Gate revised plans

Coming to preparing for GATE without going for coaching class. You have enough time to prepare on your own. I
recommend you watch NPTEL Lectures. Very few students have the patience of watching these lectures. I will list the
lectures which you can follow for each subject.

1) Digital Circuits/Logic Design

The video lectures which will be useful for this subject are Digital Circuits and Systems by Prof. S Srinivasan,
faculty(retd.) at IIT Madras. There are 40 lectures in total. These lectures almost cover the complete syllabus of
Digital circuits for Gate exam. However, Microprocessor syllabus is not covered in these lectures.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/11710...

Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=117106086

2) Signals and Systems

One can follow the lectures of Networks and Systems by Prof. VGK Murti, faculty(retd.) at IIT Madras. There are 50
lectures in total. In the last 6 lectures concepts related to state variable is covered which will be helpful for Control
systems.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/10810...

Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac...

3) Control Systems

The lectures helpful for this subject are Control Systems by Prof. M Gopal, faculty(retd.) at IIT Delhi. He is a famous
author of many text books related to control systems. One can follow the lectures along with the text book written by
him.

There are 41 lectures in the course and one can skip from lecture 10 to lecture 18 as they are not important for GATE
exam.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/video.php?sub...

Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac...

4) Electronic Devices/Solid state devices

Video lectures of Solid state devices by Prof. S Karmalkar, faculty at IIT Madras are helpful for this course. There are
40 lectures and one needs to see all the lectures to cover Gate syllabus.

NPTEL Lectures Link: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117106091/

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5) Communications

For Analog Communication part the lectures of Communication Engineering by Prof. Surendra Prasad,
faculty(retd) at IIT Delhi will be helpful. He was previously the director of IIT Delhi. There are 41 lectures in this
course and all of them will be helpful for Gate exam.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/11710...

Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=117102059

For Digital Communication the lectures to be referred are Digital Communication by Prof. Bikash Kumar Dey,
faculty at IIT Bombay. There are 32 lectures in the course. One can directly start from lecture 10 if one is thorough in
the concepts of Random Process and Variables. One can skip after lecture 25 as they are not required for Gate exam.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/11710...

Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac...

In addition to these video lectures one can go through web materials of the course, Principles of Communication by
Prof V V Rao, faculty(retd.) at IIT Madras. The materials are very helpful to prepare topics related to Random
Variables and Processes. One can see the materials from the following link

Page on nptel.ac.in

6) Electromagnetics

For the Electrostatics part the lectures of Electromagnetic Fields by Prof. Harishankar Ramachandran, faculty at IIT
Madras will be helpful. He is presently the HOD of Electrical Engineering Dept at IIT Madras.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/10810...

Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac...

For the Electromagnetics part the lectures of Transmission lines and EM Waves by Prof. RK Shevgaonkar, faculty at
IIT Delhi will be helpful. He was formerly faculty at IIT Bombay. Presently he is the Director of IIT Delhi. Along with
lectures one can follow the text book titled EM Waves, by Prof. RK Shevgaonkar.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/11710...

Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=117101056

One can even follow the web materials from this link

Page on nptel.ac.in

7) Network Analysis/Circuit Analysis

One can see the lectures of Basic Electrical Engineering by Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura, faculty at IIT Madas. There
are 21 lectures and all of them are helpful for GATE Exam.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/11710...

Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac...

8) Analog Circuits

The lectures to be referred to this course are Analog circuits by Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura, faculty at IIT Madras.
There are lectures. These lectures cover some part of the gate syllabus for Analog Circuits. One has to take care while
preparing. These lectures don’t cover the concepts of BJT and one has prepare on own.

NPTEL Lectures Link: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108106084/

9) Engineering Mathematics

Even though there are lectures for this course it is advised to prepare for this subject on your own because the topics
are covered in great depth and might not be very helpful. The lectures for this course are
NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/12210...

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/12210...http://nptel.ac.in/courses/12210...

Along with the lectures you can start practicising previous year GATE question papers.

Textbooks:

1. Electronics devices and circuits:

1. Semiconductor Physics And Devices by Donald A. Neamen
2. Solid state electronic devices by Ben G. Streetman and Sanjay Banerjee
3. Electronic Devices and Circuits by Millman & Halkias
2. Analog circuits:
1. Microelectronics Circuits by Sedra& Smith
2. Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Robert L Boylestad
3. Digital electronics:
1. Digital circuits and design by Salivahanan or Fundamentals of digital systems by Anandkumar
2. Digital Logic and Computer Design by M.Morris Mano
4. Network theory:
1. Engineering Circuit Analysis by Hayt and Kemmerly
2. Network Analysis by Van Valkenburg
5. Signals and Systems:
1. Signals and systems by Alan V Oppenheim
2. Digital Signal Processing by S.K Mitra
6. Electromagnetic theory:
1. Elements of Electromagnetics by Matthew N.O. Sadiku
2. Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems by Jordan and Balmain
3. Antenna Theory by Balanis
7. Control systems:
1. Modern Control Engineering by Katsushiko Ogata
2. Control Systems Engineering by Norman Nise
8. Communication systems:
1. Analog and Digital Communication System by Simon Haykin
2. Modern digital and analog Communications system by BP Lathi
3. Electronic Communication Systems by Kennedy and Davis
9. Engineering mathematics
1. Higher Engineering mathematics by Dr. B.S Grewal
2. Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes by Papoulis, Pillai
10. General aptitude:
1. Quantitative Aptitude by R.S Agarwal
Make notes by yourself from these standard textbooks. It will be useful at the time of revision and when you get stuck
in the middle of some problems. Make your own time table to study. Learning pace may vary from person to person.
So understand your pace and plan according to that. Allot more time to the subjects you feel hard to tackle. Practise
previous year GATE papers. Do as many as problems you can. Later in the end phase, study 4–5 subjects in one day.
It will help your brain to switch between subjects easily. Don’t forget to take mock tests because it will expose the
areas you are weak. So that you can give extra attention to those areas. One day before the exam STOP thinking about
it. Go out with your friends, watch movie, go to park or do something that relaxes your mind. Just think I am
thorough with all basic concept of engineering. Then why should I fear the next day!