Even in the wake of numerous challenges created in technical education due to this pandemic, the engineering students of Parul University did not hold back from exhibiting their essence of academic excellence during the recently held GATE examinations. This year’s Graduated Aptitude Test Engineering (GATE) examinations saw the students of city-based Parul University making a remarkable display of excellence in their academics by maintaining high ranking scores across the nation. A notable number of the University’s students were amongst the top 500 and top 1000 qualifiers across India. The efforts of the University’s GATE Examination Cell under the Faculty of Engineering have been producing noteworthy results in regards to the overall preparation of the students to sit for such exams. The GATE examinations 2021 saw a total of 7,11,54 students appearing for the exams out of whom 1,26,813 candidates qualified. With such a narrow pass rate, the students of Parul University were still abl