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IISc, so what is your interest?. I said I was looking for a good college just for the sake of saying something. 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 a friend 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 of anything 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 Engineering was the subject that scared me a lot. In the rest, I was condent that I could manage. What I want? I want the best. So to get the best, you have to overcome the fears. Did it ring any bells? Yes, the lesson from Batman. Unfortunately I cant remember the time I spent on each subject, but the whole 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. I was li le afraid to plan and manage my timings because of sudden surprises in the form of new movie releases, parties thrown by my friends and oce work. I started with Amplitude Modulation. I had an old book, in view of its edition and also the manufactured date, borrowed from my friend, 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 reading something 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 nd some mistakes. In my case, I thought I was wrong when 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 reading each 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 the decision was to just read the concepts then to solve problems if time would permit and it never permi ed 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 operators had come from. Reading these chapters for GATE like exam is an overkill but I couldnt resist my interest. I kept on reading it. The concepts were so interesting that I revised it for almost 3 times, of course after I read the other subjects. This was the rst time I learnt the usefulness of writing comments in a textbook. It helped me a lot in my revision. I had very li le time left for the other subjects, namely Digital Electronics, Network Theory, Signals and Systems, Control Systems, Electromagnetic Theory and Mathematics. I think it was almost 3 to 4 months left for the exam, but I was a li le condent about these subjects. Control Systems was my rst 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 oce at that time, so I asked my TL if he could grant me two weeks for my preparation. Im very thankful for him to be so generous. That was the time when I made calculations on how to manage my time. Unfortunately the calculations decided me to spend all my time on revision and no problem solving. Remember it was winter time in Noida with no one at home. I had to prepare my food all by myself and if you dont eat, the weather doesnt allow you to read, especially if you are thin. I found three
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quick to make items that would give me all supplements I need Kichdi (with Daal, Rice and salt), Omele e and Curd. This was my food 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 data questions 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 my aspects. 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 for 1 mark questions then for two mark ones. I knew I was going to be messed up. After not ge ing answers for the EMT questions, my condence levels came down drastically. After three hours, I left a few questions unread from Control Systems and Signals which were the easiest among all. It was 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 be er, so was ready to give it one more try but this time with much more preparation. Six Months After the Exam After the results I didnt do any thing for a month except going to oce and chilling out. For a month or two later I went through rst few chapters of the book Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes by Papoulis. After that I did a Crptography course on Coursera out of my interest, for one and a half month. I decided to leave my job for full-edged preparation, so submi ed my resignation le er and was in notice period 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 my coaching at ACE, Abids branch. I was the rst person to apply for GM5 batch, my roll number was 01. I thought GM meant Good Morning and still I dont 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 o from mid August. I made a schedule and allocated times for each subject depending upon my previous experience. I have uploaded the photo (below) of the sticky notes on which 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 rst for doing a project and I applied the same in my preparation. I bought all the books needed and also bought a dry-erase board for doing rough work. The photo below displays my work place.
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In the following lines, Ill 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 Engineering Circuit 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 pa ern, 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 the classes as the classes were running whole day at the end and I was not ge ing time for other subjects. One day I had to a end a class as it was sand-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 that pestered me in my previous a empt was taught in this class. It was based on reciprocal and non-reciprocal networks. I had already noted down a few 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 half month before the exam. That was the time I decided to a end all the classes of Network Theory. I simply like the material given and the way it deals 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 the teachings taught me new concepts and problem solving methods. Digital Electronics I was very condent on this one, particularly Combinational and Sequential circuits. I followed the book Digital Logic and Computer Design by Morris Mano. For the later part which comprises Logic Families and Data Conversion Circuits, I read from Digital Systems: Principles and Applications by Ronald J. Tocci as suggested by the teacher at the coaching institute. I really dont like 8085 to be in the syllabus as no one uses this now in any system. 8086 would have been be er because of its nearness to the current Intel Core processors. In fact you can write 8086 programs 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 through any book for this and needed very minimal amount of preparation, mostly from the internet and from the ACE material. Preparing for 8085 will fetch 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 say that 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 rst subject that was taught rst 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 Oppenheim and Willsky. I didnt require to go through the ACE material as the same was taught in the class. The material was wri en by the teacher himself.
