Civil and CSE are two distinctive courses so it’s difficult to determine which college is better.

The campus of IIT Bhubaneswar is well developed, but there are still constructions going on. The academic section is with highly equipped labs, projector classrooms, Wi-Fi facilities, etc. Placements in college are often good. The average salary packages offered is around 11.4 LPA. In 2019, 89% of placement was recorded from Civil Engineering. The teachers are very qualified, skillful, and knowledgeable.

One plus point of BITS Hyderabad is that Hyderabad is the IT hub and it might not directly influence placements, but they get a lot of exposure to the IT companies around. Brands like Google and Amazon are building the biggest office departments in India at Hyderabad, which is tremendous news for the campus. Also, a lot of companies visit the Hyderabad campus. In BITS you get a chance to study in an established college with established curriculum and top-class faculty in CSE.

The quality of research that’s being carried out there in every field of engineering is of top-notch. BITS Hyderabad has better infrastructure than many good IIT’s. Almost every student gets a placement with average salary package of 11 LPA. BITS has a higher industry recognition than newer IITs, which means the probability of getting recruited as a manager in the industry from the latter university is better than from the former engineering university.

If you are comparing only the institutes then with IIT Bhubaneswar, you will get an IIT tag that offers certain advantages. As for which college to choose, should depend on your preference of course.

Both IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT BHU offers good electronics engineering programs with decent placement, so choose according to your convenience. Given below is a brief discussion that will give you an insight into the electronics engineering programs delivered by these two institutes.

IIT Bhubaneswar was ranked 17th in the engineering category by NIRF ranking 2019. ECE is a new branch in IIT Bhubaneswar, delivered by the School of Electrical Sciences. The JEE Advanced cutoff for ECE in 2019 was 2736-6844 (general category). The School of Electrical Sciences has great infrastructure and a dynamic group of well-qualified and experienced faculty. At present, there are 33 full-fledged laboratories well-equipped to carry out various projects.

The first batch of ECE went through the placement in 2020 and according to the placement highlights of this year, 97% of the students from ECE got placements in many top MNCs. The average CTC offered was INR 15.8 LPA. MNCs like Honeywell, TCS, Adobe, Goldman Sachs, etc.came to the campus for recruitment.

IIT BHU is an old institute with a large alumni base which reflects in its placements. NIRF has ranked the institute 28th among the engineering colleges of India. The institute offers a good electronics engineering program both in terms of academics and placements. In 2019 the JEE Advanced closing cutoff for electronics engineering was 2376.

The placement statistics of 2019 at IIT BHU revels, overall 71% of students got placements with an average CTC around INR 8.19 LPA. However, the highest package offered was INR 1.04 Crore per annum.

It is tough to pick one from IIT BHU electrical engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar CSE, IIT HYD mechanical engineering, IIT Roorkee applied mathematics. As your choice, of course, is different and each choice has its own merits.

According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019, IIT BHU ranks at 14. EE graduates at BHU have the opportunity of having companies which come to recruit from ECE and CSE departments as well besides their own companies. Students of EE at IIT BHU got job offers in big companies like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Samsung, etc. According to the 2019 placement report, 88 students got placement from EE at this IIT.

Although it’s a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar is doing quite well placement wise. The placement record of 2019 shows, 100% of CSE students got a placement offer in IIT Bhubaneswar.

IIT Hyderabad is a big name among Indian IITs. According to NIRF 2019 Ranking, IIT Hyderabad was ranked at 7. The students from Mechanical Engineering in IIT Hyderabad got placements with an average of 15.82 LPA according to the 2019 placement report.

Despite being an Integrated M.Sc (non-engineering) course, placement for Applied Mathematics in IIT Roorkee is very good. Rather it is better than many of the B.Tech courses the institute offers. Companies like Adobe, Amazon India, American Express India, Axtria India Pvt. Ltd, Cisco Systems, Dunnhumby IT Services India Pvt. Ltd, Genpact, etc are the top recruiters for applied mathematics. Adobe recruits top 2 rankers each year at about 38 lakhs per annum. IIT Roorkee does not reveal its placement packages, but the average package for Applied Mathematics is well above 12 lakhs per annum.

All of these are good options with different perks. So, choose wisely based on the course that you are interested in.

