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A GATE AIR-1′s Preparation

April 10, 2013 at 3:56 pm · Filed under GATE ·Tagged AIR-1, All India Rank 1, GATE, Gate Books, Gate Preparation, Sujith Kumar Billa, Topper

As I’ve promised many, this is the post to let all know how it all started and ended. I’ll be largely focusing on only my preparation and shall providesuggestion with my own experience for each subject. Since many want it as early as possible I’m not taking care of my English in this post and mysincere apologies if you find any mistakes or if you find this post boring. I’ll constantly be updating this one. You can post what ever comments youlike but please let them be on GATE alone because I feel it will be useful for many.

The Very Beginning (You can skip this and jump directly to the next section)

In my BTech, the only thing I knew about GATE was that we could do PG in India using GATE scores. I had no idea other than that. It was becausethere were hardly two to three persons from each batch writing GATE in our college. Most of those interested in higher studies go abroad, mostlyto decent universities. I was not even thinking of my future plans when I was in my fourth year because I wanted to concentrate on my project. Itwas not until the end of my BTech I started planning. I wanted to go abroad for doing my masters in Robotics, given that I had a decentbackground. I applied for GRE. I thought about GATE also at this point since I was doubtful whether I could afford for higher studies in USA.

Slowly I began feeling uncomfortable about leaving my core studies (Electronics). I decided to drop my plans, cancelled my GRE and phoned theHR manager of the company where I got placed about my interest in doing the job. She accepted my request though I was late by one month. Myjob was in Embedded Systems and it was very interesting and challenging. I wanted to write GATE also, so I had applied. It was winter time inDelhi and Noida in 2010 and I was totally new to the place. I didn’t even look into the textbooks. The weekend just before the exam Sunday, I wentfor a tour with my friends. On the previous day of the exam I went through the EMT book by Sadiku. That’s all the preparation I had. The examwas so strange to me that I was surprised to see General Aptitude section. A month after the exam, the results came out and I got 42 marks withAIR-4898. Out of them, more than 10 marks were from Aptitude. It was not at all surprising or disappointing but the result infused a kind ofobsession.

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I was actually willing to go to any IIT, preferably IITD because I would get a scholarship which a professor from a Thailand university told me aboutwhen presenting my Robots at my college. But with this result it was like building castles in the air.

Obsession

When I used to tell any one about my interest in writing GATE they would ask me about my aim. When a colleague asked me the same, my mindwas totally blank. He said, “generally people aim for IISc, so what is your interest?”. I said I was looking for a good college just for the sake of sayingsomething. So what really was my aim? If at all I had plans, I had to look for something big, something considered as the best. And then came afriend who used to say I was aiming for IISc though I never told her. So this is why IISc became the best in my thoughts. I was not aware ofanything other than that. So I started my preparation. This is where the real challenge started and I wanted to give my best.

The Second A empt

I thought about my conceptual levels in each subject. The only thing that I was comfortable in the syllabus was EMT. Communication Engineeringwas the subject that scared me a lot. In the rest, I was confident that I could manage. What I want? I want the best. So to get the best, you have toovercome the fears. Did it ring any bells? Yes, the lesson from Batman. Unfortunately I can’t remember the time I spent on each subject, but thewhole preparation was almost for 10 months starting from April.

So I started with Communication Engineering. I was willing to spend as much time as it would take. I had only weekends, mornings and nights. Iwas liEle afraid to plan and manage my timings because of sudden surprises in the form of new movie releases, parties thrown by my friends andoffice work. I started with Amplitude Modulation. I had an old book, in view of its edition and also the manufactured date, borrowed from myfriend, “Communication Systems, 2nd edition” by Simon Haykin. You could break the pages, it was that old! It was not at all boring as I was readingsomething very exotic for me. I managed to complete Amplitude Modulation and then the real problem came when I started Angle Modulation.After a few hours of searching on the internet NPTEL lectures proved to be very useful. Somehow I managed to complete Angle Modulation also.Digital modulation was very interesting but the book was of an older edition, so you could find some mistakes. In my case, I thought I was wrongwhen I was doubtful about some of the concepts. I just left them thinking that I would get answers in my revision.

Then I started preparing Analog Electronics from the book “Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory” by Boylestad and Nashelsky. After readingeach chapter I solved the problems from the same book. I began to feel time running out of my hands after completing 4 or 5 chapters. So thedecision was to just read the concepts then to solve problems if time would permit and it never permiEed as usually.

It was time for some physics, the beautiful Electronic Devices. A friend of mine where I worked gave me the book “Solid State Electronic Devices”by Streetman, Banarjee. Initial chapters on Quantum Mechanics were really interesting though I never knew or searched for where the operatorshad come from. Reading these chapters for GATE like exam is an overkill but I couldn’t resist my interest. I kept on reading it. The concepts wereso interesting that I revised it for almost 3 times, of course after I read the other subjects. This was the first time I learnt the usefulness of writingcomments in a textbook. It helped me a lot in my revision.


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I had very liEle time left for the other subjects, namely Digital Electronics, Network Theory, Signals and Systems, Control Systems, ElectromagneticTheory and Mathematics. I think it was almost 3 to 4 months left for the exam, but I was a liEle confident about these subjects. Control Systemswas my first choice among them, then Digital, Signals, N/W Theory and EMT came in that order. I hardly spent a week on maths.

After all these, two weeks to go for the exam. I managed to complete a pending project in the office at that time, so I asked my TL if he could grantme two weeks for my preparation. I’m very thankful for him to be so generous. That was the time when I made calculations on how to manage mytime. Unfortunately the calculations decided me to spend all my time on revision and no problem solving. Remember it was winter time in Noidawith no one at home. I had to prepare my food all by myself and if you don’t eat, the weather doesn’t allow you to read, especially if you are thin. Ifound three quick to make items that would give me all supplements I need – Kichdi (with Daal, Rice and salt), OmeleEe and Curd. This was myfood for the two weeks.

