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Working in Infosys - A Dream Come True
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| The Lavish Building of Infosys - Mysore |
Post Btech, many would be getting into the service based companies like Infy, TCS, Capgemini, IBM etc. I would like to share few important information, that would be really useful for many and it would be good to know these before joining.
With the frustration that I couldn't get much with my GATE Rank and the call letter of Infy coming too early made me join Infosys 2 days immediately after my college.
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| In Infosys Multiplex with One of my good friends - Praveen Vukoti |
Training : - Mysore
We were given training in Mysore. The training consists of Generic and Stream part. Tell you what, this is the best ever platform that I have ever seen for learning things. The training is too worthy. One never feels like missing any thing there.
The resources are awesome and even if you are not expertise in JAVA, HTML or so, you will be made so , given the resources and the quality of teaching. Yes, it is a bit pressure, having had to sit in class from 9 a.m to 6 p.m., but then it is worthy.
Industrial oriented training given by Infosys is awesome. I don't know much about the other companies but I hope even they maintain standards.
Having completed, generic training which includes - JAVA, HTML, CSS, JS, ORACLE,SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, you will be given streams.
Those who couldn't clear the the Generic part will be given 3 chances to clear their exams and post that they will be given streams, (if cleared )and if not,they will asked to leave the company ( sad right)
The streams are random and this is a bit negative point here in Infosys.
What ever type of person you are, may be a software freak or hater of software, still every one will be enjoying the training because of the standards of teaching and the resources and more than any thing else the fear of getting failed.. ( Of course exams will be there)
Facilities
Accomodation: Ultimate like a five star hotel. But don't dream too much because you will hardly have time to sleep there.
Food : U have food courts where the food is served of different regions and you can enjoy it at reasonable prices
Gym & Swimming Pool: Yes every thing apart from these also there like medical facilities, basket ball court, badminton, Table tennis, cricket and much more.
One thing that I can assure you is that you will be blown out with the beauty of the campus.
I will post few pictures of Infy Mysore DC. in the next post.
If some one has any individual doubts, you can always comment downside and I will answer your queries.
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| A Big Journey in My Life - Journey to Mysore |
BARC & IIT Bombay RA Experience
Went to Bombay a day before. Stayed in IIT Bombay because I had few facebook friends. To my luck , even they had BARC Interview. We all went there. There was initially a check up of all the certificates and to and from tickets for travel allowance. The interview went on like this
1. Graph of Voltage across capacitor vrs time with different values of R,L,C in series RLC Circuit.
2. Super Diode
3. A lot of confusing questions on whether some Mosfet is depletion or enhancement type.
4. Set up and Hold up time
5. Signals and Systems questions were mostly on finding the Fourier series and transform based on symmetry.
6. Some quality Control System questions.
With this.. My tour of India completed.
Starting from Bangalore to Madras to Delhi to Bombay.....................
Before putting some thing else, I want to summarize as to what all offers I had in my hand
1. IIT Bombay - Communications ( 1st round) and Electronics Systems ( 4th round)
2. IIT Madras - Communications ( 1st round)
3. IIT Delhi - IEC, VDTT
4. IIT Kharagpur - Micro Electronics
5. IISC Bangalore - Communications and Networking
The below given experience is by my friend K. Bharadwaj. I needn't had to go to IIT Bombay RA. He have put his thoughts. He tasted the success in IIT Bombay RA and I have put his experience.
M.Tech (EE)IIT BOMBAY (RA) Experience
It is usually very difficult getting VLSI in old IIT's for ranks above 200(my rank is 295 and score 803 in EC).For such people,IITB provides a golden oppurtunity with M.Tech as RA(Research Assistant).It's a 3 year course but is nowhere different to two year M.tech as TA(Teaching Assistant).Curriculum,Coursework and placements are all same except that RA has to spend one more year.As an RA,one has to take less courses per semester(3 as against 5 for TA) but has to spend 20 hours of work per week as against 8 hours of work for TA.There are two kinds of Research assistants
1.Institue RA
-One has to work in labs like electronics lab,VLSI lab to help undergraduate students in performing experiments.These are concerned with day to day activities of lab including maintainence.Even System administrator comes under this RA.
2.Project RA
-Professors have funded projects from various sources.As a project RA,one has to assist these professors in project and in administrative work also as told by respective guide.
Now,the difference between them is in chosing guide.Project RA will be assigned a guide at selection and cannot be changed.He is expected to do his thesis work in same area as project alloted while Institute RA has the freedom of choosing guide.
Selection Process :
Cutoff is put in gate score and are called.This year(2015),cutoff is 660(GEN),596(OBC),440(SC/ST).It means ranks upto 1200 can also be called in GEN
There will be a written test and Interview as part of selection process.
