GATE stands for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. GATE is an all India Examination conducted every year. The test is known for its extraordinary toughness. The authorities take utmost trouble to make the test flawless and of very high quality. On behalf of the National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India the entrance test is conducted by the seven Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science. There are representatives from all these top-notch institutes in the GATE authority who takes care of the entire exam procedure and the final results. The Organizing Institute for GATE 2010 is Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. There are eight zones in the GATE exam. Those are

· Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

· Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

· Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

· Indian Institute of Technology Madras

· Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

· Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

· Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

· Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

If you can qualify in the GATE exam then a whole lot of option for higher studies will open up for you. Moreover there are certain institutions in India which solely depends upon the GATE to select students for the courses conducted by it. Then a lot of Fellowships depend upon the GATE score of the applicants to select the chosen few. A detailed preparation is necessary to crack the GATE. For further details you can visit the website http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in/