My mind was so obsessed to get a top rank that I decided to solve all the problems in the exam. My strategy was to directly go to the common dataquestions which could be manageable in less time as the data was common for two questions and could get me 4 marks. I was wrong in all myaspects. The common data question from N/W theory made me spend almost 15 minutes without a result. That was the real killer. Then I went for1 mark questions then for two mark ones. I knew I was going to be messed up. After not geEing answers for the EMT questions, my confidencelevels came down drastically. After three hours, I left a few questions unread from Control Systems and Signals which were the easiest among all. Itwas a disaster left me blank minded. I got 32.33 marks with 3360 rank. I always believe that failure and competition makes you to be beEer, so wasready to give it one more try but this time with much more preparation.

Six Months After the Exam

After the results I didn’t do any thing for a month except going to office and chilling out. For a month or two later I went through first few chaptersof the book “Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes ” by Papoulis. After that I did a Crptography course on Coursera out of myinterest, for one and a half month. I decided to leave my job for full-fledged preparation, so submiEed my resignation leEer and was in noticeperiod for more than two months till July 20th. I could not come out early because of an ongoing project. Meanwhile my father paid the fee for mycoaching at ACE, Abids branch. I was the first person to apply for GM5 batch, my roll number was 01. I thought GM meant Good Morning and stillI don’t know what it stands for.

Six months Before the Exam (The Real Preparation for GATE-13)

The classes started from July 22nd. I had to inevitably miss a few of the initial classes. My actual preparation kicked off from mid August. I made aschedule and allocated times for each subject depending upon my previous experience. I have uploaded the photo (below) of the sticky notes onwhich I wrote down the schedule. I made some changes to the schedule when ever I missed the deadlines. (In fact I never met them).


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From my job I learnt to gather all the resources first for doing a project and I applied the same in my preparation. I bought all the books needed andalso bought a dry-erase board for doing rough work. The photo below displays my work place.

In the following lines, I’ll be focusing on my preparation for each subject in their chronological order.

Network Theory

This is the subject that I started with and this is the one that was taught last at the coaching institute. I prepared from the text book “EngineeringCircuit Analysis” by Hayt and Kemmerly. I wrote down the points which I felt tough, in a note book which I knew would help me in my revision.After each chapter I solved questions from the GATE book by R.K.Kanodia. This paEern, I followed for all subjects so I would not mention it again.After my preparation I felt it was complete and to my surprise it was not. As I said it was taught last at the institute. I decided not to go for theclasses as the classes were running whole day at the end and I was not geEing time for other subjects. One day I had to aEend a class as it wassand-witched between two other classes and I was not willing to go all the way to home (about 20 km). Concept related to the question thatpestered me in my previous aEempt was taught in this class. It was based on reciprocal and non-reciprocal networks. I had already noted down afew points about this in my notes that I mentioned. The lecture on that day proved my existing concept wrong. It happened just one and a halfmonth before the exam. That was the time I decided to aEend all the classes of Network Theory. I simply like the material given and the way itdeals with all the concepts. The teacher himself prepared it and I admire his teachings. I thought it would be like a revision for me, but theteachings taught me new concepts and problem solving methods.

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I was very confident on this one, particularly Combinational and Sequential circuits. I followed the book “Digital Logic and Computer Design” byMorris Mano. For the later part which comprises Logic Families and Data Conversion Circuits, I read from “Digital Systems: Principles andApplications” by Ronald J. Tocci as suggested by the teacher at the coaching institute. I really don’t like 8085 to be in the syllabus as no one usesthis now in any system. 8086 would have been beEer because of its nearness to the current Intel Core processors. In fact you can write 8086programs to run on your home PC. What all we get for 8085 are simulators. I checked my concepts on gnusim8085 for Linux. I did not go throughany book for this and needed very minimal amount of preparation, mostly from the internet and from the ACE material. Preparing for 8085 willfetch you 1 or 2 marks easily for sure as there have been questions from this topic in almost all the previous years, except in 2012. I can surely saythat Digital Electronics is the topic which is easier compared to the other topics and it is a good scoring subject with respect to GATE.

Signals & Systems

This is the first subject that was taught first at the institute. I thought I knew the concepts well, but in each class I would go wrong at least once.That was a very bad situation to be in. I almost paralleled my preparation to the lectures. I strictly followed “Signal and Systems” by Oppenheimand Willsky. I didn’t require to go through the ACE material as the same was taught in the class. The material was wriEen by the teacher himself.

Electronic Devices

Every time I read the book by Streetman and Banarjee, I felt the concepts new to me. In fact I needed so many revisions to got hold of a bit of theconcepts. My book is now filled with many comments (wriEen with pencil) and I had to buy a new one for my colleague who had given me thebook, when I left my job. It was largely like a revision, but I had taken so much time again to read the book. In the very end, two days before theexam date, I read MOS integration from the same book. The notations used in the problems from R.K.Kanodia, I think, are from the book“Semiconductor Physics and Devices” by Donald Neamen. I would have followed Millman’s “Integrated Electronics” if I had not lost the book, butnow I feel happy for my loss. I also looked at the other book “Semiconductor Device Fundamentals” by R.F. Pierret, but as said by a professor in anonline lecture video, all these books (Streetman/Neamen/Pierret) have largely the same content and I had also observed the same.

Analog Electronics

This is the subject on which my career would base, so I took it seriously. I found the lectures at the coaching institute to be the best till then. Ifollowed the notes and also the book by Boylestad and Nashelsky. I also had the book by Sedra and Smith right from my freshers year but nevertouched it. I have no explanation for this, probably because I was afraid. Two and a half months before the exam, I went through Op-Amps,Capacitors in MOSFET, Rectifiers, Signal Generators and Wave Shaping Circuits from the book by Sedra and Smith. Two weeks before, I wentthrough CMOS Inverter, Differential Amplifier and just a week before, Feedback from the same book. The last readings were my first and lastpreparation for the topics mentioned. After all the preparation, I learnt that there are various methods to solve problems on finding gain, input andoutput resistances. I did not follow any order in my preparation for this subject.

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The teachings at the institute for this subject proved to be very useful for my preparation. I was having my own preparation at the same time thissubject was taught. I prepared for this and Communication Engineering at the same time as I was running out of my time and I had to stay at theinstitute almost the whole day. The teachings really reduced my preparation time. I followed “Modern Control Engineering” by Katsushiko Ogatafor all the topics. For Stability Analysis, I followed “Control Systems Engineering” by Norman Nise and for Polar and Nyquist plots, I followed“Schaum’s Outline of Feedback and Control Systems” as suggested by the teacher. I had practical experience in Control Systems and my initialinterest was to go into this field in Robotics. So I found this subject interesting.

