Dr. Sheenu Nayar introduced students to various competitive exams. She said competitive examination is an examination where candidates are ranked according to their grades and/or percentile and then top rankers are selected. Competitive exams help the students to enhance their skills in understanding the deeply concepts, which is needed in a broader context when the student appear for future exams like JEE, NEET, Civil Service and many others.

List of competitive exams in India after Graduation

1. Civil Services Examination
   Visit: (http://upsc.gov.in/general/civil.htm)
   Graduates from any stream can apply for this exam.
2. Indian Economic Service Examination
   Visit: (http://upsc.gov.in/general/ies-iss.htm)
   Students having a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics/Statistics can apply for the same.
3. Indian Statistical Service Examination
   Visit: ( http://upsc.gov.in/general/ies-iss.htm )
   Students having a background in Statistics can apply for the same.
4. Combined Defence Services Examination (CDSE)
   Visit: ( http://upsc.gov.in/general/cds.htm )
5. National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination
   Visit: ( http://upsc.gov.in/general/ndana.htm)
   Graduates with Physics/Chemistry/Maths as their subjects can apply for this examination.
6. Combined Medical Services Examination
   Visit: ( http://upsc.gov.in/general/cms.htm )
7. Engineering Services Examinations
   Visit: ( http://upsc.gov.in/general/engg.htm )
   Engineering Graduates can appear for this exams.
8. Staff Selection for different Cadres
   Visit: ( http://ssc.nic.in/sscpage1.asp )
   Graduates in various disciplines can apply for the same.
9. Exam for different posts through Reserve Bank of India Services Board
   Visit: ( http://www.rbi.org.in/home.aspx )
   Graduates in any discipline can apply for same.
10. Exam for Development Officers and others through National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD)
    Visit: (https://www.nabard.org/english/home.aspx )
    Graduates with specific percentage criteria can apply for this exam.
11. Exam for Telecom Officers in the Department of Telecommunications
    Visit: ( http://www.dot.gov.in/ )
12. GATE
    Visit: (http://gate.iitk.ac.in/GATE2015/)
    Engineering Graduates are eligible to apply for this exam
13. CEED
    Visit: (http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/admissions/ceed-details.html )
    Students who have secured Graduation in BE/B.Tech/B.Arch
14. NIFT Entrance Exam
    Visit: ( http://www.nift.ac.in/)
    B.F.Tech from NIFT or B.E/B.Tech from any University
15. XAT
    Visit: ( http://xatonline.net.in/ )