WHAT IS GATEFORUM KANPUR ?

1. GATE
Higher Education and Your Career

2. GATEFORUM

3. GATEFORUM
• Founded in Aug 2004 by IIT and IIM
alumni
• Pioneers in providing comprehensive
GATE preparatory tools
• Only organization with a pan India
presence – more than 50 cities
• More than 55000 students for GATE12

4. Career options after graduation
• Job
– IT Companies / Core Sector
• M.Tech
• MBA
• MS
• Entrepreneurship

5. Why M.Tech?
• Enhances specialized knowledge of subject
• Better Career Prospects
– Good chance of getting a core sector job
– Masters degree helpful throughout the career
• Chance of getting into R & D
– Private companies / Govt.organisations
• Opportunity to study in world class
institutes such as IISc and IITs
• Opportunity in PSU’s
• Financial Assistance
– Stipend of Rs 8000 per month for
GATE qualified students

6. A glimpse of what is possible at the
IITs and IISc
• High Quality Research
• Excellent Career Prospects
• Chance to work with the best
minds in the world
• A way to get in to world class
research labs

7. Gateway to Top Notch Companies
• Microsoft Research
• Google
• Yahoo
• GE India
• IBM
• Fluent India Ltd
• Motorola
• Samsung Electronics
• Facebook
• Rio -Tinto
Why M.Tech?

8. Top Colleges for M.Tech
• IISc Bangalore
• IITs
– Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madr
as, Guwahati, Roorkee
• NITs
– Trichy, Warangal, Suratkal, etc
• University Colleges
– Jadavpur University, Anna
University, IT BHU, DCE, etc
• Other Good Institutes
– TIFR, BITS Pilani, IIIT Hyderabad, etc
• Private Colleges

9. GATE
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

10. GATE
• A competitive exam for admission to post
graduate courses
– More than 400 engineering colleges all over India
• GATE is conducted by the IITs and IISc
• All Engineering graduates are eligible for GATE
The following categories are eligible
– B.E. / B.Tech, MSc, MCA, AMIE
• 21 different papers in GATE
– One for each stream: CS, EC, ME, Maths, etc
• Syllabus for GATE
– Four years syllabus for engineering streams
– General Aptitude: Verbal and Numerical
– Detailed syllabus at www.gateforum.com

11. GATE Paper Pattern
• Objective Type Test with multiple choice
questions
• Time duration - 3 hours
• 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks
– Technical: 55 questions, 85 marks
– General Aptitude: 10 questions, 15 marks
• Negative marking – 33 %
• Structure
– Q. 1 to Q. 25 : One mark Technical Questions
– Q. 26 to Q. 55 : Two mark technical Questions
– Q. 56 to Q. 60 : One mark Aptitude Questions
– Q. 61 to Q. 65 : Two mark Aptitude Questions

12. GATE Results and Stipend
• GATE is conducted on 2nd Sunday of February every
year and results are announced on 15th March
• GATE Result
– Qualified / Not Qualified
– Marks out of 100
– All India Rank
– Percentile
– GATE Score (out of 1000)
• GATE Qualified candidates will be given
admission based on their results
• Only GATE qualified students are eligible for
stipend of Rs 8000 per month
– Stipend given for 2 years during master programme
– Stipend given in all government and private colleges

13. GATE 2012
• IIT Delhi was the organizing institute for GATE 2013
• GATE 2012 was conducting on 12th February, 2012
• The results were announced on 15th March
• The GATE’12 score is valid for 2 years (GATE 10 was 1 year)
– Pre Final year students cannot write GATE 12
• 6.8 lakhs students appeared, highest ever
• All streams had paper based tests except two
Mining Engineering & Textile Engineering
were computer based tests

15. GATE 2011 Cutoffs
Cut off for Qualification in
No. of General Category
Students Marks
Stream appeared (out of 100)
CS 1,36,027 25
EC 1,37,8531 26.11
EE 72,680 26.08
ME 81,175 30.81
IN 18,456 25
CE 29,347 25.01
CH 12,994 26.09

16. Post GATE Admission Process
• Apply to each Institute and department separately
• The last date for application varies with Institute
– For IISc, the last date is one week from announcement of results
– For IITs, the last date is one month from announcement of results
• Application for a department and Institute
– Based on GATE result of the candidate
– Based on interest in a specific specialization
• Admission Procedure varies with institute
– Some have direct admission based on GATE Score
– Some have test and interviews apart from GATE Score
• Admission Cutoffs
– IISc and IITs : 98 Percentile Plus
– NITs : Around 95 Percentile
For Admission details(cut-offs etc), visit www.gateforum.com
Also, evaluate your program options with our
Post GATE Admission Optimizer

17. GATE – Insights
• Competition set to
increase
• Cut offs could go upto 30
• Aptitude section could
change the rules of the
game
• 50 marks or above required
to get into IITs

18. GATEFORUM

19. Gateforum TOPPERS

20. Gateforum Kanpur Toppers

21. GATEFORUM TOPPERS
• ANUJ KUMAR-AIR 9-ME
• SHUBHAM SETHI-AIR 26-CS
• NAVAL SINGH-AIR 44-CH
• PRASHANT TRIPATHI-AIR
158-EC
• DILEEP MISHRA-AIR 261-EE
& MORE…………….

