GATE

There are opportunities that you do not need a GATE score to get into an M.Tech course in Institutes like IIT and NIT.
If you are a student of a central-funded university having CGPA of 8. Then, there is no need of GATE score for you. You can avail direct interview for M.Tech in IITs.
If you are among top 10 students at university level.no need for GATE score.
If you do have teaching (or any other in the field) experience of 2 years after B.Tech, then also no need for GATE score even for M.Tech/PhD/MS(research)programs in IITs.
If you are a sponsored candidate (i.e if your employer sponsors your education) no need of GATE score for you.
Some options for you:
M.Tech/ ME in Design/ Fluid Mechanics/ Gas Dynamics/ Production/ Robotics/ Mechatronics/ CAD-CAE etc.
PhD in Mechanical Engineering followed by post-doctoral studies
PGDBM/MBA - from Ivy League colleges
M.Sc in statistics
Any certificate course in Quality Management
Learn a few software like Ansys, Fluent, CFX, SolidWorks etc.
There are many good institutes which conduct their own exam such as BITS, VIT etc.

Hello Waqar,
The cut-off for GATE is 25 for 2017. Therefore, you are not eligible to appear for selection based on GATE scores. However, you can apply for various state level entrance examinations like OJEE for Odisha, WBUT for West Bengal, PGECET for Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka etc. Based on these scores, you can choose a college for yourself for M.Tech. Apart from this, some private universities like GITAM (Vishakhapatnam), SRM University, KIIT (Odisha), VIT University, AMITY etc. conduct their own entrance examination. You can apply for these as well.
I hope this answers your question. If you have any further questions, kindly revert.

GATE is a very competitive exam and it still becomes tougher if you plan to do M.Tech from IIT in your branch and subject. Devoting one full year for GATE examination preparation has its own merits and demerits. Dropping a year means that you will get sufficient amount of time to prepare for GATE exam. It will allow you take full-time coaching and help to score good ranking in GATE exam. This may help you get all from a top PSU for a job. But one-year GATE preparation means loss of likely salary which you could have earned in one year. However, one year is a long time so the possibility of you may change your goals and objectives. You may become lethargic because of availability of time and lesser pressure. You may waste time. If you are confident of keeping the momentum, dedication, determination, readiness to work on a plan, will to achieve your objective and support of the family; you may consider dropping a year for GATE examination. If you have done engineering or have a science degree from Tier I or Tier II colleges then dropping one year for GATE preparation is a worthy option.