For Mechanical Engineering, these five IITs should be ranked in the order given below.

1. IIT Bhubaneswar

2. IIT Indore

3. IIT Jodhpur

4. IIT Ropar

5. IIT Mandi

In IIT Bhubaneswar the average package for the mechanical branch offered was 8.8 lakhs p.a. last year and a total of 91% of students got placed from this branch. According to MHRD rankings, IIT-B has made the most significant improvement among all IITs by jumping to 17th rank. NALCO, TATA STEEL, VEDANTA, TECH MAHINDRA are the major recruiters at this college.

After IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT-Indore’s mechanical department is undertaking the best ongoing research. It also boasts of the most modern Central Workshop in India. HPCL, Tata Motors, L & T, ISRO, Mahindra, being some of the major recruiters in the college. In last year’s placement drive the average package offered was 8 lakhs p.a. for mechanical last year while the highest was 16 lakhs p.a. 

With 64% placement last year, IIT Ropar is one of the best places for mechanical studies in India. NIRF ranks IIT-R 29nt under Top Engineering Institutes in India. Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, L&T, Amazon, Facebook, Oyo, Flipkart, Futures First, etc. are the top recruiting companies here.

IIT Jodhpur recorded 83% placement last year for mechanical students while the average package was around 8 lakhs p.a. BPCL, TCS, NBC Bearings, Tata Motors, are the companies conducting placement drives here. IIP program in IIT-J allows students to go for internships from the first year which is a plus point in comparison to other IITs.

With 61% placement for the mechanical branch in the last year, IIT-Mandi comes last among the other colleges aforementioned. The average salary package for mechanical students ranged from 6 to 7 lakhs per annum. In comparison to other institutes, IIT-Mandi falls short in figures and therefore is ranked last here.

IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 17th in the Engineering category by NIRF 2019. It is one of the newer IITs established in 2008. It has many facilities like hostels equipped with Internet, library, sports grounds and courts, Media entertainment rooms, common rooms, etc. It has seen a 90% placement in every department in 2019. IIT Bhubaneswar has top recruiters like Amazon, Google, IBM, Wipro, Apple, HCL, etc. 

IIT Bhubaneswar has collaborated with foreign universities like the University of Western Ontario, University of Warwick, University of North Dakota, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of New York, USA, and McGill University. So you can either apply in these universities or IIT Bhubaneswar prepares students for foreign universities.

IIT Bhubaneswar also offers internship to the students which last from May to July every year. In 2019, students from 3rd year received internship offers in many reputed industries like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.

IIT Dhanbad is better in CSE as compared to IIT Bhubaneswar. IIT Dhanbad, established in 1926, is one of the oldest institutes in the country. On the contrary, IIT Bhubaneswar, established in 2008, comes under the list of new IITs.

The overall placement package for CSE at IIT Bhubaneswar might be more alluring than IIT Dhanbad, according to 2019 placement statistics there was 100% placement from the CSE branch and the average placement package offered was around 11.4 LPA while the highest went up to 39 LPA. However, in IIT Dhanbad, the placement rate of the CSE students were 90.23% and the highest CTC offered was 39.5 LPA.
Besides the number of students at IIT Dhanbad is more than IIT Bhubaneswar. IIT Dhanbad has an excellent coding culture and organizes a vast number of technical and cultural fests.

The number of opportunities in CSE offered by both institutions is almost the same. However, IIT Dhanbad definitely has a slight edge over IIT Bhubaneswar. Being one of the oldest institutes, IIT Dhanbad has better infrastructure as compared to IIT Bhubaneswar.

It has also produced a vast alumni number which are placed in the highest echelons of government organizations and global MNCs. In all other academic and hostel facilities, both the colleges are on par with each other. The faculty in the CSE department at IIT Dhanbad is also better than IIT Bhubaneswar.

The aerospace course in IITM is a well-structured course. IIT M is also the top-ranked IIT in our country (NIRF Ranking-1). The placements for this branch have been consistent over the years. In the 2019 placement drive, the institute witnessed 70% placement offers with an average annual CTC of 16.1 LPA. 

