GATEFORUM Newsletter

The winners of the December Question Time - Uday Singh, Saket Bansal, Vikas Singh, Prajakta Jain, Swapnil Bokade.
For this month's Question Time, see page 2
GATE Helpdesk
GATE 2015 Important Updates
Students need to use their own non-programmable
calculator in GATE 2015
GATE Admit Card is now available for download at
http://gate.iitk.ac.in/

GATE/PSU/Mtech Admission Updates

NEW

Monthly stipend for ME/M-tech for all branches has increased

from `8000/- to `12,400/-

PSUs Recruiting through GATE 2015

PSU

GATEWAY TO THE IITs

BNPM

NEW

Applica on Dates

Number of vacancies

Streams Eligible

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EC, EE, ME, CH

Ten quick steps that can help you achieve your

Start Date: Mar 15, 2015
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EE, ME, IN, MT
dream rank in the upcoming Graduate Aptitude Test in
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engineering exam. Graduate Aptitude Test in
Start
Date
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17,
2014
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EE, ME, MN, GG
Engineering (GATE) exam is an all-India test conducted
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by the Indian Institute of Science and IITS.
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1) Set Your Goals
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EC
Different goals have different strategies so it is important
to dene your goals in terms of the rank you wish to
Start Date: Jan 15, 2015
Power grid
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EE,CS,CE
achieve. If you are aspiring for the top IITS or PSUS, you
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will need a rank of less than 1,000 and will have to
Start Date: Dec 17, 2014
IOCL
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CH ,CE, CS, EE, EC, ME, IN
prepare thoroughly on all topics as opposed to someone
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Start Date: Dec 17, 2014
just looking to achieve a qualifying grade.
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ME, EE, IN, CE, CH
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2) Take A Diagnostic Test
Start Date: Dec 18, 2014
CEL
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EC, EE, ME
Before you start preparations it is important to know your
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level of competence. An analysis of your performance in
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ME, EE, Geology, Mining
this test will reveal your strengths as well as areas of
weakness. Based on this feedback, you can then devise
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CE,ME, EE
a correct preparation strategy.
Start Date: Dec 18, 2014
HPCL
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ME, CE, EC, EE, IN, CH
3) Build Your Concepts
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GATE is an exam which tests concepts as well as their
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MDL
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ME, EE
application. Join a good classroom program or an online
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Start Date: Dec 20, 2014
tutoring program which will help strengthen your
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ME,EE,EC,IN
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concepts.
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4) Practice Makes Perfect
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Make an effort to solve different types of questions in
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ME, EC, CE, Control &
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various books as they will help you be prepared for any
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Instrumenta on
kind of surprise questions.
CE, ME, EC, Signaling and
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Telecom
5) Familiarise With Formulae
Start Date :Jan 1, 2015
NHPC
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Engineering subjects have a lot of formulae, which more
Last Date: Jan 31, 2015
often than not have to be memorized. Noting down all
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formulae in one place or referring to a collection of
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formulae will help you memorize data more efciently.
6) Do Not Ignore General Ability
General Ability section constitutes 15 per cent of your total marks. So be sure to pay special attention.
7) Appear In A Mock Test Series
Mock tests will help you adapt to the online pattern and assess what progress you have made.
8) Make Your Own Exam Strategy
Some people like to start solving a paper from the rst question, while others like to glance through the entire paper and start answering
questions from their areas of strength. Based on your experiments in the mock test series, you can customize an exam strategy of your
own.
9) Relax Before The Exam
One day before the exam, stop thinking about it. Go watch a movie or play a game to relax. Try to appear for GATE with a fresh mind.
10) Remember That Gate Is Not The End Of The World
Try to do your best and do not worry excessively about the results. This is just one exam among many.

Topper Speak
Interview with Aditya Gusain (AIR 5, Biotechnology GATE 2014)
Were you decided about appearing for GATE from your under graduation days or did the idea come in the nal year?
Aditya Gusain: From the early days of my under graduation, I have been seeing my seniors preparing for GATE exam & getting into IITs
thereby opening better job opportunities for them. That is what made me decide to attempt GATE & get better opportunities.
Can you share any preparation strategies with our readers? How to schedule study time & make timetables?
Aditya Gusain: I believe each person has his own way of learning & understanding. My strategy was rst to be regular in my studies &

preparation while being honest to myself. I covered the whole syllabus in parts starting by covering important topics from different
subjects in Biotechnology along with regular practice of engineering mathematics & general aptitude.
Scheduling your time is really important because the lack of proper management may leave you confused about
the GATE exam with doubts like which topics to cover & what is not relevant for GATE exam. I would advise to
always study 2-3 subjects side by side. This would maintain your pace in covering the entire syllabus.
One month before GATE should be only for solving questions, mock tests. During this time, it is better to start
revision because trying to start any new subject will just be a waste of your time. Just try to practice as many
questions as you can. Joining test series especially online test series like at GateForum will really help.
Any message for the future aspirants?
Aditya Gusain: Never panic. GATE exam is very easy if you are serious about it and work hard for it. Remember
only hard work pays, so just study and that too with fun .Never think what is going to happen after that. This
attitude is what has really helped me to secure a good rank. You can succeed too if you believe and work for it!

Engineering Watch
IIT Madras Students Invent Premium e-bike
This e-scooter with its Android dashboard is out of the ordinary. IIT-Madrasincubated Ather Energy has developed a rst-of-its-kind Android tablet dashboard
for an electric scooter its building. The tablet can help the rider with navigation and
offer information on power, battery drain, and system temperature and how long
the scooter can go before the next charge-up. It can help track theft as well. Ather's
young owners, alumni of the prestigious institute, want to change the lackluster
image associated with the current crop of battery-operated scooters (e-bikes).
They want to offer a bike that brings out all the positives of an electric vehicle and
matches the performance of gasoline scooters, needs zero maintenance and is
topped with premium features not yet available in any Indian scooter.

This section will have questions from General Ability and Mathematics
(together these sections contribute 30 percent marks in GATE).
Send in your answers to marketing@gateforum.in and the rst 5 correct entries will win a free e-shooping voucher.
1) If u(x) is a particular solution of the differential equation (D2-3D+2) y = e -x and v(x) is a particular solution of (D2-3D+2) y = cos2x,
then particular solution of (D2-3D+2) y = e -x+ sin2x is
2)Sameera has forgotten his friend's seven-digit telephone number. She remembers the following the rst three digits are either 635
or 674, the number is odd, and the number nine appears once. If she has to use a trial and error process to reach her friend, what is
the minimum number of trials sameera has to make before she can be certain to succeed?
*Answers for these questions will be provided in the next Newsletter
Answers for December Newsletter:
1)
The weight of the heaviest person is 62 kgs
2)
The value of F(1,2) is 4
December Contest Winners :
We are pleased to announce the ve winners of December contest as
Uday Singh
Saket Bansal
Vikas Singh
Prajakta Jain
Swapnil Bokade
"Congratulations to all winners"
We also thank all the students of this Answer and Win contest for their participation.