GATE 2021 Admit Card Releasing Today, Entrance Exams To Commence From February 5

Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay (IIT-B) has announced that the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) admit card for the year 2021 will be released on its official website - gate.iitb.ac.in - today.

The announcement of the commencement date was made for the registered candidates who can obtain their admit cards from the site. The entrance examinations will be conducted on February 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14. The results for the examination will likely be out on March 22.

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In the view of coronavirus pandemic, the exam will go completely online, slated to be held in fully Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. In a media statement, IIT-Bombay Director Subhasis Chaudhuri had said, "After a long deliberation in the Senate, we have decided that the next semester will be run purely in the online mode so that there is no compromise on the safety and well being of the students. The Covid pandemic has made us rethink the way we impart education to our students.”

The exam would also have two sessions (forenoon and afternoon) each day, IIT Bombay, the organising institute, noted.

Log in with your credentials and follow these steps:

Step 1: Visit the official website gate.iitb.ac.in

Step 2: On the homepage, click on GATE Admit Card 2021 link

Step 3: On the new page enter your credentials

Step 5: Submit

Step 6: Your GATE 2021 admit card will appear on the screen

Step 7: Download it and keep a hard copy

This year's exam will witness students from humanities background along with science and engineering candidates. “Two new subjects are also being introduced starting this year, environmental science and engineering and humanities and social sciences. Candidates will also have the option of appearing for two subjects this year onwards,” an official statement released by IIT-B had earlier said.

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