GATE2023 Photograph Guidelines
GATE2023 Photograph Guidelines
GATE2023 Photograph Guidelines
A) Photograph Requirements:
Please upload only good quality (not blurred) photograph as per following guidelines. The GATE
2023 admit card and scorecard will contain the photograph that you have submitted.
The photograph MUST match with your appearance on the day of the examination.
A passport size (3.5 cm Width × 4.5 cm Height) photograph of the face of the candidate is required
for the application form.
The face of the candidate must cover 60% - 70% of the above-mentioned size of the photograph.
The photograph must be recent, in COLOUR with WHITE background. Photographs taken using
a mobile phone and other self-composed portraits may result in rejection of the application.
Face in the photo MUST NOT be covered with any foreign objects (except spectacles with power).
Sunglasses, Caps, Hats, Coloured glasses, etc. are NOT allowed.
Photo MUST contain ONLY candidate s face. NO objects/persons in the background are allowed.
Upload the image of your photo in JPEG / JPG format of size with aspect ratio, minimum aspect
ratio = 0.66; maximum aspect ratio = 0.89. After cropping to the mentioned size, face must cover 60-
70% of the image.
Maximum size for photo can be 480x640 in pixels and minimum pixel resolution 240x320. File size
MUST be minimum of 20 kB and maximum of 200 kB.
The photograph MUST have a full-face view looking into the camera directly.
The main features of the face must not be covered by hair of the head, any cloth or any shadow.
Forehead, eyes, nose, ears and chin should be clearly visible.
If the candidate normally wears spectacles, a photograph with glare on glasses is NOT acceptable
in the photo. While the candidate may wear spectacles while capturing the photo, if the glare cannot
be avoided, then the spectacles MUST be removed.
Photographs which are not adhering to above criteria could lead to rejection of your GATE
application, WITHOUT any refund of the application fee.
Table 4.8 shows the samples of acceptable good quality photographs and poor-quality
unacceptable photographs.
Instruction for clicking/editing the photo image are given in Figure 4.1.
o Face should cover A2, A3, B2, B3, C2 and C3 grids.
o Background should be plain and white coloured.
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