Dear Bala,

Congratulations on your GATE score. Your hard work has finally paid off. You can expect to get some of the top colleges.

GATE 2019:

The GATE exam was organized by IIT Madras this year. The exam was held on February 2,3,9 and 10 2019. The results and qualifying cut-offs were announced on March 15, 2019. The cut-offs were based on various factors such as the number of candidates appeared, the number of seats available, the difficulty of the exam, etc. For more information on GATE 2019 please refer - https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate

The qualifying cut-off for ECE this year is 17.8 for the SC category. You are now eligible for admission into IITs and NITS. Admission to NITs is through CCMT. For more information on GATE 2019 cut-offs please refer the links below :

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff-for-nits

Chances:

Based on previous year's cut-off you can get VLSI course in IIT Guwahati, IIT Indore, IIT Mandi and NITs like NIT Warangal, NIT Delhi, NIT Rourkela, NIT Goa, NIT Manipur, NIT Meghalaya, etc. You can also get the top state engineering colleges.

You can use Career360's GATE college predictor for more accurate prediction - https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-college-predictor

All the best! Please revert back if you need more information.