Written Test:It has objective type questions in which some may require answers in one or two sentences.Time duration is 2 hours
Consisted of 3 sections
Section 1 consists of MATHS,APTITUDE,CONTROL SYSTEMS,ELECTRICAL MACHINES (50 marks as far as i remember)
Section 2 consists of LINUX Basics(commands,networking ),Communication,DSP questions(50 marks ..or may be 60.. i dont remember exactly)
Section 3 consists of Analog ,digital and electronic devices (50 marks)
There is no need to attempt all sections.Because it is not expected for a core electrical guy to know communications and vice versa.It is essential to score in the area for which you gave preference.Questions level were easy-medium but time was the constraint.this year,paper was lengthy enough that scoring 50 in whole paper is great.I guess my score would be around 45
Now shortlisting happens on following criteria
Institute RA- 50 % gate score ,50 % written test
Project RA-75 % gate score,25 % written test
Till last year 2:1 people were called for the interviews for the number of positons available.But this time it was 3:1.This year number of positions for institute RA are 36(5 were for only electrical)
and 21 for Project RA(5 were pure electrical projects).120 odd people were shortlisted for Institute RA whereas 63 for project RA(around 300 people gave written test).Your name can appear in both lists but will be interviewed only once in which you have to indicate preferences.
This is atleast 2 day process in which first day will be written test.Resullts will be in website by Night.Next day,we assembled at hall and we were given forms for giving preferences in Institute RA(Electronics lab,VLSI lab,System administrator,Communication lab).Projects(abstracts were given to us) seperately for institute RA and Project RA.we were then addressed by HOD who surprised us with a new proposal this year to check laboratory skills for people who preferred electronics lab in 1st or 2nd choices.We were taken to WEL lab and were given an experiment to perform.It was implementing 3 bit counter using a 4 bit counter (not the usual kind but its easy.just that idea has to strike)and connecting it to a DAC circuit given in question and verifying with theoritical values.
INTERVIEW :There were 16 panels and we are alloted based on our preferences in the form filled earlier.Each panel had 2 members.If you are shortlisted for both institute as well as project(and dual degree (mtech +phd )also had interviews in same timings.You have to write same test as RA if u have applied and have been invited for that also),the panel asks you preference .I preferred project RA as i had interest in a proj 'chip design for Physiological monitoring(healthcare)' and had previous experience with my mini project in same area.I was asked to introduce myself and I told about my education and projects I did as major and mini.They were interested and asked me about the circuit i used for mini project which had biasing,filtering and amplication.I was asked about the opamp used in my project and why was it specifically used(it was noiseless).We basically had a discussion rather than being interviewed.Then the professor asked me a basic RC filter question and asked me to draw outputs on R and C for a square wave input.Then asked when it would function as Integrator and differentiator and what happens if the case is opposite(RC>>T,RC<<T).All this took around 30 mins .Only one prof asked me all this.I got to know that other prof is asking about digital questions if we mentioned digital as interest.They asked me what I was doing for the last one year as i was already passout last year.Thats all.They said they were done.So simple it seems na ;).It was the simplest interview of all the ones i had.They were asking only basic questions.So if you have good gate score and performed reasonable well in written test and interview you can get seat easily.If you have less gate score,dont worry but perform well in written test and interview.Results will be annouced in a week or two.
I am here by putting up few links that may be useful for students
I am here by putting up few links that may be useful for students
http://asic.co.in/Index_files/Digital_interview_questions1.htm ( Some very good questions with explanations for Digital electronics. Will also help you clarify your concepts )
http://asic-soc.blogspot.in/ ( Digital questions )
http://www.allinterview.com/Interview-Questions/Electronics-Communications.html ( Open in Mozilla or IE )
Go and have a blast @ GATE.
Finally, hope this journey was good.....
Any query please feel free to ask and subscribe to this blog for more information.
IIT Delhi - Part 5 - Interview Experiences
The results came out after 3 days.
Yes. I tasted bitter in terms of loss of Texas and Cadence. But these were not un happy scenes for me because I knew how the things went inside in the interview.
But to my happiness finally, I got selected for VDTT - with the external sponsorship from Cypress Semi Conductors. Also, I got IEC.
Thank God..... So finally I got selected for something through rounds of interview..
Thanks..
The next post would be about the only Govt Job that I attended - BARC.
It is located in Bombay. It is one of the finest things. Although it is very good program but from the ECE point of view, all it would leave you is with a satisfaction that you are having Govt Job and nothing much.
Lets go to Bombay and taste some wada pav............................