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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 get hold of a bit of the concepts. My book is now lled with many comments (wri en with pencil) and I had to buy a new one for my colleague who had given me the book, 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 the exam 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 Millmans Integrated Electronics if I had not lost the book, but now 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 an online 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. I followed 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 never touched 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, Rectiers, Signal Generators and Wave Shaping Circuits from the book by Sedra and Smith. Two weeks before, I went through CMOS Inverter, Dierential Amplier and just a week before, Feedback from the same book. The last readings were my rst and last preparation for the topics mentioned. After all the preparation, I learnt that there are various methods to solve problems on nding gain, input and output resistances. I did not follow any order in my preparation for this subject. Control Systems 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 this subject 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 the institute almost the whole day. The teachings really reduced my preparation time. I followed Modern Control Engineering by Katsushiko Ogata for all the topics. For Stability Analysis, I followed Control Systems Engineering by Norman Nise and for Polar and Nyquist plots, I followed Schaums Outline of Feedback and Control Systems as suggested by the teacher. I had practical experience in Control Systems and my initial interest was to go into this eld 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 based demodulation of FM and SNR calculations. I had maintained a notes when I went through NPTEL lectures for Amplitude Modulation the last time, so I did not start with Analog Modulation. For Digital Communications I went through NPTEL lectures. The lectures were so useful that after I nished with them, I was able to do Probability of Error calculations, for basic modulation schemes, within 2 to 3 steps. I didnt even need to remember them. At the same time classes for Analog Modulation were started in the institute which I found very useful for brushing up my concepts. In my rst preparation Ive mentioned that there are some concepts which I was dubious about in the text book Communication Systems, 2nd edition by Simon Haykin. I searched for errata for this edition in the internet but did not nd it. So I looked in the latest edition and to my surprise, the lines which had eaten my days in my rst 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 dierence between my preparation last time
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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 read probability theory after my previous a empt 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 si ing 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 comprise Electric Fields, Magnetic Fields, Maxwell equations and Waves. Applications comprise Wave Guides, Transmission Lines and Antennas. We had two 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 of Electromagnetics by Sadiku in 2-2. While doing the course in 4-2, I went through Electromagnetic Waves and Radiation Systems by Jordan and Balmain 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 for GATE13. Last time I went through Sadiku. Actually I did not jump directly into the subject. I completed preparing Dierential Equations and Vector Calculus because of the math involved in EMT is very much depended on the two topics. Particularly, Vector Calculus was found to be very useful when preparing for Basics. I maintained my own notes for EMT starting with Vector Calculus. I still feel dicult to grasp my own notes in an hour even though the points are brief. I followed rst few chapters of Antennas and Wave Propagation by Harish and Sachidananda for Antenna theory. English English is particularly dicult for me as my schooling was in Telugu Medium. I really thank the god for giving me some skills to manage in this language. I still am really poor in the grammar. The teachings by the English lecturer at the institute were the only source of preparation given the time 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 after a ending 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 (it was, in fact, the last of all the classes in the institute), to look for Innitives on the net. I bore the brunt of my ignorance (I lost 1.33 marks for a empting 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-o mark, otherwise why does an engineer need to count apples? The questions are usually easy in GATE and one doesnt 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 I didnt 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 I followed was to read the math subjects which are related to the concepts of a technical subject. So math subjects were largely llers in my preparation. 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 to 2010 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 ma er while solving the
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previous papers as they used to contain 80 to 85 questions with almost same level of diculty. I did not touch 2011 and 2012 question papers as I had already a empted them. In the nal two weeks I revised all the topics without solving any problem and revision of all the topics is very essential to score high in competitive exams. It built up my condence levels. I went to a empt two mock tests at the coaching institute. I did not care what my rank was in them, I just got the keys, veried my answers and tried to refresh my concepts in which I was not comfortable. It was not until 11 Oclock on the exam day, I gained condence. Final Hours and Exam Hours I didnt get sleep till 2:00 or 3:00 in the mid night and woke up early at 6 O clock. I was very tensed about my sleepless mind. I did not stop reading till 9. I got ready and took my lunch by 11:30. I meditated for 20 minutes. I really dont know whether my meditation is a correct way of doing it, I just 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 we were luckily allocated the same center. I didnt want to repeat the mistakes done in the previous a empt. I did not take water almost for three hours before the exam because it was one of the killers in my previous a empt. I also bought a pouch for my stationery. I had bought a brand new model 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 questions because of lack of time. This time I decided to a empt easier questions rst and then tougher ones. The only thing left was to execute the plan well (now a days Im 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 till half an hour before 5 O clock. The plan was executed so well. The questions that I felt tough in the rst go were not so dierent from the easier ones. The literature just made them look hard to solve, and I think they were made so to scare us. I lled the bubbles and while lling, I solved 1 or two 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 not solve. I got only 5 minutes to solve it and I was an u er looser for not solving that. Generally there is only a small dierence in marks between two consecutive ranks. 4 mark dierence may through you out of the toppers league. One Month After the Exam I would have been denitely sure about my 1st rank if at all I had solved those 4 marks. Now the original tension came to me and I had sleepless nights the whole month. Luckily the results were released (probably for load testing) 4 days before the announced date, for one to two hours. I was notied 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 friend about 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 had seen 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 by anyone at the institute, if I hadnt wri en the mock tests well. He said that they had checked my results because I had got single digit rank in the mock 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 not a empt 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 really lled pages). I knew that the aptitude questions wouldnt be too big to solve in GATE (from my previous a empts) and so was not much disappointed about them.
