IIT Gandhinagar ranks 30th in the engineering department by NIRF 2019. Electrical Engineering is a part of core engineering. To be eligible for admission, a student will require 75% marks in their 10+2 and a valid JEE score. It is a 4-year course with fees of 2,58,500 a year.

BTech in Electrical engineering from IIT Bhubaneswar will cost a student 2,13,568 a year. The JEE cut off rank of Electrical Engineering is 2276-7542. In 2019, the placement percentage of IIT Bhubaneswar Electrical Engineering is 86%. The highest salary package offered is 39 lakhs per annum and the average salary package is 11 lakhs per annum. The top recruiters include L&T, Tata Power, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Texas Instruments, Hindalco Industries, etc.

So, IIT Bhubaneswar will be better for Electrical Engineering because IIT Bhubaneswar has better facilities, Faculty, Location, Placement Percentage, etc.

The ranking for JUET and Manipal, Jaipur by NIRF is 86 and 151. However, choosing the best course in a specific college depends upon your level of interest, eligibility, cut-off rank, placement cell, etc.

Admissions and Fee: Both colleges offer BTech courses for CSE and ECE.

• The eligibility for the courses is the same, i.e, 10+2 with 75% and JEE Mains.

• The cut-off for the ECE course in Manipal, Jaipur college is 6843. But there is no specific cut-off for JUET CSE.

• The fee is a bit higher for Manipal college than the JUET, Guna. The annual course fee at Manipal is 3.19 lakhs, while the same at JUET is 2.04 lakhs.

Placements:

JUET-

• The highest salary of JUET is 41 LPA while the average salary received by the students is 3.5 LPA.

• Several companies are visiting the JUET campus. Out of which, few of them are Amazon, Google, TCS, HCL, One Direct, Trident, Tata Consultancy, Infosys, Geeks for Geeks, Interview Bit, Central Research Laboratory, and many more.

Manipal Jaipur-

• The top companies visiting the Manipal, Jaipur college are Dell, Amazon, Accenture, Cult Fit, HDFC Bank, Wipro, Philips, ABB, Shell Technologies, and many more.

• The ECE placement rate of this college is 90%.

• And the highest and lowest salaries of the college are 42 LPA and 5.4 LPA.

• The scope for both the scores at these colleges is too high.

It is difficult to compare two different institutes for two different courses. As a course, CSE has better opportunities than ECE. However, you should choose the course you are more interested in and the institute according to that.

PES University is a private university and has been recognized by AIU, AICTE, and UGC. The college is ranked 93rd by NIRF for its B.Tech courses.

Admission Procedure: The college offers B.Tech in Electronics and Computer Engineering as a 4-year course and the fees for the same is 13.21 lakhs for the full period.

• Students seeking admission to ECE at PES must have scored 60% in their 10+2 examinations in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.

• Eligible candidates are then selected on the basis of their scores in KCET (only for domicile students of Karnataka) or PESSAT, the common entrance examination of the college.

• The college offers 360 seats for ECE.

Facilities:

The college is built over a large 25-acre campus. It is home to a handy library with a collection of e-journals, coursebooks, and e-books. The college has in-campus hostels for both boys and girls. The campus also has various sporting facilities such as cricket, football, and basketball. The college has a number of laboratories including ones dedicated to ECE. A number of other facilities such as cafeterias, a gym, medical facilities, and auditoriums are also available.

Placements:

CSE has an extremely high placement rate of 85%.

• Top recruiters for the course include Microsoft, Cisco, TCS, Deloitte, and Accenture.

• The average package offered for ECE students is 6 LPA while the highest package goes up to 48 LPA.

PES is well-known for its Bachelors in Technology courses which clearly reflects in its NIRF ranking. The college provides state-of-the-art facilities and an enhanced hands-on learning experience to its ECE students. The college also has a great return on investment rate as the course offers great placements post completion of the degree.

IIEST Shibpur holds rank #21 according to the NIRF ranking 2020. The admission is based on JEE Main/WB JEE scores and followed by counseling and interview. For graduate courses, GATE scores are the basis for admission.

NIT Durgapur holds #47 rank according to NIRF 2020 ranking. The admission for undergraduate students is based on JEE results, followed by counseling. NIT Durgapur offers 90 seats for B-tech from electrical engineering.

Admission process:

IIEST Shibpur

• The application process is fully online and the application fee for general is 1,500 and for reserved students, it is 1,000 INR.
• Admission for undergraduate programs is based on JEE Mainand students are required to have at least 45% marks in the 12th board and 40% for SC and ST.
• One must have Physics, Maths, and chemistryin the 12th board.
• Admission for the graduate programs is based on GATE scores and followed by an interview.
• A total of 60 seats are available in the institute.

NIT Durgapur

• The application process is both online and offline. The application fee for ECE/EE is 1000 INR.
• Admission for undergraduate program is based on the results of JEE Mains and also with this, students are required to complete their 10+2 with at least 75% and 65% for ST, SC, and physically challenged
• One must have Physics and Maths in the 12th board.
• A total of 90 seats are available in the institute.

Placements:

IIEST Shibpur

• The major recruiters are Tata Steel, EXL, ZS, Vedanta, L&T, IBM, Infosys, Wipro, etc.
• The average salary of a student graduate from this Institute is 5.5 lakhs.

NIT Durgapur

• Companies like Amazon, axis bank, L&T Ecc, TATA, IBM, and so on visits campus every year for placements.
• The average salary package is of about 10 lakhs in the field of electrical engineering.The highest package was offered by Qualcomm is 24 lakhs.

