An Engineering student asked… I am studying B.Tech in J.N.T.U in Metallurgy Branch. How to prepare for GATE for such a rare branch? Because there are no coaching centers, best of my knowledge, for this branch?
– Krishna Ananth, Hyderabad.
Answer: In such case, you can try online courses http://www.careeravenues.co.in/career-avenues-gate-2013-metallurgical-engineering-classroom-correspondence-online-training-coaching-tution. But remember you should focus more on practice, never depend much on coaching centers.
Also find some previous solved Q&A papers here: http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/gate2014/archive/QP2012/mt.pdf and http://www.examrace.com/GATE/GATE-Previous-Years-Papers/Metallurgical-Engineering/.
You can also buy some good books: http://gatesolution-metallurgicalengineering.blogspot.in/2011/06/recommended-books-for-metallurgical.html