The Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) have launched an online platform to provide free training to candidates for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). The national-level entrance exam is a gateway to IITs, IISc, and other top colleges for admission to master’s and doctoral level courses, as well as a gateway to jobs at multiple PSUs.
With CSR support from India’s leading travel technology organisation, Amadeus Labs Bengaluru, the NPTEL GATE Portal has been made freely accessible to all students with the goal of assisting students in preparing for the GATE. NPTEL, a provider of free online certification courses, is a joint initiative of IITs and IISc.
NPTEL intends to provide facilities in accordance with GATE syllabus
NPTEL intends to provide video solutions, practise tests, and online assistance in accordance with the GATE syllabus through the new portal. As nearly 9 to 10 lakh students take the GATE in 2023, this portal will help aspirants with their preparation.
Prof V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras, said, “GATE tests the knowledge in fundamentals acquired by a candidate during the undergraduate education. Success in GATE enables both higher education and employment options. NPTEL is leveraging its content to guide and help candidates prepare and create a level playing field by providing equal opportunities for people to attempt the GATE exam.”
Highlighting the unique aspects of the GATE Preparation Portal, Dr. Ramkrishna Pasumarthy, NPTEL Coordinator, IIT Madras, said, “In the NPTEL course discussion forums many learners would ask whether the course content would be enough to clear GATE exam. The learners would request to solve GATE-related problems or provide some assistance in preparing for GATE. We then came up with the idea of creating a comprehensive one-stop platform, covering everything from concepts to tricks for cracking the GATE exam. We recently launched live mentoring sessions as well, enabling active learning for GATE aspirants.”
The GATE preparation portal was launched at an event hosted by IITM PALS, a social initiative of eminent IIT alumni that has been providing interventions to students, faculty, and management of engineering colleges in India since 2012.
