Engineering Entrance Exam

If you want to get into NIT Trichy and if you are not worried about the department, your rank has to be below AIR 20000. In 2018, scoring 145 or more in JEE Mains would put you in this position. Here are the department specific score requirements (Data from 2018 results), Computer Science & Engineering AIR 4900 - l210 or more in JEE
Electronics & Communications Engineering AIR 6900 200 or more in JEE
Electrical & Electronics Engineering AIR 9000 185 or more in JEE
Mechanical Engineering AIR 11000 170 or more in JEE
Instrumentation and Control Engineering AIR 14000 160 or more in JEE
Chemical Engineering AIR 17900 155 or more in JEE
Production Engineering AIR 21800 140 or more in JEE
Civil Engineering AIR 23000 140 or more in JEE
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering AIR 23500 140 or more in JEE.

UPSC announces multiple vacancies for the ESE. The exam is highly prestigious and it witnesses Lacs of students apply every year. ESE General Studies syllabus:
National and international current issues, Basics of energy, Conservation of the environment, environmental pollution, and climate change, General Principles of Design and Drawing, Production and construction, Project Management, Logical reasoning and analytical ability, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Importance of Safety, Maintenance. Books for General Studies:
1- General Principles of World Geography by Charles Farro
2- Anatomy & Physiology by Evelyn Pearce
3- An Introduction to the Constitution of India: D Basu
4- Perspectives on the Indian Constitution Edited by Subash Kashyap
5- Know your body Reader's Digest.
6- Biology Physics Chemistry 8th to 12th standard NCERT
7- Modern India: Bipin Chandra
8- History of Modern India: Ishita Banerjee-Dube
9- Indian Economic Development: I. C. Dhingra
10- Indian Economy: Dutt and Sundharam
11- Statistical Methods: S. P. Gupta
12- Monsoon Asia: Charles Farro
Preparation tips:
1- Know the syllabus.
2- Try to solve the Previous year's questions.
3- Attempt more Mock tests and analyze yourself.
4- Make a short note for Revision.
5- Eat healthily, and sleep properly. I hope this will help you.

Check below the list of books that help in the preparation for ESE/IES ECE Exam:
1- Network Analysis by Van Valkenburg and Chakrabarti.
2- Electromagnetic Waves & Radiating Systems by Jardon & Balmain and JD Kraus.
3- Integrated Circuits by K. R. Botkar.
4- Op. Amps & Linear Integrated Circuit by Gayakwad.
5- Digital Logic & Computer Design by Morris Mano.
6- Automatic Control System by Benjamin C. Kuo and B. S Make
7- Control System engineering. By I. G. Nagrath & M. Goal
8- Principle of Communication System by Taub & Schilling, J. B Gupta, and A. Bruu Carlson.
9- Integrated Electronics by Jacob Milman & C. Halkias and Millman & Grabel
10- Digital Principles and Applications (SIE) by Leach & Malvino
11- Network and Systems by D. Roy Choudhary
12- Signals and System by Oppehum, Willsky & Nacob, and Sanjay Sharma.
13- Problems Amp Solutions Control System by Jairath A. K.
14- Electronics & Communication Engineering by Arihant Publication
15- Detailed Solutions in Electronics & Communication for Competitions by S. K. Karna
16- Electronics Engineering Handout by Made Easy Publication. Books for ECE GATE:
1- Network Theory
Engineering Circuit Analysis by William H. Hayt
Network Analysis by Mac Van Valkenburg
2- Engineering Mathematics
Higher Engineering Mathematics by B. S. Grewal
GATE Engineering Mathematics: Multiple Choice Questions by R. K. Kanodia
3- Analog Circuits
Microelectronic Circuits: Theory and Applications by Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth Carless Smith
Op. Amps & Linear Integrated Circuit by Ramakant Gayakwad
4- Digital Electronics
Digital Design by M. Morris Mano
Modern Digital electronics by R P Jain
Microprocessor Architecture, Programming, and Applications with 8085 by Ramesh Gaonkar
5- Automatic Control Systems by Benjamin C Kuo
6- Control Systems Engineering by M Goal and I. J. Nagrath
7- Principles of Electromagnetics by Matthew N. O. Sadiku
8- Semiconductor Physics and Devices by Donald Neamen
9- Signals and Systems by Alan V. Oppenheim, Allan S. Willsky, S. Hamid Nawab
10- Digital and Analog Communications by B. P. Lathi
I hope this will help you.

Apart from ESE, GATE, and PSUs many exams are held to recruit in various organizations in India, such as -
1- Railway recruitment board (SSE & JE )- RRB takes exams for junior engineers and senior section engineers. Although it is a group C job after 12 to 13 years of experience with time-to-time promotions you will be promoted to a group A job equivalent to an ESE/IES officer.
2- SSC-JE: it is a group B job and it is conducted for the recruitments in various posts in various departments such as Military Engineering Services (MS). you will be subordinate to an ESE/IES officer.
3- NPCIL: A subsidiary of Bhabha Atomic Research Center. Every year they conduct their own exams for recruitment usually in the month of June and July.
4- SAIL: It also conducts its own exam for recruitment.
5- Visakhapatnam - It is one of the units of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).
6- DMRC/LMRC/NMRC/BMRC: It conducts exams for different technical posts.
7- AFCAT: This test is conducted by the IAF for the selection of officers in various branches of the Indian Air Force.
8- Some other PSUs are BEL, BSNL, HAL, MTNL, SCIL, RBI, EII, BARC, ECI, etc. Other than these exams State Engineering Services exams are conducted from time to time by different states.

The difference between a GATE score and GATE marks:
1- The difference between GATE marks and GATE scores is that GATE marks are calculated on a scale of 100, whereas GATE scores are calculated on a scale of 1000. The GATE Score is calculated on the basis of normalized marks and taking actual marks.
2- The GATE Score is widely accepted by the Public Sector Undertaking bodies as well as the Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institute of Science, and National Indian Institutes of Technology at the time of admission into higher studies. Moreover, some foreign universities accept GATE scores as well.
3- The GATE marks are calculated on the basis of weightage on each ques and the number of ques. The total number of ques asked in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Written test is 65. There are 3 types of ques that are MCQs, Multiple Selected Questions, and NAT ques.
4- There is a total of 100 marks. The negative marks are only applicable to Multiple Choice Questions. One-third of the marks allocated to each MCQ will be deducted. GATE marks are the raw or actual marks that students received in the examination based on their performance.

A list of colleges that accept GATE Score:
1- Guru Gobind Singh Inderprastha college, Delhi.
2- Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
3- Delhi Technical University, Delhi.
4- Jadavpur University Kolkata.
5- Vellore Institute of Technology
6- Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
7- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Rajasthan
8- Amrita School of Engineering
9- SRM Institute of Technology, Chennai
10- KIIT Bhubaneswar
11- Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Kancheepuram
12- Manipur Institute of Technology
13- PSG College of Technology Coimbatore
14- Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology Tamil Nadu
15- KL University Guntur
16- MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore
17- Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education
18- Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai
19- Punjab Engineering College (Deemed To Be University)
20- R. V. College of Engineering Bangalore
21- Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Mumbai
22- B. MS College of Engineering Bangalore
23- Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) Delhi
24- Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences Coimbatore
25- Kumaraguru College of Technology Coimbatore. I hope this will help you.