Mumbai: Many Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Government Organisations have started releasing their short notifications of recruitment scheme for hiring Graduate Engineers through GATE 2018. More than nine lakh graduate engineering students appear the test each year. Over the last few years, GATE score is also being used as one of the criteria for recruitment in Government Organizations such as Cabinet Secretariat, and National/State Public Sector Undertakings in India. Nearly more than 40 PSUs (both Nation & State) have used GATE results of 2017 for hiring graduate engineers.
Till now there are more than 12 PSUs have already notified their recruitment plan through GATE 2018. The prominent among these PSUs are as followed: ONGC, NIPCIL, NTPC, SAIL, BPCL, IndianOil, and others. Last year ONGC has hired more than 750 Graduate Trainees in Engineer & Geo-Sciences through GATE 2017.
List of PSUs or Organisations that have notified their recruitment through GATE 2018:
| Organization Name | Discipline | Application open & closing date | Notification Link |
| Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)-Management Trainee (Technical)-2018 | Electrical, Mechanical & Metallurgy | Will be announced by the company | Click here |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)-Management Trainee (Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical | 5 -01- 2018 to 2 February 2018. | Click here |
| NTPC Ltd-Executive Trainees – 2018 | Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics, Instrumentation and Mining. | 10 January 2018 to 31 January 2018. | Click here |
| Power Grid Corporation of India Limited-Executive Trainee (Engineers) | Electrical, Electronics, Civil and Computer Science | 5 January 2018 to 31 January 2018. | Click here |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) | Chemical,Mechanical,Electronics &Telecommunication,Instrumentation,Electrical,Civil | 12 January 2018 to 12 February 2018 | Click here |
| Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | Mechanical, Metallurgical,Electrical,Instrumentation,Mining & Chemical | Click here | |
| THDC INDIA LIMITED | Civil,Electrical, Mechanical | 1st November 2017 to 31 December 2017 | Click here |
| Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited | Electrical, Mechanical | 08 January 2018 to 07 February 2018 | Click here |
| The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) | Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Electronics & Communications, Instrumentation and Civil. | will be announced within ten days from the date of announcement of GATE 2018 results. | Click here |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) | Mechanical ,Instrumentation , Electrical , Petroleum , Chemical , Civil , Electronics ,Communication , Computer Science & Information technology (CS). | March/April 2018(Tenetively) | Click here |
| IndianOil is recruiting Officers/Graduate Engineers through GATE 2018 | Civil (CE), Electrical(EE), Mechanical(ME), Chemical(CH), Electronics & Communication(EC), Metallurgy(MT), Computer Sc. & Engg (CS), Instrumentation(IN). | Indian Oil’s online application module will go live after the GATE-2018 Admit Cards are made available by the GATE-2018 authorities on 05th January 2018 and will remain open till 4 February 2018. | Click here |
| Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers | Chemical, Mechanical and Instrumentation. | RCF will release detailed notification after declaration of GATE 2018. | Click here |
On other hand, many prominent central PSU are expected soon to notify their recruitment plans to hire graduate engineers through GATE 2018. These PSUs or government organizations include: BHEL, BEL, BARC, BSNL, BEML, CEL, CONCOR, GAIL, HAL, NALCO, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, and others.
Here it can be informed that Airports Authority of India (AAI), a Government of India Public Sector Enterprise, has released recruitment notification to appoint Junior Executive (Engineering). The recruitment will be based on GATE 2016 score. The total number of posts is 200: Junior Executive (Engineering- Civil)- 50 Posts; Junior Executive (Engineering- Electrical)- 50 ; Junior Executive (Electronics)- 100 posts.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) hiring 74 young engineers through GATE 2017. The vacant posts are available under this recruitment scheme in the following engineering streams: Chemical (23 posts), Mechanical (36), Electrical (02), Electronics & Communication (05), and Civil (08). The online application window has opened from 21 September 2017. The closing date for submission of application is 19 October 2017.
Important Dates for GATE 2018 Examination:
Starting Date of Online Application Form: 1 September 2017 (Friday)
Closing Date of Application Form: 5 October 2017 (Thursday)
Date of Examination: 3rd 4th 10th and 11th February 2018
Note: Based on the information available in the public domain, SkillOutlook has published the list of PSUs that have already notified their recruitment plan through GATE 2018 as on 22 September 2017. For exact information and other aspects, candidates should refer the notifications released by these organizations.