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The other things I left are: 1. I did not mention any of the other problems that I faced in my life. That doesnt mean that I didnt face any. I had my own and I never wanted them to be excuses. 2. I used to travel by bus for almost 2 to 3 weeks in the initial days, then got my Learners License. My father used to come with me as pillion, 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 my license 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 the coaching center at around 6:10. I was hardly on time for the classes which I always regre ed. 3. 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 dicult it would be if someone forgets calculator to GATE (I forgot mine when I took my rst mock test!). She saw me carrying an extra one and asked me before going into our respective rooms. Her was on the 2nd oor and mine was on the 3rd oor and it was pure coincidence that I happened to be seen by her in the ground oor. #luckma ers (I use and admire Twi er). 4. The idea of writing this kind of post is not a sudden feeling after ge ing the results. Also the 1st ranker speeches are not spontaneous. I had been practicing them since I started preparation for GATE13. I had been telling my parents and friends about my wish to top. In fact I used to tell one of my friends in the company about my dream of ge ing into IISc. On my nal day at the company, there was one of the founders who got 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 last look at the oce building. The rst rank was a dream, a wish and more than that an obsession and I happened to just make the dream real, fulll my wish and get rid of the obsession. 5. 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. 6. My previous post on Machines and Indian Problems tells about my rst ever exposure to the problems here and that made me want to serve my country with what ever abilities I have. 7. There are two movies which have inspired me a lot: The Worlds Fastest Indian and October Sky. Both are real stories. 8. Lastly, Im not sure where to join, though IISc had been my dream. Now Im thinking of alternatives and I hope it will be clear in a couple of days. List of Books I Followed: Click this link for the PDF PS: Now its almost two months since the exam and Im really sorry to post it late. I hope its not too late and Im willing to give suggestions to any one who approaches me. Ive e-mailed more than 50 members who asked me for suggestions. I didnt e-mail many more who have sent me congratulation messages. Im really thankful for their wishes and urge to understand my limits to reply all. If many want suggestions for their preparation, Im up to write another post. Please let me know. I feel that preparation is dierent for dierent persons and those who are smart enough 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 and Adios! Permalink
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sujithkumarb said
April 11, 2013 @ 12:27 pm Im not really against foreign studies. They are in fact be er in position. Here also there are some good institutes. The only thing many dont like is people leaving this country to se le abroad after studying in the universities funded by government and so relatively the fee is less. It means they are ge ing indirect help from the government. I dont think we can blame any because the opportunities and living conditions are not at all comparable to the developed countries. In my case, Im not going to se le in the other countries. It is not that I love my country to the core (my apologies if it hurts some one), but I see lot of opportunities to serve here. Reply
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Tejaswini said
April 11, 2013 @ 12:46 pm Amazing Blog! very informative Congratulations Sujith Proud of you!! Reply
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sujithkumarb said
April 11, 2013 @ 12:56 pm Here comes the friend Ive mentioned in the post. Thank you very much Teju.And thanks for infusing the obsession :^D Reply
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SRINIVAS said
April 11, 2013 @ 3:16 pm well brother this blog is motivating me a lot. thank u very much Reply
sujithkumarb said
April 11, 2013 @ 10:28 pm Im glad to know that. You are most welcome. Reply
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janu said
April 11, 2013 @ 9:34 pm can u plz suggest any ideas for cse students Reply
sujithkumarb said
April 11, 2013 @ 10:43 pm I dont know any thing about GATE in CSE, except the syllabus. Im sorry! Reply
janu said
April 28, 2013 @ 2:30 pm Hi can u tell me how did u spent ur time in ur hostel
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sujithkumarb said
April 29, 2013 @ 12:13 am If you are talking about my stay during the preparation, actually I was staying at home.
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sujithkumarb said
April 12, 2013 @ 5:10 pm Thank you very much for your kind words. I feel it as my responsibility. Reply
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sujithkumarb said
April 29, 2013 @ 12:24 am Hey, thank you very much. Your decision to help the needed is appreciable. I hope you achieve what you are looking for. All the best. Reply
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Saurav said
April 28, 2013 @ 9:45 pm I 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, Reply
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MANIKANTA said
April 29, 2013 @ 10:55 pm congrates sujith this is mani from guntur.rst rank ante antha easy kaadu adi ECE lo.nee words nee activitives anni bagunnay.really it will give inspiration and encouragement.take my hearty congratulations oka telugu vaadu rst rank ko inanduku chala happy ga undi.good keep it up.naaku konchem doubts unnay regarding gate so naa mail ki personal ga reply ivvagalava..any way all the best buddy Reply
sujithkumarb said
May 3, 2013 @ 10:45 pm Thank you. Reply
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Gaurav said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:06 pm Hi, Amazing post. So nally where and in which dept u r going?? Reply
sujithkumarb said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:22 pm Thank you. IITM, VLSI. Reply
Gaurav said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:24 pm Are you from Chennai or you choose madras as per your interests??
sujithkumarb said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:27 pm It is because Im interested in Analog circuits and IITM is oering MS in this area.
