This is very good to know that you are so serious about your Gate preparation but as per my view it is better to start your preparation in your 3rd year because first 2 years of B.Tech is the ideal time to make all your basics concept clear and strong.

Dear Aspirants/Guardians

NIT Surat is one of the top most NIT. Score varies almost every year and differs from one branch to another, Considering general category, 235+ score is enough to admit in NIT Surat. For OBC students, There is slightly less score to need like 200+ and 160+ score

If you are aiming for CSE at NIT TRICHY and not having home state advantage then you need to score around 280 plus in JEE MAIN.

Visit the below-provided link to check the detailed cutoff rank for NIT Trichy.

Link to the page:- https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-nit-trichy  

All the very best and good

It depends on your interest after B.tech in Mechanical Engineering you can go for  M.tech with given below branches

M.tech courses for GATE (ME) students:

1-Mechatronics engineering

2-Robotics

3-Mechanical engineering (all specialized fields, design, thermal, production, material science etc)

Good Luck!

You can appear for below entrance exam-

1-CIVIL SERVICE EXAM ( IAS IPS )

In NIT Warangal, there are many programs which come under Mechanical Engineering department like Additive Manufacturing, Automobile Engineering, Machine Design etc as you have not mentioned which particular program you are asking for so it would be better if you could go through the below link -

Gate NIT Warangal

There are many universities/colleges available in India but it would be better if you could share which particular state you are asking for?
But generally, you can consider below names -

• Berhampur university, Berhampur
• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
• South Gujarat University at Surat
• University of Delhi
• University of Pune
• University of