IIT Delhi - Part 4 - Interview Experiences
I know many of you would be waiting as to what happened and how things went..
I was called for Cypress Semicondutors Interview
Cypress Interview Experience:
He asked me about hold time, set up time constraints and how they come into picture and what will you do to mitigate with it. Actually these questions would have been new to most of the Btech guys and even they were new to me also, had I not gone to IISC Bangalore.
They never asked these, but I got it here. So that's the reason, I would always ask people to attend interviews. Because you never know what happens when and what is coming your way.
It was followed up with some normal questions on comparators. I was asked to design a comparator using MOSFET.
Then few normal questions on CMOS Inverter. I was going well.
Then other questions about BJT. Few questions on Body Effect, different regions of operation of MOSFET and BJT.
Also the last question was "Why Mtech , leaving job in a company"
I some how felt very confident about the interview. I immediately called up my father and told that I would be in easily.
Cadence Interview
They had 2 panels - One for software and other for Analog profile. I some how, unable to recongize the labels of the panels, went to software profile. They asked C, Linked Lists, Data Structures.
I kept mum for a while and answered few things. But I never felt I was in.
They offered me a bottle of Yummy Apple Juice. I couldn't resist taking it, after all atleast Apple Juice should be for me, if not a position in Cadence.
Texas Interview:
I was shocked first of all as to how and why Texas called me because I kept them as 4 th preference. There was only 1 question that he was asking me since the starting. I and the person were discussing only about the same circuit. I could not solve to the extent to which he needed. It was again about transient analysis in Network Theory.
Then there were few questions on CMOS Inverter and the Body Effect. But they were too much beyond my capability.
Qualcomm didn't call me.
I was called for Cypress Semicondutors Interview
Cypress Interview Experience:
He asked me about hold time, set up time constraints and how they come into picture and what will you do to mitigate with it. Actually these questions would have been new to most of the Btech guys and even they were new to me also, had I not gone to IISC Bangalore.
They never asked these, but I got it here. So that's the reason, I would always ask people to attend interviews. Because you never know what happens when and what is coming your way.
It was followed up with some normal questions on comparators. I was asked to design a comparator using MOSFET.
Then few normal questions on CMOS Inverter. I was going well.
Then other questions about BJT. Few questions on Body Effect, different regions of operation of MOSFET and BJT.
Also the last question was "Why Mtech , leaving job in a company"
I some how felt very confident about the interview. I immediately called up my father and told that I would be in easily.
Cadence Interview
They had 2 panels - One for software and other for Analog profile. I some how, unable to recongize the labels of the panels, went to software profile. They asked C, Linked Lists, Data Structures.
I kept mum for a while and answered few things. But I never felt I was in.
They offered me a bottle of Yummy Apple Juice. I couldn't resist taking it, after all atleast Apple Juice should be for me, if not a position in Cadence.
Texas Interview:
I was shocked first of all as to how and why Texas called me because I kept them as 4 th preference. There was only 1 question that he was asking me since the starting. I and the person were discussing only about the same circuit. I could not solve to the extent to which he needed. It was again about transient analysis in Network Theory.
Then there were few questions on CMOS Inverter and the Body Effect. But they were too much beyond my capability.
Qualcomm didn't call me.
IIT Delhi - Part 3 - Interview Experiences
So the day started with the continuation of the previous day.
VDTT is a sponsored program, where in the first round of Interviews will be conducted by the IIT Delhi Professors and the second round of interviews will be done the by Sponsors and the Internal MHRD Project Profs.
VDTT 2nd round:
So although, it was supposed to start @ 9 am in the morning, it started after lunch. So in the mean while, I went to IEC interview (skipping my lunch). To my luck, there were the few professors who interviewed me in VDTT first round. They recognized me and asked me whether I was through in the 1st round of VDTT. I replied kindly that the first round I got in and the next rounds are going on.
The Professors were impressed with my rank and also few questions normally about MOSFET were asked and I was told at that point of time only that you are offered IEC and if you don't fare well in VDTT next round, take it or else leave it fastly.
With the first success, I walked into VDTT interview room.
There were too many presentations.
Companies : Qualcomm, Texas, Cypress, Cadence.
Projects: Nanoscale Devices, Smart Cane/Refreshable Braille Display,Mass Spectrometer
So out of the 300 odd students that came into the initial phase, roughly 25 students were in for the next round and roughly 10 seats are available..
Lets fight...
We were asked to keep the preferences to the 7 Sponsors. I have kept Cypress in the top and followed with Cadence, Qualcomm, Texas.
Frankly I was afraid with Texas because of the previous experience in IIT Madras. At the same time, I was dis appointed that I was un prepared to attend the Interview of Qualcomm because I was not in touch with Communications for a while.