Gaurav said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:32 pm But why are you ge ing into MS?? Only benet of MS over M.Tech is, it provides greater research exposure. But in M.Tech also research exposure is sucient. It is about of 14 months. So to know whether one will really be interested in research M.Tech is sucient. 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 year in MS??
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Gaurav said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:41 pm Just a suggestion. I feel that IITB Microelctronics could have been a best choice for you. One, Microelectronics of IITB is best in India and two, IITB has a center named CTARA (Center for Technological Alternatives for Rural Areas). That centers does exactly what your interest are. So you could a ended their lectures and could have done collective projects as well. AW Final decision is always yours. Once again congrats
sujithkumarb said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:44 pm Thanks for the info Gaurav. My MS seat is not conrmed yet and have MTech as back-up. I can convert to MS or PhD. I prefer MS just because of the suggestion given in the website of VLSI, IITM.
sujithkumarb said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:51 pm BTW Gaurav, may I know about you?
Gaurav said
April 30, 2013 @ 5:54 pm Yup. can you come on chat or FB?? Please add me here on FB h ps://www.facebook.com /geekymonk , we can have good discussions. My interests are more or less similar to yours.
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Badari said
April 30, 2013 @ 11:10 pm Hello Sujith, Congrats on your awesome result. The post is very informative. If you dont mind, I would like to ask a few questions.. 1) Which all NPTEL videos did u watch, and which do you recommend us? (Which videos are good for GATE preparation?)
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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 nal year and have a placement oer, 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 in GATE(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 you condent enough not to think of alternatives? Looking forward to your reply either here or my email-id. Thanks in advance Reply
sujithkumarb said
April 30, 2013 @ 11:56 pm Thank you. 1) I had gone through IITD Communication Engineering and IITB Digital Communication lectures. It depends on the concepts one has, to chose which lectures to follow and also I dont know about the other lectures, so cant suggest in particular. 2) I followed N/W theory and S&S materials of ACE. These I feel are very good for GATE. Its always advisable to read text books, and the other things come next. Which ever book we read, the concepts have to be clear. 3) If you are good at concepts, solving problems may suce. I felt it very hectic to prepare when I was doing job. Any way, concepts have to be clear and manage your time perfectly. Have sucient free time when you go for revisions. I think whatever suggestions one gives, the time and eort one spends totally depends the person and his level of understanding. This is because, as I have seen, there is no common way of preparation among the rankers. 4) I wasnt thinking of any thing other than GATE. I dont know if I was condent, but I was ready to write one more time if I would not be satised. Reply
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May 1, 2013 @ 12:22 am entoenta edigipoyado !! you still remain the crazy guy who threw his phone away to see how lifes without a phone ! deleted FB coz it was being addictive/ (intolerance to stupidity of people) ! anyways, this is just the start of the journey, the path is very long and very hard ! Keep strong and keep moving ! Reply
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May 1, 2013 @ 12:25 am Edoantha me daya:) Reply
MANIKANTA said
May 1, 2013 @ 9:53 am HA HA.
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May 1, 2013 @ 3:32 pm Hi Sujith, Congratulations for your Success, Your path towards the destiny are very informative and very very useful. Thanks for lending your time for solving 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 AIR 1563 in Instrumentation Stream. and i am going to write GATE 2014 again. I am gonna take GATE Coaching in ACE, Abids for 5 month starting from June 23. At the Same time,i have a job oer from HCL Tech, which i have to join after August. I was confused whether to join HCL Tech or to 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 ve 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 Reply
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May 1, 2013 @ 3:59 pm Thank you. Listen to the lectures carefully and pay a ention to every concept that will be discussed in the classroom. Reply
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raj said
May 3, 2013 @ 10:08 pm Hi Sri Ram i am also from instrumentation stream,, send me a mail,, lets connect raghu743@gmail.com
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May 1, 2013 @ 8:13 pm hey Sujit,, congrats for ur fabulous performance in GATE13. my rank is 48(EC) and im also very much interested in analog/mixed signal stu so confused btwn MS & MTech@IITM..did u appeared for Apr 15 MS interview??? Reply
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May 2, 2013 @ 10:05 am Thank you and congrats for your rank too. Yes, I appeared without preparation. Some 80+ people appeared and I think still 120+ will appear on 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 not among 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 the total salary 30K while working as Intern. The job is guaranteed with 11 LPA. I hope this info is helpful. Im actually aiming for the MS program there. As far as I know, placements for the MTech are good. Reply
nku said
May 2, 2013 @ 10:24 am Thanks for your information and guidence. can i have ur emailid??
