PSU Recruitment Through GATE 2021

GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) is counted amongst the toughest exams in India. Did you know that various PSUs also use the GATE exam score to hire engineers at executive posts? Based on the scores students get in the GATE exam, they become eligible for the recruitment process. If you want to find out more about PSU recruitment through GATE 2021, then this blog is just for you! 

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What are PSUs?

Before we look at PSU recruitment through GATE 2021, let us first understand what are PSUs. Public Sector Undertaking or PSUs are those enterprises or companies which are regulated and owned by the Union Government of India or instead any of the state governments or both. The company shares are owned by the government in the majority. PSUs can be further divided into categories on the basis of their annual turnover and net worth. They are:

• Maharatna
• Navratna
• Miniratna Category 1
• Miniratna Category 2

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PSU Recruitment Through GATE 2021

Tabulated below are important dates and the number of posts available for PSU recruitment through GATE 2021. You can have a look here: 

Name of PSU	Date of Application	Number of Posts	Discipline
Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited	December 7 to December 28, 2020	31	Electrical Engineering
GAIL	February 15 to March 16, 2021	Chemical -15 Instrumentation – 10	Chemical: Chemical Technology, Petrochemical, Petrochemical Technology Instrumentation: Electrical and Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Control, Electrical and Electronics
Power Grid	March 25, 2021	To be announced	Power Engineering/ Electrical/ Electronics/ Electronics and Telecommunication/ Power Systems Engineering/ Electrical Power/ Telecommunication Engineering/ Civil Engineering/ Electrical Communication
DRDO	To be announced	To be announced	Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Geology, Textile Engineering, Metallurgy, Mathematics, Material Science, Civil Engineering
NDMC	March 1 to March 21, 2021	Electrical – 10 Mechanical – 14 Materials Management – 25 Mining – 18	Mining, Electrical, Materials Management, Mechanical
NPCIL	February 23 to March 9, 2021	200	Electronics, Electrical, Fire Safety Engineering, Chemical, Mechanical, Instrumentation, Industrial, Civil
KIOCL Limited	To be announced	25	Electrical and Electronics, Instrumentation and Control/ Electronics and Communication, Computer Science, Mining, Mettarlurgical
NHPC Limited	To be announced	Civil – 30 Mechanical – 21	Civil and Mechanical
AAI	To be announced	360	Telecommunications/ Electrical with Specialization in Electronics/ Civil/ Electronics/ Architecture
NHAI	To be announced	48	Civil Engineering
NALCO	To be announced	150	Metallurgy, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation Engineering
IOCL	January 12 to February 1, 2021	NA	Computer Science and Information Technology, Mechanical, Metallurgy, BTech/ B.E in Chemical, Petrochemical, Civil, Electronics and Instrumentation M.Tech/ M.E in Chemical, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical, Metallurgical Engineering
HURL	To be announced	80	Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical and Instrumentation
OMPL	To be announced	16	Instrumentation, Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical and IT
CVPPPL	To be announced	20	Civil
BMRC	To be announced	25	Civil
BSNL	To be announced	198	Civil/ Electrical Engineering
DST Bihar	To be announced	NA	Electrical, Civil, Communication and Electronics, Mechanical Engineering
Vizag Steel	To be announced	NA	Instrumentation, Metallurgy, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering
NBCC	To be announced	NA	Civil Engineering
MECL	To be announced	NA	Chemistry
EIL	To be announced	NA	Chemical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering
BPCL	To be announced	NA	Mechanical Engineering
OIL India	To be announced	NA	Geology, Mechanical, Geophysics
IRCON	To be announced	NA	Electrical, Civil
DMRC	To be announced	35	Civil Engineering
Midhani	To be announced	NA	Metallurgy, Mechanical, Electrical

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Eligibility Criteria

Here are the major eligibility requirements for PSU recruitment through GATE 2021:

• The applicant must have GATE scores in a related subject. Apart from this, there are separate requirements for the following factors that you must check for your select job profile:
  • Medical records
  • Minimum pass percentage or CGPA in Bachelor’s degree
  • Age limit

How to Apply?

A lot of PSUs prefer the online mode of application. To apply for PSU recruitment through GATE 2021 the following steps need to be followed:

• Online mode of application: Get yourself registered online, upload the required documents and submit the application form after filling it completely.
• The fees for PSUs needs to be submitted. It can either be online or offline.
• Details of the GATE exam like registration number and scores are an important prerequisite to fill the application form of different PSUs.
• After the conclusion of the GATE exam, application dates of certain PSUs are announced.

GATE Cutoff for PSUs

The GATE cutoff for PSU recruitment through GATE 2021 is tabulated below:

Post	GEN	OBC	SC	ST	PwD
Junior Executive (Civil Engineering)	80.48	75.56	68.02	69.4	48.35
Junior Executive (Electronics)	50.33	50	40	40.33	–
Junior Executive (Architect)	69.67	65.67	–	48.67	–
Junior Executive (Engineering Electrical)	75.67	70.33	58.67	60.33	47.67

FAQs

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