Communication Engineering

After my preparation last time, I was still afraid of this subject because there were still obscure concepts from digital communications, PLL baseddemodulation of FM and SNR calculations. I had maintained a notes when I went through NPTEL lectures for Amplitude Modulation the lasttime, so I did not start with Analog Modulation. For Digital Communications I went through NPTEL lectures. The lectures were so useful that afterI finished with them, I was able to do Probability of Error calculations, for basic modulation schemes, within 2 to 3 steps. I didn’t even need toremember them. At the same time classes for Analog Modulation were started in the institute which I found very useful for brushing up myconcepts. In my first preparation I’ve mentioned that there are some concepts which I was dubious about in the text book “CommunicationSystems, 2nd edition” by Simon Haykin. I searched for errata for this edition in the internet but did not find it. So I looked in the latest edition andto my surprise, the lines which had eaten my days in my first preparation were not there in the latest edition. It means that those lines were wrong.I had probably not looked it the previous time because of lack of time. I found a lot of difference between my preparation last time and this time.The last year I was struggling to get time and a peaceful day, but this year I was all alone in my room, free to read the whole day. Also I had readprobability theory after my previous aEempt and I had not to go through the same again. This type of preparation proved to be very useful for me.Now Communication Engineering is not all a phantom siEing in brain, eating my nerves.

Electromagnetic Theory

Coming to the very beautiful EMT, it can be divided into two parts – Basics and Applications, with respect to GATE syllabus. Basics compriseElectric Fields, Magnetic Fields, Maxwell equations and Waves. Applications comprise Wave Guides, Transmission Lines and Antennas. We hadtwo courses in our BTech on these topics; one on Basics in the semester 2-2 and the other on Applications in 4-2. For Basics I followed “Elements ofElectromagnetics” by Sadiku in 2-2. While doing the course in 4-2, I went through “Electromagnetic Waves and Radiation Systems” by Jordan andBalmain for basics as referred by a very senior professor, who taught us the course. I did not touch it again till the time I started preparing forGATE’13. Last time I went through Sadiku. Actually I did not jump directly into the subject. I completed preparing Differential Equations andVector Calculus because of the math involved in EMT is very much depended on the two topics. Particularly, Vector Calculus was found to be veryuseful when preparing for Basics. I maintained my own notes for EMT starting with Vector Calculus. I still feel difficult to grasp my own notes in anhour even though the points are brief. I followed first few chapters of “Antennas and Wave Propagation” by Harish and Sachidananda for Antennatheory.


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English

English is particularly difficult for me as my schooling was in Telugu Medium. I really thank the god for giving me some skills to manage in thislanguage. I still am really poor in the grammar. The teachings by the English lecturer at the institute were the only source of preparation given thetime I had. All the classes were held at the end and so I was not very sure about it. I looked in the internet for Reading Comprehension afteraEending the classes. For Vocabulary, I left it to my luck. The mistake I did was to forget the suggestions given by the lecturer, in the last class (itwas, in fact, the last of all the classes in the institute), to look for Infinitives on the net. I bore the brunt of my ignorance (I lost 1.33 marks foraEempting the question on this topic wrong and it is the only question that went wrong).

General Aptitude

Only class room preparation and nothing else. I feel that this one just helps to get above the cut-off mark, otherwise why does an engineer need tocount apples? The questions are usually easy in GATE and one doesn’t need extra skills to solve them.

Mathematics

I followed the text books given at the end of this post (I have given the list of all the books I followed). The only thing I would like to write is that Ididn’t solve any problems other than those solved in the class room and from previous year papers which I solved in the last month. One thing Ifollowed was to read the math subjects which are related to the concepts of a technical subject. So math subjects were largely fillers in mypreparation.

The Last Month

I remember the last class was on 14th January, so I got less than a month for my revision. I solved 7 previous year question papers, from 2004 to2010 for almost ten days. I strictly tried to solve them within 3 hours. In the exam, one needs time to bubble, but it does not maEer while solving theprevious papers as they used to contain 80 to 85 questions with almost same level of difficulty. I did not touch 2011 and 2012 question papers as Ihad already aEempted them.

In the final two weeks I revised all the topics without solving any problem and revision of all the topics is very essential to score high in competitiveexams. It built up my confidence levels. I went to aEempt two mock tests at the coaching institute. I did not care what my rank was in them, I justgot the keys, verified my answers and tried to refresh my concepts in which I was not comfortable. It was not until 11 O’clock on the exam day, Igained confidence.

Final Hours and Exam Hours

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till 9. I got ready and took my lunch by 11:30. I meditated for 20 minutes. I really don’t know whether my meditation is a correct way of doing it, Ijust did it. I left for exam center at around 12:00 by bike and reached there before 1 O’ clock. One of my friends was also giving the exam and wewere luckily allocated the same center. I didn’t want to repeat the mistakes done in the previous aEempt. I did not take water almost for threehours before the exam because it was one of the killers in my previous aEempt. I also bought a pouch for my stationery. I had bought a brand newmodel of calculator from Casio – FX991ES Plus – a few weeks before. I really suggest all to buy this one.

Just after I entered the exam hall, I thought for a moment of how to start the exam. Last time the paper was tough and I left easier questionsbecause of lack of time. This time I decided to aEempt easier questions first and then tougher ones. The only thing left was to execute the plan well(now a days I’m watching IPL and this sentence probably came from the post match presentations).

My question paper set was A. I started from second question because 2, I think, is my lucky number. Then my pencil and mind never stopped tillhalf an hour before 5 O’ clock. The plan was executed so well. The questions that I felt tough in the first go were not so different from the easierones. The literature just made them look hard to solve, and I think they were made so to scare us. I filled the bubbles and while filling, I solved 1 ortwo questions that I had left. There was a linked answer question (buy 1, get 1 free type) from State Space Analysis which I felt easy but could notsolve. I got only 5 minutes to solve it and I was an uEer looser for not solving that. Generally there is only a small difference in marks between twoconsecutive ranks. 4 mark difference may through you out of the toppers’ league.

