DVC Executive Trainee Recruitment 2026: GATE 2025 Marks for Level 10 Posts

The DVC Executive Trainee 2026 notice offers 108 posts for engineering graduates in five branches: Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, Control and Instrumentation (C&I), and Mining. Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) runs the online form on its own website from 6 November to 6 December 2026 (until 11:59 PM). There is no written test and no interview in this notice. Your marks out of 100 in the matching GATE 2025 paper (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) decide who is called for the document check. You also need at least 65% marks in your BE or BTech (60% for SC, ST and PwD candidates, that is, persons with disabilities). The age limit is 29 years on 6 December 2026, with the usual relaxations. Selected trainees start at Pay Level 10 of the central pay matrix, which begins at Rs 56,100 a month in basic pay.

Branch-wise seats in DVC Executive Trainee 2026: Electrical leads with 50

DVC calls this a “special drive”. Four branches carry backlog posts, which are reserved seats left unfilled in earlier rounds. The three Mining posts are earlier unfilled posts and all three are unreserved (UR). The table copies Table-A of the notice (pages 2 and 3). The notice prints no grand total; the five branch totals add up to 108.

OBC (NCL) means Other Backward Classes, Non-Creamy Layer. EWS means Economically Weaker Sections. Eight of the posts are kept for persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD), across all branches except Mining (page 3). This is a horizontal reservation, so those eight seats sit inside the category counts above. DVC also says the numbers “may increase/decrease” as per its needs (page 3).

Why only GATE 2025 marks count for DVC, not your GATE 2026 result

GATE is the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. Many PSUs (public sector undertakings) hire through it. This DVC notice is tied to one exam year. It says: “only GATE-2025 Marks (Out of 100) are valid for this recruitment process. GATE Marks of 2024 or prior to that are not valid” (pages 4 and 9). The notice names no other year as valid. So a candidate who wrote only GATE 2026 cannot use that result here.

This catches people who follow several PSU openings at once. Our POWERGRID Engineer Trainee 2026 page covers a drive that takes GATE 2026 scores. Read each notice for its GATE year before you pay a fee.

You must have written the matching paper and cleared its qualifying marks:

• Mechanical (Post 2026/07): GATE 2025 paper ME
• Electrical (Post 2026/08): paper EE
• Civil (Post 2026/09): paper CE
• C&I (Post 2026/10): paper IN (Instrumentation Engineering)
• Mining (Post 2026/11): paper MN

A GATE scorecard shows your marks out of 100 and a separate GATE score. DVC uses the marks out of 100. Keep both your GATE 2025 admit card and the original scorecard. You need them at the document check (page 10).

The 65% rule in your BE or BTech for each DVC branch

This is the line that filters out the most people. Every post needs a full-time bachelor’s degree in engineering or technology. You need at least 65% in the aggregate of all years or semesters if you are General, OBC (NCL) or EWS. SC, ST and PwD candidates need 60% (pages 5 and 6). The Mining line mentions only SC and ST for the 60% figure. The college and course must be approved by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) or the right statutory body. The notice asks you to carry a print-out from the AICTE website that shows your college and course (page 13).

If your university gives a CGPA (cumulative grade point average), use its own conversion rule to get a percentage. If it has no rule, DVC divides your CGPA by the maximum CGPA and multiplies by 100 (page 13). On a 10-point scale, a 6.5 CGPA works out to exactly 65% this way.

Students who wrote their final semester in 2025 and still await the result may apply. They must bring the final-year mark sheet and a provisional or final degree certificate to the document check. Without it, DVC will not let them sit for the check (page 14).

29 on 6 December 2026, up to 44 for SC or ST PwBD candidates at DVC

The upper age limit is 29 years for unreserved candidates. Age, qualification and category are all judged on the closing date, 6 December 2026 (pages 4 and 20). The notice prints no minimum age. DVC’s own departmental candidates have no upper age limit, but they also need the GATE 2025 paper.

The “highest age” column is simply 29 plus the extra years. The notice lists no extra years for EWS candidates. Page 3 also says the age relaxation for SC, ST, OBC (NCL) and PwBD candidates is “subject to respective vacancy”. The notice does not explain this further. If your branch has no seat for your group in the table above, ask DVC before you pay the fee.

Two more rules sit in the general conditions. Only Indian nationals may apply (page 12). And you can apply for one post, that is one branch, only (page 16).

Five or more DV calls per DVC seat, ranked on GATE 2025 marks

Selection has two parts on paper: GATE 2025 marks, then document verification (DV). DV is the stage where officials check your original certificates against what you entered online.

1. Shortlist. DVC ranks applicants in each branch and category by their GATE 2025 marks out of 100. It calls at least five people for each post (“1:5 or more”), category-wise in each branch, for DV. If several people tie at the cut-off marks, all of them are called. DVC may raise or lower the ratio (page 10).
2. Call for DV. The list, date, time and venue appear only on the DVC website. No call letter comes by post (page 10).
3. Document check. Your eligibility is confirmed only after DV (page 14). If you work for a government body or PSU, bring a no objection certificate (NOC) from your employer.
4. Final merit. If two people have equal marks, the older person ranks higher (page 15).
5. Medical. Before joining, the DVC Medical Board examines you. The notice says there is no relaxation in health standards (page 12).

Selected candidates may be posted at any DVC establishment (page 13). DVC’s operations are in the Damodar valley in Jharkhand and West Bengal, with its head office in Kolkata (page 1).

