PESL Recruitment Through GATE 2025: Check Dates, Eligibility, Fees, and Selection Process
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2025 ( GATE )
Admit Card - 2 Jan '26
Powergrid Energy Services Limited (PESL), a subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) will release the recruitment notification for Trainee Engineer Posts in Electrical Discipline. Candidates can check below to know more about recruitment.
PESL Recruitment Through GATE 2025: POWERGRID, on behalf of the PESL will recruit GATE-qualified candidates for the Trainee Engineer post in the Electrical discipline. Candidates qualified for GATE can register online within the prescribed dates and participate in recruitment.
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POWER GRID PESL 2025 Eligibility Criteria
No, a GATE score of 40 marks is relatively low for IITs and popular branches like CSE, ME, EE, and ME. The score is considered below average. However, if you score around 40 marks in GATE, you can opt for a branch or institution with less competition. Otherwise, you can attempt GATE next year with more practice and revision.
Read here more about GATE results - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-results
Candidates willing to apply for the program must meet the following criteria -
- Required qualification - Aspirants must have completed full-time graduation in any discipline- B.E/B.Tech or B.Sc Engineering in Electrical discipline or equivalent degree from a recognised university or institute. The minimum qualifying marks must be 60% or equivalent CGPA.
- Eligible disciplines - Electrical/Electrical (Power), Electrical and Electronics, Power Systems Engineering, Power Engineering (Electrical).
- Must have appeared and qualified for the GATE examination in Electrical Engineering paper.
- The upper age limit of the candidate must be 28 years.
- Relaxation is offered to the candidates as per the government norms.
PESL 2025 Selection Process
The selection process consists of normalised marks obtained (out of 100) in the corresponding GATE paper, followed by behavioural assessment, Group discussion, and personal interview. Candidates can check their qualification status through their candidate log-in to the Online Application System. Shortlisted candidates can also download their interview call letter and other relevant documents through the candidate login. Selected candidates can opt for the GD process in Hindi or English.
The final score of the candidate will be obtained based on the marking distribution -
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| GATE 2025 Marks (out of 100) |
84 |
| Group Discussion |
3% |
| Personal Interview |
12% |
Pay Scale/Designation on Regularisation
Selected candidates will undergo a one-year training period. During this period, they will be paid INR 30,000 to INR 1, 20 000/-, IDA, HRA, and perks at 12% of the Basic Pay per month. Once the training is complete, they will be offered the “Assistant Engineer” position at E0 level in the pay scale of INR 30 000 to INR 1,20 000/- IDA.
The selected candidates will be required to execute a service agreement bond of INR 5,00, 000/—for General/OBC (NCL), EWS candidates and INR 2,50,000/—for SC/ST and PwBD candidates to serve the Corporation for a minimum of three years after completing the training period.
PESL 2025 Application Fees
Students applying for GATE 2025 can opt for two subject papers from the prescribed set of combinations. Earlier, the candidates could apply to appear in only one subject. As a candidate can appear in only two papers (only approved set) of the 30 papers for which GATE 2025 will be conducted, they must carefully choose the papers they wish to write. A candidate is expected to appear in the papers appropriate to the discipline of his or her qualifying degree. However, he or she is free to choose any paper according to his or her admission plan, keeping in mind the GATE eligibility criteria of the institutions in which he or she wishes to seek admission. For more details regarding the admission criteria at any particular institute, the candidate is advised to refer to the websites of that institute. Those candidates opting for two paper combinations for GATE 2025 have a primary choice of paper as their default choice. The second choice of paper has to be chosen from the allowed combinations. Listed combinations are only allowed, and those that are not listed are not allowed. For more detail Read: https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-pattern.
A candidate can choose at least three exam cities while filling the GATE application form. The conducting authorities will conduct the GATE exam at around 200 exam centres from the issued list of GATE exam centres. For more information, candidates can refer to the article here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-centre
The qualifying marks in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) can vary based on various categories, such as paper, category, and subject. IIT Roorkee will announce the GATE 2025 exam results on March 19, 2025. Candidates can check their results on the GATE's official website - gate2025.iitr.ac.in.
The registration fee for the PESL GATE application form is INR 500 (non-refundable) for general category candidates. However, the fees are exempt for reserved category applicants.
How to Apply for the PESL GATE 2025 Application Form?
Eligible candidates interested in applying for the PESL Trainee Engineer position must register online by providing their GATE application and registration numbers. They must provide correct information, such as personal and educational qualifications and other details, and then upload legible copies. The candidates called for document verification are required to produce uploaded documents in original for verification -
| Document |
Maximum Size |
Format |
|---|---|---|
| Recent passport-size colour photograph (in white background) |
50 Kb |
JPG |
| Signature in Blue/Black ink |
50 Kb |
JPG |
| Date of Birth Proof: Matric/Birth Certificate (where DOB is mentioned) |
3 MB |
|
| Qualification Certificate (Degree) along with mark sheets of all semesters. |
10 MB |
|
| Candidates working in PSU or the Government sector must upload a “No objection” certificate from the present employer |
3 MB |
|
| Caste Certificate/EWS certificate in the prescribed Govt. format |
3 MB |
|
| PWBD Certificate |
3 MB |
|
| Scribe requirement certificate in the prescribed format |
3 MB |
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| Scanned Photo ID proof of the scribe |
3 MB |
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| Ex-Servicemen Discharge Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Domicile cum Age Relaxation certificate. |
3 MB |
|
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