Ans. In line with the previous trends, GATE ES 2023 is expected to be conducted in the month of February 2023 tentatively. Official dates for GATE 2023 will be released by the month of September 2022 tentatively.

Ans. For a normal application, Women candidates and SC/ST/PwD candidates will have to pay INR 750 while all other candidates will have to pay INR 1000 as application fee for GATE ES 2023. International Students will be paying USD 100 for the application fee.

Ans. The list of documents required for GATE ES 2023 Application form is mentioned below:

• Personal information such as the candidate's name, date of birth, phone number, parents' names, phone numbers, and so on.
• Address for communication (including PIN code).
• Details on the degree of eligibility.
• Name and location of the college (with PIN code).
• Paper for GATE (subject choice).
• Cities for GATE examinations can be chosen.
• Scanned image of the candidate's photo and signature in the format and dimensions specified.
• Scanned copy of the eligibility certificate in pdf format (Degree or Provisional certificate, or certificate from the Head of Department/Institute in the format provided).
• Scanned copy of Category (SC/ST), PwD, or Dyslexic certificate in pdf format (where applicable).
• Jammu and Kashmir candidates' declaration (candidates who are unable to obtain documents due to restrictions in the region).
• Specifications of a valid identification document

Ans. Yes, students are allowed to take a secondary paper along with GATE ES as their primary choice. However there are restrictions over which subjects can be chosen in combination with the primary subject chosen.

Ans. In GATE 2023 there are only certain subjects allowed as a choice for secondary paper along with the Environmental Science and Engineering paper as the primary choice.

Students can opt for following papers as secondary choice along with ES as primary choice:

• Agricultural Engineering (AG),
• Civil Engineering (CE),
• Geomatics Engineering (GE)

Ans. In 2022, Saurabh Singh Yadav, a IIT Kanpur graduate secured an AIR 1 in GATE ES 2022 with a score of 77 out of 100.

Ans. There are numerous online resources available for preparation of GATE ES. Online GATE Coaching Institutes such as

• Unacademy GATE
• NPTEL
• GATE Academy

are few of the renowned online coaching institutes for GATE ES.

Ans. GATE ES 2023 will be a combination of General Aptitude and Subject specific paper for a total of 100 marks with negative marking (except NAT). It will be a Computer Based Test (CBT) with a total of 65 questions of MCQ, MSQ and NAT types. The paper will include 1 mark and 2 marks questions.

Ans. No, previously students who wanted to opt for Environmental Science and Engineering had to appear for GATE Civil Engineering paper which was inconvenient in many ways as a lot of topics were irrelevant to the ES subject. However, after introducing Environmental Science and Engineering as a separate subject in GATE, the syllabus and subject combination was completely changed, the GATE ES comprised of topics only related to Environmental Science and Engineering.

Ans. Go through your syllabus carefully, understand strong and weak areas, choose your resources wisely - prioritise quality over quantity, make short notes and give emphasis to revision; Mock tests, previous year question papers, sample papers are your allies - keep them close and finally, practice as much as possible, rest periodically and don’t forget to enjoy the process.

In order to score well in GATE ES 2023, students will need a little extra effort, a good hold on basic concepts, a viable and thorough plan and equally good execution. General guidelines are discussed in the article above.