I know most of you already know about it. But This post is for new students who wants to know if they will be eligible for GATE and Mtech admission after completing this degree. Here is everything I know :
GATE :
-Bsc students are eligible for Gate from 3rd year onwards.
-BS Students are also eligible for GATE from 3rd year onwards.
ADMISSION IN MTECH :
-For MTech in all institutes via GATE, 4 year program like BTech/BE/BS after 12th class is necessary. So, Bsc students can appear for Gate but can not take admission in Mtech, Only BS students can take admission in Mtech.
-By law, This degree has to be considered equivalent to regular offline BS Degree. So all the institutes that accepts BS degree should accept this degree as well.
-Top Institutes of India, Like IITs, BITS Pilani, IISC Bangalore have freedom to choose their own eligibility criteria and can change it whenever they want. So These colleges may or may not accept this degree for their Regular Mtech program. Most Probably, More and more IITs will start accepting this Degree for MTech because many of them are themselves coming up with online degrees, so if they reject students on the basis of "ONLINE" mode, they will have to reject their own online degree students too.
What we know for sure ( as of now) :
- IIT Madras, IISC Bangalore, IIT Ropar, IIT Guwahati Accepts this degree.
- BITS Pilani do not accepts this degree. They accept only BTech/BE.
- IIT Kanpur till 2024 had explicitly mentioned on their eligibility criteria that online/distance degrees are not eligible for Regular Mtech Programs but there was a report about 1 student of this degree who got into IIT Kanpur Mtech.
About other IITs nothing can be said for sure.