GATE 2018 Topper Interview: Naman Jaswani AIR 1 Instrumentation Engineering

Naman Jaswani - GATE 2018 - AIR 1 Instrumentation Engineering

A final year student of NIT (National Institute of Technology) Jalandhar, Naman Jaswani was pretty sure of securing a place in the list of GATE 2018 Top 10 toppers for Instrumentation Engineering. Jaswani, who cracked the exam in his first attempt, scored 944 out of 1000 in the exam. His normalized score in GATE 2018 is 92.47.

Sharing his happiness with Shiksha, he said, “It feels great to have achieved AIR 1 in the exam. I was actually aiming for it. I indeed was expecting myself to be among at least top ten rankers of GATE. It feels pretty good”.

According to him, the mantra to crack GATE is hard work, practice and one’s trust in God. He believes that his highest level of dedication during his prep phase was his strength that kept him going. Read the full interview below.

I did my schooling from C.A.K.F.M.S.Sec.School Naya Nangal. Currently I am in my final year of BTech in Instrumentation and Control Engineering at NIT Jalandhar.

Yes, I took classroom coaching at Engineers Academy, Jalandhar. I also joined online test series from Made Easy and Ace Academy.

It actually depends from person to person. I knew that I would need coaching to understand concepts easily so I joined it. But it is not necessary because one of my friends got a decent rank without joining any coaching class.

I joined coaching for 1 year out of which I studied seriously in the last 6-7 months. I used to study in the time that I managed to save from academics at college. In the last 2 months, I used to study 12-13 hours a day.

Talking about my preparation strategy, I completed my entire GATE 2018 syllabus once by November end. Then I revised the whole syllabus in December along with solved previous year questions from IN, ECE, EE branch along with subject wise tests. Then I gave full length Mock tests in January.

I found aptitude section is more scoring so I solved that first to boost up my confidence during the exam. I, then, solved 1 mark questions and then 2 marks questions.

My strengths in the prep phase included:

• I used to break my limits to study even more to solve more and more questions.
• I used to motivate myself every single second.
• I had the highest level of dedication.

Never leave a topic. Give equal weightage to all topics to score a decent rank.

If u want a decent rank in GATE, then u need to give as many mock tests as you can. But only when you have completed your entire syllabus. Previous year questions and test series are enough to get you a good rank.

Only coaching notes, previous year papers from IN,ECE,EE and test series would work.

UG exams are a bit more towards theoretical aspects and GATE is more about problem solving skills.

I would most probably join a PSU. I have, infact, applied for all oil sector Maharatnas.

Read: PSU Recruitment Procedure Through GATE

Be dedicated every single day of your preparation. Practice a lot. Work Hard. Believe in yourself. Believe in GOD.

IIT Guwahati declared GATE 2018 results on April 16, a day before the scheduled date. The score cards of GATE 2018 are now available for download from March 20 to May 31. The exam was held on February 03 - 04 & February 10 - 11, 2018. Check GATE 2018 important dates here.

GATE 2018 final answer keys were released recently.  Along with results, GATE 2018 cut-offs too have been announced.

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