What is your Paper choice for GATE 2015 ?

You might not have thought of this, but you need to decide. Choices available are IN and EC, because for Electronics and Instrumentation students the other option  EC is valid, as it has only some difference in terms of GATE syllabus. But its obvious that you can choose any other GATE paper also (But only ONE).
Below given is the comparison between the two, which helps you choose better.

Criteria	Instrumentation Engineering	Electronics and Communication Engineering
No. of appearing students	25,000	2,50,000
Least rank for PSU	75	100
Least rank for IIT	100	500
Least rank for NIT	200	1500
Paper level	Tough	Average
Subjects apart from those taught in college	Some part of Biomedical	Electromagnetics, and some part of Communications
Number of vacancies in PSU	50-60	80-100
Branches Eligible for M.Tech.1	Micro Electronics (Very few colleges) System and Control Instrumentation and Signal Processing Embedded Systems Biomedical Instrumentation Instrument Technology Control and Automation	VLSI Design Tool Technology Integrated Electronics & Circuits Micro Electronics Microwave Engineering Communication Engg. Telecommunication Technology Nanotechnology Digital Signal Processing Control & Automation
PSU2	NTPC IOCL GAIL HPCL NALCO NLC NFL	NTPC GAIL RITES DMRC BHEL RailTEL
Other options	BARC	BARC
Good choice for	PSU PSU-->Good AIR Rank-->Easier in Instrumentation/ Difficult in EC.	M.Tech. M.Tech-->IITs-->Good GATE Score--> Good Absolute Marks -->Difficult in Instrumentation/Easier in EC.

¹ Some colleges may have different branch eligibility.

² Vacancies of PSU varies each year.

The figure are just tentative and are meant to guide you.I assume that from above fact file it would be easier for you guys to choose your main stream for GATE and prepare accordingly.
Best of Luck.!!