Both the Institute are good choices for doing ECE/EE with excellent facilities likehuge libraries, good laboratories, classrooms, Wi-Fi hotspots.In NIT Durgapur, the E-study facility is also there. The faculty of both the Institute is equally good with highly qualified teachers. Top recruiters visit the campus every year for placements.

IET is ranked #1 among all the ATKU 600+ engineering colleges, whereasMNNIT Allahabad was ranked #48^th by NIRF for B.Tech courses. The placement rate of CSE branch is higher as compared to other subjects in IET. Generally the recruiting companies for CSE and ECE branches are almost similar. The only difference lies in the institution, teaching staff and the candidate’s performance. Both the institutions have qualified faculties. Both of them are approved by AICTE.

Intake process

IET Lucknow:

• The candidate must have completed 10+2 having Physics and Mathematics (compulsory subjects) with Chemistry/ Biology/ Biotechnology from a recognized board with a minimum of 45% marks.
• He/she must have completed an entrance exam i.e., UPSEE
• The total intake of the program is 60 seats.
• The fee for 1st year is Rs 89,775.
• The cut off for the home state candidates is 357-495 and for other state candidates is 193-342.

MNNIT Allahabad:

• Candidate must have completed 10+2 in Science stream with a minimum 75% marks.
• Candidate must have passed the entrance exam, i.e., JEE Main.
• The fees for the ECE course is Rs 84,666.
• The cut off for the home state candidates is 3600-7128 and for candidates from other states, it ranged from4615-6752.

Placements

• In IET Lucknow:
  • Some top recruiters of the institutions are: Adobe, Wipro, TATA Project Limited, Lava Mobiles, Honda, BYJU’S, etc.
  • The highest salary offered to the students was INR 37 LPA.
• In MNNIT Allahabad:
  • 90.63% is the ECE placement rate of MNNIT Allahabad.
  • Some of the top recruitersof MNNIT Allahabad include the Indian Navy, Dell, Canon, BHEL, E-bay, Adobe, Bharat Institute of Technology, etc.
  • The highest salary offered to the students was INR 25.33 LPA and the average salary offered was INR 10.95 LPA.

Some of the on-campus facilities of IET Lucknow are library, gym, hostel and bank. Some of the on-campus facilities in MNNIT Allahabad are a stationery shop, generator, student club, hostel (geyser, air cooler, refrigerator, water cooler, washing machine), PCO, 24/7 canteen, etc. Getting into IET Lucknow is difficult, as their cut-offs are really high. But the companies recruiting are not so good. Choosing ECE over CSE will give you the advantage of sitting in placements of both the courses. The rest all lies in the hands of the candidate and their interest. They can compare all the information available and then decide which is better for them.

Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology ranked 10th among the best engineering colleges by the Dataquest T school survey. ECE and IT are popular courses at MAIT and it offers a BTech program for both the specializations.

Admission:

• In order to seek admission in BTech, students require a valid JEE score. The institute also conducts a Common Entrance Test (CET) for the selection.

• The eligibility to apply for this course the individual should pass class 12 i.e 10+2 CBSE pattern or equivalent with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks in physics, chemistry and mathematics provided the candidate has passed in each respective subject Candidates must additionally have passed in English as a subject(core/elective/functional) in the qualifying exams.

• The BTech course fee at the institute is 1.10 lakhs per annum.

The closing JEE cutoff for ECE and IT at MAIT are as follows.

ECE:

ECE is a good option for an individual who wants to learn VLSI design and who is also interested in robotics.

Placements-

Placements wise big companies like Samsung, Microsoft, HCL, Accenture, and many other big giants visit the campus for placements and as far as the placements packages go depending on the company you may find it ranges from 3.5-20 LPA.

IT:

• The Department of Information Technology emphasizes the importance of all aspects of technical courses such as software engineering, computer organization and architecture, database management system, Java, data structures, computer networks, algorithm analysis and design, operating system, and C programming, etc.

• The department also focuses on the overall development of its students with a special emphasis on their soft skills analytical capability and verbal communication.

Placements-

• Some of the top IT giants that come for the purpose of recruitments are Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Interview Bit, etc.

• The starting packages of these placements start at an average of 4 LPA.

The decision depends upon the individual and which course they are more passionate about.

Placements for Electronics and Communications Engineering at Amity University, Noida is great. Amity University is one of the best private universities in India and has performed incredibly well in terms of ranking, placements, and industrial exposure. 

Advantages - Amity University:

• The University was ranked amongst the Top Universities of Asia by QS in 2020. It is also one of the Top Research and Innovation-Driven Universities. 

• Amity University is one of the first universities to align their B. Tech program with Industry 4.0 to ensure the students are ready to join the workforce after graduation and meet the industry requirements.
• The University has strong ties with labs at some of the best universities in Canada, Europe, Taiwan, and the USA for joint research work, projects, internships, and higher studies.
• Amity University also has an on-campus Innovation Incubator to promote research, innovation and nourish the on-campus talent.

Placements:

The recent placement details for the university are as follows.

The college invites core companies like Samsung, ST Microelectronics, Nokia, Bharti Airtel Ltd., NMtronix, Ericsson, Oppo Mobile India Pvt. Ltd for the benefit of engineering students. More than 60% of ECE students get placed in core companies.

The University has a great placement cell that focuses on the industrial readiness of the students. While Electronics is an upcoming and lucrative field in India especially with the several new companies coming to India. Amity University is indeed a great option for ECE.