Kanpur: Around 1,700 candidates appeared for
a glitch-free online Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE) in two streams at the seven IITs, besides Bangalore's
Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
Online tests for Textile Engineering and Fibre Science
and Mining Engineering were yesterday simultaneously held at
eight centres, IIT-Kanpur Director Sanjay Govind Dhande said.
Apprehensions about the test, especially after technical
glitches in the online CAT exam, were laid to rest after 212
students completed the test without any problems at two
centres here, Dhande said.
The remaining 19 papers of GATE would be held at the
fixed centres on February 14.
The IIT-Kanpur Director also said enhanced use of online
tests would now take place after yesterday's successful
completion of the entrance examination.
- PTI
First Published: Tuesday, February 09, 2010, 00:44