Engineering Entrance Exam

Hello Kapil, It is a very good query that you have raised. What to do after class 12th? The trend of parents is MBBS or engineering. Former is very tough and for the later, situation is grim with almost 50% fresh graduates not finding placements. I would rather advise you to have a look at different alternative career opportunities. Law, mass communication, fine arts, literature, commerce, hotel management, pilot, etc. But fundamentally, you must select the path which you like most, which fascinates you. Let me assure you that hard work in any stream will take you places.

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There are so many exams like VITEE, SRM, .

If your exam centers is close enough to travel in between gap of these two, then you could manage both the exams simultaneously. If it is not possible, there may be the reason of same timing or distance. You should go for your board examinations. It is more important for you more than anything.

So, a rank under 10k to15k can fetch you a top NITs. Accordingly your score in JEE Mains Paper 1 should be more than 180+ (200+ to be on the safer side) at least. For lower ranked NITs 150+ is a must.

Not more than 50k for general category and that too you will get in last few rounds. For NITs, it is around 25k.

You should be between 3k to 5k to get admission in IHM-Mumbai in 1st round. And for 2nd round, you must be between 5k to 7k. I suggest you to not join IHM-Mumbai or any other hotel management course, better do simple B.Sc.
I am writing this because, I got IHM Mumbai in 2017 in 1st round of counselling, but after reporting IHM Mumbai, my mindset changed by seeing the scenario of the hotel industry and withdrew my documents and seats on the second day after that.
Currently, I am preparing for Engineering competitive exams.

What is your exact question? What kind of guidance do you need? Please be clear.

If internship is of not more than 2 months, surely go for it, it will help you gain good practical knowledge as well as something good to write in your resume. For GATE, I think, if you study well in the rest of the time you have, you will surely crack GATE with good marks.

Placement wise, if you go for new NIT or IIT (new), there is very less scope. I think you take a 1 year break and improve your rank. Then, you can get easily any old IIT.