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helpful,inspiring,it shows the ability of wish which turns it into reality,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 same year of june 29 pm4a batch.i want to discuss some of things about preparation with you.because i am going to write gate 14.li le bit frustated now but i want bounce back and crack gate14.please send me your and if possible rohit ronges email id. Reply
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May 2, 2013 @ 1:04 pm Thank you. Reply
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May 2, 2013 @ 11:54 pm Thank you. Reply
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Pratibha said
May 3, 2013 @ 12:50 am Hey 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 I drop this year or take admissionNo job in hand. what to do? I have serious obsession for good rank like u had Reply
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May 3, 2013 @ 10:03 am Its your call. If you have condence and willingness to join good institute, then theres no
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May 3, 2013 @ 11:27 am Apart from Batman!, totally glazed over all Electronics stu. Old habits. Also, sorry for not following the comments rule Reply
sujithkumarb said
May 3, 2013 @ 11:40 am Those are meant to be glazed over by non-GATErs and rules are meant to be broken by the privileged Reply
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May 3, 2013 @ 1:34 pm hi sujith, congrats for your awesome result..its a very good inspiration for those students who didnt make good rank in 1st a empt..They will denitely learn from you.I want to know some answers 1) 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 faculty 4)what was your mode of preparation weather group study or self study?if group study ,then how did you nd ambitious students? 5) i wrote gate 2013 ,but didnt join any coaching but during my preparation the subject which i studied more was communication and signal system, 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 nished RK knodia and some other author but what i feel that in some topics i need more practices , so i need some dicult question only in some selected topics .how can i get these things? Reply
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May 3, 2013 @ 2:37 pm Thank you. 1) I think Ive 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 get them claried in the class. The faculty are really helpful. 3) Self study. 4) I cant comment, but I believe that the more one strives the be er the results are. The amount of hard work depends on ones level of understanding. 5) You can solve problems from text books. Reply
sajag said
May 3, 2013 @ 3:38 pm hi 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 authors book, then they welcome or just try to ignore it
sujithkumarb said
May 3, 2013 @ 3:41 pm I did not get a chance to interact with the lecturers but Im sure they will not ignore.
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May 3, 2013 @ 1:41 pm Hi Sujith, Congrats Never thought I would even nd a way to communicate with you. For I was one among those who wrote ACE mock tests and have seen your name coming 4th and then later AIR 1 in GATE 2013! This was my third a empt too. After leaving job last year, I too joined ACE but nothing worked for me well. My concepts seem still vague. Hopefully Ill join for either MTech in some college or MS in IITs this year and give GATE next 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. Reply
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May 3, 2013 @ 11:02 pm Thank you. Reply
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Raj said
May 3, 2013 @ 3:49 pm Congrats sujith I need some help about the preparations and ace engg academy . can you please give me your email id Thanks Reply
sujithkumarb said
May 3, 2013 @ 9:52 pm Thank you. Reply
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May 4, 2013 @ 2:02 pm congratulations!!! 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
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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 meetmp2009@gmail.com may i have your email id please Reply
sujithkumarb said
May 4, 2013 @ 7:50 pm 1) I was willing to get a top rank. I dont know what distractions you are talking about, but I watch only good movies in theaters 2) Yes, they take time. Thats why I took 6 full months for the preparation. I dont have soft-copies of the books. Reply
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May 4, 2013 @ 9:20 pm is it possible to complete whole syllabus using reference books in 6 month.. ?
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May 5, 2013 @ 10:55 am It depends on your concept levels.
