Engineer

The purpose of the GATE exam is to test the students knowledge and understanding of their under Graduate level subjects in Engineering and Science. The GATE score reflects the relative performance level of a candidate. Every year Lacs of Engineering graduate students are coming from universities and engineering colleges. In the present competitive scenario, to measure and test the calibre of engineering students is possible through the GATE exam only. There is a misconception among students is that the GATE exam is only for ME. /M.Tech which finally leads to a teaching career only. But, it is not correct. The GATE score of the candidate is also used by several public sector undertakings (PSU) (I. e. , government-owned companies) for recruiting graduate engineers in entry-level positions, to get Fellowship Programs from CSIR and Scholarships in ME/M.Tech and many more.

There are two aspect of worth in terms of learning. Well BITS distance education is worth in terms of learning because it provides a vast syllabus.
Now coming in terms of value in the industry you will get a call from companies that consider BITS tag but from here come the twist.
Most big organizations won't consider this as degree and HR will reject as many of my friends have faced that and it won't be same as on campus because they will able to identify you have done distance education as a degree.
You can do Ph.D but it depends on the university as top university won't consider the distance education but from the learning point of view its good.