering Sciences (XE) Paper. This section is the
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (section H). GATE 2017 XE Paper will now have eight sec-
tions from A to H.
 International students will now be able to apply for GATE 2017. Students from Bangladesh,
Nepal, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) will be allowed to appear for GATE
2017.

GATE Schedule

SNo Events Dates

1 Notification June 20, 2016
2 Start Date for Application Form Through GOAPS September 1, 2016
3 Last Date for Application Form October 10, 2016
4 Last Date for change of Exam City November 16, 2016
5 Download of Admit Card From January 5, 2017
6 GATE 2017 Exam February 4 & 5, 2016; February 11 & 12, 2016
7 GATE 2017 Result March 27, 2017
8 Download of GATE 2016 Score Card March 27, 2017

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What are GATE Cutoff Marks?

G
ATE Cutoff marks are the minimum marks that are used as a parameter for screening the
admissions or recruitment. The GATE Cutoff marks can be broadly categorized as cutoff for
qualifying, cutoff for admissions or recruitment. The qualifying cutoff marks for GATE are the
minimum marks that a candidate has to obtain to be considered to have cleared the GATE exam. It is
mandatory that all candidates qualify or obtain the GATE cutoff marks for qualifying as it deems that
they have passed the entrance test. The qualifying cutoff is decided by the GATE council and the organ-
izing institute for the GATE exam

The PSUs determine the minimum GATE marks that they can use to broadly shortlist the candidates
for further recruitment process. This is the GATE Cutoff for PSU Recruitment. Candidates who score
around this cutoff stand a good chance of selection by the PSUs thus furthering their careers. However
the cutoffs mentioned in this ebook are based on data from the previous recruitment processes held by
the PSUs. They should not be used as the actual cutoffs as the GATE cutoffs generally are determined
after considering factors like the number of applicants, vacancies available.

The GATE cutoffs are the shortlisting criteria that will lead to selection of candidates if they clear the
personal interview and any other test or process that may be used to select the candidates.

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PSU Recruitment through GATE 2017

S.No. Name of PSU Application Dates No of vacancies Disciplines/Streams 
1 BSNL January 1 to January 31, 2510 Telecom/ Electronics/ Radio/ Computer/ Electrical/
2017  Information Technology/ Instrumentation, 
M.Sc (Electronics) Or (Computer Science)
2 CEL January 1 to February 3, NA Electronics & Communication/ Mechanical/
2017 Electrical/ Material Science
3 IOCL January 10 to February NA Chemical/ Petrochemical/ Polymer/ Plastic/ Civil/
12, 2017 Computer Science & Information Technology/
Electrical/ Electrical & Electronics/ Electronic&
Communication/ Electronics/ Electronics &
Telecommunications/ Instrumentation/ Electronics
& Instrumentation/ Mechanical/
Metallurgical/ Mineral/ Material Sciences/ Polymer
Science and Engineering (including Polymer Science
& Engineering)/ Petro-chemical/ Plastic Technology
4 NLC Ltd. January 6 to 31, 2017 100 Mechanical/ Electrical & Electronics/ Electrical/
Electronics & Communication/ Civil/ Civil
& Structural/ Instrumentation/Electronics/
Instrumentation/ Instrumentation & Control/
Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Mining
5 BPCL January 6 to February 3, NA Mechanical Engineering/Chemical Engineering 
2017
6 MDL January 6 to February 6, 8 Mechanical/  Mechanical & Industrial/ Mechanical
2017 & Production/  Production / Production  &
Management/ Production & Industrial/
Electrical/ Electrical & Electronics/ Electrical &
Instrumentation
7 BHEL January 11 to February 50 Industrial and Production/  Industrial/ Mechanical
3, 2017 Production and Tool/ Production Technology/ 
Manufacturing  (NIFFT Ranchi)/ Mechatronics/
Manufacturing Process and Automation/ Power
Plant Production/ Production and Industrial/
Thermal/ Manufacturing Technology/ Power/
Electrical & Electronics/ Electrical/ Instrumentation
& Control/ High Voltage  Power Systems & High
Voltage/ Electrical Machine/Electronics & Power/
Power Electronics/ Power Plant/ Energy/ Power

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8 NTPC Limited January 10  to February NA Mechanical/ Production/ Industrial/ Thermal/

