GATE 2022: Two new papers in exam, more exam centres likely
Image used for representational purpose onlyMUMBAI: Aspirants for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) can opt for two new papers in the coming year, taking the total number of subjects to 29. With more aspirants taking the test from the smaller towns in the pandemic year, the organising old IITs and IISc-Bengaluru are also planning to increase the number of centres even in 2022. All the benefits are given to candidates this year in GATE 2021 – allowing students to opt for more than one paper and opening GATE for third-year students – will be continued even in 2022.
In the meeting of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE held on Saturday, for the official handover of GATE duties – from IIT-Bombay to IIT-Kharagpur – the organising institutes approved the inclusion of another two new papers in GATE 2022. After demand from the shipping ministry, it was decided to include naval architecture and marine engineering as one of the papers, said organising chairman of GATE 2021, Prof. Deepankar Choudhury. Also, Geomatics engineering – which involves the collection, measuring, monitoring, and archiving geospatial data – will be added to the list in GATE 2022, he said. IIT-Bombay, the organising institute for GATE 2021, had introduced two papers, humanities and environmental science and about 14,000 candidates each opted for them. For the first time, GATE was opened to students from the arts and commerce background in 2021 will continue in 2022.
With many students taking the test from their hometowns in the pandemic year, new centres were opened in smaller towns in GATE 2021. Places like Shirdi, Latur, Akola, and Dhule which never had centres before were included. Choudhury said that these cities figured among the top 10 cities of percentage attendance of students among registered from there who wrote the exam. The NCB-GATE has recommended setting up a committee with Choudhury's chairmanship to explore the option of having more centres in smaller towns for GATE 2022. The NCB also decided to allow students to seek their GATE scorecard only for three years, till the time it is valid, after which no information will be available.
In the meeting of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE held on Saturday, for the official handover of GATE duties – from IIT-Bombay to IIT-Kharagpur – the organising institutes approved the inclusion of another two new papers in GATE 2022. After demand from the shipping ministry, it was decided to include naval architecture and marine engineering as one of the papers, said organising chairman of GATE 2021, Prof. Deepankar Choudhury. Also, Geomatics engineering – which involves the collection, measuring, monitoring, and archiving geospatial data – will be added to the list in GATE 2022, he said. IIT-Bombay, the organising institute for GATE 2021, had introduced two papers, humanities and environmental science and about 14,000 candidates each opted for them. For the first time, GATE was opened to students from the arts and commerce background in 2021 will continue in 2022.
With many students taking the test from their hometowns in the pandemic year, new centres were opened in smaller towns in GATE 2021. Places like Shirdi, Latur, Akola, and Dhule which never had centres before were included. Choudhury said that these cities figured among the top 10 cities of percentage attendance of students among registered from there who wrote the exam. The NCB-GATE has recommended setting up a committee with Choudhury's chairmanship to explore the option of having more centres in smaller towns for GATE 2022. The NCB also decided to allow students to seek their GATE scorecard only for three years, till the time it is valid, after which no information will be available.
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