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Importance of a GATE Result and Score

GATE examination is over and the results are Came. GATE results is available on the official website. Detailed list of the GATE exam qualifying candidates would be issued along with an individual GATE score card for each student. In addition, the results will also be available at GATE offices of IISc and all seven IITs.

IITB Admission for M.Tech. Programmes for GATE Qualified Candidates

Important Guidelines for M.Tech. Online/Offline(Downloadable ) :
1. Please read the instructions given in the brochure CAREFULLY before you start filling up the application form.
2. Online Application Form & Information Brochure is available on the Institute website www.iitb.ac.in/ admissions from 16th March 2011 to 8th April 2011. Candidates are advised to submit their application ONLINE on or before 8th April 2011.

IITM M.Tech. Admission for GATE Qualified Candidates

M.Tech. Programmes Offered for GATE Qualified Candidates IIT Madras
Sl. No. Programme Code M.Tech. Programme
Department and Stream
Available Seats
Aerospace Engineering
1AE1YAerospace Engineering [with HTTA]12
2AE1NAerospace Engineering [without HTTA]3
Applied Mechanics
3AM1YApplied Mechanics - Fluid Mechanics/Solid Mechanics [with HTTA]10
4AM1NApplied Mechanics - Fluid Mechanics/Solid Mechanics [without HTTA]2
5AM2YApplied Mechanics - Biomedical Engineering[with HTTA]6
6AM2NApplied Mechanics - Biomedical Engineering [without HTTA]1
Civil Engineering
7CE1YCivil Engineering - Building Technology and Construction Management [with HTTA]7
8CE1NCivil Engineering - Building Technology and Construction Management [without HTTA]1
9CE2YCivil Engineering - Environmental Engineering [with HTTA]6
10CE2NCivil Engineering - Environmental Engineering [without HTTA]1
11CE3YCivil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering [with HTTA]7
12CE3NCivil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering [without HTTA]1
13CE4YCivil Engineering - Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering [with HTTA]6
14CE4NCivil Engineering - Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering [without HTTA]1
15CE5YCivil Engineering - Structural Engineering [with HTTA]13
16CE5NCivil Engineering - Structural Engineering [without HTTA]3
17CE6YCivil Engineering - Transportation Engineerng [with HTTA]8
18CE6NCivil Engineering - Transportation Engineerng [without HTTA]1
Chemical Engineering
19CH1YChemical Engineering [with HTTA]27
20CH1NChemical Engineering [without HTTA]5
Computer Science and Engineering
21CS1YComputer Science and Engneering [with HTTA]54
Electrical Engineering
22EE1YElectrical Engineering - Communication Systems [with HTTA]17
23EE2YElectrical Engineering - Power Systems and Power Electronics [with HTTA]11
24EE3YElectrical Engineering - Micro Electronics and VLSI Design [with HTTA]14
25EE4YElectrical Engineering - Control and Instrumentation [with HTTA]11
26EE5YElectrical Engineering - Photonics [with HTTA]10
Mathematics
27MA1YIndustrial Mathematics and Scientific Computing [with HTTA]10
28MA1NIndustrial Mathematics and Scientific Computing [without HTTA]3
Mechanical Engineering
29ME1YMechanical Engineering - Thermal Engineering [with HTTA]36
30ME1NMechanical Engineering - Thermal Engineering [without HTTA]4
31ME2YMechanical Engineering - Design [with HTTA]20
32ME2NMechanical Engineering - Design [without HTTA]4
33ME3YMechanical Engineering - Manufacturing Engineering [with HTTA]18
34ME3NMechanical Engineering - Manufacturing Engineering [without HTTA]3
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
35MM1YMetallurgical and Materials Engineering [with HTTA]20
36MM1NMetallurgical and Materials Engineering [without HTTA]4
Ocean Engineering
37OE1YOcean Engineering [with HTTA]14
38OE1NOcean Engineering [without HTTA]1
39OE2YOcean Technology and Management [with NIOT Assistantship]8
Physics
40PH1YSolid State Technology [with HTTA]11
41PH1NSolid State Technology [without HTTA]1
Interdisciplinary Programmes
42CA1YCatalysis Technology [Co-ord.Dept: Chemical Engg.][with HTTA]6
43NE1YNuclear Engineering [Co-ord. Dept: Mechanical Engg.][with HTTA]12
44PE1YPetroleum Engineering [Co-ord.Dept: Ocean Engg.] [with HTTA]12

GATE Vs GRE, Which one is best to chose?

Let us start with GATE, it based on the subject we learned during graduation (BE or B.Tech). GATE exam helps in getting admission in M.Tech (master of Technology degree) in Indian colleges and universities. The basic advantage with GATE is that if you do well you will get to see most prestigious engineering institutes in the world. You get a scholarship to support education and get wonderful two years of life that you are going to remember for rest of you life. Even if you little less scores it will take you to some college where you will enjoy scholarship and time.