7, 2017 Mechanical and Automation/ Power/ Electrical/
Electrical and Electronics/ Electrical/
Instrumentation and Control/ Power System
and High Voltage/ Power Electronics/ Civil/
Construction/ Electronics/ Electronics and
Telecommunication/ Electronics and Power/
Electronics and Instrumentation
9 GAIL January 10 to February NA Chemical/ Petrochemical/ Chemical Technology/
17, 2017 Petrochemical Technology/ Mechanical/ Production/
Production & Industrial/ Manufacturing/
Mechanical & Automobile/ Electrical/ Electrical
& Electronics/ Instrumentation/ Instrumentation
& Control/ Electronics & Instrumentation/
Electrical & Instrumentation/ Electronics/
Electrical & Electronics/ Computer Science/
Information Technology/ Electronics &
Communication/ Electronics & Telecommunication/
Telecommunication/ Electrical & Electronics/
Electrical & Telecommunication
10 HPCL January 10 to February NA  Mechanical/ Mechanical & Production/ Civil/
10, 2017 Electrical/  Electrical & Electronics / Electronics/
Electronics & Communication/ Electronics
& Telecommunication/ Applied Electronics/
Instrumentation/  Instrumentation & Control/
Electronics & Instrumentation/ Instrumentation &
Electronics/ Instrumentation & Process Control/
Chemical/ Petrochemical/ Petroleum Refining &
Petrochemical/ Petroleum Refining
11 HAL January 11 to February 125 Mechanical/ Mechanical & Industrial/ Mechanical
7, 2017 and Production/ Civil/ Electrical/ Electrical
& Electronics/ Electrical & Instrumentation/
Electronics/ Electronics & Communication/
Instrumentation & Control/ Instrumentation &
Electronics/ Applied Electronics & Instrumentation/
Electronics & Instrumentation/ Electronics &
Telecommunication
12 BEML January 10 to  February NA Mechanical/ Electrical &Electronics/ Metallurgy
20, 2017
13 BBNL January 15 to February NA Electrical and Electronics/ Electrical/ Information
27 Technology/ Computer Science/ Electronics and
Communication
14 WBSEDCL January 2017 NA Electrical/ Power Engineering/ Mechanical
Engineering

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15 NPCIL Second Week of March NA Mechanical/ Electrical/ Instrumentation/ Chemical/

2017 Electronics/ Civil Engineering
16 OIL India January 12 till February NA Mechanical/ Geophysics/ Geology
11, 2017
17 POWERGRID February 15 to March 15, NA Electrical/ Electronics and Communication/ Civil/
2017 Computer Science
18 Tata Power March 2017 NA Electrical/ Mechanical/ Electronics/ Controls and
Instrumentation/ Power Engineering
19 Cabinet April 2017 8 Computer Science/ Electronics and
Secretariat, Govt. Communications/ Electronics/ Physics/ Chemistry/
of India Telecommunication/ Electronics
20 Haryana Power April 2017 NA Electronics/ Electronics & Communication/
Utilities Electronics & Telecommunication/ Electronics
& Electrical/ Communication/ Civil/ Computer
Science/ Information Technology/ Mechanical/
Electrical/ Electrical & Electronics
21 NHAI Mid April 25 Computer Science/ IT/ Civil Engineering
22 PSPCL April 2017 NA Electrical  
23 Midhani April 2017 NA Mechanical/ Electrical/ Metallurgy
24 ONGC Ltd. March/April 2017 NA Mechanical/ Petroleum/ Civil/ Electrical/
Electronics/ Telecom/ E&T/ PG in Physics with
Electronics/ Instrumentation/ Chemical/ Applied
Petroleum/ PG in Geo-Physics/ PG in Mathematics/
PG in Petroleum Technology/ PG in Chemistry/
PG in Geology/ PG in Petroleum/  Geo-Science/
PG in Geological Technology/ Auto/ Computer/
Information Technology/ MCA/ “B’Level Diploma as
per Dept of Electronics, GO

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25 DRDO April 2017 NA Electronics & Communication/ Electronics/

Electronics & Computer/ Electronics &
Control/ Electronics & Communication System/
Electronics & Instrumentation/ Electronics &
Tele-Communication/ Electronics & Telematics/
Industrial Electronics/ Tele Communication/
Telecommunication & Information Tech/ Applied
Electronics & Instrumentation/ Electronics
& Electrical Communication/ Mechanical/
Mechtronics/ Mechanical & Automation/
Mechanical & Production/ Computer Science & App
Tech/ Computer Science . & InfoTech/ Computer
Science & System/ Computer Software/ Computer
Science & Automation/ Computer Technology/
Computer Technology & Informatics/ Computer
Technology & Information/ Information Science
Technology/ Information Technology/ Mathematics/
Applied Mathematics/ Electrical/Electrical Power
System/ Electrical & Electronics/ Electrical &
Renewable Energy/ Power/ Power Electronics/
Electronics & Electrical Communication/ Electrical
with Communication/ Physics/ Applied Physics/
Physics (Electronics)/ Solid State Physics/
Aeronautical/ Aerospace/ Avionics/ Chemical/
Chemical Tech/ App. Chemical and Polymer
Tech/ Polymer Science & Chemical Technology/
Chemistry/ Organic Chemistry/ Inorganic Chemistry/
Analytical Chemistry/Physical Chemistry/ Civil/
Civil & Structural / Metallurgy & Material Tech/
Metallurgy/ Metallurgical/Materials.
26 BAARC: OCES/ From January 23, 2017 NA Mechanical Engineering. Civil Engineering/
DGFS Electrical Engineering. Electronics &
Communication engineering/ computer Science/
Metallurgical Engineering/ Chemical Engineering/
Instrumentation Engineering

