GATE 2020 Topper: Know how Sachin Singh Naruka secured AIR 1 in Chemical Engineering (CH)

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GATE 2020 results have been declared, Sachin Singh Naruka, student of MNIT Jaipur has bagged AIR 1 in GATE 2020 Chemical Engineering paper and emerged as the one of the top scorer securing 86.67%
GATE 2020 results have been declared, Sachin Singh Naruka, student of MNIT Jaipur has bagged AIR 1 in GATE 2020 Chemical Engineering paper and emerged as one of the top scorer securing 86.67%.

IIT Delhi has announced GATE 2020 result for 25 papers on March 13 in the official website. As per the official notification released by IIT Delhi, there are a total of 29 GATE 2020 Toppers. In the Chemical Engineering paper of GATE 2020, Sachin Singh has secured All India Rank (AIR) 1.

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Out of 8,59,048 registered candidates, 6,84,903 (79.73%) candidates appeared for the GATE 2020 in eight sessions at 566 centres across 199 cities.

GATE 2020 Topper – Preparation Strategy

In an interview, he shared that he had prepared for GATE 2020 from his third year of BTech. He always focused on the GATE exam and his goal was to secure the full marks in the GATE 2020 entrance exam. He had earlier enrolled in the Engineers Institute of India. He studied from the materials provided by the institute. He also took test series from the institute regularly. He also focused on his weaknesses and took guidance from his teachers wherein they motivated and encouraged them daily to score better marks.

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As a part of his GATE 2020 preparation strategy, he attempted easy questions first and then the difficult questions. The question paper was moderate in terms of difficulty level.

GATE 2020 was conducted for 25 subjects/papers for admission to Master of Engineering (ME), Masters in Technology (MTech) and direct PhD admissions to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)National Institutes of Technology (NITs)Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other institutes/universities across India. 

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