Awantipora: The result of Graduate Aptitude Test Engineering GATE – 2019 Examination which was held by Indian Institute of Madras (IIT Madras) showed that the B.Tech students of School
of Engineering and Technology (SoE&T), Islamic University of Science and Technology-IUST, Awantipora have performed exceedingly well this time.
Over 60 students belonging to different branches of Engineering have qualified GATE- 2019 examination. This is in contrast to 20 students who had qualified GATE-2018 last year.
Amongst the notable qualifiers this time are Amir Yaseen and Wahid Gulzar Bhat who have secured All India Rank 126 and 152 respectively in the Computer Science and Engineering branch.
Reacting to the performance of Engineering Students in GATE 2019 Exam, Prof. Mushtaq Siddiqi, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor IUST congratulated all the qualifiers and especially Amir Yaseen and Wahid Gulzar Bhat for bringing laurels to IUST.
He said that the top ranked students of IUST shall now be competing with students of eminent technical institutions for seeking admission in M.Tech programmes in IISc, IITs etc.
They would be also considered for employment in different Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSU) on account of their performance in the GATE examination.
He also had a word of praise for School of Engineering and Technology for making special efforts including conduct of Free
GATE Coaching Classes in 5 branches of Engineering within IUST as part of Project
TEQIP-III (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme).
Prof. A. H. Moon, Dean School of Engineering and Technology & Project
Coordinator TEQIP-III also congratulated students and Engineering Departments especially Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering for producing a good number of GATE qualifiers.
He said this was despite the hiccups faced by the student of Valley on account of road blockage which prevented some of the students to appear in their GATE Exam at Jammu. He hoped to target over 100 GATE Qualifiers for 2020 GATE Exam with good scores.