In the next post, I will share my Interview. How things went. ..
How was the story of my failure agian... and a success story from it..
VDTT is a sponsored program, where in the first round of Interviews will be conducted by the IIT Delhi Professors and the second round of interviews will be done the by Sponsors and the Internal MHRD Project Profs.
VDTT 2nd round:
So although, it was supposed to start @ 9 am in the morning, it started after lunch. So in the mean while, I went to IEC interview (skipping my lunch). To my luck, there were the few professors who interviewed me in VDTT first round. They recognized me and asked me whether I was through in the 1st round of VDTT. I replied kindly that the first round I got in and the next rounds are going on.
The Professors were impressed with my rank and also few questions normally about MOSFET were asked and I was told at that point of time only that you are offered IEC and if you don't fare well in VDTT next round, take it or else leave it fastly.
With the first success, I walked into VDTT interview room.
There were too many presentations.
Companies : Qualcomm, Texas, Cypress, Cadence.
Projects: Nanoscale Devices, Smart Cane/Refreshable Braille Display,Mass Spectrometer
So out of the 300 odd students that came into the initial phase, roughly 25 students were in for the next round and roughly 10 seats are available..
Lets fight...
We were asked to keep the preferences to the 7 Sponsors. I have kept Cypress in the top and followed with Cadence, Qualcomm, Texas.
Frankly I was afraid with Texas because of the previous experience in IIT Madras. At the same time, I was dis appointed that I was un prepared to attend the Interview of Qualcomm because I was not in touch with Communications for a while.
In the next post, I will share my Interview. How things went. ..
How was the story of my failure agian... and a success story from it..
IIT Delhi - Part 2 - Interview Experiences
So I came to the room after the VDTT Interview and slept in the room without disturbing others who were having different interviews
I woke up @ 5 and along with 2 others went to the VDTT Office for the results @ 6pm on the same day. The results got delayed and it went on to 9pm finally. We waited out of curiosity and then you know what happened...
I AM IN ......
So after a lot of failures, I had some hope now.
I had two VLSI Interviews on hand the next day and Computer Technology Interview also.
I filled myself with all the inspiration. I thought to myself, yes this is moment may be for which I am waiting. I need to give my best.
I need to thank one of my friend's friend Kalyan Kota. He was helpful in making a lot of decisions.
So the day ended for many but it never ended for me because I was anxious, afraid, hopeful for a brighter tomorrow.
I read upto late night. - I always had only 2 books for my Electronics - Sedra & Smith and Razavi.
So the next day.
Let me check it out..
Hope things go fine. - IEC / VDTT.
Please..
IIT Delhi - Par1 - Interview Experiences
Before going to Delhi, just 2 days back I got Kharagpur VLSI, so I was a bit uncertain whether I will be going because I was comfortable with VLSI in top 5 IITs. But then to my luck, the reservation was confirmed and I along with 2 others have gone there. From Hyderabad, it almost took 30 hours journey.
I had a lot of Interviews in IIT Delhi – IEC, VDTT, JTM, Computer Technology.
We got into the college 1 day before the Interview. IIT Delhi is good in one aspect that it doesn’t have written tests. I have not been qualifying the tests so far may be because they were written test ( Jokes are excuses some times)
I have a friend Roopesh Sharma there ( JTM Student and AIR 245 in Gate 2014) . The hostels in IIT Delhi are not that great in terms of look. Food is ok. My friend had luckily made me familiar with few seniors of IEC and VDTT.
I had conversation with few persons of both IEC, VDTT. I came to know about the process but then I had to appear for the process.
VDTT Interview :
Initially they verified our documents and divided us into few groups and each group for each Interview panel. Mine was Panel 2. Initially every panel students were coming out but in our panel there was no one who even went inside. I was the first person as per sequence in my panel.
After a while, I was asked to come into. The Panel had 2 Professors, old enough to make me afraid. I greeted them and even they followed it up with a nice little smile, that made me feel a bit relaxed.
I was asked the following questions.
1. Draw CMOS Inverter
2. In the same diagram, now ground and power supply are exchanged?
3. Implement Y = AB+C+D (whole bar) in NMOS,PMOS,CMOS logics
4. If I add 2 sin signals with one of them having frequency f1 and other 2*f1 or say some 1000*f1. Then draw the resultant as a diagram.
5. Why CMOS. Why not NMOS or PMOS.
The results where supposed to be announced in the evening.
I was waiting upto evening.
I was in an unknown status. Going by my heart, I thought I was in. But then Bangalore and Madras kept me thinking and reminding about my luck again and again...
