PREPARATION STRATEGY

Self-motivation is most important during GATE preparation. Make you own strategy and please dont follow others. You have your own strength, weakness and interests. Focus on your weak areas (BEST METHOD TO FIND WEAK AREAS IS TO GIVE A LOT OF FULL LENGTH MOCK TESTS). If you are in final year then you may not have enough time. So don't go for part tests , go for Full length Tests only. Improve your effectiveness rather focusing on how much hour do you study. I read Bhagvat GITA (Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ) daily for a better day. You can also read DAILY INSPIRATION by ROBIN SHARMA. These helped me a lot in staying positive during my preparation.

Follow standard text books and use internet to know the derivations of formulas. Syllabus is very vast and you cant remember all the formulas.

Math is the language of Engineering. So first start with maths and don't practice maths , understand the physical meaning behind it. For example vector calculus can be easily understood by studying EMT simultaneously.

Then comes the Network Theory. You have to ace Network portion in order to excel in Electrical/Electronics engineering. Follow any standard text book and solve numericals on it. Sometimes one problem may have different solution methods and you can discover them by practising a lot of questions.

Then for core part follow a sequence so that previous subject can aid to the next. For example Electronic Devices and Circuits (EDC) then Analog and Digital Electronics . Network Theory and them Electrical Measurements. Signals and systems then Communication . Control System and then Transducers. Electromagnetic Theory then Antenna and finally Microwave.

Solving previous year GATE and IES question is a very important factor in preparation. If you have time then solve EE EC IN previous year papers. You can channelise your preparation strategies according to the previous year paper. Be positive and have faith in yourself . Respect your teachers and parents. Their blessings can do miracle in your life.

REFERENCE BOOKS

Reference means you have to refer these books during preparation. Don't try to Read the whole text book (IF PREPARING FOR GATE 2016) . Choose any one book to learn the theory and concepts and solve questions from other books. The best thing about foreign author or standard text books is that the number of example questions given are conceptual and very less in quality . If you understand something clearly then there is no need to solve many questions on same concept ( even you can skip GATE previous year questions also). If you are in 2nd year then you may follow these books during your semester exams.

1. MATHEMATICS

ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS by ERWIN KREYSZIG

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GATE ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS by MADE EASY

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# if you have time then read "Mathematical Methods for Physicists by ARFKEN, WEBER and HARRIS"- (NOT REQUIRED FOR GATE) . You will get to know, how mathematics is used to model modern world problems. after all we are engineers and we are here to solve problems , not just to pass exams and get degree ( actually these are also important :P ) .

2.NETWORK THEORY