Webinar on Competitive Exams with a special focus on GATE

As part of the Lecture Series organized by NDLI Club, a Webinar was held on 7th August 2021 from 5 pm to 6pm for the students of Third Year and Final Year of Engineering. The theme was "Competitive Exams with a special focus on GATE".

Resource Persons:

Mr. Santosh Chapaneri (Asst. Prof. - ExTC)

Ms. Jovita Serrao (Asst. Prof. - ExTC)

The Webinar began with imploring God's blessings with the recitation of the College Anthem. Ms. Madhura Angchekar (BE CMPN) and Mst. Shrirang Joshi (SE ExTC) introduced the Resource Persons.

Asst. Prof. Jovita Serrao, one of the resource persons of the webinar, began with sharing the statistics on the number of engineering colleges and students in India. She then moved on to giving tips on how to prepare for competitive exams such as GATE keeping in mind the need to pursue higher education in institutes of National Importance such as the IITs. 

Asst. Prof. Santosh Chapaneri explained in detail on how to devote time for competitive exams, what  books are available for GATE, the structure of the exam etc. He gave a complete insight on how students can pursue their GATE studies. Finally both Jovita Madam and Santosh Sir clarified doubts of students regarding exams and careers. Overall webinar gave a new insight for students and was received well by the participants.

Mr. Paul Fernandes (Head - NSS Cell) thanked the resource persons and participants and concluded the webinar with a positive feedback from the attendees as reflected in the Chat window.

As a follow up activity to this Webinar, a mock Aptitude Test based on Mathematics was conducted.

Key takeaways:

1. To spread awareness about competitive examinations among the students, and to create and sustain interest in the respective field.

2. To introduce the students to the nature of GATE, its syllabi, structure, and preparation for it.

3. To instil a basic knowledge of the necessary preparations: pre-examination preparation, post-examinations.

Number of Participants: 80

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYzqx78CcJU