One Month After the Exam

I would have been definitely sure about my 1st rank if at all I had solved those 4 marks. Now the original tension came to me and I had sleeplessnights the whole month. Luckily the results were released (probably for load testing) 4 days before the announced date, for one to two hours. I wasnotified by my friend about the release and I was surprised to see AIR-1 on my laptop screen. I could not believe it! I told my parents and the friendabout my rank. I did not let any one know just in case. The next day one of the professors from the ACE institute called me and asked me if hadseen the results. I told him I was not sure about them. He said that those results were almost true. Actually I would not have been known byanyone at the institute, if I hadn’t wriEen the mock tests well. He said that they had checked my results because I had got single digit rank in themock tests. It was not until recent days I checked one of the mock test results in which I got 4th rank. This also surprised me as I felt I did notaEempt it well and I forgot my calculator for that exam. In fact I did not even get time to solve the general aptitude questions (those questions reallyfilled pages). I knew that the aptitude questions wouldn’t be too big to solve in GATE (from my previous aEempts) and so was not muchdisappointed about them.

The other things I left are:

I did not mention any of the other problems that I faced in my life. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t face any. I had my own and I never wanted

them to be excuses.

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I used to travel by bus for almost 2 to 3 weeks in the initial days, then got my Learner’s License. My father used to come with me as pillion,2.


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teaching me bike riding for almost a month. He used to take morning walks on the tank-bund which he usually does at home. Then I got mylicense and I was enjoying my rides for almost 45 kilo meters a day. I used to start at 5:30 in the morning at my home and would reach thecoaching center at around 6:10. I was hardly on time for the classes which I always regreEed.

I carried all the stationery things two in number to the exam hall. It was really lucky for a girl who forgot her calculator. You know how difficult it

would be if someone forgets calculator to GATE (I forgot mine when I took my first mock test!). She saw me carrying an extra one and asked mebefore going into our respective rooms. Her was on the 2nd floor and mine was on the 3rd floor and it was pure coincidence that I happened tobe seen by her in the ground floor. #luckmaEers (I use and admire TwiEer).

3.

The idea of writing this kind of post is not a sudden feeling after geEing the results. Also the 1st ranker speeches are not spontaneous. I had

been practicing them since I started preparation for GATE’13. I had been telling my parents and friends about my wish to top. In fact I used totell one of my friends in the company about my dream of geEing into IISc. On my final day at the company, there was one of the founders whogot AIR-2 in CSE in his 4th year. I told him that he was my inspiration and he told me to try for 1st rank. It happened just 5 mins before my lastlook at the office building. The first rank was a dream, a wish and more than that an obsession and I happened to just make the dream real,fulfill my wish and get rid of the obsession.

4.

I really thank my friends for their support when I was in Noida. I got two very useful gifts from my friends: a watch given by my roommates and

a bag given by my colleagues. I was not even thinking of buying them and believe me, these were the most useful things throughout my journey.

5.

My previous post on Machines and Indian Problems tells about my first ever exposure to the problems here and that made me want to serve my

country with what ever abilities I have.

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There are two movies which have inspired me a lot: “The World’s Fastest Indian” and “October Sky”. Both are real stories.7.

Lastly, I’m not sure where to join, though IISc had been my dream. Now I’m thinking of alternatives and I hope it will be clear in a couple of

days.

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List of Books I Followed:

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PS:

Now it’s almost two months since the exam and I’m really sorry to post it late. I hope it’s not too late and I’m willing to give suggestions to any onewho approaches me. I’ve e-mailed more than 50 members who asked me for suggestions. I didn’t e-mail many more who have sent mecongratulation messages. I’m really thankful for their wishes and urge to understand my limits to reply all. If many want suggestions for theirpreparation, I’m up to write another post. Please let me know. I feel that preparation is different for different persons and those who are smartenough in their BTech can crack it very easily and those who are hardworking and not so smart have to go with their ability. All the very best andAdios!


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102 Comments »

sai vinay raj said

April 11, 2013 @ 12:00 pmthnx alot man i have been waiting for this.i have a small sugession for alot of students opt for foreign studies but u have being a realinspiration.pls tell us some incidences that have occured u to take the desicion of serving our own country so that it will be a real inspiration foru r juniors and future gate aspirants.

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sujithkumarb said

April 11, 2013 @ 12:27 pmI’m not really against foreign studies. They are in fact beEer in position. Here also there are some good institutes. The only thing many don’t likeis people leaving this country to seEle abroad after studying in the universities funded by government and so relatively the fee is less. It meansthey are geEing indirect help from the government. I don’t think we can blame any because the opportunities and living conditions are not at allcomparable to the developed countries.In my case, I’m not going to seEle in the other countries. It is not that I love my country to the core (my apologies if it hurts some one), but I seelot of opportunities to serve here.

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Tejaswini said

April 11, 2013 @ 12:46 pmAmazing Blog! very informative Congratulations Sujith Proud of you!!

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sujithkumarb said

April 11, 2013 @ 12:56 pmHere comes the friend I’ve mentioned in the post. Thank you very much Teju….And thanks for infusing the obsession… €:^D

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SRINIVAS said

April 11, 2013 @ 3:16 pmwell brother this blog is motivating me a lot. thank u very much

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sujithkumarb said

April 11, 2013 @ 10:28 pmI’m glad to know that. You are most welcome.

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janu said

April 11, 2013 @ 9:34 pmcan u plz suggest any ideas for cse students

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sujithkumarb said

April 11, 2013 @ 10:43 pmI don’t know any thing about GATE in CSE, except the syllabus. I’m sorry!

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janu said

April 28, 2013 @ 2:30 pmHi can u tell me how did u spent ur time in ur hostel

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sujithkumarb said

April 29, 2013 @ 12:13 amIf you are talking about my stay during the preparation, actually I was staying at home.

krishna thej said

April 12, 2013 @ 3:53 pmi already congratulated him.

very helpful person who replied me saying that he willl help me even after mentioning my rank(10000) …… while a person who got 4900laughed at me.such simplicity is aEained only after aEaining a great height.

thank you very much for ur reply and your post.

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sujithkumarb said

April 12, 2013 @ 5:10 pmThank you very much for your kind words. I feel it as my responsibility.

