JAMMU After nearly 180 Kashmiri students, who are scheduled to write Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examination in Jammu on Sunday, were airlifted from here in a special Indian Air Force (IAF) plane on Friday, the ministry of Human Resource development (MHRD) has set up six exam centres in Kashmir.
“Due to heavy snowfall, the valley was cut off from the rest of world due to closure of national highway and cancellation of flights. In view of above, state authorities in coordination with Indian Air Force arranged an aircraft to airlift the students appearing for GATE examination,” one of the officials said.
They said 179 students left for Jammu Friday afternoon by C-17 aircraft from the Srinagar airport.
Meanwhile, , the ministry of Human Resource development (MHRD) has set up six exam centres in Kashmir.
Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Syed Abid Rashid Shah announced the development on Twitter and said the exam centres were set up in Kashmir after the personal intervention of chief secretary of J&K state.
He said the GATE aspirants in Kashmir will get the detailed message from IIT Madras which is the coordinating authority for exact allocation of centres.
The aspirants will get the information about their centre details on their registered mobile numbers and email, Shah said.
As per the notification, the GATE exam centres have been setup at Haktech IT service Sidco industrial estate, near IT tower Rangreth, KITE polytechnic at Wawoosa Rangreth, Eshai Online Services Bishamber Nagar, Munwarabad, Faster Computer Education Rawalpora, Infotech Computer Education and SSM college of engineering and Technology Diver Parihaspora.
The GATE aspirants who have to appear in GATE tomorrow and day after (February 09 ad 10) will be allotted exam centres among these centres notified by the IIT Madras, the notification reads.
Meanwhile, the deputy commissioner said these centres were notified on basis of available infrastructure and technical support to be provided to the examinees. GATE is server based exam for which there was a requirement of huge technical support, he said.
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