BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025 - Application, Eligibility, Dates, Pay Scale
The Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will announce the recruitment of Engineer Trainees through GATE 2025. The BHEL Recruitment through GATE 2025 will be for Mechanical and Electrical disciplines. The application form for BHEL recruitment through GATE 2025 is expected to be released in March/April 2025. This year, the GATE was being conducted by IIT Roorkee. The exam was scheduled for February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025, in two sessions- Morning and Afternoon.
To appear in BHEL recruitment through GATE 2025, candidates should be Mechanical or Electrical Engineering aspirants and must appear in GATE 2025. Eligible candidates will be shortlisted based on the marks obtained in GATE. Candidates must note that only GATE 2025 scores will be considered for the recruitment process. Go through the article to get complete details about BHEL Recruitment through GATE 2025 application form, eligibility criteria, important dates, selection process, posts, pay scale and more.
- Highlights of BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025
- Important Dates related to BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025
- Eligibility Criteria for BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025
- BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025 – Selection Process
- BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025 – Pay Scale
- BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025 – Service Agreement Bond
Highlights of BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025
| Particulars |
Details |
|---|---|
| Name of PSU |
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) |
| Posts available |
Engineer Trainees |
| Required disciplines |
Mechanical or Electrical |
| Vacancies |
Mechanical - 30 posts (tentative) Electrical - 20 posts (tentative) |
Important Dates related to BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025
| Events |
Dates |
|---|---|
| GATE 2025 |
February 1, 2025 February 2, 2025 February 15, 2025 February 16, 2025 |
| GATE 2025 Registration start |
August 28, 2024 |
| Last date of registration |
October 03, 2024 (with regular fees) |
| Last date for online payment (with late fees) |
October 11, 2024 (with extended fees) |
| GATE 2025 Result Announcement |
March 19, 2025 |
Eligibility Criteria for BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025
The eligibility criteria of BHEL 2025 recruitment is prescribed by the authority. Candidates can check the requirements set by the conducting authority from below.
Educational Qualification
Full-Time Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering /Technology or Five years integrated Master’s degree or Dual Degree programme in Engineering or Technology in the disciplines of Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from a recognized Indian University/ Institute.
The IIT Kharagpur salary details for 2025 placements have not been released officially. The placement session 2025 is still ongoing. As per the data fetched from multiple media reports, the IIT Kharagpur highest package offered so far during 2025 placements was above INR 2.14 crore per annum. The batch has received over 1800 job offers, including 409 PPOs and 25 international offers.
The highest salary package offered for this programme during 2020-21 was INR 70 LPA. After that year, the highest salary package offered by the institute for different courses stood close to INR 2.68 crore per annum. For more details on Integrated MSc and its placements or other reviews on this course regarding its placement, faculty and infrastructure, click on this link.
Age Criteria
- 27 Years (Candidates born before September 1, 1997, are not eligible to apply)
- 29 years for candidates having two years’ full-time Post Graduate in Engineering or Business Administration/ Management
Note: Candidates should be in a position to produce their Degree/Final year marks sheets by July 2024 or at the time of the Interview, whichever is earlier.
Age Relaxation
The upper age limit is relaxable for candidates belonging to the following categories as given below
- SC/ST - by 5 years
- OBC (NCL) - by 3 years
GATE Papers Allowed for BHEL Recruitment 2025
| Disciplines Offered by BHEL | Allowed Disciplines | Corresponding GATE 2025 (Paper Code) |
| Electrical |
|
EE |
| Mechanical |
|
ME |
BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025 – Selection Process
- Candidates interested in joining BHEL as Engineer Trainee (ET) will have to appear for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025
- On the basis of the GATE 2025 marks and requirements, candidates will be shortlisted for Interviews in order of merit in the ratio of 1:10 to the number of vacancies in each discipline and category
- Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates will be accorded up to 50 % relaxation below the cut-off marks in their respective categories for being shortlisted for interview
- Candidates must note that GATE 2025 scores will only be valid
- All the candidates obtaining the same cut off marks category wise shall also be called for interview rounds
- The final recruitment merit list will be prepared on the basis of 75% weightage to written test i.e. GATE 2025 exam & 25% weightage to Interview round
BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025 – Pay Scale
- Shortlisted candidates will be paid basic pay of Rs 20,600 in the scale of pay of Rs 20,600-46,500 during the training period
- After successful completion of training, the trainees will be absorbed as Engineers in the scale of pay of Rs 24,900-50,500 with basic pay of Rs 24,900
Other Allowances:
- Dearness Allowance - Currently 126.9% of basic pay
- Perks and other Allowances - 46% of basic pay and
- benefits such as Leave, Medical facilities for self and dependent family members, Provident Fund, Gratuity, Performance Related Pay, Uniform, Subsidized Canteen Facilities, Company’s accommodation or HRA etc. will be admissible as per Company Rules as applicable from time to time
- The CTC will be Rs 8 lakhs (approximately) per annum for Engineer Trainees (ETs)
BHEL Recruitment Through GATE 2025 – Service Agreement Bond
Selected candidates will have to execute a service agreement bond of Rs 2,00,000 to serve the Company (or any Government Department or Undertaking at the discretion of the Company) for a period of three years after successful completion of training.