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GATE Cutoff for PSU Recruitment

T
he GATE cutoff for each PSU has been listed below for each of the discipline and the category of
the candidates. The data that is presented below is from the official sources. Some PSUs have
used the raw GATE marks out of 100 as cutoff while some have used the GATE scores out of
1000 or the All India Rank obtained by the student.

GATE Cutoff for BHEL Recruitment:

SNo Discipline UR OBC SC ST

1 Mechanical 79.31 75.18 61.33 53.84
2 Electrical 69.98 66.04 53.99 50.59
3 Electronics 68.68 65.32 56.46 49.13
4 Metallurgy 65 57.67 56.67 48.67

GATE Cutoff for CEL Recruitment:

Branch Category GATE Ranks

General 35 to 4423
OBC 73 to 4900
E&C Engg. SC 459 to 12484
ST 3950 to 28221
PH 1818 to 27466
Electrical Engg. General 95 to 921
SC 368 to 3372
OBC 54 to 1105
ST 1646 to 5680
Mechanical Engg. General 61 to 1712
OBC 12 to 1989
SC 1264 to 6618
ST 4939 to 14105
Ceramic General/SC 37/901

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GATE Cutoff for NTPC Recruitment:

S No Discipline Scores/AIR General OBC SC ST

1 Electrical Cut Off Marks 66.69 61.11 50.93 49.28
AIR 223 559 1955  2305
2 Mechanical Cut Off Marks 76.31 68.69 55.83 49.72
AIR 439               1309 5035 8062
3 Electronics Cut Off Marks 63.74 55.85 47.47 47.1
AIR 138 497 1675 1732
4 Instrumentation Cut Off Marks 63.33 55 43 46.67
AIR 97 299 934 696
5 Civil Cut Off Marks 73.12 70.34 64.84 57.56
AIR 74 124 309 811
6 IT Cut Off Marks 65.93 55.76 50.71 37.71
AIR 181 755 1236 4193

GATE Cutoff for GAIL Recruitment:

Post in Discipline UR OBC-NCL SC ST PwD

Executive Trainee in Chemical 68.4 64 60.75 53 -
Executive Trainee in Mechanical 82.58 80.37 - 73.72 53.41
Executive Trainee in Electrical 77.95 74.54 66.24 61.82 43.03
Executive Trainee in Instrumentation 75.37 70.50 - 56.23 -
Executive Trainee in Business Information System 70.41 64.29 61.82 - -
Executive Trainee in Telecom/Telemetry 76.22 70.39 66.34 58.73 52.17

GATE Cutoff for HPCL Recruitment:

Post in Discipline UR OBC SC ST PwD

Mechanical 75.14 70.69 58.34 50.85 38.87
Civil 66.97 62.26 54.91 54.26 32.28
Electrical 67.35 65.23 53.55 51.61 35.14
Instrumentation 61.33 57.33 44.67 35.33 25.67
E &TC 63.18 62.88 53.35 47.83 37.51
Chemical 54 51.67 44.33 41 34

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GATE Cutoff for BPCL Recruitment:

Discipline GEN OBC SC ST

Mechanical 68 65 54 46
Chemical 57 55 47 40
Instrumentation 60 58 43 33

GATE Cutoff for MDL Recruitment:

Discipline Gen OBC SC ST

Electrical 65.0 5 61.1 4 48.2 1 47.52
Mechanical 78.9 4 76.3 5 61.6 5 53.10

GATE Cutoff for NLC Recruitment:

Phase 1 NLC Cutoff (out of 100)

Discipline UR OBC SC ST
MECHANICAL 78.44 72.52 61.71 55.06
ELECTRICAL - EEE 71.62 66.25 61.11 52.63
ELECTRICAL - ECE 68.68 62.93 55.2 NR
CIVIL 71.69 NR 56.53 NR
INSTRUMENTATION 70.33 65.33 49.67 49.67
MINING 49.67 40.33 31 28.67
COMPUTER 68.23 63.76 NR NR

Phase 2 NLC Cutoff (out of 100)

Discipline UR OBC SC ST
Mechanical 78.29 72.32 61.65 54.97
EEE 71.36   60.81 -
ECE 68.38 62.88 - -
CIVIL 71.46 - 55.91 -
C&I 70 64 - 42.33
Computer 67.9 - - -

