GATE 2015 Topper Interview _ Ravi Shankar Mishra

7/28/2015GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra XamAdda (http://www.xamadda.com/) HOME (HTTP://WWW.XAMADDA.COM/) ABOUT (HTTP://WWW.XAMADDA.COM/ABOUT/) Home (http://www.xamadda.com/) Engineering Exam (http://www.xamadda.com/category/engineering-exam/) Medical Exam (http://www.xamadda.com/category/medical-exam/) News (http://www.xamadda.com/category/medical-exam/news/) Recent Post  GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra (http://www.xamadda.com/gate-2015-topper-interview-ravishankar-mishra/)  AIPMT Re Answer key for set A, B, C and D (http://www.xamadda.com/aipmt-re-answer-key-for-set-a-b-c-and-d/)  AIPMT Exam tomorrow | Give your best (http://www.xamadda.com/aipmt-exam-tomorrow-give-your-best/)  GATE 2016 – Brochure (http://www.xamadda.com/gate-2016-brochure/) GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra  July 27, 2015 (http://www.xamadda.com/gate-2015-topper-interview-ravi-shankar-mishra/)  admin (http://www.xamadda.com/author/admin/) http://www.xamadda.com/gate­2015­topper­interview­ravi­shankar­mishra/ 1/9   XamAdda: What was the reason you appeared for GATE 2015? PSU or further studies? Please elaborate Ravi Shankar Mishra: I wanted to make a career in Computer Science but my Bachelor’s degree is in Mechanical Engineering. Ravi Shankar Mishra scored All India Rank 1 in GATE 2015.   I have completed my B Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in the year 2014. My father is an Ex-Airman. I belong to a middle class family from Bokaro Steel City.com/gate-2016-brochure/).00. the time table that he followed. where have you done your engineering from and in which branch? Ravi Shankar Mishra: My name is Ravi Shankar Mishra. Jharkhand. so I appeared for GATE 2015 with an intention of doing M. Following his interest in Computer Science he decided to appear in GATE 2015  for Computer Science other then his bachelor field. With full dedication approach. He is an Mechanical engineer of batch 2014 from IIT Kanpur.   XamAdda: what was the GATE Paper you appeared in? What rank did you get in GATE 2015? What is your GATE score and how many marks did you secure out of 100 in GATE paper? Ravi Shankar Mishra: I appeared for Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) paper and secured AIR-1 in GATE 2015 (http://www.xamadda.85 and actual mark is 79. I have no intention to join a PSU.Tech in CSE from a reputed Indian college. Come lets hear from Ravi Shankar Mishra how he was able to achieve his goal in short period of time. I am elaborating the plan in details phase wise: http://www. normalized mark is 85. my mother a housewife and my elder sister is an employee of Konylabs Software Company. books that were useful to study and more… XamAdda: Tell us something about yourself. I am passionate about pursuing my Masters in Computer Science now that I have scored well.7/28/2015 GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra GATE 2015 Topper Interview – Ravi Shankar Mishra scored All India Rank 1 in Computer Science in GATE 2015.com/gate­2015­topper­interview­ravi­shankar­mishra/ 2/9 . Hyderabad.   XamAdda: Have you also applied to any PSUs and which ones? Ravi Shankar Mishra: Right now.xamadda. XamAdda: When did you start your preparation?  How did you prepare? How many hours did you put in per day as per the stage of preparation? Ravi Shankar Mishra: My preparation started 150 days before the GATE exam. My score is 1000. preparation techniques. I planned my preparation in three major phases and followed it to a tee. Books   This phase started when I decided to appear for the GATE 2015 examination in CSE. I also did the relevant exercises from each chapter for better practice. Phase 3 (30 days. Some criteria I followed here are: The book should be simple enough so that a Mechanical graduate can understand them It must be broad enough to cover the entire GATE syllabus. Phase 2 (105 days. 14 hours/day) – Revision & Test Series: http://www. The first thing I did was to go through the blogs written by previous year GATE toppers. Important Topics with heavy weightage like Data Structures and Algorithm got around 14 days for preparation while lesser important topics like Digital Logic got 6 days.   Most important – I didn’t leave any topic untouched in the prescribed GATE syllabus. I planned the order in which I should study the given topics and the time I needed to devote for each topic. planned their study well.7/28/2015 GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra   1.   2. My study schedule went like – study a particular topic and attempt the past 10 years question papers for that topic only. I tried to gauge a pattern in their preparation and to understand the bare minimum preparation techniques they did correctly to be successful. My focus was to study all the relevant topics from all the books I had chosen such that no question could escape me. I found a repetitive theme in their preparation -most of them followed standard books.   After this my quest for good standard books started. Preparation Plan. 5 hours/day) – Understanding the GATE Syllabus. I did get some good books which I have listed below. did proper revision in last months and enrolled in some good online Test Series. Phase 1 (15 days. solved previous year GATE papers. Fortunately. 12 hours/day) – Studying Books & Solving previous year papers: I listed the chapters covered in GATE Syllabus and allotted time to each accordingly. Web Technology and Verbal ability. 3.xamadda. Next. Here I must say that I used the question bank from MadeEasy but trust me. I found solutions at the GATEOverflow website to be very good. there is no book in the market which doesn’t have some errors and therefore.com/gate­2015­topper­interview­ravi­shankar­mishra/ 3/9 . the internet is your only friend. I even studied for Software Engineering. Next was the turn of Test Series and I appeared for four full length tests by MadeEasy. The good thing is that these questions come with no negative marks. if I had made notes.xamadda. I hurried through all of them.From where? How did it help? Ravi Shankar Mishra: No.7/28/2015 GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra This is a crucial phase which I used to recall what I had learnt in the last four months and to push my score further by 5-10 marks. One bad thing about this question type is that it requires very high accuracy.   