Many friends asked me about where to get GATE forms despite of a clear link given in official site about where to find GATE forms. I present the information from official site to help all those who missed it on official site.
There are two ways to get the GATE application form. First is through bank by cash payment.
Please find the city name and corresponding bank address in below table. Visit the back and make a cash payment of Rs 1000/- (Rs 500/- for SC/ST/PD) and get the hard copy of application form.
| Zone | Name of the Bank | Branches |
|---|---|---|
| IISc Bangalore | State Bank of India | Anantapur (Sainagar), Bangalore (IISc; Jayanagar IV Block; St. Marks Road), Bagalkot (Kalati Road) , Davangere (T.M.N. Complex), Hassan (Subhash Square), Hubli (Keshwapur), Hyderabad (Begum Bazar; Nampally; Parishrama Bhavan), Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Mysore (Sayyaji Rao Road), Secundrabad (Patni Circle, PBB, SP Road), Surathkal (Srinivasa Nagar), Tumkur (M.G. Road) |
| IIT Bombay | State Bank of India | Ahmednagar (Manamad Road), Akola (Shastri Nagar), Amravati (Near Shyam Talkies), Aurangabad (Kranti Chowk), Gulbarga (Super Market), Jalgaon, Jodhpur (High Court Campus), Kolhapur (Dasara Chowk), Latur (Opp. Bus Stand), Loni (Near Swami Samarth Mandir) Mumbai (Andheri W- Shopper’s Stop; Dadar-SS Wagh Marg; IIT Powai; Main Br-Samachar Marg), Nagpur (Near Rly. Stn.), Nanded (Vazirabad), Nashik (Near Hotel Samrat), Navi Mumbai (Belapur), Pandharpur (Sawarkar Road), Panjim (Near Hotel Mandavi), Pune (Main; Deccan Gymkhana), Rajkot (Near Civil Hospital), Sangli (Near Ganapati Mandir), Satara (Pratap Ganj), Shegaon, Solapur (Budhwar Peth), Surat (Near Sambhaji Garden), Thane (Tembi Naka), Vadodara (Mandvi Branch), Wardha (Dr. J.C. Kumarappa Marg) |
| IIT Delhi | Canara Bank | Ahmedabad (Bhadra; Ashram Road), Ajmer (Kutchery Road), Alwar (Medalganj), Bhilwara (Pur Road),Bikaner (Kote Gate), Faridabad (Nehru Ground, NIT), Gurgaon (Old Railway Road), Indore (Siyaganj), Jaipur (M.I. Road, Malviya Nagar), Jammu (Sector 3, Trikuta Nagar), Jhunjhunu (Gandhi Chowk), New Delhi (IIT Delhi; Janpath; Maharani Bagh; Mayur Vihar-I; R.K. Puram; Shakti Nagar; Tagore Garden; Vivek Vihar), Sikar (Fatehpur Road), Srinagar (Residency Road), Udaipur (Madhuban), Ujjain (Ghee Mandi Daulatganj) |
| IIT Guwahati | State Bank of India | Agartala (Hari Ganga Basak Rd.), Asansol (Bijoy Pal Sarani), Bhagalpur (Main), Bongaigaon (Main), Dhanbad (Main), Durgapur (Main), Gangtok (M.G. Marg), Guwahati (Pan Bazar), Imphal (Main), Itanagar (Main), Jorhat (Main), Kalyani (Main), Patna (West Gandhi Maidan), Shillong (Kachari Road), Silchar (Main), Siliguri (Main), Tezpur (Main). |
| IIT Kanpur | Union Bank of India | Agra (Wasan Plaza); Aligarh (Patthar bazar); Allahabad (Civil Lines), Bareily (Civil Lines); Bhopal (Jumerati), Etawah (Civil Lines), Faizabad (Motibagh), Gorakhpur (Golghar), Jabalpur (Cantt.), Jhansi (Civil Lines), Kanpur (Birhana Road; IIT), Lucknow (Hazratganj), Rewa (Raniganj), Sagar (Katra Bazar), Sultanpur (Super Market), Varanasi (Godowlia) |
| IIT Kharagpur | Canara Bank | Angul (Nataraj Building, Amalpadh), Balasore (Sahadevakunta), Berhampur (Orissa) (Chinna Bazar), Bhimavaram (P P Road), Bhubaneswar (Bapujinagar; Saheednagar), Bilaspur (Juna Bilaspur Main Road), Cuttack (Chowdhury Bazar), Eluru (Korrapativari Street, Powerpet), Howrah (N.S.Road), Jamshedpur (Bistupur), Kakinada (A.P.) (Jawhar Street), Kharagpur (Fatak Bazar, Kharida), Kolkata (Gariahat Road, Gole Park; Middleton Row, Park Street; Sector III, Near Tank No.13, Salt Lake; APC Roy Road, Sealdah), Machilipatnam (Valluri Raja Center), Raipur (Malviya Road), Rajahmundry (Hotharasi Street, Innespeta), Ranchi (S.N.Ganguly Road), Rourkela (Udit Nagar), Sambalpur (Modi Para), Sindri (Monohari Tand Marketing Complex), Srikakulam (New Chandra Mahal, G.T.Road), Tadepalligudem (K.N.Road), Vijayawada (Governor Pet; Patamata), Visakhapatnam (Dwarakanagar; MVP Colony; Dabagardens) |
| IIT Madras | State Bank of India | Bapatla, Chennai (Annanagar West; IIT), Chidambaram, Chittoor, Coimbatore (Race Course Road), Dindigul, Ernakulam (Broadway), Gudur, Guntur (SPBB), Kadapa (Cuddapah), Kannur (Town), Karaikudi, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kollam (Chinnakada), Kothagudem, Kottayam, Kozhikode (Kallai Road), Madurai (Vinayaga Nagar), Manchiryal, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Nellore (Town), Ongole (Bapuji Mkt.), Palakkad (Civil Stn.), Pondicherry, Salem (Srirangapalayam), Tenali (Kothapet), Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram (Statue Br), Thrissur (Town), Tiruchirapalli (Palakarai), Tirunelveli (Palayamkottai), Tirupati (Tilak Road), Warangal (Battala Bazaar) |
