Why give Graduate Aptitude Test Engineering (GATE) for Chemical Engineering?

GATE is the most underrated exam in engineering stream, overshadowed by the shiny prospects of an MS at USA or other nations. But half of those people who head to US are merely following the herd without comparing or even thinking about benefits of giving GATE. So here I am, done with the thinking and been through the same dilemma of choosing GATE or GRE writing a post here on why I choose GATE and I've not regretted my decision.

• Concept Clearing: If you love chemical engineering and wish to become an engineer, trust me, preparing for GATE will drastically improve your knowledge base. Not only this, you'll fall in love with Chemical Engineering, on how easy and interesting it actually is. I started preparing for it around start of my final year, and couldn't have had scored in Semester 7 and 8 without it. It changed the way I look at a problem and the load GATE puts on you brushes up all your 4 years engineering concepts. It was worth it if nothing else.
• Interview Preparation: Due to GATE preparation, I easily cleared all aptitude tests of companies during my placements. The kind of cross questioning and conceptual questions are asked by consultancies and MNCs alike can be answered once you get a hang on GATE. Some firms will ask chemical engineering based questions on aptitude tests as well and they are mostly GATE questions for TOP companies. I have covered this in future blog posts as well. Do check out!
• Public Sector Unit (PSU) jobs: Almost all PSU's consider GATE score an an entry criteria for interviews and scrapped off their individual tests. These firms easily pay around 5-14 lpa with other benefits. If you're interested in the secure plus high paying PSU jobs, then you HAVE to give GATE.
• Mtech/MS admissions at IIT/NIT/Other colleges: If you're planning for higher education and cannot afford an MS abroad, this is the perfect place for you. If you're interested in Research and wish to enter R&D position you must join these programs. As far as placements are concerned, you need to be the best. Period. So your placements depend on YOU and not the college. 
•  Junior Research Fellowships: If you qualify GATE, you are eligible for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) at CSIR laboratories. A stipend is also paid which varies between Rs.15,000 to Rs.20,000 for CSIR laboratories.
•  MS abroad: GATE score is eligible for admissions at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University at Singapore as well as universities in Germany. For an insight, Click Here.
• Teaching Jobs: If you have an aptitude and liking for spreading knowledge, you become eligible for teaching jobs which easily pay around 5-7 lpa. 
• NITIE admission: If you're interested in a Master in Industrial Engineering, then this is the top university in Asia - National Institute of Technology in Industrial Engineering. To be eligible for admissions, you need to get a good GATE score. Return on investment is huge as average salary is around 15 lpa for a fee of 2 lakh per year.