GATE PREPARATION GUIDE:

SOME INFO: GATE(GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST FOR ENGINEERS) is being held by IISC,bangalore and 7 IIT's every year to select students for postgraduation(M.tech)in
IISC and IIT's. The exam is held by 2nd sunday of february.The results are out by mid of march.But gate is the just the beginning.You have to
Through a hectic procedure after cracking gate.I will share some info in this blog to help the gate aspirants exclusively the electronics and
communication guys.There are 1000 pages of guide you can get about gate.But after gate, the students face enormous problems selecting courses ,
application procedure and interview etc.I will try to give the promising IIT aspirants a post gate guidance,specially those of electronics and
Telecomm backgound.

THE POSTGATE PROCEDURE: you have apply for each IIT separately.There is no cutoff specified for IIT's.If you have cleared the general cutoff
,you are eligible for applying.There after individual iit's gave interview call to the individual students. There are direct admission in some IIT'S too.
but thats the most general procedure.I will come back to direct admission later. Generally IIT's call within 600-800 Ranks for core courses(It may vary in different iit's).
For interdisciplinary courses the rank may extend to 1,500 or more depending upon the demand of the course.There are two kinds of appliation mode.Offline and online.
Offline forms are either downloadble or had be fetched fron IIT's .But the online procedure is much simpler.You have to register in the sites of Each
IIT.Then you have to fetch a demnad draft in the individual iit before apply online.The applicatin fees vary from 200-600 depending on the institution.
There after applying online and submitting the completed form , you will be provided a pdf online which you have to send to corresponding Institution
along with the demand draft and necessary documnets mentioned in the application brochure.You can apply for many programmees in the same application
with priority.Well take you time to choose the courses wisely.Prioritizing the courses is of significant importance in the admission procedure.It's not
like some JEE councelling.This makes the admission procedure very complex,hectic and harrasing for students.

THE INTERVIEW: This is something most students fear the most.Because it requires confidence in your knowledge.In written exams , you don't have to
face that.Thats why most people fear Interviews.This is a general info blog.I will come back later with interview questions and their
Analysis later.The interview in IIT for postgaraduate admission for engineering doesn't test the wideness in your knowledge,but the
minute details and conceptual understanding, rational thinking to a problem and approch is what matters.Physcial understandin gets much
priority than mathematics. For example you may be asked about the physical understanding of convolution,correlation.Don't fear it much.
You will be asked your choice of topic.Be confident in atleast one or two subjects and explain that without nervousness.The Interviewer are
not there to harras you like the stress interviews of a Management student.You will have very friendly enviroment.

PROBLEMS YOU WILL FACE:
One of the biggest problem you will face is the hectic interview shedule.IIT's being autonomous institute
fix up their interview dates individually and they may coincide.Generally IIT bombay gives the interview dates first and IIT roorkee
last.I am giving the interview shedule for electrnics and telecomm & electrical engineering students so that you get a fair idea.

18-20APRIL-->IISC BANGALORE(Technical aptitude test+interview)(FOR ADMISSION TO SOME SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES ONLY)
9-10 May--> IIT BOMBAY (Technical Aptitude test+interview)

12-13May--->IIT KANPUR(INTERVIEW)
13-14MAY---->IIT DELHI(INTERVIEW)

14-23MAY---->IIT KHARAGPUR(INTERVIEW)(You have to give the choice of the date among 14-23 may)

1-2 JUNE---->IIT GUWAHATI(INTERVIEW)

5-6JUNE----->IIT ROORKEE(ONLY COUNCELLING FOR ECE AND CS STUDENTS)

IIT CHENNAI Admits directly on the basis of gate score.

All the interviews are held on individual IIT campuses.That is the biggest problem.You have to travel all the places in that
hot summer time.Besides the routine is hectic.So ,plan your travels beforehand.The result of the interviews are publised with 5-10
days.So you have to attend most of them.

Thats All for today.I will comeback with the details of gate preparation and interview later.