Checked 29 September 2026. From each PSU’s own advertisements and cut-off notices, 2024–2026, POWERGRID’s ET-2027 advertisement of 24 September 2026 and NSPCL’s Advertisement 02A/2026. PSUs change disciplines, papers and vacancies every year; read the current advertisement before relying on any row here.
Lists of “PSUs through GATE ECE” usually name a dozen organisations. Checked against the PSUs’ own 2024–2026 advertisements, three were verified in this pass as recruiting Electronics graduates on a GATE EC score: POWERGRID (with its subsidiary CTUIL), NTPC and NPCIL. A fourth has since announced a GATE-2027 intake: NSPCL, the NTPC-SAIL joint venture, whose Advertisement 02A/2026 lists Electronics (EC) among five disciplines. Several others that appear on those lists either run their own computer-based test, take Electronics graduates through a different GATE paper, or have no Electronics discipline at all. This guide sets out what each of the three offered, the cut-offs they published, and what the others actually do. Each PSU uses a different scale — POWERGRID raw GATE marks, NTPC All India Rank, NPCIL GATE score — so the numbers below cannot be compared directly without converting them.
POWERGRID Notice 4 (31.10.2025); NTPC notice 27.07.2026; NPCIL notice 19.05.2026; NSPCL Advertisement 02A/2026.
Where other pages get this wrong
ONGC’s 2026 recruitment (Advt 2/2026) is “through Computer Based Test (CBT)” — held on 6 September 2026 — with 52 posts and no Electronics stream.
Commonly published instead: PW: “The selection process does not involve a separate written test … Shortlisting relies directly on the candidate’s GATE marks”; ExamDetail lists “Electronics & Comm. Engineering — EC — 30–50” GATE 2026 posts at ONGC.
ONGC Advt 2/2026: Petroleum 9, Mechanical 27, Chemical 10, Instrumentation 2, Geology 4.
Who takes GATE EC, and who does not
| PSU (recruitment) | GATE year | EC accepted? | Posts / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWERGRID ET-2027 | 2027 | Yes — Engineer Trainee (Electronics) | Vacancies “shall be indicated in the notification”; ≥60% in Electronics/E&C/E&T/Telecom; age ≤28 on 31.03.2027; ₹40,000–1,40,000 in training; bond ₹5 lakh (₹2.5 lakh SC/ST/PwBD) |
| POWERGRID ET-2026 | 2026 | Yes | Vacancy notification not yet issued (last notice 06.04.2026: “shall be issued shortly”); final score = GATE marks 85% + GD 3% + interview 12% |
| POWERGRID / CTUIL ET-2025 | 2025 | Yes | 6 posts, all in CTUIL (none in POWERGRID itself); 35 shortlisted; 6 selected |
| NTPC EET-2025 | 2025 | Yes — Electronics maps to EC (Instrumentation to IN) | 125 for Electronics and Instrumentation combined (UR 61, EWS 12, OBC 34, SC 13, ST 5); ≥65% (55% SC/ST/PwBD); age ≤27 |
| NTPC EET-2027 | 2027 only | Yes (CE, ME, EE, EC, IN, CS) | Detailed advertisement to follow |
| NSPCL EET-2027 (02A/2026) | 2027 only | Yes (ME, EE, EC, IN, CE) | Advance advertisement (supersedes 02/2026); shortlist on GATE-2027 performance; previous years’ GATE marks not accepted; detailed advertisement after the exam |
| NPCIL ET-2026 | 2024, 2025 or 2026 | Yes — Electronics needs a valid GATE EC score | 50 of 330 (UR 19, EWS 5, SC 8, ST 3, OBC 15); stipend ₹74,000/month in training; selection on interview only — “No weightage will be given to GATE Score” |
| GAIL ET 2026 / 2027 | 2026 / 2027 | No — Electronics graduates apply to ET (Instrumentation) through GATE IN | ET (Instrumentation) 2026: 21 posts |
| ONGC 2026 | — | No — own CBT; no Electronics stream | 52 posts |
| IOCL 2025, 2026 | — | No — own CBT (E&C graduates eligible) | See IOCL’s own advertisement |
| BHEL 2025 | — | No — own CBE | 20 Electronics Engineer Trainees (Supervisor Trainee posts advertised separately) |
| Grid-India, NHPC, DVC | GATE | No EC paper | Grid-India: Electrical and CS; NHPC: Civil/Electrical/Mechanical; DVC C&I via GATE IN |
Official PSU advertisements and notices, 2024–2026 (sources below). BEL, AAI, NLC, ECIL, BSNL and others were not checked in this pass — do not assume they recruit through GATE EC without a current advertisement.
Which PSU recruitments take your GATE EC year?