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Phase 3 NLC Cutoff (out of 100)

Discipline UR OBC SC ST
EEE 66.04 61.14 51.27 52.3
ECE 64.03 56.67 54.32  -
CIVIL 66.5  -  -  -

GATE Cutoff for BBNL Recruitment:

UR OBC SC ST
61.86 58.37 46.26 43.87

GATE Cutoff for POWERGRID Recruitment:

GATE 2016 Cutoffs for Shortlisting

Discipline UR OBC (NCL) SC ST PwD - Backlog (OH/HH) PwD-OH # PwD-HH #
Electrical 64.72 57.49 45.82 44.35 27.91 18.23  
Electronics 68.75 65.32 55.85 49.13 - - -
Civil 78.43 71.46 59.22 60.57 - - -
CS 73.15 70.1 57.4 - - - -
GATE 2015 Cutoffs for Shortlisting
Disciplines UR OBC (NCL) SC ST PwD - Backlog (OH/HH) PwD-OH #  
Electrical 59.1 53.44 44.65 41.84 30.93 25.12 16.94
Civil 73.49 66.71 60.11 53.78 - - -
CS 70.67 66.6 - - - - -

GATE Cutoff for ONGC Recruitment:

Designation UR OBC SC ST PwD Type of

Pwd
Geologist 512 381 246 209 453 Pwd -HH
Geophysicist (Surface) 635 434 234 203 -  
Geophysicist (wells) 652 489 372 291 -  
AEE Reservoir 716 527 424 479 -  
Chemist 723 596 395 331 241 PWD-OH
Programming Officer 852 706 No Post No Post 362 PWD-VH
AEE Mechanical 859 788 669 608 452 PWD-OH
287 PWD-HH

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AEE Production-Mechanical 833 720 570 520 - -

AEE Production-Chemical 640 479 444 335 - -
AEE Production-Petroleum 696 320 156 161 - -
AEE Drilling-Mechanical 822 755 620 558 - -
AEE Drilling-Petroleum 562 325 265 No Post - -
AEE Cementing-Mechanical 808 742 615 509 - -
AEE Cementing-Petroleum 642 533 No Post 196 - -
Transport Officer 799 745 571 No Post 443 PWD-HH
MM Officer 836 758 693 525 323 PWD-VH
AEE Electronics 910 832 662 534 379 PWD-OH
314 PWD-HH
AEE Electrical 869 800 710 710 397 PWD-OH
307 PWD-HH
AEE Instrumentation 798 734 500 No Post 325 PWD-OH
218 PWD-HH
AEE Civil 921 836 699 700 428 PWD-OH

GATE Cutoff for WBSEDCL Recruitment:

Category Mechanical Electrical

UR 78.29 63.08
UR (EC) - 27.43
OBC (A) 35.87 23.34
OBC (B) 67.93 46.65
SC 60.70 34.24
ST 29.40 20.62
PWD - HI 47.48 18.23
OC 34.01 28.57

GATE Cutoff for BAARC OCES/DGFS Recruitment: 

Discipline Cutoff GATE Score for Selection to Interviews

Mechanical Engineering (ME) 784
Chemical Engineering (CH) 623
Metallurgical Engineering (MT) 606
Electrical Engineering (EE) 769
Electronics Engineering (EC) 789

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Computer Science (CS) 745

Instrumentation Engineering (IN) 696
Civil Engineering (CE) 798
Physics (PH) 671
Chemistry (CY) 660
Bioscience (XL or BT) 685
Geology (GG) 593
Geophysics (GG) 837

GATE Cutoff Marks for NHPC Recruitment:

Posts/ Disciplines Gen OBC SC ST

TE (Electrical) 72.6 72.38 69.67 -
TE (Civil) 79.1 74.72 61.21 -
TE (Mechanical) 87.83 83.3 75.18 66.67
TE (Geology) 53.67 44.67 35 -

GATE Cutoff for MECL Recruitment:

Discipline UR OBC (NCL) SC ST

ET(Geology) 46.67 37.00 34.33 28.67
ET(Geophy) 63.33 51.67 — —
ET(Mech) 73.67 68.33 69.33 59.33
ET(Petroleum) 59.67 SO.33 13.33 --

GATE Cutoff for OIL India

Discipline wise GATE Cutoff for Shortlisting:

Discipline GATE Marks

Mechanical 48.23
Geology 39.00
Geophysics 25.00

GATE Cutoff for OIL India Recruitment in 2016:

Discipline UR OBC (NCL) SC ST PWD

Mechanical 80.87 74.83 66.99 53.10 48.23
Geology 50.67 43.00 36.67 39.00 NA
Geophysics 67.67 56.00 NA NA 25.00

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