EE10 is a hit-or-miss kinda class that boils down to how well you can see the tricks or the shortcuts in the exams. Fortunately for me, Gupta's questions are one of those where there are tons of ways to solve them -- even if you don't know how to get past the trick (albeit a ton more complex to solve, but still doable).

As a professor, Gupta's lectures are paced pretty fine, although there were some lectures where he arrived about 10~15 minutes late. We did however managed to finish the syllabus. The examples he gives in lectures are pretty much reflective of what's going to be tested in the exams, though the homework is far more difficult than what's given.

He is one of the worst professors in the EE department. His lectures covered examples that did not help with any of the homework or the tests. He ended lectures very early most of the time because he couldn't be bothered to actually teach. His tests are pretty hard, but don't expect a good curve. He's too lazy to come up with new questions, so he just reuses past test questions that many people have. If you have seen those questions before you will do well. If you haven't you won't. It's as simple as that.

It's also worth knowing that many people who took this class with Gupta when I did got lower grades than they were expecting. When they asked to see their finals he said that no one could see them and he ignored all other emails asking to view tests. Because of this, it seems like there was something very wrong going on. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS AT ALL.

He clearly knows what he's talking about, so his explanations are pretty good. The lectures tend to drag on and get fairly boring, but he usually ends much before the 2 hours are up anyway.

The midterms and final are mostly comprised of problems from past years' tests, so if you can get a hold of those, you should be fine.

Some of the material towards the end of the course gets a little tricky, but it's nothing an EE major won't be able to handle.

Overall: Decent teacher, nice guy, the homework sets really help you learn the material. I would recommend this professor.

Couldn't agree more with previous post. I had Puneet last winter and he was great! He's a very humble guy and his lectures are clear and straightforward. His accent is not bad at all though his handwriting was hard to read at some times. His pacing was slow (mostly in a good way), and he would take plenty of time to reiterate concepts that people were confused about, and never got frustrated at the people that never understood anything. I didn't use the podcasts much because I felt like it was much more beneficial just to go to class though they were nice to have because on several occasions I regrettably yet unavoidably dozed off due to the soothing sound of Puneet's voice. His TA's (Tanaya & Vikrant) were also amazing, and I really appreciated that there were so many opportunities to get help. His tests were tricky but not unfair. If you try hard you should be able to do very well in the class.

I have no idea why there are so many negative ratings... but maybe Professor Gupta has changed. EE 10 with gupta couldn't have gone much better. He is one of the most organized professors I've ever had at UCLA. He podcasted, posted his notes online, asks you to fill a short survey every few weeks to see what you want him to review, has his TA's do countless review sessions and extra office hours... and is just good at teaching the class. People get skeptical because he has an Indian accent... but he speaks English better than we do. The guy is a genius and cares for his students. He knows how to answer your question if you ask him during lecture and really cares for you to get it. He gives you so many practice problems, that if you actually do them all you will definitely get an A. He even gives practice Midterms and final... He wants you to do well! I hope more ppl from this quarter's ee10 rate him, becuz his ratings need to go up and I know a lot of people liked him

I think his tests were all pretty fair and that the averages should have been much higher. I'm not one of the people that did really well in this class either, I got a B. Maybe the reason the scores were so low was because of the ambiguity of some of the questions? He was not bad at teaching but sometimes it was hard to understand what he was saying because of his accent/fast talk.

He teaches the materials by doing simpler examples. Its adequate enough to understand the material, but it doesn't prepare you for the homework or exams. It has been difficult to get good scores (about 80% and up) on the homework unless you attend office hours. The homework are full of tricks you need to know and methods you haven't seen before. So attend the office hours and you should be fine. Also with enough practice, you can do well on the exams.

He is a very nice person as well as a pretty generous grader. I thought I was stuck with a B with my ranking, but i got the plus. My friend got a C+ believing she was gonna fail, being below the average multiple times. It shouldn't be hard to ace this class if you put effort into it, which I wish I did.