PSU Recruitment Through GATE- Preparation Guidelines and PSU Details

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PSURECRUITMENT

THROUGHGATE

PREPARATION GUIDELINES & PSU DETAILS


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A Career is a Life PSU RECRUITMENT THROUGH GATE

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GATE: Introduction 3

About GATE 2015 4

Recruitment Through GATE 5

Advantages 6

How to Apply? Common Procedure 7

Who will get selected? 8

Service Bond and What it entails? 9

How to Prepare for the PSU Interviews? 10

List of PSUs recruiting Through GATE 2015 11

Must Read 13

Important Links: 14

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The Graduate Admission Test in Engineering (GATE) is an All-India

level examination conducted by the IITs for admissions to Masters/

Direct PhD in the IITs, IISc Bangalore and other universities/

institutes in India or Abroad. An increasing number of Public Sector Units

(PSUs) have been announcing recruitment at the entry levels of their man-

agement cadres through GATE exam. At the time of publication of this book,

a total number of 18 PSUs have already announced the recruitment through

GATE 2015 with more to come in the next few months

INTRODUCTION


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To be conducted by IIT Kanpur, GATE 2015 has some

new features such as a complete online application

process, a validity of the scores for a period of three

years and the use of online calculator during the online tests.

All the 22 papers for GATE 2015 will be online.

ABOUT GATE 2015:


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An increasing number of PSUs have been recruiting on

the basis of the GATE scores. Staring with one or two

a few years back, the numbers are slowly increasing

with 17 PSUs announcing Recruitment through GATE 2014.

GATE 2015 has seen 18 PSUs already announcing their

intention to recruit graduate Engineers on the basis of their

GATE 2015 scores with more PSUs expected to join in. The

RECRUITMENT THROUGH GATE:

largest recruitment in terms of numbers has been announced

by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) with

745 posts. Coal India, IRCON, BBNL, BNPM, THDC,

NBCC, OPGC are some other PSUs that have announced

recruitment through GATE 2015. Old participants like

BPCL, HPCL, Indian Oil, Powergrid and NTPC have also

announced their recruitment through GATE 2015.


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The advantages are many for both, the PSUs as well

as the students. In the earlier days, all the companies

would hold their individual entrance tests for recruit-

ment. This involved an inordinate amount of time, effort and

cost for each one of the said companies. The applicants were

many thousands in fact for a low number of posts. The other

part was that there was no fool proof system of picking the

right candidate, who had qualified in the entrance test. Many

a times fingers have been pointed out the most recent being

the test paper for the ONGC recruitment being leaked.

For students, this system was a nightmare. It involved pre-

paring for many exams for a well-placed job with no proper

time left for preparation. The other part was the expense

involved as most tests required a small application fee. In

cases where no application fee had to be paid, there still was

the cost of appearing for the test at one of the limited exam

centers specified by the companies.

With the screening test being GATE, a lot of things have

fallen into place. First, students needed to prepare for a

single entrance conducted by the IITs. Reputed to be one of

the toughest exams and clean in its reputation, GATE turned

to be an ideal answer to the PSUs in picking the best candi-

dates for employment. The PSUs dont spend any amount of

money, time or effort in the entrance test part. Instead, they

select candidates who qualify in GATE and start from the

interview part directly. GATE ensures the quality of the can-didates considering that only 16.84% of the students actually

qualify and pass the exam (as per GATE 2014 figures). The

other fact is also true that the number of GATE applicants

have increased due to the PSU recruitment.

From the students point of view, it entails preparation for

just a single entrance exam ensuring utilization of precious

ADVANTAGES OF RECRUITMENT THROUGH GATE:

time for strenuous single minded preparation for success.

Students also save money considering that they need to pay

for the GATE application though some PSUs do charge a

small application fee. In most cases, there is no application

fee though. It is also an advantage that they need to prepare

for the exam in the subject of their specialization unlike

earlier days when most PSU entrance exams would involve

logical reasoning, GK and other such topics.


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The general procedure for PSU Recruitment is that all

applicants are required to apply to each PSU indi-

vidually as and when they open their application por-

tals. Another common factor is that all the PSU Applications

entail the requirement of the applicants GATE Registration

No. Candidates will also have to furnish their GATE 2015

Admit Card and Score Card during the time of the interview.