The real daunting task comes when the master degree is finished. IITs, NITs and some good universities have placements and everyone have to face huge competition. Even top multinational companies one or two candidates out few hundred bright candidates. Another disadvantage, because of high competition, is that somehow one need to remove few candidates to make selection procedure to finish in given time, and usually CGP or percentage will come into picture as a short listing criteria killing many bright students who didn’t cared much about scores and marks.

Now let’s move on to GRE, it’s really exciting to go aboard, specially for Indian students. That motivates many students for preparing for GRE. The biggest advantage studying abroad is that the exposure and huge confidence one gain in life. It also depends on where you study.
Preparing for GRE need extra effort as English is not our first language, though most of Indian student do good, but one the average we don’t do good in English. Apart from this, after GRE, one has to run around a lot to fulfill many other admission requirements. This may discourage few students from taking this option. The other disadvantages are, if you don’t get a scholarship you may land up serving tables in an Indian Restaurant. If your university is not well ranked and you don’t have a scholarship then it’s totally a mess, one or the other day you will land in India for good too.

The conclusion is wherever you go, try to reach excellence and try to be best. Not just say that work like that. Raise above all excuses and work hard to the human capacity and expect the best of it. All Indian you see on the top are because of their hard work and too much competitive and never give up attitude. Let’s work hard and chase our dreams.

Why to do M.Tech?

These are few common questions that almost every final year engineering student has in mind. I had similar questions when I was in B.Tech’s final year, and I had friends who made different decisions at that time. Few prepared GRE and TOFEL and went to US and few took computer courses and joined software industry, few went to government jobs and few like me moved for M.Tech.

Reasons for doing M.Tech. Highly respected, high paid job and a job where we have more control to do things that we like. We got a chance to think of the best way to get higher positions in a short time. Entry to this higher positions in a short time is only possible through IITs. For that give GATE and score high.

The first and foremost advantage of doing M.Tech is that you get time to think where things are going and how you can control them. Where do you want to go and what is your ultimate destination. You know the mistakes you made in B.Tech thus u can avoid them and improve to recover from them.

The second advantage of doing M.Tech is that you add a value to education and will definitely have benefit in the long run. As we are moving ahead in life our educational qualifications are becoming more and more important. At some point where all other competitors have same technical skills you will be given preference over others because of qualification.

The third advantage is that you will get more insight into the subjects as this time you are mature enough to understand the subjects. Usually teachers or professors are better than the ones who taught you in B.Tech and you are more exposed to applications.

The fourth advantage is you will have good friends who are similar to you and trying hard to move ahead in life. If your institute is good you will see all of them in high positions in future, their contacts may be good enough for you to start new projects and help many.

There are lots of other advantages of doing a higher degree. But there may be many social constraints and difficulties that may prevent you from doing master degree. Wish you all a great luck in your future endeavors.

Alternative Exams for GATE Exam

If you missed GATE exam or could not qualify for some reasons or have too less scores and want to try an alternative to get into parent institutes directly. You should try these exams.

TANCET (Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test):
This exam is conducted by Anna University for admission to M.Tech and other PG courses in its affiliated colleges. We will update you with TANCET 2010 once official notice is published by Anna University.

Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) Karnataka:
This exam is counducted by Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) for admission to M.Tech and other PG courses in its affiliated colleges. We will update you with PGCET 2010 once official notice is published by VTU.

Post-Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (PGECET):
PGECET is conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University on behalf of APSHCE (Andhra Pradesh state higher education council) for admission into M.E. / M,Tech./M.Pharm./M.Arch / M.Plg. (full time) in University and affiliated Engineering colleges in A.P. We will update you with PGECET 2010 once official notice is published by JNTU.

Usually the notification for these exams comes during first and second week of April.

How to Calculate Your Gate Percentile?

The GATE percentile is calculated as follows:

P = ( (N- your rank)/ N) x 100

Where P is percentile and N is total number of candidates appeared for exam.
(N- Your rank) indicates the number of candidates who have scored less marks than you.

For example, if total number of candidates are 100 and 90 of them have less marks than you P = (09/100)X100 = 0.9×100 = 90 percentile.

For another example: A guy form Mechanical Engineering have All India Rank (AIR) 99 and total number of student of students appeared for GATE in Mechanical Engineering are 59338 in 2010. Then his percentile would be calculated as

P = ((59338-99)/ 59338) X 100
= (59239/59338) X 100
= (0.9983) X 100
= 99.83
The candidate has 99.83 percentile.

Gate Exam Previous year Question Papers and Answer download

Preparing for the GATE exam is a tough thing. One should thorough with the basics and solve as many problems as possible to crack gate exam. It is important that to know the question patterns and solving the previous years gate exam question papers gives the confidence to crack the gate exam. So here we provide the links to Gate Examination Previous year Question Papers with answer keys for free download. we hope this help you to crack the GATE 2012 Exam.

All the Best for your GATE 2013 Exam Preparations.

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