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sravani kunduru said

April 14, 2013 @ 8:28 pmnyc blog where it is useful for all

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K.NARSING REDDY said

April 21, 2013 @ 12:29 amthanks for giving suggestion.respected brother i was saw you on monday march18 2013 inside eenadu paper(chaduvu) along with EEE topperbeside you. at that time only i cut that piece of paper and aEested it in my room .you are so simple (with white T-SHIRT IN THATPHOTO)..and i read you are from nizamabad. i decided to ask you are suggetion..in my future i decided to keep a welfare for poor ,handicapedpeople (or)children..so please kindly help me.hope you can…………….thank you from -narsing (ADILABAD)

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April 29, 2013 @ 12:24 amHey, thank you very much. Your decision to help the needed is appreciable. I hope you achieve what you are looking for. All the best.

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Saurav said

April 28, 2013 @ 9:45 pmI want to mail a query to you.Can you please give me your mail ID?I read the article and might have missed your mail ID.The article was too good,

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MANIKANTA said

April 29, 2013 @ 10:55 pmcongrates sujiththis is mani from guntur.first rank ante antha easy kaadu adi ECE lo.nee words nee activitives anni bagunnay.really it will give inspiration andencouragement.take my hearty congratulations oka telugu vaadu first rank koEinanduku chala happy ga undi.good keep it up.naaku konchemdoubts unnay regarding gate so naa mail ki personal ga reply ivvagalava..any way all the best buddy…

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sujithkumarb said

May 3, 2013 @ 10:45 pmThank you.

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akshay said

April 30, 2013 @ 3:33 pmawesom

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Gaurav said

April 30, 2013 @ 5:06 pmHi,Amazing post. So finally where and in which dept u r going??

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sujithkumarb said

April 30, 2013 @ 5:22 pmThank you. IITM, VLSI.

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April 30, 2013 @ 5:24 pm

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Are you from Chennai or you choose madras as per your interests??

sujithkumarb said

April 30, 2013 @ 5:27 pmIt is because I’m interested in Analog circuits and IITM is offering MS in this area.

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April 30, 2013 @ 5:32 pmBut why are you geEing into MS?? Only benefit of MS over M.Tech is, it provides greater research exposure. But in M.Tech also researchexposure is sufficient. It is about of 14 months. So to know whether one will really be interested in research M.Tech is sufficient.Moreover if research is the concern then one can/will have a good phd anyway after masters. So why do you want to put extra one yearin MS??

Gaurav said

April 30, 2013 @ 5:41 pmJust a suggestion. I feel that IITB Microelctronics could have been a best choice for you. One, Microelectronics of IITB is best in India andtwo, IITB has a center named CTARA (Center for Technological Alternatives for Rural Areas). That centers does exactly what yourinterest are. So you could aEended their lectures and could have done collective projects as well.

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sujithkumarb said

April 30, 2013 @ 5:44 pmThanks for the info Gaurav. My MS seat is not confirmed yet and have MTech as back-up. I can convert to MS or PhD. I prefer MS justbecause of the suggestion given in the website of VLSI, IITM.

sujithkumarb said

April 30, 2013 @ 5:51 pmBTW Gaurav, may I know about you?

Gaurav said

April 30, 2013 @ 5:54 pmYup. can you come on chat or FB?? Please add me here on FB hEps://www.facebook.com/geekymonk , we can have good discussions.My interests are more or less similar to yours.

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April 30, 2013 @ 11:10 pmHello Sujith,Congrats on your awesome result. The post is very informative.If you dont mind, I would like to ask a few questions..

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1) Which all NPTEL videos did u watch, and which do you recommend us? (Which videos are good for GATE preparation?)

2) Do you recommend ACE coaching material for theory/problems or are only standard books enough?

3)I wrote GATE this time and got an AIR of around 1400. Im in my final year and have a placement offer, which I am surely going to accept it.Im thinking about writing GATE again, so would you like to make any suggestions on how to study optimally while working?

4) I read you left work while you were studying for this time. Did you think of any other options,in case you did not get a good rank inGATE(like GRE, applying for job again etc- In that case do you think one could get a new job after 1 or 2 years of experience?), or were youconfident enough not to think of alternatives?

Looking forward to your reply either here or my email-id.Thanks in advance…

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April 30, 2013 @ 11:56 pmThank you.1) I had gone through IITD Communication Engineering and IITB Digital Communication lectures. It depends on the concepts one has, tochose which lectures to follow and also I don’t know about the other lectures, so can’t suggest in particular.2) I followed N/W theory and S&S materials of ACE. These I feel are very good for GATE. It’s always advisable to read text books, and theother things come next. Which ever book we read, the concepts have to be clear.3) If you are good at concepts, solving problems may suffice. I felt it very hectic to prepare when I was doing job. Any way, concepts have tobe clear and manage your time perfectly. Have sufficient free time when you go for revisions. I think whatever suggestions one gives, thetime and effort one spends totally depends the person and his level of understanding. This is because, as I have seen, there is no commonway of preparation among the rankers.4) I wasn’t thinking of any thing other than GATE. I don’t know if I was confident, but I was ready to write one more time if I would not besatisfied.

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viswa said

May 1, 2013 @ 12:22 amento…enta edigipoyado !! you still remain the crazy guy who threw his phone away to see how life’s without a phone ! deleted FB coz it wasbeing addictive/ (intolerance to stupidity of people) ! anyways, this is just the start of the journey, the path is very long and very hard ! Keepstrong and keep moving !

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sujithkumarb said

May 1, 2013 @ 12:25 amEdo…antha me daya…:)

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MANIKANTA said

May 1, 2013 @ 9:53 amHA HA……….

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May 1, 2013 @ 3:32 pmHi Sujith,

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Congratulations for your Success, Your path towards the destiny are very informative and very very useful. Thanks for lending your time forsolving lot of queries from GATE Aspirants.

I was in a great confusion whether to choose job or to write GATE 2014. I took Self Study for GATE 2013 for Three months, and took an AIR1563 in Instrumentation Stream. and i am going to write GATE 2014 again. I am gonna take GATE Coaching in ACE, Abids for 5 month startingfrom June 23. At the Same time,i have a job offer from HCL Tech, which i have to join after August. I was confused whether to join HCL Tech orto Proceed with my GATE preparation.

i have dropped already an year for GATE 2013, and i am going to drop one more year for GATE 2014.