Pick the GATE year of your EC score. The list shows the 2025–27 PSU recruitments that accept GATE EC, from each PSU’s own advertisement.
Official PSU advertisements and notices (sources below). Not through GATE EC: ONGC 2026 (own CBT, no Electronics stream), IOCL and BHEL (own tests), GAIL (Electronics graduates only via GATE IN), Grid-India, NHPC and DVC. Cut-offs are on different scales (GATE marks, All India Rank, GATE score) and cannot be compared across PSUs.
POWERGRID: the cut-offs in GATE marks
| Round | UR | OBC-NCL | EWS | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATE-2024, 1st call | 52.67 | 47.33 | 45.67 | 40 | 39.33 |
| GATE-2024, 2nd round | 45 | 39.33 | 34.33 | – | – |
| GATE-2025 (Notice 4, 31.10.2025) | 62.33 | 51.33 | 43.67 | – (no post) | – (no post) |
POWERGRID cut-off marks for calling to document verification, group discussion and interview (Electronics, GATE paper EC). These are raw GATE marks, not scores. GATE-2025 PwBD (I/c): 18.67.
Read these against the GATE mark tables (the marks-vs-rank guide in this series): 52.67 marks in 2024 was a score of about 760 — roughly the top 150 of 63,092 who appeared — and 62.33 marks in 2025 a score of about 790, roughly the top 170 of 81,475 (our conversions with each year’s official formula inputs). With only six posts in the 2025 cycle, about six candidates were called per post (35 shortlisted). POWERGRID’s final GATE-2025 cut-off for the pre-employment medical, combining GATE, group discussion and interview, was 65.015 UR and 67.556 OBC-NCL — higher for OBC-NCL than UR, as printed, which happens when a category has one or two posts.
| POWERGRID ET-2025 final cut-off (Electronics) | Score |
|---|---|
| UR | 65.015 |
| OBC-NCL | 67.556 |
| EWS | 55.771 |
| PwBD (I/c) | 27.465 |
POWERGRID Notice 8 (21.11.2025): GATE-2025 score + group discussion + interview.
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | GATE EC (official report) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 25 | 26.4 | Qualifying mark (GEN) |
| 61.95 | 71.92 | 71.59 | Topper average M̄t |
| 63,092 | 81,475 | 95,752 | Appeared |
| 305–817 | 469–1,275 | 681–2,060 | Score 600–700 band, ranks |
| 241 / 35 | 874 / 225 | 1,430 / 318 | Scored ≥ 50 / ≥ 60 marks (our sums) |
GATE statistical reports 2024–2026. Our conversions in this guide use score = 350 + 550 × (marks − qualifying mark) ÷ (M̄t − qualifying mark) with these inputs; the marks-vs-rank guide in this series has the full tables.
NTPC: the cut-offs in All India Rank
| Notice | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EET-2024 (GATE-2024) DV shortlist | 479 | 1,574 | 1,254 | 3,224 | NA |
| EET-2025 first shortlist (16.04.2026) | 304 | 528 | 489 | 875 | 1,999 |
| EET-2025 “Replacement LOI” | 489 | 1,218 | 839 | 2,062 | 2,362 |
| EET-2025 as on 07.07.2026 | 679 | 1,780 | 937 | 2,062 | 2,362 |
| EET-2025 as on 27.07.2026 | 738 | 2,062 | 1,034 | 2,062 | 2,362 |
NTPC cut-off notices, Electronics (GATE All India Rank, not scores). NTPC advertised Electronics and Instrumentation as one 125-post line but published separate cut-offs.
From the table above: each later list reached further down the GATE-2025 ranks.
NTPC works down the rank list as offers are declined: the UR cut-off moved from rank 304 to 738 over four lists in 2026. Rank 738 in GATE-2025 EC sat in the 600–700 score band (ranks 469–1,275), which in 2025 meant roughly 51–53 raw marks (our reading of the mark tables). For EET-2027, NTPC will use GATE 2027 marks only — and so will NSPCL, its joint venture with SAIL (power plants at Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela), whose Advertisement 02A/2026 takes Electronics through GATE-2027 and leaves posts, eligibility and dates to a detailed advertisement after the exam.
NPCIL: a GATE-score shortlist, then interview only
| Stage (Electronics, ET-2026) | UR | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATE-score cut-off for interview (19.05.2026) | 698 | 585 | 605 | 495 | 475 |
| Interview marks — selected (03.07.2026) | 75.285 | 71.857 | 68.714 | 66.857 | 64.428 |
| Interview marks — after waitlist 2 (25.08.2026) | 72.571 | 71.857 | 67.571 | 66.714 | 64.143 |
NPCIL notices 19.05.2026 (scanned; values read from the page image), 03.07.2026 and 25.08.2026. Any of GATE 2024, 2025 or 2026 counted. Electronics had the second-highest UR score cut-off after Civil (746); Electrical 630, Mechanical 618.