JTM Interview :
Didn't attend the Interview because some how I was confident about VDTT and also even if I don't do VDTT well, I had IEC chance the next day. So, thought of preparing for them rather than going for JTM interview. Because any how even I had to go to Communications, I would go to IIT Bombay or Madras.
I will tell about the next part of VDTT in the next post.
IIT Madras - Interview Experiences
Yes. After the failure of IISC Bangalore, I went to IIT Madras. I came here for Texas Sponsored MS.
It is one of the very good programs in IITs in the field of VLSI. IIT Madras is best for some one interested in Analog Research. I was prepared for a tough fight.
I knew mentally that It would be very difficult for me to clear the rounds because the number of people whom they will call is all ECE Rankers < 1000 and all Instrumentation and Electrical guys with Ranks< 750.
There is no reservation for this program. Luckily I haven't had any.
I got there on May 1stitself. I had a friend Charan working in TCS. Both of us roamed around the city and went to sea shore and few other places. It was as if I came there for some other reason. But thanks to him, atleast roamed a lot in Chennai. Thanks for him for a lovely care.
Next day on May 2nd , I went to the College – IIT Madras. In the presentation by the Texas team, they have really made us get goose bumps for the company it is. It produces diverse products and today Texas is in the top position in Analog research and IIT Madras is like heaven for analog research.
It has 3 gods of Analog – Nagendra Krishnapura, Anirudhan, Shanti Pavan. Texas came with an offer of employment of 16L after successful completion of MS, although nothing is assured. They will also give us higher stipend of 20K for the first year and 30K for the next 2 years.
I went to the written test. I was shocked to see the questions. They were not easy but neither were they out of box. I can assure you u can never come across such questions any where in any question bank.
Most of the guys were in the same mood. Don't know what to comment. They were such questions which required us to be theoretically Mr. Perfect, nothing less.
I will update all the questions once I sit back to write all those in a notebook. In the mean while you can refer to the given link. Actually One thing is that Texas will only ask transient analysis and Analog Electronics to a very deep level.
But this was a bit too tougher on my part. I knew that syllabus is Network theory and Analog Electronics. But I could not clear the written round due to my lack of understanding things in even perfect way.
It required a lot of mastery of the subject much better than mine.
But learnt again that I still need to improve.
With low levels of Confidence and may be in a spot of bother whether I will not be able to manage to get VLSI seat through Interview, I read more for the next time...
Chalo Delhi. next
IISC - Interview Experiences
Hi Every one ..
So this is the post where in I will be sharing with all of you my CEDT written test experience.
Just like others, don't just have a negative opinion about IISC Bangalore that it has only research guys and no placements. It is very good institute and if you want to study peacefully, it is the best.
Be prepared for some good knowledge sharing during the two years of Mtech in IISC.
So the written test was scheduled on April 20th 2015, I arrived 1 day before. I have one friend there Satya Narayana who is studying there as CEDT student. He got 699 rank(OBC) last year ( When I got 751 Rank in General ). Last year, I accompanied him to IISC because I had a call from Computation sciences with my last year rank. So due to this, It didn't take much of time for me to go to IISC after getting down at the Bus stop.
I will share few questions that I remember.
1. How to make mux with de mux and vice versa.
2. 5 to 8 questions on Embedded Systems ( Strange experience for most of the students )
3. Simple Biasing question on BJT Transistor
4. Simple question on Flip Flops and Micro Processor
5. Question on Sub Threshold Region in MOSFET
6. Easy 2 questions in Mathematics
7. EM Theory about trasmission
8. Design from 15V to 5V un regulated power supply
9. 1 question on IPV4 and IPV6. It had one question also about router working.
10. Little Endian and Big Endian question.
11. Rise Time and fall time question and graph of output voltage vrs time when you have a capacitor and resistor connected in the output stage of a transistor
12. Design a circuit for Chess board type of K-Map. Find the minimum number of xnor and xor gates.
I will keep on updating few other questions.. as and when I remember them or get it from few of my friends.... But mostly I have done it.
Some how after the Exam, I felt I would be in with 60% chance and 40% out.
Unfortunately - the 40% came true.....
So immediately took a train to Hyderabad and came back...
Next Journey is to the Ultimate Madras after 1 week gap...
Check it out next. .
So this is the post where in I will be sharing with all of you my CEDT written test experience.
Just like others, don't just have a negative opinion about IISC Bangalore that it has only research guys and no placements. It is very good institute and if you want to study peacefully, it is the best.
Be prepared for some good knowledge sharing during the two years of Mtech in IISC.