ECE at IIT Bhubaneswar is a new course as it was started in 2016 and the first batch will graduate in 2020. The syllabus of ECE follows the curriculum of IIT KGP and incorporates the latest industry trends. The infrastructure in terms of labs, faculty, etc. are commendable at IIT Bhubaneswar, but in terms of placements for this branch, it’s not as good as the aerospace branch at IITM. There are no past placement records for the ECE department but the overall placement rate in 2019 was 90% with an average CTC of 11.44 LPA.

While considering the branches individually ECE seems to be a better option than aerospace. ECE opens up a wide array of options, for example, manufacturing jobs, while the scope of the aerospace course in the niche. Finally, if comparing both the courses IIT Bhubaneswar’s ECE may offer good scope due to its traditional nature, but in terms of placements and overall quality of the course, IITM’s aerospace engineering is better.

NIT Trichy or National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli is an old NIT and ranks among the top engineering colleges in India. The placement record in NIT Trichy is quite good. The best placement record of NIT Trichy always comes in postgraduate programs. The number of companies that visited the campus was around 66 namely Facebook, Google, Cognizant, Essar, Amazon, etc. Around 120 of the students got placed on campus with the highest package of 90 LPA was offered to MBA students.

In IIT Bhubaneswar a drastic improvement in 2019 campus placements was observed. Almost 90% of students got placements and 89 companies visited the campus namely Accenture, Amazon, DELL, Adobe, Tata Steel, Honeywell, etc. IIT Bhubaneswar got 100% placement in the CSE department with an average package of 10-35 LPA. 32 out of 35 students in Mechanical Engineering got secured positions in the core industries.

NIT Trichy and IIT Bhubaneswar are good colleges both in terms of academics and placement, so it’s difficult to pick an institute over the other.

The major factor that drives the decision of which course to pursue is the placements.

Chemical Engineering- IIT Roorkee

As per the 2018-19 placements record, more than 250 companies participated in campus placements, some of them were ITC, Reliance, Jindal Steel, TATA, and many more. Chemical Engineering Students at IIT Roorkee recorded an average placement of INR 13.05 lakhs per annum. A total of 8 PPOs were offered to Chemical Engineering students. Roles were offered for Technologist, Researcher, Data Scientist, Data Analyst, Consultant, etc. The placement rate for Chemical Engineering was around 80%.

ECE at IIT Bhubaneswar

ECE is one of the new branches of IIT Bhubaneswar and was introduced in 2016. Due to this, the first batch to pass out would be the batch of 2020. So there are no past records for this course. However, seeing the trend of placements for electrical engineering, the same can be assumed for ECE as well. In the year 2018-2019, 86% of the Electrical Engineering Department was placed. Companies like Amazon, INTEL Technology, ISRO, DELL, Thermax, Tata Steel, and many more visited to recruit students during campus placements. The average placement was recorded at INR Rs. 11.44 lakhs per annum.

EEE at IIT Mandi

As per 2019-20 placements, 62.5% of EEE were placed during phase-1 of campus placements. A total of 75 companies visited the campus and some of the top recruiters were Accenture, Wipro, CISCO, ISRO, CSC India, Siemens to name a few. The average package offered was 13.5 lakhs per annum. Several PPOs were also offered.

Considering the placements data, you should choose Chemical Engineering at IIT Roorkee. However, the final decision of which course and college to select rests up to you.

IIT Bhubaneswar has been ranked as 56th in the NIRF’s list of top colleges for Ph.D. The overall NIRF ranking of the college, however, is 22 among all the engineering colleges in India. To apply for the Ph.D. courses in IIT Bhubaneswar, one has to go through the GATE entrance examination or have secured a UGC/CSIR-NET JRF score. Facilities for the Ph.D. courses are quite good at IIT Bhubaneswar, the fee structure has been increased but is feasible and around Rs 36.09 year.

The course structure in Physics consists of fundamental subjects like Experimental Atomic-Molecular-Surface Physics, Modeling of Biological Systems, Biophysics, and Quantum Field Theory among others.

While looking at the overall placement rate of the college, which is 89.5% in the year 2018-19, IIT Bhubaneswar is a pretty good option, with better prospects and average CTC of Rs 11.4 Lakhs.

The college has also been accredited to the Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme, which was designed by the Government of India to improve the quality of research, which is a plus point for those who wish to pursue Ph.D. in any subject.