The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is administered and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are

Zone 1 - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Zone 2 - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Zone 3 - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Zone 4 - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Zone 5 - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Zone 6 - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Zone 7 - Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Zone 8 - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

The overall coordination and responsibility lies with Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2006.

The GATE Committee is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring results.