GATE Agricultural Engineering 2027

GATE AG qualifiers can get into ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), NABARD, FCI (Food Corporation of India), state agriculture departments, and research institutes like PAU, IARI.

Farm Machinery & Power, Soil & Water Conservation, Irrigation & Drainage, Post-Harvest Technology, and Agricultural Process Engineering are the main GATE AG subjects.

IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IARI, and several agricultural universities offer MTech in Agricultural Engineering with specialisations in Farm Machinery, Soil & Water, or Food Process Engineering.

GATE AG is a niche paper with 7,000-10,000 applicants annually. Competition is moderate — a reasonable score can yield good ranks compared to mainstream GATE papers like CS or ME.

Yes, ICAR-JRF and SRF fellowships for Agricultural Engineering research are available. GATE AG score also helps in CSIR lab and DRDO DRDE recruitment for agri-engineering positions.

General category qualifying marks: 25 (2026), 25 (2025) and 25 (2024) — pinned at the minimum because of the small applicant pool. A raw score of 35+ typically converts to a GATE score above 650.

Begin with the official syllabus — GATE questions rarely go outside it. Then work subject-wise with previous year questions (10+ years), and finish with 8-10 full-length CBT mocks. Remember: General Aptitude (15 marks) and Engineering Mathematics (13 marks) are common to every candidate — 28 of your 100 marks come before the core subject even starts.