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May 5, 2013 @ 11:41 am amazing blogit inspired me a lot..i took shor erm coaching in ace,abids n got 13000 rank n dat is my rst a empt. I am thinkng to give another a empt for Gate n ur blog motivated me a lot..thank u n congrates sujith.. Reply
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May 5, 2013 @ 4:55 pm Thank you and all the best. Reply
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May 9, 2013 @ 10:19 pm Cong and thnx for guidance Reply
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May 9, 2013 @ 10:54 pm nice disscussions. Reply
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sujithkumarb said
May 10, 2013 @ 12:30 am Many people have asked me this question. I couldnt manage my time while working. This doesnt imply one can not do. I think it depends on ones concept levels. If you are good at concepts and manage time properly, working may not hinder you from ge ing a rank. It totally depends on you. Reply
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May 10, 2013 @ 8:28 am First 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 to follow the stats followed by you..thank you for sharing ur views Reply
sujithkumarb said
May 10, 2013 @ 11:19 am Thank you and all the best. Reply
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Archana said
May 10, 2013 @ 9:47 am Hii..i felt deeply motivated by ur blog..thank u so much..i m preparing or gate frm last 2 yrs..god knws were m gng wrong.. M nt able to get good rank..jst being able to clear cut o..actually in my preparation i m nt gng through the standard books..i prepare my notes frm d coaching classes i go..is dis the reason for nt ge ing good rank??following the standard books r very imp??? Plzz clear my doubt.. Reply
sujithkumarb said
May 10, 2013 @ 11:18 am Ge ing 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. Reply
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May 10, 2013 @ 7:18 pm I can give you only one suggestion about your decision. Dont ask any one about the correctness of your decision. This suggestion is not by me, but just a lesson from Ratan Tatas quote : I dont believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right. Just enjoy studying and manage time properly. All the best. Reply
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May 10, 2013 @ 9:05 pm How many Marks do you obtained in GATE2013..? Reply
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May 10, 2013 @ 11:48 pm 88.67
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kris said
May 10, 2013 @ 11:12 pm rst of all , congratulation 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 now doing job in uncle oce. 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 ge ing good job? because i have zero experience in technical eld. 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 dicult while preparing GATE 2014? only 1or 2 doubt in a month please. Reply
sujithkumarb said
May 11, 2013 @ 12:00 am Thank you. Im about to join IIT, so may not know much about the future. But Im sure that the MTech holders from top IITs get good jobs. I heard 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 good option. Sure, you can ask me questions. Ill try to give my best Reply
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May 11, 2013 @ 5:28 pm thanks for reply, as far as i know there are two type of question. rst 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
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May 12, 2013 @ 12:18 am I dont know about the proportion youve asked for. But your analysis about the types of questions is, I think, correct. Ive already mentioned the books I followed in the post.
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May 13, 2013 @ 12:37 am i want to know that the book have mentioned in your post was used by you for both understanding concept and practicing problems?
sujithkumarb said
May 13, 2013 @ 9:16 am I relied largely on previous year problems and problems from R.K.Kanodia. I used to solve example problems given in the texts and also some texts mention problem numbers, in the theory, that you should go through for some derivations. Those help us to understand concepts well. The bo om line is to understand the concepts well.
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May 14, 2013 @ 10:18 am why 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 .
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May 14, 2013 @ 2:22 pm My aim was to get into a top college. I dont think we have good labs in the other colleges to work in VLSI. If I was going to give the test anyway, why shouldnt I try for the top rank which gives me all I wish?
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. just kidding. In which M.Tech course you got admission ? why dont you take M.tech course in Energy Systems Engineering ( h p://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
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May 11, 2013 @ 2:37 pm I 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 condent. how to overcome this problem is it right strategy of study concepts with out synchng with practical considerationsor not..plz rply Reply
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May 12, 2013 @ 12:25 am Thank you. I mentioned about all the books I followed in the post. Any way here are my answers. Analog : Sedra &Smith Devices : Streetman & Banerjee EMT : Jordan & Balmain Signals & Systems : Oppenheim & Willsky Network Theory : Hayt & Kemmerly I havent gone through the books other than those mentioned in the PDF in my post, so I cant really help you with which one is the best. Reply
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May 13, 2013 @ 6:46 pm Hi 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 a chance 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.. Reply
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May 14, 2013 @ 4:27 pm Hey! Can u tell me which institute will be be er for gate preparation- made easy or ace academy in delhi Reply
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May 15, 2013 @ 10:33 am First, they conducted wri en test for 1 hour. We had to answer 20 questions,10 one mark ones and 10 two mark ones. We had questions on op-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 nding 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 hadnt 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 denitely ask question on nding the terminals of op-amps in a feedback loop. The questions asked by TI sta in the interview were very basic and one can easily answer them. If you happen to miss a few questions in the exam, nd 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. Reply
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May 16, 2013 @ 9:07 am cong8s .u r really an inspiration for me. Reply
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May 20, 2013 @ 9:03 pm I 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 is good for GATE coaching and they are very helping. I dont know about the other institutes. Reply
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santosh said
June 1, 2013 @ 10:35 pm congrats. and thanks for your valuable suggestions. Reply
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Thejasvi said
June 7, 2013 @ 4:01 pm Thankyou very much! your post is very inspiring and informative, Reply
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Ramesh said
June 7, 2013 @ 6:36 pm I have some questions regarding the preparation of GATE. The exam is closing in on FEB2014 if im not wrong. I still have only 8 months to go. I Guess you could possibly avorsome a platform for the students of my state. Could you oer a schedule for me i.e. How many months should i need to wipe out the basics of all subjects out the time i left? Which subject can i possibly prioritize longer time in problem solving and conceptual vice verse? Reply
