Because of the Mahakumbh, for the candidates writing the GATE 2025 examinations on February 15^th and 16^th, 2025, at centers in Prayagraj, the examination will be held at centers in Lucknow.

In a statement issued by the GATE Organising Institute IIT Roorkee and JAM Organising Institute IIT Delhi, it is said: “Representations have been received from several candidates expressing their difficulty in reaching the examination centers in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh because of the huge congregation of devotees in Mahakumbh on February 15^th and 16^th, 2025. Therefore, the examination scheduled at centers in Prayagraj has been shifted to centers in Lucknow on these days (February 15^th and 16^th, 2025).”

The changed centre codes for the new centres with their names are listed below.

The GATE Admit cards are freshly released for the centers mentioned above.

The candidates must ensure the new test center name appears correctly while downloading the admit cards. All candidates should bring their photo ID as uploaded in the online application form and also mentioned in the admit card for proof of identity.

The candidates are advised to download the freshly released admits cards from the GOAPS portal (https://goaps.iitr.ac.in/login ) for GATE-2025