BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Selection Process

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Updated on Oct 7, 2024 12:45 IST

Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) will soon release recruitment notifications for graduate executive trainees (GETs) in various disciplines through GATE 2025 scores. Check out the application form, dates, eligibility, and selection procedure for BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025.

BBNL Recruitment Through GATE 2025

BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025- BBNL will recruit candidates through GATE 2025 score and the notification will be released on its official website. BBNL will shortlist candidates with 4 years of BTech degree (graduate engineers) for the position of Executive Trainees.

Applicants with a valid GATE 2025 score will be able to register themselves for the positions at BBNL and they can apply online after the notification released by the company officially. They can visit the BBNL website i.e. http://bbnl.nic.in to apply for the position and those who have completed their full-time Bachelor's Degree are eligible to apply.

BBNL recruits Executive Trainees for Broadband Network, Project Monitoring, Operations, Project Planning, Engineering roles in OFC laying, and Transmission Network. Read this article to learn about BBNL recruitment through GATE 2025.

About BBNL

Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) was incorporated on February 25th, 2012 as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) / Company under the Companies Act, 1956. BBNL has a Corporate Identity No: U64100DL2012GOI232070 with an Authorized Share Capital of Rs1000 Crore.

The paid-up capital of the Company is Rs. Sixty Crores and Thirty. BBNL was granted an ISP Category "A" License (All India) from DoT on 29 December 2014. BBNL is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) set up by the Indian Government under the Administrative Ministry of Communication & IT, Department of Telecommunications, for the establishment, management, and operation of the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).

BBNL 2025 Recruitment through GATE: Important Dates

Candidates seeking a career with BBNL must keep a note of all the important dates, and they must also have cleared the GATE 2025 exam to be able to apply for BBNL Recruitment through GATE. Have a look at the table below:

BBNL Events

Dates (Tentative)

Release of official notification for BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025

To be notified

Availability of Application form 

To be notified

Personal interview

To be notified

BBNL Recruitment: Job Profile and Remuneration

Job Profile

The BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025 is held for the company's Executive Trainees post. To apply for the BBNL, the candidate needs to appear for the Electronics and Communication (EC), Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) and Electrical Engineering (EE) Paper. Candidates will perform and learn executive-level engineering activities and perform roles undertaken by BBNL, such as Transmission Network, Operations, Project Monitoring, Project Planning, Engineering roles in OFC laying, and Broadband Networks.

Candidates will not join the company as permanent employees, and they will be on probation for 12 months starting from the date of joining. The candidate will be re-designated as Assistant Manager after successful completion of probation. At present, the company has its Corporate Office in New Delhi. There are several Project Management Units at:

Delhi, Chandigarh, Ambala, Karnal, Jammu, Jaipur, Kota, Lucknow, Aligarh, Kanpur, Meerut, Saharanpur, Varanasi, Dehradun, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Raipur, Durg, Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Trivandrum, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, and Meghalaya.

Remuneration

  • The salary of BBNL Executive Trainee for the candidates selected through BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2020 will be Rs 16,400 – 3% – 40,500/-. 
  • Each candidate after the selection needs to sign the Service Agreement to work for at least 2 years (this includes the probation period) from the date of joining.
  • If any of the candidates fails to serve this period will have to pay INR 3,00,000 to BBNL.

BBNL Recruitment: Eligibility Criteria and Age Relaxation

Eligibility Criteria

  1. Must have a BE/BTech degree in Electronics & Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology / Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering
  2. Must be an Indian citizen
  3. The candidates who have appeared in the final students can also apply (expect their result by August 14, 2020)
  4. Must have qualified EC/CS/ EE paper of GATE 2025 with the desired rank

Age Relaxation

  • The age of candidates must be a minimum of 21
  • The candidate should not be more than 27 years on January 15, 2020.
  • Age relaxation will be provided to candidates according to the category. Look at the conditions below:

Category

Relaxation

OBC-NCL

3 years

SC/ST

5 years

PwD

10 years above the category relaxation

J&K Domicile

As per govt. norms

Ex-Serviceman/Riots Victims

As per govt. norms

BBNL Recruitment 2025: Application Process

If a candidate successfully fulfills the eligibility criteria of BBNL Recruitment 2025, he/she may proceed for the registration process. There are certain pre-requisites for applying online for BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025They have been mentioned below:

  • Candidates must have a valid GATE 2025 registration number.
  • A valid e-mail ID and mobile number.
  • A scanned image of the passport-size photograph (in JPEG or JPG format) with a file size of 20 to 50 Kb and 4.5 cm X 3.5 cm in dimension.
  • A scanned image of the signature (in JPEG or JPG format) with a file size of 10 to 20 kb and 4.5 cm X 3.5 cm in dimension.
  • Documents must be uploaded in PDF format and should not exceed more than 250 Kb. 

BBNL Recruitment: How to apply?

The candidates are required to follow the below steps to fill out the BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025 application form. Have a look:

Step 1: GATE Registration Number Validation

Firstly, enter your GATE 2025 Registration Number mentioned on the GATE admit card, click agree to the certification, and press continue. In the next step, the candidate must fill the BBNL Online Registration Application Form Part 1 which will appear on the screen after the validation process. In the form, you need to fill your details such as name as registered for GATE, father’s name, community, e-mail ID, mobile number, address for communication, etc.

The candidate needs to upload a scanned image of a recent passport-size photograph, the same as GATE 2025, in jpg/.jpeg format with a size not exceeding 100 kb. The dimensions of a scanned photograph must be 4.5cm x 3.5 cm. After this, you will receive a verification link sent by BBNL to the Email ID provided in Application Part 1. Now, verify the link sent to the email ID by clicking on it.

Step 2: Fill BBNL Online Application Form

This step is the application process is BBNL Online Application Part II.

  • Log in with the GATE 2025 Registration Number
  • Enter your professional details and academic qualifications and experience like a candidate's name, father’s name, DOB, community, email ID, GATE registration number, mobile no, and permanent address for communication.
  • After submission of details, an email will be received in the registered email-ID with a link for activation.
  • Click on the link, the registration process will go on the next stage.
  • Upload the scanned image of the signature in .jpg/.jpeg format with a size not exceeding 30 kb (dimensions 4.5cm x 3.5 cm)

Note: The details entered by the candidate in the application form should match that of the 10th Class certificate.

Step 3: Application Fee Payment

In this step, the candidates need to make the online payment of the BBNL application fee, which can be made either online or offline. The application fee for the BBNL recruitment form is Rs 500/- and SC/ ST/ PWD category candidates are exempted from payment of application fees. For BBNL online payment, the candidate can use Credit Card/Debit Card/Net banking. In case of offline payment, follow the steps:

  • Download the Punjab & Sind BANK Challan prefilled with the specific details.
  • Make the application fee payment in any branch of Punjab & Sind Bank.
  • Now log in again through the BBNL Applicant Login Menu and submit the form finally.
  • In case of offline payment, the candidate will have to wait for three days for the payment verification.

Step 4: Application Fee Payment

Applicants can take the print out of their successfully filled BBNL application form for future reference. Only when the payment is verified, the Applicant will be able to print the applications.

BBNL Recruitment: Selection Process

The selection process of BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025 depends on two factors:

GATE Score

  • Interested & eligible candidates with valid GATE Scores in the EC/CS/EE papers.
  • GATE 2025 marks carry 75% of the weightage, and a personal interview, conducted in May-June, carries the rest 25%.
  • The score will be valid only if the candidate obtains more than or equal to the qualifying marks.

Personal Interview

  • In the next stage of selection, qualified candidates shall be short-listed category-wise for Personal Interview by BBNL.
  • The selection will be done on the marks obtained by candidates in GATE 2025.
  • Apart from the above mode of shortlisting, Psychometric tests and/or any other selection tools/tests may be considered for preliminary shortlisting.

BBNL Recruitment: GATE Cutoff

Candidates check the table below to know about the GATE Cutoff (tentative) required for BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025.

Category

Marks (Tentative)

UR

61.86

OBC

58.37

SC

46.26

ST

43.87

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