So the written test was scheduled on April 20th 2015, I arrived 1 day before. I have one friend there Satya Narayana who is studying there as CEDT student. He got 699 rank(OBC) last year ( When I got 751 Rank in General ). Last year, I accompanied him to IISC because I had a call from Computation sciences with my last year rank. So due to this, It didn't take much of time for me to go to IISC after getting down at the Bus stop.
I will share few questions that I remember.
1. How to make mux with de mux and vice versa.
2. 5 to 8 questions on Embedded Systems ( Strange experience for most of the students )
3. Simple Biasing question on BJT Transistor
4. Simple question on Flip Flops and Micro Processor
5. Question on Sub Threshold Region in MOSFET
6. Easy 2 questions in Mathematics
7. EM Theory about trasmission
8. Design from 15V to 5V un regulated power supply
9. 1 question on IPV4 and IPV6. It had one question also about router working.
10. Little Endian and Big Endian question.
11. Rise Time and fall time question and graph of output voltage vrs time when you have a capacitor and resistor connected in the output stage of a transistor
12. Design a circuit for Chess board type of K-Map. Find the minimum number of xnor and xor gates.
I will keep on updating few other questions.. as and when I remember them or get it from few of my friends.... But mostly I have done it.
Some how after the Exam, I felt I would be in with 60% chance and 40% out.
Unfortunately - the 40% came true.....
So immediately took a train to Hyderabad and came back...
Next Journey is to the Ultimate Madras after 1 week gap...
Check it out next. .
What all I applied .............
1. IISC Bangalore -
The preference order went like this
1. ME Micro Electronics
2. ME Communications and Networks
3. Mtech CEDT
I got call for Mtech CEDT Written test/ Interview.
I got direct admission for ME Communications and Networks in the first counselling.
2. IIT Delhi
The preference order went like this
1. IEC
2. Computer Technology
3. Communications
Interdisciplinaries that I applied
1. JTM and JVL
I got call for IEC, Computer Technology, JTM, JVL Interview
3. IIT Bombay
The preference order went like this
1. TA - Micro Electronics
2. TA - Electronic Systems
3. TA - Communication Systems
I applied even for RA, Mtech+Phd also in the same preference order
I got call for RA, Mtech+Phd interviews and direct admission of TA-Communication Systems in the first counselling. I waited upto 3 rd counselling, I got Electronics System.
4. IIT Kharagpur
The preference order went like this
1. VLSI
2. VIPES
3. Communications
I got VLSI in the first round
5. IIT Madras
The preference order went like this
1. VLSI
I applied for MS, Texas MS, direct Phd. I got call for MS of both types and direct Phd.
I didn't get VLSI in IIT Madras in the first 2 rounds.
The rest of the IIT s I didn't apply.
GATE Preparation
Having posted all this stuff, the next responsibility would be from my end would be to put up the information about how I prepared for GATE and get a rank of 70 in Gate 2015 inspite of working in Infosys.
Although, I got AIR 751 in Gate 2014, sincerely I had put more efforts if not pain. But Gate 2015 was put more pain inside into.
I would put forth the links to the books to be downloaded shortly.
1. SemiConductor Physics - Prof. Karmalkar NPTEL Videos & Neamen
Read concepts well but mostly the formulae are very important in this subject. Be thorough with the proofs of each formulae because they may ask for different situations. This can happen only if u know the formulae derivation. Like in GATE they can ask u like what if the length is doubled then you tell what will be the current. If you just remember the formulae with constants, you will not be able to do so.
2. Micro Electronics - Sedra and Smith & Prof. Radha Krishnan Videos
Read concepts well and practise a lot of problems. Identify which regions of operation is BJT,MOSFET is in. I will add shortly few links of videos regarding JFET, which are helpful.
Formulaes regarding Pinch off is important because students often miss the poliarity and end up doing it wrong.
3. Electro Magnetic Theory - Prof. Shiv Goenkar Videos and Alexander Sadiku Book
Often the most difficult subject. Yes it is but then if you have practised the solved problems of Alexander Sadiku Book, you will surely get goot understanding.
4. Control Systems - Ogata and Nagoorkani for Practise
It is the easiest subject and often the scoring subject. Understanding the 4 things - Polar Plot, Nyquist Plot, Bode Plot, Routh Hurth Criterio and their special cases is very important. Also the block diagram to Transfer function telling.
5. Signals and Systems - Openhiem
This subject may seem to be difficult for few students initially but as and when you go on understanding Communications, you will be understanding thiings here in a better way. But read things well and often few direct questions from Openhiem will be given, that says the std of the text book it is
6. Communications ( Analog and Digital ) - Taub and Schilling, B.P. Lathi and my friend Harish ( Mtech IIT Hyd pursuing)
Difficult subject. But then you have to practise a lot of problems. Understanding about modulations schemes is not easy. You have spend some quality time and then you have to understand the things in a crystal clear way. Take a lot of time for this subject. Don't just run away with formulae
7. Engineering Mathematics - Few Videos in the You Tube and also few lecture notes
Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Calcilus, Approximations are the important things. Practise few problems. It will be easy.
