1. Candidates who wish to apply for the post of “Management Trainee” in BPCL will be required to take the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering – 2013 (GATE-2013) in Mechanical Engineering discipline (Corresponding GATE 2013 paper code for Mechanical Engineering discipline is ME).
2. GATE 2013 is scheduled on 10th February 2013 (Sunday) for the Mechanical Engineering discipline.
3. For detailed information on GATE-2013, interested candidates may log on to www.gate.iitb.ac.in or any of the following websites of other IITs and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
| ZONE | WEBSITE |
| IISC-Bangalore | Gate.iisc.ernet.in |
| IIT Delhi | www.iitd.ac.in/gate |
| IIT Guwahati | www.iitg.ernet.in/gate |
| IIT Kanpur | www.iitk.ac.in/gate |
| IIT Kharagpur | Gate.iitkgp.ac.in |
| IIT Madras | Gate.iitm.ac.in |
| IIT Roorkee | www.iitr.ac.in/gate |
4. Candidates need to apply / register ONLINE for GATE-2013 through any of the websites mentioned above from 1st September 2012 to 30th September 2012. Application process for GATE-2013 is entirely ONLINE.
5. Candidates will require their GATE-2013 Registration Number for applying to BPCL. The registration number will appear on the GATE-2013 admit card of the candidates. The admit card can only be downloaded from the zonal GATE websites of IISc and 7 IITs. No other number (for eg. GATE-2013 Application / online form no. etc) should be entered as GATE-2013 registration number while applying to BPCL.
6. On downloading the GATE-2013 admit card and receipt of GATE registration number, candidates need to apply online on BPCL’s website. The relevant link will be made available from 5th December 2012 on BPCL’s career website i.e www.bpclcareers.in.
7. Candidates should click on the ONLINE application link, read the instructions carefully and fill-in the ONLINE application form giving accurate information including the GATE-2013 registration number.
8. Candidates must enter the same name as they have entered while applying to GATE-2013. (For example, if the candidate has entered Navin Kumar Singh in the ONLINE GATE application, he must enter Navin Kumar Singh (exactly same spelling) while applying to BPCL. He must not enter N K Singh or Navin K Singh etc. while applying to BPCL).
9. Upon completion, the candidate should submit the online application by clicking the Submit button at the bottom of the page. If the same is accepted, the system will generate a unique application ID along with the completed application form.
10. Candidate should take a print out of completed application, affix his/her recent passport size photograph, sign at the space provided and keep with him/ her safely for future reference. (The same will be required to be submitted, in case shortlisted for further selection process.)
11. The passport size photograph affixed by the candidate should be the same submitted along with GATE-2013 application form and admit card. If the candidate is called for further selection process, his/ her identity would be verified with GATE-2013 admit card and GATE-2013 official score card.
12. 9th February 2013 is the last date for submitting the ONLINE application for BPCL.