NPCIL is the clearest case of GATE as a filter, not a ranking: the score only decides who is interviewed, and “no weightage will be given to GATE Score” in the final selection. A GATE score of 698 corresponds to about 55 marks in the 2026 EC paper (our conversion) — between the 1,430 candidates who scored 50 or more that year and the 318 who scored 60 or more. The score could come from GATE 2024, 2025 or 2026, each with its own conversion.
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Every PSU cut-off above sits well inside the top 2,000 of the paper. The GATE EC quizzes help lift the subject marks that get there.
The ProSyllabus GATE EC library has topic quizzes on diode circuits and clippers, Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps, transfer functions and block diagrams, signals and systems, Maxwell’s equations, and antennas and propagation — the first quiz is free.
Which PSUs recruit through GATE EC in 2026-27?
Verified in this pass: POWERGRID (and CTUIL), NTPC and NPCIL, by their own advertisements, plus NSPCL, whose Advertisement 02A/2026 takes Electronics through GATE-2027; BEL, AAI, NLC, ECIL and others were not checked.
Does ONGC recruit through GATE 2026?
No — ONGC’s 2026 drive used its own CBT, with no Electronics stream.
Does GAIL take GATE EC?
No — Electronics graduates apply to ET (Instrumentation) through GATE IN.
What was the POWERGRID GATE cut-off for ECE?
62.33 marks UR for GATE-2025 and 52.67 for GATE-2024 (first call).
What was the NTPC GATE EC cut-off?
For EET-2025 the UR All India Rank called went from 304 to 738.
What is the NPCIL GATE score cut-off for Electronics?
698 (UR) in 2026; selection was then on interview only.
How many POWERGRID posts were there for EC in GATE-2025?
Six, all in its subsidiary CTUIL.
Do IOCL and BHEL use GATE?
Not in their 2025–26 recruitments — both used their own tests.
More in this series
- GATE EC 2027 syllabus changes: FIR/IIR, PID, Miller and more
- GATE EC marks vs score vs rank, 2023–2026
- GATE EC previous papers 2024–2026, counted question by question
- M.Tech after GATE EC: CCMT and IIT cut-offs for VLSI and communication
- GATE EC vs EE vs IN (and RA): which paper to write in 2027
- GATE EC notice board — official updates
Sources
- official — POWERGRID — Engineer Trainee 2027 through GATE 2027, CC/03/2026 (24.09.2026)
- official — POWERGRID — Engineer Trainee 2026 through GATE 2026, Advt CC/04/2025
- official — POWERGRID — ET through GATE 2025, vacancy notification (Notice 1, 30.09.2025)
- official — POWERGRID — GATE 2025 EC shortlist and cut-off marks (Notice 4, 31.10.2025)
- official — POWERGRID — GATE 2025 CS & EC selected list and final cut-offs (Notice 8, 21.11.2025)
- official — POWERGRID — GATE 2024 Engineer Trainee interview cut-off marks
- official — NTPC — careers (EET-2025 through GATE 2025 AIR cut-off notices; Ad 11/26 through GATE 2027)
- official — NSPCL (NTPC-SAIL Power Company) — Advertisement 02A/2026, supersedes 02/2026: Engineering Executive Trainees-2027 through GATE-2027, incl. Electronics (advance advertisement; undated, PDF of 18.09.2026)
- official — NPCIL — Executive Trainee 2026 detailed advertisement NPCIL/HQ/HRM/ET/2026/02
- official — NPCIL — ET 2026 GATE-score and interview-marks cut-off notices (May–Aug 2026)
- official — GAIL — Executive Trainee through GATE 2026, detailed advertisement (20.02.2026)
- official — GAIL — Executive Trainee through GATE 2027, first advertisement (01.09.2026)
- official — ONGC — Advt 2/2026 (R&P), Engineers and Geologists through CBT
- official — IOCL — latest job openings (own CBT, 2025 and 2026)
- official — BHEL — ET & ST Advt 03/2025 (own CBE)
- official — Grid-India — ET through GATE 2027, CC/26/2026
- official — GATE 2025 Statistical and Performance Report (IIT Roorkee, PDF)
- official — GATE 2024 Statistical and Performance Report (IISc, PDF; archived copy)
- reported — PW — ONGC Graduate Engineer Trainee recruitment 2026 (reported; see corrections)
- reported — PW — List of PSUs for ECE through GATE (reported; see corrections)
official = a document published by the conducting body. reported = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.