Executive Trainee for a year, then Assistant Manager under a four-year DVC bond

A pay level is a row in the 7th Pay Commission pay matrix. Level 10 runs from Rs 56,100 to Rs 1,77,500 a month in basic pay. DVC calls it the M2 grade (page 3). You are an Executive Trainee for a one-year probation. After that, DVC absorbs you as Assistant Manager on the same scale (pages 11 and 12).

The notice lists the other parts of the package “as per Corporation Rules” (page 12). These are Central Dearness Allowance (CDA), medical reimbursement, leave travel allowance, NPS (National Pension System), conveyance allowance, leave encashment and house rent allowance (HRA). Dearness allowance (DA) is a cost-of-living addition to basic pay. DVC does not print the rates or a monthly total. So we do not estimate the take-home pay here. Use Rs 56,100 basic as the only fixed figure.

The bond is the part to weigh before you join. You sign a service agreement to finish the one-year probation and then serve DVC for at least three more years, four years in all. The bond is Rs 5,00,000 for General, OBC (NCL) and EWS candidates. SC, ST and PwBD candidates sign for Rs 2,50,000, “plus applicable interest” (page 12). If you plan to wait for a central government service or a higher degree, think about this before you accept an offer.

Rs 300 non-refundable, nil for SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen at DVC

• General, OBC (NCL) and EWS: Rs 300, online only, plus bank charges. Pay it in one go; a smaller amount is not accepted (page 11).
• SC, ST, PwBD, ex-servicemen and DVC departmental candidates: no fee.
• The last date to pay is also 6 December 2026. The fee is not refunded in any case, so check your GATE paper and degree marks first. A form without the fee, where a fee applies, is rejected (page 18).
• Download the e-receipt after paying. You must bring it to DV (pages 11 and 16).

After Step 4 on the DVC form, not even your GATE number can change

The form is only on the DVC website. Go to Career, then Recruitment Notices, and use the DVC apply link. No other mode is accepted (page 2). Keep these ready first (page 17):

• A recent photo of 3.5 cm by 3.5 cm, front view, without cap or sunglasses. Use the same photo for every stage.
• Your signature. Photo and signature files must be PNG, JPG or JPEG, up to 2 MB.
• Certificates, mark sheets, the degree and the GATE 2025 scorecard as PDF files, up to 2 MB each.
• An e-mail ID and mobile number that will work for at least a year. DVC says important messages will come by e-mail (page 18).

The form has four steps (page 18). Step 1: fill in the details; you can still edit at this point. Step 2: upload the photo, signature and documents. Step 3: preview. Step 4: submit. After you submit, nothing can be changed, including your name or GATE registration number. Choose your branch with care, since one candidate can apply for one post only. Then pay the fee if it applies to you. Print the form with its system-made application number. You do not post any hard copy to DVC (page 19). Sign the same way every time; the notice warns that different signature styles can lead to rejection (page 14).

An IT post, a NET scorecard and an interview: old lines in the DVC notice

The notice seems to reuse lines from older notices. Page 7 says the PwBD reservation rules apply “for only ET -IT Post”, but this notice has no IT post. The Hindi lines on pages 13 and 15 ask for a UGC-NET or NET scorecard, while the English lines ask for the GATE 2025 scorecard. The Hindi note on page 20 also mentions an interview date, while the English note speaks only of document verification. Since the English text prevails (page 20), go by the English. One more mismatch is in the English text itself. Page 18 mentions self-attested documents “submitted in hard copy along with the online application”. Page 19 says no hard copy needs to be sent to DVC before DV. If you are a PwBD candidate and unsure about the IT line, ask DVC on its eligibility helpline, 033-6607 2532 or 2539, during office hours. The technical helpline is 033-6607-2851, and the e-mail is recruitment@dvc.gov.in (page 20).

BPSCL Management Trainee: DVC’s 18-post sister notice

On the same day DVC issued a separate Advt. No. PLR/BPSCL/05/2026/07 (PDF). It is for Bokaro Power Supply Company (BPSCL), a joint venture of SAIL and DVC at Bokaro Steel City in Jharkhand. It offers 18 Management Trainee (Technical) posts: Mechanical 10, Electrical 4, Civil 1 and C&I 3. It also uses GATE 2025 marks and the same 6 November to 6 December 2026 window. The age limit there is 28, not 29. Its degree cut-off for SC, ST and PwD candidates is 55%, not 60%. The starting basic pay is Rs 50,000 in the Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,60,000 scale. It is a separate notice, so read it in full if you want that post.

Your GATE paper code, degree marks and birth date against the DVC rules

1. Open your GATE 2025 scorecard. Confirm the paper code matches your branch (ME, EE, CE, IN or MN) and that you cleared the qualifying marks.
2. Work out your degree percentage with your university’s rule. If it is below 65% (60% for SC, ST or PwD), the form is not worth the fee.
3. Check your date of birth against 29 years on 6 December 2026, plus any relaxation for your group in your branch.

For more openings, see our list of PSU jobs, all-India government jobs and jobs for graduates. If you live near the DVC area, also see Jharkhand government jobs and West Bengal government jobs. Mechanical and Civil engineers can also look at the Cochin Shipyard CKSRU Assistant Engineer posts.

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Lokesh Rathore is a content writer with over 4 years of experience covering Government Jobs, Sarkari Result, Admit Card and Sarkari Yojana. He turns complex official notifications into clear, accurate and easy-to-follow updates for job seekers across India - with every post cross-checked against official government sources.

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