GATE now a one-shot game for entry into PSUs-: The recent trend of Indian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) hiring candidates at entry-level positions on the basis of their GATE scores has led to an increased the number of students appearing for the exam. Initially, GATE was a gateway for students who sought admission to various post-graduate programmes in Indian higher education institutes, with financial assistance provided by MHRD and other government agencies. Though, after PSUs started recruiting candidates on the basis of their performance in the exam in 2012, job seekers too have joined the line along side those who aspire to continue with their further studies. The entry of various PSUs in the scenario, however, has a down as well as an upside to it. The main advantage of this is that GATE becomes a common access card for students to land a job in various PSUs and saves them from having to sit for a separate exam for each company. This also implies that now aspirants have to prepare for only one test module instead of juggling between different test modules. It also cuts them a little slack when it comes to the amount of syllabus they need to ram into their brain as GATE provides a standarised level of question. On the other hand, in terms of disadvantages, a common screening test seems lowers a candidateâ??s employment opportunities because if he or she fails to fare well in the GATE exam, scoring below the minimum cut-off issued by the companies, he or she loses a chance to secure a job in not one or two but all the companies which use GATE scores to screen candidates. Usually these companies release their recruitment notifications right after GATE notification. The following public sector undertakings (PSUs) have already signed MoUs with GATE for using GATE 2014 score as screening tool for recruiting engineers at entry level positions. 1. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 2. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 3. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. 4. National Fertilizers Ltd. 5. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. 6. NHPC Ltd. 7. NTPC Ltd. 8. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. 9. Vizag Steel Plant 10. GAIL (INDIA) Limited 11. Mineral Exploation Corporation Ltd. 12. Mazagon Dock Limited 13. National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) 14. RITES Limited Hence we could say that PSUs have made GATE exam a one shot game: you score well and your chances of getting an employment letter significantly increase whereas if you score low your chances of getting your hands on that letter will probably decrease.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:49:52 +0000
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