Since i have to spend five months in Hostel, Can you please tell me how far ACE coaching and their materials, helped you in your Preparation.

And can you please send yours and Rohit P Ronge Email ID (if you have), it will be very helpful for my preparation…

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sujithkumarb said

May 1, 2013 @ 3:59 pmThank you. Listen to the lectures carefully and pay aEention to every concept that will be discussed in the classroom.

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May 3, 2013 @ 10:08 pmHi Sri Ram i am also from instrumentation stream,, send me a mail,, lets connect “[email protected]”


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nku said

May 1, 2013 @ 8:13 pmhey Sujit,, congrats for ur fabulous performance in GATE13…. my rank is 48(EC) and i’m also very much interested in analog/mixed signal stuffso confused btwn MS & MTech@IITM…..did u appeared for Apr 15 MS interview???

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sujithkumarb said

May 2, 2013 @ 10:05 amThank you and congrats for your rank too. Yes, I appeared without preparation. Some 80+ people appeared and I think still 120+ will appearon 31st May. 13 were shortlisted for the interview after the exam out of which 2 were selected for the program. I was among the 13 but notamong the 2. If you are looking to get into this, I suggest you to strictly go through the video lectures mentioned in the MS-TII FAQ section.Also solve the problem sets of the courses. In the second year, you have to work at TI as intern. They mentioned additional 10K making thetotal salary 30K while working as Intern. The job is guaranteed with 11 LPA. I hope this info is helpful.I’m actually aiming for the MS program there. As far as I know, placements for the MTech are good.

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nku said

May 2, 2013 @ 10:24 amThanks for your information and guidence…. can i have ur emailid??

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sumit naikwad said

May 2, 2013 @ 10:45 amCONGRATS SUJIT for your success.my friend told me about this blog,it is very helpful,inspiring,it shows the ability of wish which turns it intoreality,you again proved it as it is mentioned in secrets book.sujith,my rank is not good(14000) in this gate 13,i was also student of ace in sameyear of june 29 pm4a batch.i want to discuss some of things about preparation with you.because i am going to write gate 14.liEle bit frustatednow but i want bounce back and crack gate14.please send me your and if possible rohit ronge’s email id.

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Manpreet kour said

May 2, 2013 @ 9:33 pmcongrats sujith…. dis blog is very inspirational…. n hats off to ur passion to b a top ranker… n even i want some help from u … can i get d emailid plz.?

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Pratibha said

May 3, 2013 @ 12:50 amHey I am from CS after dropping a year got 8k rank which is very disappointing..I want to appear for GATE again. But i am confused should Idrop this year or take admission…No job in hand. what to do? I have serious obsession for good rank like u had

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sujithkumarb said

May 3, 2013 @ 10:03 amIt’s your call. If you have confidence and willingness to join good institute, then there’s no point in joining with the rank you have. It’s justmy opinion. Final call is totally yours.

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Apart from Batman!, totally glazed over all Electronics stuff. Old habits. Also, sorry for not following the ‘comments rule’

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sujithkumarb said

May 3, 2013 @ 11:40 amThose are meant to be glazed over by non-GATErs and rules are meant to be broken by the privileged

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sajag said

May 3, 2013 @ 1:34 pmhi sujith,congrats for your awesome result..it’s a very good inspiration for those students who didn’t make good rank in 1st aEempt..They will definitelylearn from you.I want to know some answers1) what is the contribution of a coaching institute for gate preparation(especially ace eng academy)2)I hv heard that in ace eng. academy ,in 1 batch total 5000 students study..is it possible to ask doubts and clarify within class.3) Suppose any students have some doubts in some subject ,then weather teacher will help personally or weather we can approach to a faculty4)what was your mode of preparation weather group study or self study?if group study ,then how did you find ambitious students?5) i wrote gate 2013 ,but didn’t join any coaching but during my preparation the subject which i studied more was communication and signalsystem, but i never get good marks in these subject,even in gate 2013,i got negative in both subject so can u comment something on this!5)I finished RK knodia and some other author but what i feel that in some topics i need more practices , so i need some difficult question only insome selected topics .how can i get these things?

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sujithkumarb said

May 3, 2013 @ 2:37 pmThank you.1) I think I’ve already mentioned the contribution in the post. It was helpful in preparing for GATE.2) It is not possible to have 5000 people in a class room. There are no more than 200 to 300 per class. You can certainly ask doubts and getthem clarified in the class. The faculty are really helpful.3) Self study.4) I can’t comment, but I believe that the more one strives the beEer the results are. The amount of hard work depends on one’s level ofunderstanding.5) You can solve problems from text books.

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sajag said

May 3, 2013 @ 3:38 pmhi sujith,i want to ask one more thing, in ace coaching faculties are following some standard notes and solving some standard question,suppose if i ask question from some other author’s book, then they welcome or just try to ignore it

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May 3, 2013 @ 3:41 pmI did not get a chance to interact with the lecturers but I’m sure they will not ignore.


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dreamsandrealizations said

May 3, 2013 @ 1:41 pmHi Sujith, Congrats

Never thought I would even find a way to communicate with you. For I was one among those who wrote ACE mock tests and have seen yourname coming 4th and then later AIR 1 in GATE 2013! This was my third aEempt too. After leaving job last year, I too joined ACE but nothingworked for me well. My concepts seem still vague. Hopefully I’ll join for either MTech in some college or MS in IITs this year and give GATEnext year too. It was great to hear about you and the preparation that went into an AIR 1… Thank you very much indeed for this post, Sujith.I would feel privileged if you could give your mail id.

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Siddhartha Ganguly said

May 3, 2013 @ 2:19 pmCongrats Sujith. I want to ask something about the preparations can i get your email address.

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Raj said

May 3, 2013 @ 3:49 pmCongrats sujith… I need some help about the preparations and ace engg academy . can you please give me your email id… Thanks

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mayurlathiya said

May 4, 2013 @ 2:02 pmcongratulations…!!!

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i am gate-2014 aspirant and willing to join ACE.. after reading your experience in blog i became your fan..!!

1) which thing make you stick with your continues preparation mean to say that how you avoid all the distraction arouse in mind..