8. Network Theory - Alexander Sadiku Network Analysis and few un covered topics from the net.
If you are done with the whole book of Alexander Sadiku, then you can assume you are done in all aspects apart from Graph Theory which is not there in this book. Practise few problems in Power anaylsis. Try to understand the difference between the real and apparent power. Take units seriously. Power factor correction is often neglected by students. Transient analysis is very important. Try to solve few questions from the placements of Texas, because they are known to be the masters of Transient analysis.
9. Digital Electronics - NPTEL Videos of Prof Srinivasan and Marris Mano.
Easiest subject may be if u understand and toughest if you don't. I would recommend local author book first like Anand Kumar and then practise questions from You tube and then later on read marris mano. Don' forget to read logic families. There will be few easy questions, why miss them.
Kanodia Practise Book was very helpful and I recommend you to solve it mostly for practise.
But there are many unnecessary questions in it and few wrong explanations. Don't mind them.
Planning
See, read upto November. Keep December for only practicing old question papers. Buy a hard copy book that consists of last 20 years papers. Solve each paper and see how much you are getting. Then understand the solution and see the topics again which you feel you are not comfortable.
Do it 3 times atleast so that it will be such a huge advantage that the moment you see a question from some topic then you will surely get an idea as to what or where in this question , will the questioning person will try to fool or trap us.
The next thing is to buy a test series that can be really useful for practicing.
For those who start preparing for gate after this. This should be your road map.
1. Up to November - Prepare to the best and pratice as good as possible.
2. December - Only test series and Old question Papers. Solve and Learn
3. January - Revise and revist things. Don't learn new things. Perfection is important.
So, with this. I will go forward with the way the journey went on.
I am reminding you about my details
Gate 2015 ECE Rank: 70
Score : 899
Category: General
MY GATE 2015
Many people who are reading this blog might have asked themselves what is this person doing now??
So, having being frustrated with the work, I along with few other friends have started preparing for GATE. Four of us prepared and all four of us being from Infosys managed to prepare well and end up getting good ranks.
Shivananda Rapolu – AIR 303 ( AIR 400 odd in Gate 2014 ) - Seat in IISC DESE now in 2015.
Sreenu Kakunuri – AIR 141 ( AIR 500 odd in Gate 2014) - Seat in Kgp VIPES now in 2015.
Mahendra Mundru – AIR 22 ( CSE ) ( AIR 300 odd in Gate 2014 ) - Seat in IIT Bombay in 2015.
Raghavapudi VNK Neeraj ( Myself ) - AIR 70 ( AIR 751 in Gate 2014)- Seat in IIT Delhi VDTT in 2015.
You can claim that all of us have improved our ranks but then we had to write Gate again because we didn't knew many things like the Mtech RA of IIT bombay which is super for our ranks last year ones,
IIT Madras TI MS and regular MS in VLSI which are just awesome, IIT Delhi Computer Technology, JTM, JCA, Hyderabad RA and Direct Phd programmes in all IITs
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But we all had to take the pain of writing GATE again while working .
My biggest gratitude to My Parents, who have been always with me and supporting me, My Philosopher, my guide - Mr. Sudhakar Reddy ( My college HOD ), All my friends and in specific my buddy - Harish Kumar ( studying Mtech Communications in IIT hyd).
Without Harish, a lot would have not been possible. Thanks to him from the bottom of my heart.
By now, you would have got the reason why I blogged this information. I don’t want any one to miss things because he has no information regarding it.
Hope this helps....
Getting AIR 70 didn't stop my struggles.. I travelled to many IITs still...........
Keep viewing and get the rest of the story - Of how I failed in IISC CEDT and how I was out smarted by the Texas and How did I outsmart the Delhi Professors..
Keep Viewing. .
The Unknown Mtech degrees ?
1. IIT Madras Regular and Texas M.S are very good and often people over look it. Don’t do it.
2. IIT Delhi VDTT
3. IIT Delhi JTM and Computer Technology
M.S. in India........
Its been few years that research is getting good boost up in India. M.S. is one of the prominent courses to have got started in IITs. Not all IITs over it. IIT madras, delhi, kgp offer M.S. All the three are good.
