Photograph Requirements

• Upload a good quality, color photograph of passport size (3.5 cm width × 4.5 cm height) with the face of the candidate covering 60-70% of the photograph.
• The background of the photograph must be white and not contain any other objects or persons.
• The photograph must show the frontal face view looking directly into the camera and must show the forehead, eyes, nose, and chin. The face in the photograph must not be covered with objects such as caps, hats, sunglasses, colored glasses, etc. Normal spectacles for vision correction are allowed. If the candidate normally wears spectacles, a photograph with glare on the glasses is not acceptable. If the glare cannot be avoided, the spectacles must be removed.
• Photograph can be in JPEG/JPG format with minimum aspect ratio of 0.66 and maximum aspect ratio of 0.89. After cropping the photograph, the face must cover 60-70% of the image.
• The maximum pixel resolution is 530 x 690 pixels and the minimum resolution is 200 x 260 pixels. The file size must be minimum of 5 kB and a maximum of 600 kB.
• The face must be visible clearly and not covered by any cloth or shadow.
• Photographs not adhering to the specified criteria could lead to rejection of your GATE application, and the application fee will not be refunded.
• Head coverings are not permitted except for religious reasons, but the facial features from bottom of chin to the top of forehead and both edges of the face must be clearly shown.

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Instruction for clicking/editing the photo image are given below-

• Face should cover A2, A3, B2, B3, C2 and C3 grids.
• Background should be plain and white colored.
• Eyes and face should be towards camera.

Samples of acceptable and not acceptable photographs are shown below.

Samples of acceptable Photographs

Samples of Not acceptable Photographs

Signature Specifications

• Upload an image of your signature in JPEG/JPG format of size with an aspect ratio (height: width) of 1 : R, where the value of R can be between 2.75 and 3.75. After cropping to the mentioned size, the area of the signature must cover 70-80% of the image.
• The signature of the candidate must be in black or dark blue color ink only.
• The file size must be a minimum of 3 kB and maximum of 300 kB.
• The maximum pixel resolution is 580 × 180 pixels and the minimum resolution is 250 × 80 pixels.
• The signature must be signed only by the applicant and not by any other person.
• If the candidate’s signature does not match with the signature at the time of the examination, the applicant could be disqualified.

Samples of acceptable and not acceptable signatures are shown below.

Samples of acceptable Signatures

Samples of Not acceptable Signatures