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

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) will soon release recruitment notifications for graduate engineer trainees based on the GATE 2025 marks. Candidates can check out the application form, dates, eligibility, and selection procedure for NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025.

NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025 - National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) will recruit candidates through the GATE 2025 score. The company will release the notification on its official website in April or May (tentative). NALCO will select the applicants with four years of BTech degree (graduate engineers) from Mechanical, Electrical, Metallurgy, Electronics, and Instrumentation streams. Candidates qualified for the GATE 2025 exam can apply online for the NALCO 2025 recruitment process. The application form for NALCO PSU recruitment through GATE 2025 is expected to be released in May 2025. The GATE 2025 exam was conducted on Feb 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025, and the results will be announced on March 19, 2025. 

Candidates can visit the official website, https://nalcoindia.com, to apply for the position. The expected number of vacancies for NALCO through GATE recruitment is 115. NALCO wants to be a reputed global company in the energy and metal sectors. To achieve this vision, the company is looking for committed, promising, and competent young graduate engineers. Read this article to learn about NALCO recruitment through GATE 2025.

About NALCO

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is Asia's one of the largest integrated primary producers of aluminium. It is a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines. NALCO was incorporated on 7th January 1981, with its registered office at Bhubaneswar.

NALCO is a group ‘A’ CPSE, having integrated and diversified operations in metal, power, and mining. In the financial year 2018-19, it has registered a record net profit of Rs 1732 crore. This was considered as the highest net profit in a decade and a sales turnover of Rs 11386 crore, which is the highest since inception. NALCO is also ahead of its private sector peers by registering an EBIDTA margin of 28 percent. Presently, the Indian government holds 51.5% equity of NALCO.

NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025: Total Vacancies (Tentative)

NALCO will invite the application for approximately 115 vacancies in the company across India. The below table represents the streamwise number of vacancies.

Engineering Branch	Vacancies
Mechanical	54
Electrical	32
Metallurgy	18
Electronics	5
Instrumentation	6
Chemical	-
Total	115

Disciplines and GATE Paper Allowed for NALCO Recruitment

Engineering branch	Disciplines considered	GATE Paper Code
Mechanical	Mechanical / Production Engineering	ME
Electrical	Electrical / Power Engineering	EE
Metallurgy	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Electronics	Electronics / Instrumentation/Telecom/Electrical Engineering	EC
Instrumentation	Electronics / Instrumentation/Telecom/Electrical Engineering	IN
Chemical Engineering	Chemical Engineering	CH

NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025: Important Dates

Look at the table below to know about the tentative dates for NALCO recruitment.

NALCO Events	Date (tentative)
Availability of NALCO application forms	Last week of April/May 2025
Last date to fill out the application form	Last week of May 2025
Interview dates	To be notified

NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025: Salary

Monthly Salary

The salary for graduate trainees is Rs.16400-3%-40500 for one year and after one year of training, it is Rs. 24900-3%-50500. A service agreement Bond of Rs. 3,00,000/- or Rs.4,00,000/- for training which will be imparted abroad, is to be executed by the candidate on a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.1500/- to work with the company for a minimum period of 4 years after completing the training of one year.

CTC

Approximate CTC* will be 8.2 lakhs per annum during the training period and after the confirmation is made after working as a trainee for one year to E1 grade, the CTC* would be approximate 12.12 lakhs per annum. Candidates will also be entitled to Dearness Allowance under the cafeteria approach such as:

• HRA

• Medical facility for self & dependents and

• Superannuation benefits: Contributory, Provident Fund, Gratuity

NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025: Eligibility Criteria

Nationality: Only candidates from India can apply under NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025.

Educational Qualification: Candidates must have a full-time Regular Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Technology

• Minimum aggregate of 65% for general category and OBC category 

• 55% aggregate for SC/ST/PWD category

Age limit

• 30 years for the general category 

• 35 for SC/ST and 33 for OBC categories

Final Year Students: Candidates in the final year of Engineering or MCA can also apply for NALCO Recruitment through Gate 2022 but there are certain conditions such as:

• They need to pass the exam with the minimum percentage same as mentioned above.

• The aspirant must have passed this exam before their personal interview.

Important Note

• All the qualifications must be from recognized Government Universities or Institutions, UGC recognized Universities or Institutions, UGC recognized Indian deemed Universities or AICTE approved courses.

• If the candidate has been awarded CGPA/OGPA or any letter grade, they must declare the equivalent percentage of marks according to the conditions of the Institute/University in the online application form.

NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025: Application Process

• Candidates will need their GATE 2025 Registration number to apply for the NALCO recruitment through GATE 2025.

• Click on the online application link on the official website of NALCO.

• Candidates are advised to read all the instructions and conditions related to eligibility criteria before filling out the online registration form.

• Aspirants of NALCO will need a scanned copy of their recent passport size colour photograph, GATE 2022 Admit Card and signature and they need to match with same as the GATE Application form.

Documents Required

All the documents have to be in .jpg format and within 100 KB in size.

• Scanned copy of the GATE 2025 Admit Card

• A passport photo similar to the GATE Application form

• A scanned copy of the signature same as the GATE Application form

• All the marks sheet as per the requisite qualification

• ePayment Receipt must be in PDF format

Note: A candidate can apply for one post only.

NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025: Cutoff

Cut-off for NALCO depends on various factors, such as:

• The number of candidates who appeared for the NALCO exam

• Number of candidates who have cleared the exam

• The difficulty level of the question paper

• Number of vacancies

• Cut off marks sectional wise of the paper

The below table will give you an idea about the expected Cutoff for NALCO Recruitment through GATE. Have a look:

Discipline	Category
-	GEN	OBC	SC	ST
Mechanical	76.02	72.00	60.55	47.53
Electrical	51.87	46.94	40.05	41.37
Electronics	66.28	—	44.59	—
Instrumentation	55.00	49.33	—	—
Metallurgy	76.33	73.00	65.33	46.33
Civil	63.47	57.34	—	—
Mining	63.33	—	—	44.00
Chemical	51.33	42.00	40.67	—

NALCO Recruitment through GATE 2025: Selection Process

• Candidates must be medically fit according to NALCO’s pre-employment medical standard. 

• Candidates will undergo a medical examination by the NALCO Medical Board. 

• The final decision will be made after the approved medical fitness. Health standards and medical rules will not be relaxed.

• Candidates must have a valid score in GATE 2025.

• After all the steps mentioned above, candidates will then be interviewed for the position of Graduate Engineer Trainee.

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