Though the degree is equal academically with Mtech, the duration will be round 1.5 to 2.5 yrs. It is more of research oriented and less of courses. It is like MINI Phd. as one of my friend Karishma (M.S. @ IIT kgp) says
Don't compare Mtech and MS that IITs offer. Both are different courses meant for different purposes.
Admission is mainly based on written test and Interview. But GATE is mandatory
Shortly I will add a write up regarding MS in IITs and about research. It will be from my friend Karishma, pursuing her MS in IIT Kgp.
Shortly I will add a write up regarding MS in IITs and about research. It will be from my friend Karishma, pursuing her MS in IIT Kgp.
Why not Direct PHD...
Yes, many don't know about this. There is provision of direct PHD in India and few IITs have integrated course like the IIT Bombay which has Mtech+PHD course. Again Admission is mainly based on written test and Interview. But GATE is mandatory.
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M.S. vrs Mtech
Both are good. MS is research oriented. If your research is in commercially viable areas, surely you will get placed in Companies in R&D sector. If not, you can go for Phd and plan for an academic career.
Mtech RA good or bad
Institute RA
1. You will work in any one of the laboratories (System Admin lab, communications and DSP lab, microelectronics lab, power electronics and machines lab, electronic circuits lab) of the institute. Your work may be heavy or light depending on the lab you get.
2. You are free to choose your final year project and guide based on your interests.
3.For shortlisting for interview, 50% weightage is given to GATE score and 50% weightage to your marks in the written test
Project RA
1.You will be assigned a particular project under a particular professor. This may be an institute sponsored project or a project sponsored
2.Gate Score weightage is 75%
3.You are not free to choose your final year project and guide
More information about IIT Bombay RA is given in the later posts where I have shared one of my friends' experience and I bet it is totally worth it reading.
As I said that there is no difference in the degree you get. All are same and it depends on you as to how well you do.
With this, I will end up telling you things and now start telling you things that made me get good rank in GATE 2015.
What all did I study?
How did I manage time inspite of working in a company?
What books did I study?
Come on explore more for all the secrets.
With this, I will end up telling you things and now start telling you things that made me get good rank in GATE 2015.
What all did I study?
How did I manage time inspite of working in a company?
What books did I study?
Come on explore more for all the secrets.
The Others
IIT Roorkee and Guwahati
Both have only Mtech courses (TA). They conduct counseling for their seats and few times interviews. They have VLSI, Communications, Signal Processing branches.
Check out with the seniors before you join them.
As it is counselling based. it is tought to estimate.
AIR< 300 ( General Category ) - VLSI
AIR< 450 ( General Category ) - Communication and Signal Processing.
Newer IITs
Of all the Newer IITs, only IIT Hyderabad is promising and is very super in terms of standards. This I am saying because of lot of reasons. I had done my Internship in IIT Hyderabad. It is very good in terms of research and placements and facilities, inspite of being a new IIT..
I have lot of friends who are studying and none of them have raised any negative point regarding it and all of them are getting into good companies.
IIT Hyderabad
It offers MTECH TA and RA, Direct Phd. Since 2015, It started Counseling for TA seats. Until 2014, it used to have direct admission for TA and Written test for RA.
1. MTECH - TA
AIR< 250 ( General Category ) – VLSI
AIR < 500 ( General Category ) - Communication and Signal Processing
2 MTECH – RA
AIR < 1000 ( General Category ) will get call for written test and Interview
3 Direct Phd
AIR < 4000 (General Category ) - Call for Written test and Interview
Upto now, I have discussed maximum number of specializations of Post Graduation in IITs for ECE guys.
With this I will summarize this discussion and discuss a bit about other things.
IIT Kharagpur
The oldest IIT and often called as the best for ECE. It has direct admission for Mtech
6.1 Mtech – TA
AIR < 100 ( General Category ) - VLSI
AIR < 300 ( General Category ) - Communication Signal Processing
AIR < 250 ( General Category ) - VIPES – Video and Image Processing
AIR < 400 ( General Category ) – RF and Micro Wave
AIR < 500 ( General Category ) – Multimedia and Image Processing
There are few Mtech – TA specializations which have written test/ Interview. Kindly get noted regarded it.
6.2 MS and Direct Phd
Same Arguments applicable as any other IIT
If you have any specific doubts regarding things, you can comment here and I will try to answer to the best of my knowledge regarding rank and other doubts.
Let us see the remaining IITs. I will be putting information regarding only only top IITs. I haven't included IIT bhuvaneswar, indore, gandhinagar and so on...
If you have any specific doubts regarding things, you can comment here and I will try to answer to the best of my knowledge regarding rank and other doubts.
Let us see the remaining IITs. I will be putting information regarding only only top IITs. I haven't included IIT bhuvaneswar, indore, gandhinagar and so on...