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June 8, 2013 @ 2:29 am I suggest you to complete your rst preparation 2 months before the exam date. Those 2 months may be utilized for 2 revisions. You may spend more time on the subjects you feel dicult because GATE gives, on an average, equal weightage to all the subjects. In all the subjects, problem solving is very important and solve problems like you are learning concepts
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June 9, 2013 @ 12:02 am On the emphasis of problem solving, is there any books as equally facilitates the practice coach for problems as RK Kanodia? If any, could you please suggest me the book name and authors, possibly the link in case of the inclusion of ebooks. Reply
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June 9, 2013 @ 12:05 am I dont know. Reply
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June 19, 2013 @ 2:29 am I think most of the electronic books discuss clampers. Any way I would suggest you to go through Boylstad or Sedra and Smith. Do solve every problem that you see on clampers, it will get your doubts claried and make you condent in that particular topic. Reply
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June 19, 2013 @ 2:31 am Im jus curious..what dierence would it make? Any way, the books which I used as references, I bought them. Reply
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June 15, 2013 @ 9:23 am Hi Sujith, I am a Btech passed out (may 2013) and I have been placed in TCS joining this september. So I joined summer crash course at ACE academy. I nd very less time to revise the concepts taught in class as they run from 6 am to 8 pm. So would you suggest anything for me to get the best out of coaching and how to plan after coaching so that I can make best use of the li le time I have? Reply
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June 19, 2013 @ 2:37 am Solve all the problems that are taught in the class room. Make notes of the concepts and problems that you dont follow and get them claried in the classroom. This is all I can
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June 19, 2013 @ 11:01 am Thank you very much , where are you going to join? Please post an article about your interview experience
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June 22, 2013 @ 12:00 pm Which one do you feel comer? Reply
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sedra and smith for analog electronics which i always refer but i also have boylested e-book.
sujithkumarb said
June 22, 2013 @ 10:12 pm Im more comfortable with reading from hard copies because Ive the habit of writing in text books. Its all about making life easy.
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June 23, 2013 @ 7:31 pm sujith bro thank u verymuch for u valuable infrmatntoday i left d cls in betwen as i am studnt of weekend branch..:-)hoping a valuable suggestng iam getng tensd abt my gate prepartn can u suggst me to take 1st stp fo my practic..:-) Reply
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June 28, 2013 @ 10:12 am If you had understood the concepts when you took coaching, you may not need to take it again. NPTEL lectures may be helpful for you to understand the concepts. Reply
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June 24, 2013 @ 6:27 pm HI..I want to ask one thing,I couldnt decide whether to go fr coaching or to go fr m.tech directly in some institute.. I want to study bt feared that if i couldnt qualied GATE thn what would happened???? PLZzzz suggest me Reply
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June 24, 2013 @ 8:36 pm 1st of all i want to congrats u .its really amazing dat u got Air 1 within 6 month ppn.nd u really deserve dis. I hv a reqst ,would u like to share all the problm which u faces during ur ppn. Nd the condn where u study. Reply
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June 25, 2013 @ 1:21 pm thanxx alot..Sujith it was really really inspiring..even i dont have any aim in my life..due to lack of a perfect guidance..the guidance given by parents is ..i dont feel is a perfect one they just
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wanted us to hold a good rank in the number of exams they named to us..but what we need is the guidance to our way of studingspending no. of hours on studing is not enough..I really wanted a guy to guide men u r that one.you really provided me the way to my studies thanx alot.but i hve a doubt bout from which year we should strt our prepration..is it really required for us to take drop for it??.yet it is so far for me to achieve that goalbecause m jst a 12th passer this yearn wanted to take EEE but whatever it was thankss 4 all Reply
sujithkumarb said
June 28, 2013 @ 10:05 am Its good that you have concerns for your future even before you join college. If you study the concepts right from your fresher year, you may not need special coaching. Electronics is a beautiful subject which involves physics and maths. I suggest you to read the concepts keeping in mind that each thing you read has practical importance. Problem solving is very important and solve problems from each concept that you read. It would be good to know the subjects that will be there in your branch beforehand and their importance in industry. Do not afraid to know the details because it will not harm you in any way. It would be the only guide for you. Reply
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June 26, 2013 @ 12:48 pm Can we crack gate through self preparation? coz I dont want to bother my parents with coaching centre fees.. Also Is there any particular book from which you practiced problems?? Ive heard RK Kanodia is good, is that true? $%^Please do reply%$# -pavan, Chennai. Reply
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June 27, 2013 @ 4:08 pm Thanks for the blog and I am also in the same situation. I am working in a power plant for the past 3 years with a comfortable salary.. I want to pursue mtech. And I am planning to learn at ace as my fundamentals in electrical is not strong. Please advice. Reply
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srikanth said
June 27, 2013 @ 7:04 pm Congrats sujith kumar! I have one doubt.how did u remember the formulas for various subjects.subjects like signals,communication,network theory we need not worry much i guess.But for subjects like electronic devices,analog circuits,EMF,control systems and formulas in maths are dicult to remember,the other way of going from the base to get to the formula is also time consuming and risky.How did u manage this,it will be of immense help if u answer this.once again congo! and all the best for ur future Reply
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June 28, 2013 @ 9:52 am I felt remembering formulae in Electronic Devices easy, probably because I had gone through the derivations many times. I would check the dimensions each time I put down a formula on paper from my memory, for verication. In EM theory, I think the eld equations in Waveguides are dicult to remember because they are confusing. You may not also derive them in the exam. So, I found out a way to remember them. Antenna theory also needs the eld equations to be remembered. Rest all concepts can be managed. I did not remember any thing from Control Systems because there are none, I think. In maths, only formulae from Calculus need to be remembered. What I feel is that, even if you try to remember something, after a while, memory seems to be erased. Try to get the essence of the concepts and remember the formulae only before you a empt an exam or before you solve problems. BTW, its actually a good doubt. Reply
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June 29, 2013 @ 9:37 am hey thanks for the reply.but apart from calculus we have complex variables which also have many formulas,then basic linear algebra which has lots of properties particularly for adjoint,inverses,then in probabiltiy we need remember the various formulas for various distributions.am not comfortable in remembering formulas for these MATHs parts.Sorry if
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that is not the right way to ask.Kindly correct me if i am wrong in any of the above.thanks again.
