India, Feb. 10 -- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has changed the GATE 2025 examination centres in Prayagraj for exams scheduled on February 15 and 16 owing to the ongoing Mahakumbh mela.

As per a latest notice, the exam will now be conducted in Lucknow on the same dates. The decision has been taken after candidates expressed their difficulties in reaching the exam centres in Prayagraj.

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 15 and 16, 2025, the examinations scheduled at centres in Prayagraj have b...