GATE

Hello Hiren,
The cut off for GATE depends on the institute and it varies every year.
And there are caste wise cut off marks too.
Generally for the top IITs, the cut off would be above 60/100.

Hello Shailesh,
As per my information and understanding, GATE is better.

Hello Rahul,
GATE is normally followed by all reputed Universities. Of course some of them have their own exams to admit students. But firstly why no to GATE? Study and appear for it. It will tell you where you stand. Path to good and reputed universities is only through GATE.

Hello Aman,
Syllabus for GATE is that of graduation. Hence you cannot do much preparation in 2nd year of engineering. However, you will help yourself a great deal if you work hard for your present classes and score consistently more than 75%. This in itself is preparation for GATE.

Hello Roshini,
The admission into ME/M.Tech programs are PSG tech, Coimbatore is based on the GATE scores only. You need to have a GATE score of above 40 so as to have a seat at PSG.
The admission is also via TANCET scores, which are for TN candidates.
However, the GATE scores fill most of the seats.

Hello Anuvab,
No, you cannot.
The eligibility for GATE is to have completed a
BE/B.Tech, B.Arch and other such Bachelor's degrees. If you have completed B.Sc then you are eligible for the exam only after the completion of M.Sc.
You can appear for the exam after the completion of M.Sc only.

Hello Samreen,
You need to select paper of nanotechnology in GATE. Once you clear, then you are eligible for admission to Masters in nanotechnology.

Hello Prabal,
GATE is fundamentally an entrance exam for admission to PG courses of IIT or NIT. Of course, other colleges also have adopted it. But if big data is considered as e&c then only. You better check with VIT directly.