22. GATEFORUM
GATE 2012 Result
• AIR 9 in ME
• 35 Gateforum Students have got top 20 Rank
GATE 2011 Results
• AIR 1 in EC and IN
• 22 Gateforum Students have got top 10 Ranks.
GATE 2010 Results
• AIR 1 in EE
• 11 Gateforum Students have got top 10 Ranks.
GATE 2009 Results
• AIR 1 in ME
• 9 Gateforum Students have got top 10 Ranks
• 126 Gateforum Students have got top 100 Ranks
GATE 2008 Results
• AIR 1 in CS, IT, ECE and ME
• 16 Gateforum Students have got top 10 Ranks
• 103 Gateforum Students have got top 100 Ranks

23. Testimonials
GOKUL R,AIR 1, EC,GATE 2011
“My sincere gratitude to the Gateforum team, that provided me with the right
motivation at the right time. Being a dedicated institution, it aims at
bringing success to students aspiring for GATE
Sweta Kanodia, AIR 16 CS, GATE 2009
Gateforum has the best faculty. I attended all classes which was sufficient for
me to prepare for GATE
Rony Roy, AIR 6 CS, GATE 2009
Gateforum Correspondence Course is well structured and the entire syllabus is covered.
Arpan Chatopadhyay, AIR 1 ECE, GATE 2008
The combination of 10 All India tests and online discussion
Forum was of immense help in my preparation
Rakesh Pimplikar, AIR 1 CS, GATE 2008
The Test Series is a good simulation of the actual GATE exam. The section
wise analysis of the performance is very useful to understand
the strong and weak areas

24. GATEFORUM -Offerings
Intensive Classroom Program
Plus(ICP+)
• Classes by expert faculty
• Regular mapping tests for
continuous improvement
• Correspondence Course
• TarGATE
• Online Test Series
• e-Tutors

25. GATEFORUM-Offerings
Intensive Classroom Program(ICP)
• Classes by IIT KANPUR faculty
• Regular mapping tests for
continuous improvement
• Correspondence Course
• TarGATE
• Online Test Series
• VAS

26. GATEFORUM - Offerings
eGATE - Live Classes
• Revolutionary new offering
from GATEFORUM
• Live lectures
• High quality lectures delivered
by expert faculty from Hyd,
through the internet
• Spontaneous interaction with
the faculty for doubt
clearance

27. GATEFORUM-Offerings
Distance Learning Program Plus(DLP+)
• Self Study Mode
• Correspondence Course
• TarGATE
• Online Test Series
• e-Tutors
• VAS

28. GATEFORUM - Offerings
Correspondence Course
• Comprehensive study material
• 10 Books which varies from
stream to stream - 2500 pages
• Theory & Fundamentals
• 4000 practice questions
• 15 years GATE questions
• Aptitude Workbook

29. GATEFORUM-Offerings
Distance Learning Program (DLP)
• Self Study Mode
• Correspondence Course
• TarGATE

30. GATEFORUM-Offerings
TarGATE Plus(TG+)
• TarGATE
• Online Test Series
• Video Discussion
• AIR,PERCENTILE,SCORE,
• MARKS,CITY RANK &
SECTION WISE ANALYSIS

31. GATEFORUM - Offerings
TarGATE (All India Test Series)
• 12 Full Tests and 40 section
tests
• All India Rank and Percentile
Score
• Section wise performance
analysis

32. GATEFORUM - Offerings
eTutor – Online Classes
• Exact simulation of a classroom
using text and voice
• More than 200 hours of lectures
recorded by the best faculty in
the country
• Complete Flexibility – Access
lectures from any topic at any
time
• Online query assistance

33. GATEFORUM-Offerings
Online Test Series(OT)
• 5 Full Tests and 20 section
tests
• All India Rank and
Percentile Score
• Section wise performance
analysis

34. GATEFORUM - Offerings
IES/PSUs
• Classroom Coaching
• Comprehensive Study Material
• Test Series
GPAT (M.Pharm Entrance Test)
• Classroom Coaching
• eTutor (Online Classes)
• Correspondence Course
• All India Test Series

35. Media Reports

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37. Fellicitation Ceremony 2012

42. Contact
GATEFORUM KANPUR,
111/70,Ashok Nagar , Motijheel Crossing,
Kanpur-208012
&
111A/243,Ashok Nagar , St Francis Xavier
High School,Kanpur-208012
Call-05123275680,05122540502,
9839234875,9336701071,
9454058451
URL- www.gateforum.com
Email-kanpur@gateforum.com

43. THANK YOU