IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025

IOCL GATE 2025 Recruitment Notification will be out soon. Candidates can check out the application form, dates, eligibility, and selection procedure for IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025 below -

IOCL Recruitment Through GATE 2025: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) will release the notification for recruitment through GATE 2025 on its official website: www.iocl.com. The notification is expected to be released in the first week of June 2025, soon after the declaration of GATE 2025 results (March 19, 2025). IIT Roorkee will conduct the GATE 2025 exams on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025. 

The IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025 will be conducted for engineering graduates of Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Instrumentation, and Mechanical streams. Candidates of other than these disciplines are not eligible to apply for vacancies in the organisation. 

With 151st rank (in 2020) in “Fortune Global 500” listing, IOCL is India’s largest commercial enterprise. IOCL is the first Indian company listed in 2016 among the top 500 companies in the world. Indian Oil’s business interests straddle the entire hydrocarbon value chain– from refining, pipeline transportation and marketing of petroleum products to exploration and production of crude oil and gas, marketing of natural gas and petrochemicals.

Selected candidates will be recruited for either of the posts of Graduate Engineers, Engineers /Officers and Post Graduate Engineers in the organisation. Candidates having a Postgraduate degree in Chemistry will be appointed as the Assistant Officer/Graduate Engineer/Officer based on their GATE 2025 scores and performance in the interview. Read below to find more details related to important dates of IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025, application form, eligibility criteria, selection criteria, etc read through the article below.

IOCL Job Profile

Selected candidates can be posted as engineers in any of the divisions of IOCL including Refineries, Marketing, Pipelines, and Business Development, Information Systems, Optimization or In Subsidiary/Joint Venture Companies. For detailed job profiles, candidates can check the following table:

Division	Post
Refineries	Engineering services, process, production, projects, power plant, maintenance, inspection, etc.
Marketing	Aviation Services, Engineering, Operations, Maintenance and Inspection, Sales and Marketing, Technical Services, Quality Control, etc.
Pipelines	Operations and maintenance, constructions, projects, etc.
Business Development	Petrochemicals, polymer projects, operations, sales and marketing, gas, renewable energy, and sustainable development.

Petroleum engineers will be posted in the Exploration and Production Business Vertical of Business Development Division. They will supervise drilling operations and prepare to drill engineering designs, calculations and drilling programs for the blocks operated by Indian Oil.

IOCL Selection Process

The selection procedure for Officers/Engineers/GAEs/Research Officers in IOCL will comprise of the following steps:

Valid GATE Score: Candidates must have appeared and qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineers (GATE) 2025 with good scores in concerned disciplines. Candidates must keep in mind that though the GATE score is valid for three years but PSUs only consider the score of the current year. It means that for getting recruited in 2025, students must have a valid GATE 2025 score.

After qualifying the GATE, candidates will be shortlisted based on their scores for rounds ahead:

• Group Discussion (GD)/Group Task (GT)
• Personal Interview (PI) for assessment of different facets of knowledge, skills, etc.

Other than qualifying GATE, Candidates have to qualify separately in Group Discussion (GD)/Group Task (GT) and Personal Interview (PI) successfully. Candidates’ scores in the GATE, GD/GT, and PI will be the basis of preparing a discipline- wise merit list.

IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Important Dates

Candidates can check all the important dates related to IOCL recruitment through GATE 2025 below:

GATE 2025 Events	GATE 2025 Dates
GATE 2025 Application form availability	August 28, 2024
Last date to fill GATE 2025 application form	October 3, 2024
Last date to register with late fee	October 11, 2024
GATE 2025 Admit card availability	January 2, 2025
Availability of applications for IOCL Recruitment	To be announced
GATE 2025 Exam day	February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025
Last date to fill/submit application form for IOCL Recruitment	To be announced
Issue of Interview Call Letter	June, 2025 (tentative)
GATE 2025 Result announcement	March 19, 2025

IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Eligibility Criteria

Candidates will be required to fulfill the following eligibility conditions before getting recruited for IOCL. Various key aspects under eligibility conditions have been explained in detail below:

Qualifying Examination

Aspirants must have passed qualifying degree examinations and awarded bachelor’s degree in engineering/technology (full-time regular courses only)

For MTech candidates: Students pursuing or have completed MTech are also eligible to apply for IOCL Recruitment through GATE subject to their graduation pursued in the specified disciplines only. They will also be required to qualify the GATE in the specified subject of the respective discipline.

For Integrated ME/MTech candidates: They are also eligible to apply, provided they have completed or are completing the course requirement for BE/BTech in one of the core disciplines advertised and have completed ME/MTech. During the selection and interview, the candidates must possess and produce both BE/BTech and ME/MTech degrees.

Who’s not eligible? Candidates having completed or who are pursuing their graduation in combined/integrated disciplines/inter-disciplinary subjects like Mechatronics/Robotics etc will not be considered eligible.

Pass Percentage

General and OBC (NCL) category candidates must have secured at least 65% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination, whereas for SC/ST and PwD candidates the eligibility is minimum 55% aggregate marks.

Final year students

At the time of applying, candidates belonging to General & OBC-NCL categories must have secured a minimum of 65% aggregate marks Candidates of SC/ST/PWD categories are required to have obtained at least 55% aggregate marks. This is up to the last semester/year examination at the time of applying For Selection. Such candidates have to submit their final mark sheet by August 31, 2024.

Age Limit 

Candidates belonging to General Category should not be more than 28 years of age. Relaxation for reserved category candidates will be as per the Government regulations. For Assistant Officers in Quality Control, the age limit is 30 years.

NOC

Candidates employed in Government/Semi-Government/Central/State Government Departments/Public Sector Undertakings must produce ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their employer at the time of Interview

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit as under will be extended as per Presidential Directives:

Category	Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
SC/ ST	5 years
PwBD	10 years
Candidates domiciled in J&K between 1.1.1980 – 31.12.1989	5 years
Ex-servicemen & Commissioned Officers (including ECOs/SSCOs) subject to rendering minimum 5 years’ military service and fulfillment of other conditions prescribed by Government of India.	5 years

IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Steps to Apply

Candidates have to follow the below-mentioned steps to apply for IOCL Recruitment through GATE:

Stage-1: Online Registration for GATE 2025 examination

Candidates must have applied/registered for the GATE 2025 using the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) before the last date i.e. October 7 (with late fees). 

Stage-2: Online Application in Indian Oil with GATE Registration No.

• Visit the official website of IOCL i.e. www.iocl.com
• Click on the “Careers” option and open the GATE 2025 link.
• On the page, click “Apply Online” and a new popup will appear on the screen.
• Enter the required details like Discipline, GATE registration number, and Date of Birth (DOB).
• Enter personal and qualification details, thereafter, upload the scanned copy of recent photograph and signature.
• Click on the submit button, a unique ID will be generated along with the application form.

IOCL Salary Band

• Candidates selected as Engineers/Officers will be receiving a monthly remuneration of INR 60,000. Also, the recruited candidates will get different allowances as per the rules of the Corporation.
• Other Allowances or Benefits will include DA, HRA/Subsidised Housing Accommodation (depending upon the place of posting), medical facilities, performance-related pay, gratuity, contributory provident fund, employees’ pension scheme, group personal accident insurance scheme, leave encashment, LTC, contributory superannuation benefit fund scheme, conveyance advance, performance-related incentives, etc.
• The Cost to Company (CTC) will be around INR 17.00 lakhs per annum inclusive of Performance Related Pay. The Actual CTC may vary, depending on the place of posting, and other factors.