Career Opportunities in Public Sector Undertakings through GATE 2018

Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are state-owned enterprises. These companies are either owned by the union government, state government or territorial governments. These PSUs carry out recruitment exercises each year through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).

Earlier, the examination was conducted only for engineering graduates aspiring to pursue higher education, but after 2012 PSU Recruitment through GATE, the trend took off and the exam’s scores were accepted by most PSUs as a credible yardstick to screen and hire quality, highly-educated graduates across various engineering disciplines. Only the Tier 1 candidates get selected to various PSUs.

The vacancies filled in these companies through GATE is huge; for instance BSNL hired a record-setting 2,510 GATE qualified candidates in 2017 session of recruitment. There is also a steady increase in the number of recruiting companies. In 2015, more than 27 companies recruited candidates through GATE scorecard. The number grew to more than 40 in 2016. Current figures of PSUs recruiting graduate engineers through GATE stand at 50 plus. Some of the most prominent PSUs include BHEL, GAIL, NHPC, BSNL and DMRC.

The minimum eligibility criterion to be followed by candidates seeking recruitment in PSU through GATE is to appear for the national level entrance exam in their respective branch of study. The PSU may also specify the minimum pass percentage or age limits that must be considered by candidates while applying. A medical examination of the shortlisted candidates is a must for all candidates before recruitment.

Besides GATE, this an individual decision of certain PSUs whether they want to conduct additional tests such as group discussion and personal interview to shortlist candidates. There are some that use only GATE scores, such as BSNL that didn’t conduct any interview for its BSNL JTO Recruitment while NPCIL and KRCL further conduct interview for candidates shortlisted based on GATE scores.

Types of PSUs

Based on certain parameters such as listing on Indian Stock Exchange, global presence, annual revenue and income generated,

PSUs in India are classified under three heads, i.e., Maharatna PSUs, Navaratna PSUs and Mini-Ratna PSUs. This is done based on certain parameters such as listing on Indian Stock Exchange, Global Presence, Annual Revenue and Income Generated.

The salary offered varies in accordance with these categories. For Maharatna such as IOCL and ONGC, the initial salary is a basic INR 24,900 but after including all the allowances, the salary goes up to INR 60,000. On the other hand, the average salaries offered for Navaratna and Mini-Ratna PSUs is INR 5.5-6 Lacs per annum. The highest package one has received till date from a PSU is CTC 11.25 Lacs.

The list of all these PSUs, hiring through GATE 2018 have been compiled below:

List of Maharatna

1. NTPC Recruitment
2. ONGC Recruitment
3. SAIL Recruitment
4. BHEL Recruitment
5. IOCL Recruitment
6. CIL Recruitment
7. GAIL Recruitment
8. BPCL Recruitment

List of Navratna

1. BEL Recruitment
2. HPCL Recruitment
3. NALCO Recruitment
4. OIL Recruitment
5. PGCIL Recruitment
6. HAL Recruitment
7. NBCC Recruitment
8. NLC Recruitment
9. DVC Recruitment
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List of Miniratna- I

1. AAI Recruitment
2. BSNL JNTO Recruitment
3. BEML Recruitment
4. IRCON Recruitment
5. MDL Recruitment
6. NFL Recruitment
7. RVNL Recruitment
8. RITES Recruitment
9. THDC Recruitment
10. NHPC Recruitment
11. MIDHANI Recruitment
12. CEL Recruitment

Miniratna Category-II

1. MECL Recruitment
2. EDCIL Recruitment
3. NPCCL Recruitment
4. NTC Recruitment

Others

1. BARC Recruitment
2. BBNL Recruitment
3. BNPM Recruitment
4. BSPHCL Recruitment
5. Cabinet Secretariat Recruitment
6. DDA Recruitment
7. DMRC Recruitment
8. DRDO Recruitment
9. DTL Recruitment
10. GSECL Recruitment
11. HPU Recruitment
12. IPR Recruitment
13. KRIBHCO Recruitment
14. L&T Recruitment
15. MRVC Recruitment
16. NHAI Recruitment
17. NPCIL Recruitment
18. OPGC Recruitment
19. PSPCL Recruitment
20. PSTCL Recruitment
21. TATA POWER Recruitment
22. VIZAG STEEL Recruitment
23. WBSEDCL Recruitment

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