BBNL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Selection Process
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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 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
- BBNL 2025 Recruitment through GATE: Important Dates
- BBNL Recruitment: Job Profile and Remuneration
- BBNL Recruitment: Eligibility Criteria and Age Relaxation
- BBNL Recruitment 2025: Application Process
- BBNL Recruitment: How to apply?
- BBNL Recruitment: Selection Process
- BBNL Recruitment: GATE Cutoff
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
- Must have a BE/BTech degree in Electronics & Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology / Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- Must be an Indian citizen
- The candidates who have appeared in the final students can also apply (expect their result by August 14, 2020)
- 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 2025. They 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.
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