AAI Recruitment through GATE 2025: Application Form, Dates, Eligibility, Vacancy Details

Candidates can check details related to AAI Recruitment through GATE for Graduate Trainees such as application form, dates, eligibility, and selection process below.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will tentatively release the application form for AAI recruitment through GATE in May 2025. Civil, Electrical, and Electronics Engineering and Architecture graduates with valid GATE 2025 scores will only be eligible to apply. Interested candidates will be required to pay an application fee of Rs 300 online (reserved category, female, and PwD candidates are exempt).

Candidates will be shortlisted for various jobs in AAI based on their GATE 2025 scores. The shortlisted candidates will have to report for document verification for final selection. Read the article below to check the details of AAI Recruitment through GATE 2025, like important dates, the application process, eligibility parameters, the selection procedure, and more.

About AAI

Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Miniratna Public Sector Unit (PSU), manages a total of 137 airports which include 23 International airports (3 Civil Enclaves), 10 Customs Airports (4 Civil Enclaves) and 104 Domestic airports (23 Civil Enclaves). AAI provides air navigation services over 2.8 million square nautical miles of air space. The organization is entrusted with the responsibility of creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure both on the ground and air space in the country.

AAI Recruitment Job Profile

The candidates recruited through GATE usually work in CNS (Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance) departments. They look after various technical equipment installed at airports to aid flights, maintain security and perform other operations. The major task of the recruited engineers is to take readings continuously, keep a record, and maintain the desired performance. In case of failure or malfunction, they identify and repair the same. Check the job profile of engineers recruited through GATE in AAI below:

AAI Junior Executive Job Profile (Electrical Engineering)

AAI Junior Executive in Electrical Engineering takes care of maintenance and smooth running of the electrical infrastructure and includes tasks such as:

• Maintenance of all the electrical equipment.
• Reading design specifications and technical drawings.
• Researching suitable solutions and estimating costs and timescales.
• Recording, analyzing and interpreting test data.
• Servicing equipment regularly.

AAI Junior Executive Job Profile (Civil Engineering)

The Work of an AAI Junior Executive in Civil Engineering is centred around executing maintenance and construction of structures, runways, etc. and includes tasks such as:

• Undertaking technical and feasibility studies.
• Compiling job specs and supervising tendering procedures.
• Resolving design and development problems.
• Managing project resources.
• Assessing the sustainability and environmental impact of projects

Vacancy Details of AAI Recruitment through GATE 2025

Candidates can check the tentative vacancy details below. The vacancy in the table below is per last year's notification.

AAI Recruitment through GATE: Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility conditions for AAI recruitment are listed below:

• The nationality of the candidate must be Indian.
• Candidates belonging to the unreserved category should NOT be older than 27. The age limit for OBC and SC/ST candidates is 30 and 32, respectively.
• For Ex‐servicemen, age relaxation is applicable as per the rules prescribed by the Government of India.
• Relaxation by 05 (Five) Years for the candidate who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989. Such candidates have to provide the certificate for the same issued by District Magistrate/Block Development Officer/Sub Divisional Officer at the time of document verification.
• The Date of Birth mentioned in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate will only be accepted.

Academic Qualification

• Candidates must have completed or in the final year of a full-time undergraduate degree in the respective stream from a recognised institute/university. Any undergraduate degree acquired through distance learning/part-time or equivalent qualifications such as AMIE/Certificate will not be acceptable.
• Applicants must have scored at least 60% marks in their bachelor’s degree.
• Only candidates with qualifying GATE 2025 normalized marks will be eligible to apply for the post of Junior Executives.

Check the branch-wise eligibility criteria for AAI recruitment through GATE 2025 below.

AAI Recruitment through GATE 2025 – How to Apply?

Candidates interested in AAI vacancies will be required to follow the below instructions carefully before applying online:

Step-1 – Sign Up

• Candidates will be required to register on the website signing up.
• After registrations, candidates will be required to enter their name, a valid Email ID, mobile number, GATE Year, Paper, Registration Number, All India Rank (AIR), Score and Marks (out of 100)
• After successful registration, candidates will receive a username and password on their registered e-mail ID. 

Step-2 – Log in

• Log in using the username and password. 
• Candidates must change the given password to one that is suitable to them.
• After logging in, candidates should fill up the details left to complete the GATE 2025 application form.
• Candidates must check all the filled-in details before submitting the application form.

Step-3 – Uploading the photograph and signature

Candidates must upload their signature and photograph as instructed. The dimensions and specifications for the same are given below.

Step-4 – Payment of the application fee

• After uploading the documents and submitting the application form finally, candidates should wait for 24 hours to make the payment
• Female/ Pwd/ SC/ST candidates need not pay the fees and can directly print their application form by going to the print option.
• The application fees of Rs 300 are to be paid online through Internet Banking/Debit/Credit Card only from the State Bank Collect System.
• Candidates must note the 10-digit Transaction Reference Number starting with “DU” that is generated after payment for their future reference.

AAI Recruitment - Selection Process

Candidates will be screened based on normalised GATE 2025 Scores. Shortlisted candidates will be called directly for document verification at the corporate headquarters in New Delhi.

• The call letter for document verification will be sent to the candidates' registered email ID.
• At the time of document verification, must produce their original and photocopies of the documents including a copy of the call letter, proof of identity, and original certificates. All photocopies must be self‐attested by the candidates.
• Candidates employed in a Government/Semi‐Government/PSU establishment are required to produce a NOC from the current employer at the time of document verification.
• Post document verification, the selection will be done as per the merit list prepared on the GATE 2025 Normalized Marks of applicants.