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The IIT Kharagpur placement details for the BTech Class of 2025 have not been released on the official website yet. Earlier, a total of 685 BTech students registered for the IIT Kharagpur placement session 2024. Out of these, 546 were successfully placed during IIT Kharagpur BTech placements 2024. So, the placement percentage was 79.7%. The key highlights of IIT Kharagpur BTech placement for the Class of 2024 are tabulated below:
| Particulars | BTech Placement Statistics (2025) |
|---|---|
| Students Registered | 685 |
| Students Placed | 546 |
| Placement rate | 79.7%. |
IIT Kharagpur, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati are three similarly-ranked Engineering institutes in India that are closely ranked by the NIRF Ranking Institution. Needless to say, these institutes have outstanding academic and placement achievements. Students look for informed decisions while choosing between the three. In NIRF Engineering ranking 2023, IIT Kharagpur stands at 6th position, whereas, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad are ranked at 7th and 8th position, respectively. Thus, indicating a close competition between the three.
IIT Kharagpur outshines IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati for having the largest campus area and being the oldest IIT. IIT Kharagpur came into existence in 1951, whereas, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad were established in 1994 and 2008, respectively. Comparing the institutes on academic grounds, IIT Kharagpur (108) offers a larger number of full-time courses than IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati.
In terms of placements, IIT Guwahati has released the overall statistics for BTech. IIT Kharagpur wins the race with the highest package of INR 2.40 crore per annum. The second slot is taken by IIT Guwahati with the highest package of INR 1.20 crore per annum. Then comes, IIT Hyderabad highest package of INR 90 LPA. The table below represents the IIT Kharagpur highest package comparison with other closely ranked IITs for the BTech placements:
| IIT Name | BTech (Highest Package) |
|---|---|
| IIT Kharagpur | INR 2.40 crore per annum |
| IIT Guwahati | - INR 1.20 crore per annum (domestic) - INR 72 LPA (international) |
| IIT Hyderabad | INR 90 LPA |
Students looking for more elaborated branch-wise placement information can read the below section comparing IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad. The highest package grabbed by the CE batch 2022 during the IIT Kharagpur phase-I placements was INR 55 LPA. The IIT Hyderabad CE highest package was very close and stood at INR 52 LPA. For other branches, such as CH, CS, EE, and ME, IIT Kharagpur beats IIT Hyderabad in terms of the highest package offered. The table below compares some of the common branches of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad for placements 2022:
BTech Branch | IIT Kharagpur (Highest Package) | IIT Hyderabad (Highest Package) |
|---|---|---|
CE | INR 55 LPA | INR 52 LPA |
CH | INR 58.45 LPA | INR 51.03 LPA |
CS | INR 160 LPA | INR 90 LPA |
EE | INR 60.72 LPA | INR 51.03 LPA |
ME | INR 82.69 LPA | INR 47.95 LPA |
MS | INR 16 LPA | INR 36 LPA |
Now let's compare the branch-wise median packages of the two institutes. CS emerged as the top branch in IIT Hyderabad and IIT Kharagpur with the highest median package of INR 28.48 LPA and INR 29.21 LPA, respectively. For more elaborated details refer to the table below:
BTech Branch | IIT Kharagpur (Median Package) | IIT Hyderabad (Median Package) |
|---|---|---|
CE | INR 15 LPA | INR 11 LPA |
CH | INR 16 LPA | INR 18 LPA |
CS | INR 29.21 LPA | INR 28.48 LPA |
EE | INR 21.28 LPA | INR 23.50 LPA |
ME | INR 16 LPA | INR 18.25 LPA |
MS | INR 15 LPA | INR 15.84 LPA |
NOTE: The statistics mentioned against IIT Kharagpur are for combined details for BTech and MTech and are for Phase-I placements.
The table below depicts the IIT Kharagpur LLB placement details 2024:
| Particulars | LLB Placement Statistics (2024) |
|---|---|
| Students Placed | 16 |
| Students Registered | 32 |

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IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology will release 6 rounds of JEE Main cutoffs for admission to BTech. The cutoffs will be released on a rolling basis, and the seats will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The cutoffs are based on factors such as Category, Performance, Seats Av
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The application fee is INR 500 for GE/EWS/OBC Male/ Transgender candidates and INR 250 for all Female or PwD/SC/ST candidates. Students must also pay the GATE application fee, while application. The same is as follows:
Candidate Category | On or before October 7 (in INR) | During the extended period (in INR) |
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Female candidates (per paper) | 850 | 1,350 |
SC/ST/PwD category candidates (per paper) | 850 | 1,350 |
All other candidates (per paper) | 1,700 | 2,200 |
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No, admissions into IIT Kharagpur without the JEE entrance exam is not possible if the candidate wishes to take admission in the BTech course. For other course admissions, IIT Karagpur accepts other entrance exam scores. However, only candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria for the BTech cou
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The answer to this question is both yes and no. Candidates can gain admissions into IIT Kharagpur without the JEE entrance exam however, in every other course other than BTech. Candidates who wish to gain admissions into the Flagship BTech course at IIT Kharagpur must appear for and clear the JEE ex
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While the B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) programme at IIT Kharagpur is highly prestigious and academically rigorous, its placement statistics reveal certain limitations compared to private universities like Lovely Professional University (LPU). In the 2024 placement season, IIT Kha
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BTech recorded the highest number of students placed during the 2024 placements. The course-wise students registered and the number of students placed during IIT Kharagpurplacements 2024 is showcased below:
Course
Registered Students (2024)
Students Placed (2024)
BArch
37
20
BTech
685
546
Dual Degree
641
442
MSc (5 year/ 6 year)
227
143
LLB
32
16
LLM
33
3
MTech+PhD (2 years)
775
403
MSc+PhD
155
38
MCP
40
19