XamAdda: Have you taken any coaching? If yes. Ankur Gupta Notes and Standard book power point slides. That was because of two reasons. I don’t know the art of making good notes and second. I would have required 2 more months to study the book chapters. But I found myself in big trouble. Three things came to my rescue here and they not only gave me revision but also introduced me to some sub-topics that I unintentionally skipped – Made Easy study material. so you can answer them no matter what. It was just five steps:   (1) Plan (2) Study Books http://www. There was no special preparation for numerical questions. The study material that they provided helped me to filter out unnecessary book chapters and it was also useful for revision in the final stage of my preparation as I hadn’t made any notes of my own during my self-study. Were you prepared for this eventuality? How did you prepare for the numerical questions considering that they require speed in calculating the solutions? Ravi Shankar Mishra: I feel the reason for introducing large number of numerical questions in GATE is to discourage the guessing tendency of students. One small calculation mistake and you lose your marks as well as precious time in the exam. First. The only thing that I made sure was not to commit any silly mistake while attempting them. The reason was that I did not make any notes during my self-study.com/gate­2015­topper­interview­ravi­shankar­mishra/ 4/9 .   XamAdda: Can you share any preparation strategies with our readers? How to schedule study time and make timetables? Ravi Shankar Mishra: I kept my preparation strategy as simple as possible.   XamAdda:  GATE 2015 saw a substantial amount of numerical questions asked when compared to previous years. I have not taken any formal coaching but I took the correspondence course of MadeEasy.   I have given the order in which I studied the topics along with average weightage (from years 2010-2015) and days devoted in the table. I am sharing my 105 days timetable with the future GATE aspirants. I would advise them to scale it according to the time that is available to them.one was the weightage of the topics and other was the pre-requisite subject to be studied before the advanced subject part.   The order in which I covered GATE topics was inspired by two factors. I would advise them to scale it according to the time that is available to them.   I feel that the major stress comes during step-2 and that required quite a lot of planning and time on my end.   I feel that the major stress comes during step-2 and that required quite a lot of planning and time on my end. I am sharing my 105 days timetable with the future GATE aspirants.xamadda. XamAdda: Which books did you follow for GATE preparation? http://www. It was just five steps:   (1) Plan (2) Study Books (3) Solve previous year papers (4) Revise (5) Give Mock Test.   XamAdda: Can you share any preparation strategies with our readers? How to schedule study time and make timetables? Ravi Shankar Mishra: I kept my preparation strategy as simple as possible.com/gate­2015­topper­interview­ravi­shankar­mishra/ 5/9 .7/28/2015 GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra (3) Solve previous year papers (4) Revise (5) Give Mock Test. Aho& Ullman 2 1-9 Pressman 7 Read slides only Techniques and Tools Software Software Engineering: A Engineering Practitioner’s Approach Web technologies w3schools (html/xml tutorial) http://www.10- and Algorithms Theory of An Introduction to Formal Computation Languages and Automata Computer Computer Networking: A Networks Top-Down Approach Computer Organization and Architecture 12. I would recommend all the future GATE aspirants to read only the latest edition of the books.com/gate­2015­topper­interview­ravi­shankar­mishra/ Website Link 6/9 . edition and relevant chapters of the books that I followed.xamadda.7/28/2015 GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra Ravi Shankar Mishra: I have listed below the book name. author name. GATE Syllabus Book Name Author Name Edition Relevant Chapters Engineering Discrete Mathematics and Its Kenneth 7 1.14.22-   24.15.8.9 Embedded systems Hamacher   Operating System Operating System Concepts Galvin 9 1-15 Databases Database System Concepts Korth 6 1-4. The edition of books are the latest ones (updated till Dec.8 Computer Organization and Carl 6 1-3.6.16.10. 2014) and freely downloadable on the internet.5.11.68.6-8.34 Peter Linz 3 1-12 Kurose & Ross 6 1-5.15 Compiler Design Compilers: Principles.2.6-11 Mathematics Applications Rosen Digital Logic Digital Design Morris Mano 5 1-6   Programming The C Programming language Dennis Richie 2 1-6 Data Structures Introduction to Algorithms Cormen 3 1-4. 7/28/2015 GATE 2015 Topper Interview | Ravi Shankar Mishra   XamAdda: Any advice for the future aspirants? Ravi Shankar Mishra: Believe in yourself. Nobody thought that I could even get a rank in the Top 500 in the GATE 2015 CS paper as I was a Mechanical Engineering graduate but I backed myself.   Just think that if a guy with zero knowledge of computer science with just 5 months of dedicated study and determination could bring his knowledge up to the level of the GATE exam and go on to score the First Rank. go get it!  Nobody is stopping you except yourself.xamadda. why can’t you?  All of you who will appear for GATE 2016 will have even more time than what I had.com/gate2015-topper-interview-ravi-shankar-mishra/) Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. Forget about everything and just dedicate quality time over your preparation. Don’t worry about what the others think about you.com/category/engineering-exam/). It is your dream.    Engineering Exam (http://www.com/category/medical-exam/news/)  Permalink (http://www. You are doing this for yourself and your family. 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