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June 29, 2013 @ 11:01 am Yes, Linear Algebra and also Numerical Analysis have formulas but it is sucient if you remember them on exam day.
srikanth said
July 9, 2013 @ 6:48 pm hey sujith am just curious whether u can share the questions u left una empted or wrong apart from what u mentioned in the post.
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July 1, 2013 @ 11:27 pm can anyone tel me wich s d best coachng centre fr gate ece in bangalore ! Reply
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shivi said
July 4, 2013 @ 1:43 pm you have mentioned abt making self notes and comments in text book..how to do that ? Reply
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Suraj said
July 6, 2013 @ 2:55 pm Hey just wanted to let u knw dat I m inspired my ur blog!! i m going to appear GATE 2015 nd I to be AIR 1 Reply
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July 9, 2013 @ 11:56 am hey
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totally inspired my ur blog.. I m in my third year of engg. and want to crack GATE. For this I will surely need ur suggestion. Hope u may help me. My branch ECE. Reply
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Anurup said
July 11, 2013 @ 12:03 am hi sujith, can you please tell more about the texas instruments RA program i.e no of positions and job oer Reply
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Bala said
July 12, 2013 @ 3:09 pm I am really inspired by your achievement I have passed my engineering in EC 2012 from a institute da nt so well known and comes under mumbai university. It waz hard to nd a job after dat and i struggled for a year after dat fr sake of job i joined lecturship in engineering college. What I want to know is that is it possible to prepare for gate while doing job and get into good institute. hoping for u r reply thanks and regards Reply
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M.DHEERAJ said
July 12, 2013 @ 10:51 pm thank you sir ..my dream is to get into iisc i am gate aspirants of 2014 ece at ace academy.i am inspired by last year air one rakesh kande sir..so have been executing my plans to get iisc for mtech.your details are fruitful for me Reply
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srivastavarohit74@gmail.com said
July 13, 2013 @ 1:56 pm my branch is electrical..so i want to ask u that the books for analog,ddigital,network analysis,signal system will be same for electrical branch also..please reply
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July 16, 2013 @ 12:34 am it was woth reading this . i have a query ,if we do self preparations for gate ,then how come the drawbacks of not a ending a oaching be overcomed like short tricks,speech, correct approach to a question ?? Reply
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suraj said
July 19, 2013 @ 5:20 pm as you have mention some books suppose oppenheim for signal and system do you studied the whole bookand did all the solved and unsolved questions or some specic topic and question. please suggest me how to utilise these high standard book your help will be appreciable Reply
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Anil said
July 21, 2013 @ 6:10 pm Congrats for ur great result sujithI wanted to ask whether for Digital Communication nptel lectures are sucient.I mean for BER calculation-signal space,random processes etc . Also please tell me where to look for practice questions for the above topics which are at par with the level of GATE because what i found was that in almost all standard books (haykin,proakis etc.) derivations are given but problems are not dealt nicely-so it becomes more theoretical. Thanks in advance Reply
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shaurya said
July 21, 2013 @ 11:51 pm Every topper says that I was not able to do that,I was not able to do this but results come very dierent. Reply
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hi sir, I disqualied in gate-2013,but i got the 566th rank in pgecet-2013 in EC.Sir ,I have many doubts regarding to the basics of why electron has negative and proton have positive charges.Is there any reerance text books according to indepth analysis of semiconductor physics please suggest me Reply RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed for comments on this post TrackBack URI (Uniform Resource Identier)
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