Why Gate has become so Important for Engineering students?

That’s the very first thing you must know before you appear for gate. There is a philosophy that the more reasons you have to achieve some specific goal,the more is your possibility of success.
I will explore in this context the various aspects where a valid good gate score and gate preparation matters .
1. M.tech Degree from premier institutes:
In india there are lakhs of students studying b.tech from various private institution.So there is a common belief that Just a b.tech degree does not have got any special importance for god jobs. Well exceptions are always there for premier institutes like
IIT or some state ranked universities like Jadavpur university,BITS PILANI, Top NITs ,Anna university etc.But there these institution contains hardly 1% of the total engineering students database. A few years back students opted for IT jobs, irrespective of whether he belongs to computer science ,electronics, mechanical or electrical. But recent recession and the feedback from their seniors working in IT sectors about the work culture had made the young students reflect on their goals. These led to them to seek them satisfaction in their respective core jobs. But unfortunately In India core jobs in standard MNC’s or PSU’s are not abundant. There are few from premier institutes but certainly not from those thousands of private institutions. Well to be frank higher jobs requires high skill and depth of knowledge. So a M.tech from those premier institution can open your doors to your satisfaction in jobs. That is why today GATE has become so much competitive and probably increase in future.I will share a stat how competition in gate is increasing.In 2010 the no of students appering for GATE from EC was almost 1 lakh.But in 2011 the no of students become 1 lakh and 38 thousand roughly. Only 500 -600 students among them will get into IIT ,IISC, and 1000 may get into other top NIT’s or JU,Anna university etc. This stat is for ece. For other streams seats are less.But the competition remains same.
2. JOB OPPORTUNITIES:
There are several job opportunities through gate.
• IOCL:
For electrical ,instrumentation IOCL
(Indian oil corporation limited) recruits through GATE. Unfortunately this facility is not for ece students. The stundents ranked within 300 roughly are called for interview.

• BARC(Bhaba Atomic research centre)
Barc give importance to gate score card.You can apply to barc for their entrance test or you can apply via gate score.Well there is a cutoff for applying.In 2011 the cutoff score for applying into barc was 725 for ece. Barc will call you for interview later if you are shortlisted.

• OTHER PSUS:
Well all other psu recruit though their own exam. But you will get enormous facility for exams of ISRO ,BEl, BHEL,JTO etc,if you have prepared well for gate. The syllabus may vary from psu to psu. But the core syllabus remains the same.

3. Applying to some Foreign Universities:

you can apply to two foreign universities on the basis of gate score. They are
NUS(national university of Singapore ) and NTU(Nanyang Technological University).You can apply to M.sc (research) courses for engineering in different streams.They are some top class institutions in Asia.for more details visit http://www.inspirenignite.com/admission-to-nus-and-ntu-singapore-universities-through-gate/ .


4. ISI(ISI)
You can also apply to ISI(Indian statistical Institute ) for a course of M.tech in computer science though Gate.This is not necessary that you have appeared gate for only cs.You can be from any B.Tech stream.Detail of the course is found here
http://www.isical.ac.in/~deanweb/brochure/cs2010.pdf


5. Management Programmes:
There are a few management programmes you can apply through GATE.They are
NITIIE(National Institute for industrial Engineering).This is a very good B.School which falls within top 15 B school In India.Seats are around 120 among all engineering branches.Take a look
http://www.nitie.edu/
Also you can apply to IISC ,Bangalore for M.Mgt programme.