The 22–year-old student , Deepa Rajagopalan topped (All
India First Rank) the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2013 in the
Biotechnology stream.IIT-Bombay, the organising institute for GATE 2013,
announced the results on Friday.
“I always knew I was never made for the MBA job. I can spend
hours with proteins in a lab. Research thrills me, and there is nothing more
priceless than seeing a protein band glow on a gel,” she says.
Deepa spent a term as research intern at the University of Michigan, and has worked in the area of intracellular trafficking of Vitamin B12. “I want to be in India, because there are ample research opportunities available here.”
Deepa is one of the few from the State who have scored well in GATE, with Tamil Nadu being placed only ninth in the list of states with most number of qualified candidates. Andhra Pradesh has the most number of qualified candidates (22,476), followed by Uttar Pradesh (22,400), Maharashtra (9,951), Bihar (9,820), and Kerala (8,992).
In the last few years, the number of students who had applied for GATE has increased by over 25 per cent every year, especially after the salaries of PSU recruits increased with the sixth pay commission. Most PSUs now insist on the students’ GATE scores before recruitment.
“The number of participants for GATE has increased from 8 lakh students to 12 lakh students this year. It might be because over 15 PSUs have announced that they will use GATE scores for recruiting students,” said C. Chandrasekharan, GATE chairman, IIT-Madras.
Deepa spent a term as research intern at the University of Michigan, and has worked in the area of intracellular trafficking of Vitamin B12. “I want to be in India, because there are ample research opportunities available here.”
Deepa is one of the few from the State who have scored well in GATE, with Tamil Nadu being placed only ninth in the list of states with most number of qualified candidates. Andhra Pradesh has the most number of qualified candidates (22,476), followed by Uttar Pradesh (22,400), Maharashtra (9,951), Bihar (9,820), and Kerala (8,992).
In the last few years, the number of students who had applied for GATE has increased by over 25 per cent every year, especially after the salaries of PSU recruits increased with the sixth pay commission. Most PSUs now insist on the students’ GATE scores before recruitment.
“The number of participants for GATE has increased from 8 lakh students to 12 lakh students this year. It might be because over 15 PSUs have announced that they will use GATE scores for recruiting students,” said C. Chandrasekharan, GATE chairman, IIT-Madras.
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