Supreet Gulati: Rank 2 CSE-2007 About Electrical Engineering
This is what The 2nd Topper of CSE-2007, Mr. Supreet Gulati says about EE as an optional:
Don't opt for it unless IES is your backup!! or you are already an IES topper. But don't drop it if you are already on your way ahead with it.
Circuits: A. Chakrabarti (Dhanpat Rai) Circuit Analysis and Synthesis covers the entire syllabus well.
Signals and Systems: I had Oppenheim and Willsky. The only thing missing was handling initial conditions in z-transform. Any Indian author book that has this can be used as a supplement.
Power Electronics: PS Bhimbra is enough. Stick to syllabus, prepare notes for this topic. They'll be quite handy.Machines: Nagrath-Kothari or Ashfaq Hussain is enough. I had Ashfaq.
EMTheory: Follow any standard book. K D Prasad is considered The Bible for this topic of the exam.
Communication(Analog/Digital):Whatever the book followed in college, supplemented by Singh/Sapre (TMH) should be enough.
Measurements: Sawhney is the only book. Solve IES EE papers for this topics (a must). Questions are repeated.
Power System and Power System Protection: Ashfaq hussain and Wadhwa for Power Systems. Bardriram-Vishwakarma for PSP. Again IES papers are a must.
Controls: Kuo is good even though I haven't read it. I read Nagrath-Gopal.
Digital Electronics: Any book that covers the syllabus.Analog Electronics: I followed Boylestad though I wasn't happy with it. Sedra-Smith goes too much into depth that isn't needed for this exam. I also had Millman-Grabel.