Many applications require the uploading of the photo-

graphs which also have to be identical to the ones used for

the GATE application. Candidates will also have to check the

eligibility criteria before applying as the requirement of the

PSUs differ in terms of discipline, pass percentage of qualify-

ing exam and so on. Not all GATE applicants can apply for

the PSU recruitment. The other important factor is even if

the candidates meet the criteria, they must also ensure that

they appear for the GATE paper as specified by the PSUs to

be considered.

HOW TO APPLY? COMMON PROCEDURE:

Most of the PSUs do not charge any application fee but

there have been instances where a small application fee has

been charged. Candidates will also need to check for that

before applying.


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All candidates, who qualify in GATE and meet the

eligibility criteria of the respective PSU, stand a good

chance of being selected. Some PSUs have given addi-

tional details of the criteria such as candidates have to secure

the GATE qualifying marks (out of 100) after normalization

as per GATE rules. GATE scores as all candidates may be

aware of are declared as per the formula specified by the

GATE authorities.

In addition, most of the shortlisted candidates will have to

face an interview. In some cases, there will be a group discus-

sion. Candidates must understand that the recruitment is for

the management cadre and hence the requirements include

persons, who are team players; who have a general aware-

ness in addition to subject knowledge. Candidates who are

successful in the interview, group discussions if any will be

selected.

WHO WILL GET SELECTED?


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Most of the recruited candidates will be given hands

on training and work experience. It is but natural

for any company to expect the effort to be invested

in its growth. This forms the main reason behind the service

bond that has to be signed by candidates in many PSUs. The

service bond clause entails giving two to three years of ser-

vice to the company after the probation period. The Service

Bond is usually set for a certain amount and has to be signed

by the selected candidates. Candidates must check for this

before applying. They must be sure that they understand the

modalities before signing.

Note that the service bond is not mandatory for all PSUs.

SERVICE BOND AND WHAT IT ENTAILS?


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This is a tricky part as there is no official know how

for the aspirants. But going by the experiences of

the selected candidates from the previous years, any

applicant is expected to know the subject. The main idea of

an interview is not to grill the applicants but to know about

the candidate, presentation skills, decisiveness and other

personality factors that a PSU may be looking for.

Being well groomed is a must for every shortlisted candi-

date. It is imperative that candidates are punctual and on

time for the interview. Knowledge of the subject is a man-

datory factor. In addition, the candidates are expected to

possess general awareness of the country and current affairs.

This means candidates also must keep themselves up to date

by reading the newspapers and otherwise. A certain defer-

ence is expected to be accorded to the panel, which will be

interviewing the candidates. Any disagreement of view point

must be subtly put across.

Group discussions are grounds for putting the individual

views in front. It also is a ground for team playing behavior,

leadership qualities that may be put in front of the inter-

view panel. It definitely is not a shouting match ground.

HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE PSU INTERVIEWS?

Candidates need to be alert in this regard. Another important

point is that a group discussion should be highly impersonal.

Personal ego and forceful attitudes should not have a place

in there.


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LIST OF PSUs RECRUITING THROUGH GATE 2015:

ONGC Ltd

Coal India Ltd

CEL

NHPC Limited

BPCL Limited

IndianOil

POWERGRID

HPCL

NTPC Limited

THDC India Ltd

MDL

NBCC Ltd

OPGC Ltd

IRCON International Ltd

PSPCL Ltd

AAI

BBNL

BNPM


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Note: These are the PSUs that have announced their

recruitment through GATE 2015 at the time of publica-

tion of this book. More PSUs are expected to join them

in the next few months.

Some of the new entrants for GATE 2015 are:

F ONGC

F Coal India Ltd

F THDC India Ltd

F NBCC Ltd

F OPGC Ltd

F IRCON International Ltd

F PSPCL Ltd

FAAI

F BBNL

F BNPM

Careers360 wishes all the GATE 2015 aspirants best of

luck for their PSU placement efforts!


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All you need to know about GATE 2015

M.Tech Admissions 2015

GATE 2014 Official Website

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