GATE 2022 Exam Not Postponed! Know truth about IIT Kharagpur's viral notice

GATE 2022 Exam Postponement - Viral notice by IIT Kharagpur, what is the truth?

GATE 2022 Exam is scheduled to be held on February 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2022. Recently, IIT Kharagpur’s notification regarding the exam postponement has gone viral on social media. It created a lot of confusion among aspirants. Candidates can read below the reality of this notification.

The notification gave students a hint that the GATE exam is likely to be postponed. However, no such notification has been released by the IIT Kharagpur on the official website of GATE 2022 i.e. gate.iitkgp.ac.in. So far, the GATE exam postponement has been demanded by the aspirants only. IIT Kharagpur has not released any new notification claiming that it would consider changing exam dates.

The viral notification reads, "The health and safety of our examination participants are of utmost priority. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, all dates mentioned on this website may change. In rare cases, the GATE 2022 examination may be postponed or cancelled due to situations beyond control."

All students must strictly note that there is no official communication from IIT Kharagpur regarding the postponement or rescheduling of GATE 2022. As of now, the exam will be held as per the scheduled dates i.e., February 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2022. 

As far as exam postponement is concerned, over 23,000 students have joined a petition and submitted it to the IIT Kharagpur. However, the institute has not responded to the petition. In addition to that, students took it to various social media platforms and tagged IIT Kharagpur to Postpone GATE 2022 exam. Following this, Shiksha.com also conducted a survey among GATE aspirants to understand what they want. The results were not surprising as the majority (around 80 per cent) of them wanted the exam to be postponed. 

IIT Kharagpur has already released the GATE 2022 Admit Card on the official website on January 15, 2022.  All candidates must carry their admit cards to the exam hall with an original id card, as without it, they will not be allowed to appear in GATE 2022.