2) you mentioned that it is good to use reference books for preparation but is it takes much time for preparation ..?

all the reference books you have used in preparation are in pdf format?if so, can you mail me those books.

my email id is [email protected]

may i have your email id please…

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sujithkumarb said

May 4, 2013 @ 7:50 pm1) I was willing to get a top rank. I don’t know what distractions you are talking about, but I watch only good movies in theaters…2) Yes, they take time. That’s why I took 6 full months for the preparation.

I don’t have soft-copies of the books.

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sujithkumarb said

May 5, 2013 @ 10:55 amIt depends on your concept levels.

sravanik said

May 5, 2013 @ 11:41 amamazing blog…it inspired me a lot..i took shorEerm coaching in ace,abids n got 13000 rank n dat is my first aEempt. I am thinkng to give anotheraEempt for Gate n ur blog motivated me a lot..thank u n congrates sujith..

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sujithkumarb said

May 5, 2013 @ 4:55 pmThank you and all the best.

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Raviraj said

May 9, 2013 @ 10:19 pmCong[ and thnx for guidance…

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srinivas said

May 9, 2013 @ 10:54 pmnice disscussions….

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Apoorva Nimbargi said

May 10, 2013 @ 12:16 amhi..i’m already placed.. my posting is in hyderabad.. due to some circumstances, i must go to job.. but i want to do mtech.. can i join the coachingclasses & as well as go to job? can i manage them both?

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sujithkumarb said

May 10, 2013 @ 12:30 amMany people have asked me this question. I couldn’t manage my time while working. This doesn’t imply one can not do. I think it dependson one’s concept levels. If you are good at concepts and manage time properly, working may not hinder you from geEing a rank. It totallydepends on you.

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Apoorva Nimbargi said

May 10, 2013 @ 10:52 amit’ll be hectic.. but i think i can manage.. afterall success wont come without some problems..thank you anyways..:) & congrats..

sandeep443 said

May 10, 2013 @ 8:28 amFirst a very big congragulations bro 4 ur consistency and hard work.i have read the entire thing i meant very sensible to me .so i am willing tofollow the stats followed by you..thank you for sharing ur views

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sujithkumarb said

May 10, 2013 @ 11:19 amThank you and all the best.

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Archana said

May 10, 2013 @ 9:47 amHii..i felt deeply motivated by ur blog..thank u so much..i m preparing ffor gate frm last 2 yrs..god knws were m gng wrong.. M nt able to getgood rank..jst being able to clear cut off..actually in my preparation i m nt gng through the standard books..i prepare my notes frm d coaching

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classes i go..is dis the reason for nt geEing good rank??following the standard books r very imp??? Plzz clear my doubt..

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sujithkumarb said

May 10, 2013 @ 11:18 amGeEing to know the concepts is very important and text books will help you for that. Solve problems from every concept that you read.Doing that will let you know whether your concepts are correct or not.

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Bancha Dutta said

May 10, 2013 @ 5:24 pmHi, thank you very much for the detailed description and very motivational blog. You truly are a very helpful person.I am also resigning from my job this year and will be free by the beginning of August to prepare for GATE. But I have decided to go home anddo my studies from there. However there is no good coaching classes available in my hometown. So I will take a correspondence course andlater maybe go for a crash course for a month or two in Delhi or Hyderabad. Do you think my decision of self study at home is wrong? I want tostudy from home as I think there is very liEle distractions for self-study.

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sujithkumarb said

May 10, 2013 @ 7:18 pmI can give you only one suggestion about your decision. Don’t ask any one about the correctness of your decision. This suggestion is not byme, but just a lesson from Ratan Tata’s quote : “I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right”.Just enjoy studying and manage time properly. All the best.

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Bancha Dutta said

May 13, 2013 @ 3:14 pmThanks a lot. That definitely did some trick!

Vijay said

May 10, 2013 @ 9:05 pmHow many Marks do you obtained in GATE2013..?

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sujithkumarb said

May 10, 2013 @ 11:48 pm88.67

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kris said

May 10, 2013 @ 11:12 pmfifirst of all , congratulation

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i am in confusion and depression because my age is 33 yr and i have b.tech degree in electronic & telecommunication passed in 2009. right nowdoing job in uncle office. he is builder.

1) If i get admission in m.tech in IIT and pass with good GPA .please tell me that m tech at 35, would help me in geEing good job?because i have zero experience in technical field. right now i am in sales.

2)do you know any one who got job at 35 in iit placement ?

3)would i get job at 38 after Phd in good company?

I have been searching person like you since 3 year to ask my query .thanks for publishing your views and articles on internet.it motivate people to do higher studies.

once again thanks.

kindest regards

ps: May i ask you any subject difficult while preparing GATE 2014?only 1or 2 doubt in a month please.

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sujithkumarb said

May 11, 2013 @ 12:00 amThank you. I’m about to join IIT, so may not know much about the future. But I’m sure that the MTech holders from top IITs get good jobs. Iheard from one of my friends that a few do masters after working in industry for long time. If you have passion in research, PhD is a goodoption. Sure, you can ask me questions. I’ll try to give my best…

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kris said

May 11, 2013 @ 5:28 pmthanks for reply,as far as i know there are two type of question. first one is basic question which can answer if concept is good.second one is tricky question which require trick along with good concept or other topic concept.

1) which type of questions are asked in GATE, conceptual or tricky question ? plz answer in percentage. ( like 60 % or 70%)

2) which question-bank you have used for gate ?which book is good for question for EC in gate . which has topic wise question on every concept or trick that is required in GATE?

thanking youkindest regards

sujithkumarb said

May 12, 2013 @ 12:18 amI don’t know about the proportion you’ve asked for. But your analysis about the types of questions is, I think, correct. I’ve alreadymentioned the books I followed in the post.

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May 13, 2013 @ 12:37 ami want to know that the book have mentioned in your post was used by you for both understanding concept and practicing problems?


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sujithkumarb said

May 13, 2013 @ 9:16 amI relied largely on previous year problems and problems from R.K.Kanodia. I used to solve example problems given in the texts and alsosome texts mention problem numbers, in the theory, that you should go through for some derivations. Those help us to understandconcepts well. The boEom line is to understand the concepts well.

kris said

May 14, 2013 @ 10:18 amwhy you were so obsessed to study or obsessed to get top rank?what is your real goal? whether you want to be a scientist or just want good salary job in multinational company .

my problem is that i stay focused for 1or 2 days then i loose interest then after 3 to 4 day again i get motivated for study .

