New Delhi: On Tuesday i.e. February 9, 2010 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee and the Indian Institute of Science (IIS) Bangalore, successfully conducted online Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2010 for the first time for two out of twenty-one papers.
As per sources, examinations in two subjects, namely Textile Engineering and Fiber Science (TF), and Mining Engineering (MN) were conducted using computers by these institutes. About 1700 candidates were registered for these examinations, which were conducted simultaneously in eight cities over two shifts. A Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Official has said that the experiment conducted in GATE 2010 this year has been done for the first time and that depending upon this first-time experience, online examination might be repeated on a larger scale in subsequent years.
Further, the offline version of the exam in other 19 papers shall be conducted all over the country on February 14, 2010. GATE is an all India examination administered and conducted jointly by IIS and seven IITs on behalf of the National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education, MHRD. Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarship/ assistant ship in engineering colleges/ institutes is open to those who qualify through GATE.
