GAIL Executive Trainee through GATE 2025 Notification Out

GAIL Executive Trainee notification through GATE 2025 has been released. Interested candidates willing to apply for GAIN Executive Trainee must refer tot he below blog post for more details regarding Eligibility, Upper Age Limit, Educational Qualifications and How to Apply.

GAIL Executive Trainee Post Details

Minimum Essential Qualifications

Relaxation in Minimum Percentage of Marks

Relaxation of 5% in minimum percentage of marks in essential qualification will be provided in respect of SC, ST and PwBD category. However, the above relaxation in minimum qualifying percentage of marks in education qualification is applicable only in respect of posts which are reserved for SC/ ST/PwBD Categories.

SC/ST/PwBD candidates applying against unreserved posts shall be considered under general standard of merit and no relaxation in Minimum Percentage of marks in Educational Qualification shall be available to them. Further, no rounding off in marks to the next higher digit will be allowed for calculation of percentage of marks secured in Bachelor degree/ Master Degree etc. e.g 64.99% will not be considered as 65% for UR category

Important Instruction for Essential Qualification

Only full time Regular courses will be considered.

All qualifications for GAIL Executive Trainee post must be from UGC recognized Indian University/UGC recognized Indian Deemed University or AICTE approved courses from Autonomous Indian Institutions/concerned statutory council (wherever applicable).

Wherever CGPA/OGPA/CPI or letter grade in a Degree is awarded, equivalent percentage of marks should be indicated in the application as per norms adopted by University/Institutes. Candidate is required to obtain a certificate to this effect from the University/Institute which shall be required at the time of Selection Process.

Engineering Degree can be B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Sc. Engg.

Candidates applying for GAIL Executive Trainee having 05 years B.E / B. Tech. + M.E / M. Tech. integrated dual degree in engineering in relevant discipline shall also be considered.

Candidates having 05 years B.E / B. Tech. + M.E / M. Tech. integrated dual degree in engineering in relevant discipline shall also be considered.

Candidates who are currently in the final year (2024-25) of their Engineering Degree course (including 05 years BE/ B Tech + ME/ M Tech integrated dual degree in Engineering course) / MCA Degree [for ET (BIS) only] and belonging to General, EWS, and OBC (NCL) category must have secured minimum 65% marks in aggregate up to the last semester/ year examination at the time of applying and candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ PwBD category must have secured minimum 60% marks in aggregate up to the last semester/ year examination at the time of applying.

Selection of candidates for GAIL Executive Trainee post who are currently in the final year (2024-25) of their Engineering Degree course (including 05 years BE/B.Tech + ME/M.Tech integrated dual degree in Engineering course)/ MCA Degree [for ET (BIS) only] will be further subject to obtaining minimum 65% marks in case of General, EWS, and OBC (NCL) category candidates and minimum 60% marks in case of SC/ ST/PwBD category candidates in their Engineering Degree / MCA Degree [for ET (BIS) only] and submission of Final Degree certificate (at least provisional certificate) and mark sheets of all semesters/ years towards documentary proof of having passed the qualifying Degree examination in relevant discipline/ branch with minimum prescribed percentage of marks as indicated above.

Candidates who have completed their Bachelor degree in Engineering / MCA Degree [for ET (BIS) only] in relevant discipline/ branch in the year 2023 or earlier are not eligible to apply for GAIL Executive Trainee post.

Age Limit and Age Relaxation

The upper Age Limit is 26 years as on 18.03.2025 for the posts of Executive Trainee in all disciplines.

However, the relaxation in upper age limit as applicable is detailed in Table -II below in respect of posts which are reserved for SC/ ST/ OBC (NCL)/ PwBD category candidates.

Maximum upper age of the applicant shall not exceed 56 years including all possible age relaxations.

Salary and Grade

Selected candidates for GAIL Executive Trainee will be placed in the pay scale of Rs.60,000 – 1,80,000/- at the Basic Pay of Rs.60,000/- during one-year training cum probation as Executive Trainee in E-2 grade. On successful completion of their Training cum Probation Period, they will be absorbed in the same Pay Scale of Rs.60,000 – 1,80,000/- in E-2 grade.

No protection of pay shall be admissible to the Candidates joining GAIL in the above mentioned posts.

Placement & Assignments

During the Training-cum-Probation period and/ or after absorption, the candidates may be posted at any of the installations/ projects/ offices, etc. of GAIL (India) Limited or any of the subsidiaries/ Joint Ventures of GAIL (India) Limited or deputed to any Department of Government of India/ other PSUs, etc.

The selected candidates may be assigned jobs/ functions/ assignments as per the business requirements of the company including shift operations.

Selection Process and How to Apply

Eligible candidates who wish to apply for the position of Executive Trainees in GAIL will be required to first register for GATE-2025 and thereafter, appear in GATE-2025 as per instructions and timelines notified by GATE-2025 Organizing Institute in one of the following relevant GATE Examination Papers. List of disciplines/branches considered equivalent to each of the above 05 disciplines advertised is given in detail in the Official Notification.

Based on the GATE‐2025 marks and requirement, candidates will be short- listed for further selection process for the position of Executive Trainee in the above disciplines. Please note that only GATE‐2025 marks are valid for this recruitment exercise. GATE marks of 2024 or prior to that is not valid.

The candidates for GAIL Executive Trainee who have registered with GATE‐2025 are required to download the admit card from GATE Official website upon its activation. On receipt/ downloading of GATE‐2025 Admit card with registration number, candidates will have to separately apply online in GAIL indicating their GATE‐ 2025 Registration Number in the “Careers” section of GAIL website .

For this purpose, the relevant link will be made available in the “Careers” section of our website. It may be noted that application without valid GATE‐2025 registration number will be rejected.

Candidates for GAIL Executive Trainee will be required to apply online through GAIL website only, indicating their GATE‐2025 Registration Number. No other means/ mode of application shall be accepted. The relevant link will be made available from 1100 hrs on 17.02.2025 till 1800 hrs on 18.03.2025.

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