A through grasping fundamentals of any topic is essential for key to success. In engineering, most of you tend to study in an examination centric manner. your main motto is to score good marks and clear the papers. So you give very little importance to the essence and fundamentals of the subjects. In a latter stage of your career, when you go for competitive exams like GATE or Engineering Service Examinations, you perform worst. It is not that you are not intelligent, but you are lost in lack of fundamentals of huge syllabus of engineering. I have came across many students who scored above 80 percentage marks in engineering, but failed to even qualify in GATE. As a consequence, you run for coaching institutes. But coaching institutes cover up the vast courses engineering within 7 to 8 months at superfast pace. Coaching institutes have their advantages and disadvantages. May be after attending coaching institutes, you are still unable to cope with the fundamentals. Success in engineering competitive exams like GATE require simplification of the facts and figures by following quality books and creating conducive atmosphere for learning and making your own synoptic notes for each subjects. Last but not the least, stress on fundamentals of each topics and through coverage of syllabus is the key to success in any competitive exams.
