The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has issued a notice regarding a change in the examination center for candidates scheduled to appear at the Prayagraj centers for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 on February 1 and 2, 2025. As per the notice, these candidates will now take the exam at centers in Lucknow. Similarly, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has announced that candidates scheduled to appear for the Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2025 in Prayagraj on February 2, 2025, will also take the exam in Lucknow. The decision to change the examination centers has been made in view of Mahakumbh.
The official notice reads, ‘Based on the representations received from several candidates expressing their difficulty in reaching the examination centres in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, regarding the huge congregation of devotees expected in the Mahakumbh on February 1 and 2, 2025, the examinations scheduled at centres in Prayagraj have been shifted to centres in Lucknow on the respective GATE and JAM examination days (1 st and 2nd February 2025 for GATE and 2nd February 2025 for JAM, respectively).’
Candidates can click on this link to read the full notice.
For GATE 2025, a total of five examination centers have been shifted from Prayagraj to Lucknow, while for JAM 2025, a total of four examination centers have been relocated.
According to the notice, fresh admit cards for GATE 2025 and JAM 2025 candidates whose centers have been changed have been released. Candidates can download them from the official websites: gate2025.iitr.ac.in and jam2025.iitd.ac.in.
IIT Roorkee will conduct GATE 2025 on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, while IIT Delhi will conduct JAM 2025 on February 2, 2025.
For more information, candidates are advised to visit the respective websites of GATE 2025 and JAM 2025.
GATE AND JAM 2025 Prayagraj exam centers changed due to Mahakumbh, check official notice here | – The Times of India