So, my main question is that how to get obsessed like you and what you did when you get distracted from your goal?

kindest regards

sujithkumarb said

May 14, 2013 @ 2:22 pmMy aim was to get into a top college. I don’t think we have good labs in the other colleges to work in VLSI. If I was going to give the testanyway, why shouldn’t I try for the top rank which gives me all I wish?


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kris said

May 17, 2013 @ 7:29 pm” oh my gosh, you think like Olympic champion but can defend your gold title in 2014 because i am also participating in 2014. ” justkidding.

In which M.Tech course you got admission ?why don’t you take M.tech course in ‘Energy Systems Engineering ‘( hEp://www.ese.iitb.ac.in/ ) because every machine need energy .there is huge scope in energy engineering as i think.and please tell that would you enroll for PhD in future ?

kindest regards

srinivas said

May 11, 2013 @ 2:37 pmI have silly problem…I read and understand concepts from textbook…but when I synching concepts with practical considerations Iam unable to sync..then I loose all my confident….how to overcome this problem…is it right strategy of study concepts with out synchng with practical considerations…or not..plz rply…

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sujithkumarb said

May 12, 2013 @ 12:15 amA good strategy is to solve as many problems as you can. It helps clear your concepts …I don’t think GATE questions are really practicaloriented. As far as I’ve seen they are all conceptual and test your problem solving skills.

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Saumik Bhattacharya said

May 11, 2013 @ 8:13 pmHi Sujit,First of all, a worm-hearted congratulation from me on being the best.Secondly, I have a few questions to you. I would deeply feel honoured if you guide me to the answers.

I am puEing the questions in a list-1. What book would you suggest to practise problems from in subjects (i) Analog Circuits (ii) Electronic Devices (iii) EM Theory and (iv) Signals& Systems ?2. Which book would you suggest me to refer to for grasping the concepts of Analog Circuits and Electronic Devices ?3. Which book, according to you, is the most helpful in Network Theory to develop and clear the concepts ?

I need to be sure. I wrote GATE this February and got AIR 13186. I am really keen to make it to the top 100. Your guidance would literally bedivine for me.

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May 12, 2013 @ 12:25 amThank you. I mentioned about all the books I followed in the post. Any way here are my answers.Analog : Sedra &SmithDevices : Streetman & BanerjeeEMT : Jordan & BalmainSignals & Systems : Oppenheim & WillskyNetwork Theory : Hayt & Kemmerly

I haven’t gone through the books other than those mentioned in the PDF in my post, so I can’t really help you with which one is the best.

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Saumik Bhattacharya said

May 12, 2013 @ 9:36 pmThank you very very much Sujith.

dirahk said

May 13, 2013 @ 6:46 pmHi Sujith, Congratulation for your performance.. I feel lucky to be part of the same batch as you were in ACE:),saw u few times..but never had achance to meet/talk with u, thou I was not a regular and had few problems to manage job n classes..

May I know your email id.. I need some help/information..

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Rajeev said

May 14, 2013 @ 4:27 pmHey! Can u tell me which institute will be beEer for gate preparation- made easy or ace academy in delhi

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P.SAI GUNARANJAN said

May 15, 2013 @ 12:35 amcongrats sujith…..ur blog is simply awesome.I’ve got a rank of 511 in GATE 2013 and i too have applied for the MS course on vlsi(TexasInstruments).sice u’ve aEended the interview and test can u please tell me how was the test and interview?wat sort of questions did they ask ?can u specify a couple of questions asked in the interview just to get a feel of the standards they are expecting.

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sujithkumarb said

May 15, 2013 @ 10:33 amFirst, they conducted wriEen test for 1 hour. We had to answer 20 questions,10 one mark ones and 10 two mark ones. We had questions onop-amps, small signal analyses and networks. As far as I remember we had questions on the following topics:1) Finding the inverting and non-inverting terminals of op-amps in a feedback loop and finding gain of the same.2) Two port networks.3) Thevenin equivalents.4) BJT biasing and small signal analysis – two questions on this topic.5) RC/RL circuits, charging and discharging, etc.

In the interview, they asked the questions that we hadn’t solved in the exam or those we had answered wrong.

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Go through the lectures on op-amps and RLC circuits. Most of the questions are from these. Also go through T and PI equivalents of BJT.They will definitely ask question on finding the terminals of op-amps in a feedback loop.The questions asked by TI staff in the interview were very basic and one can easily answer them. If you happen to miss a few questions inthe exam, find the answers after the exam. You should revise the basics because the questions are really on basic level of understanding.Also try to solve the problem sets given in the course websites.

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POORNIMA RAVINDRAN said

May 15, 2013 @ 4:27 pmThat was great indeed, Sujith. A help for all those preparing for tests and interviews in IITs Thank you.

payal said

May 16, 2013 @ 9:07 amcong8s …….u r really an inspiration for me……….

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jaya krishna said

May 17, 2013 @ 8:55 pmwe will receive many congrats….once if we won……but the toughness n struggle u have faced will deserve ur success………thank u for yourvaluable info….if may not bring us success but…..gives us support to be in challage……..hoping to get good for ur future…….

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Die Hard Winner said

May 20, 2013 @ 5:26 amSir, I belong to Delhi. I wanted to ask if at it is required to take coaching? You also went for it in the last aEempt. Why did you feel the need tojoin ACE?Should I go to ACE Hyderabad because I have heard its reputation a lot or join Made Easy Delhi only in my home city? I am very muchconfused. Can you please help where should I look upto? I want small batches But Made Easy teaches in 200 per batch?How is scenario at ACE?And faculty???

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sujithkumarb said

May 20, 2013 @ 9:03 pmI had lot of free time, so I went for morning batches (6:00 to 7:45). It helped me a lot. In ACE also you have 200 odd per batch. Faculty isgood for GATE coaching and they are very helping. I don’t know about the other institutes.

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santosh said

June 1, 2013 @ 10:35 pmcongrats……. and thanks for your valuable suggestions.

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Thejasvi said

June 7, 2013 @ 4:01 pmThankyou very much! your post is very inspiring and informative,

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