| IIT Roorkee | Punjab National Bank | Amritsar (Lawrence Road), Bathinda (Bank Street), Bijnor (Civil Lines), Chandigarh (Sector 17-C Market), Dehradun (Aarhat Bazar), Ghaziabad (Nehru Nagar), Gwalior (Naya Bazar), Haldwani (Nainital Road), Hamirpur (HP) (New Road), Haridwar (Mayapur Chowk), Hissar (Dabra Chowk), Jalandhar (Civil Lines), Kota (Bhimganj), Kurukshetra (Railway Road, Thanesar), Ludhiana (Civil Lines), Mathura (Chatta Bazar), Meerut (Eastern Kachari Road), Muzaffarnagar (South Bhopa Road), Nainital (Mall Road), Noida (Sector 18, Chillera Aterial Mkt.), Pantnagar (Main Branch), Patiala (The Mall), Pauri Garhwal (Main Branch), Rohtak (Civil Lines), Roorkee (IIT Campus), Saharanpur (Civil Lines), Shimla (The Mall), Yamunanagar (New Grain Mkt.) |
If your city is not mentioned in above table you can still get GATE form by post on sending Demand Draft of Rs 1000/- (Rs 500/- for SC/ST/PD) payable at the city of the respective zonal GATE office as given in the table below. Do send it by registered post or speed post by which you can have evidence and track your snail mail, otherwise your DD and letter may miss in huge Indian Postal Department without a single clue.
| DD in favour of: | Payable at: | Zonal GATE Office Address | Examination Cities (1st choice) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IISc, Bangalore | Bangalore | Chairman, GATE IISc, Bangalore Bangalore – 560 012 | Anantapur, Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Davangere, Hassan, Hubli, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Mysore, Secunderabad and Surathkal |
| IIT Bombay | Mumbai | Chairman, GATE IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076 | Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Goa, Gulbarga, Jalgaon, Jodhpur, Kolhapur, Latur, Loni, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pandharpur, Pune, Rajkot, Sangli, Satara, Shegaon, Solapur, Surat, Thane, Vadodara and Wardha |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Delhi | New Delhi | Chairman, GATE IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016 | Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Dausa, Delhi Central, Delhi East, Delhi North, Delhi South, Delhi West, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Mahesana, Sikar, Udaipur and Ujjain |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Guwahati | Guwahati | Chairman, GATE IIT Guwahati Guwahati – 781039 | Agartala, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Silchar, Siliguri and Tezpur |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Kanpur | Kanpur | Chairman, GATE IIT Kanpur, Kanpur – 208016 | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Saugar (Sagar, MP), Sultanpur and Varanasi |
| IIT Kharagpur | Kharagpur, West Bengal | Chairman, GATE IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur – 721302 | Balasore, Berhampur (Orissa), Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur, Cuttack, Eluru, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur, Kolkata, Machilipatnam, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Srikakulam, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Madras | Chennai | Chairman, GATE IIT Madras Chennai – 600036 | Bapatla, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chidambaram, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa (Cuddapah), Kannur, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kollam, Kothagudem, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Madurai, Manchiryal, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Nellore, Ongole, Palakkad, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Salem, Tenali, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati and Warangal |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Roorkee | Roorkee | Chairman, GATE IIT Roorkee Roorkee – 247667 | Amritsar, Bathinda, Bijnor, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Gwalior, Haldwani, Hamirpur (HP), Haridwar, Hisar, Jalandhar, Kota, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana, Mathura, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Patiala, Rohtak, Roorkee, Shimla and Yamunanagar |
After submission of application form if you want to change the examination city you need you make a DD (demand draft) for Rs.400 to the respective zonal GATE office as given in the above table
Though the offline applications are issued by IISc and IITs they clearly mentioned that online applications a preferred over offline ones and there is also a reduction in application fee if you opt for online application. The cost of online application for General/OBC candidate is Rs.800/- and for SC/ST/PD candidates is Rs.400/-.
To fill online GATE application form please visit GATE 2011 online application form.
I request all of you to explore the official site thoroughly to get more details on filling GATE application form.
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Wish you all great luck ahead.
