BITS is the better choice among all as CSE has more scope than ECE. And NIT Surathkal is an old institute with a better placement record than IIT Bhubaneswar. 

Since BITS Hyderabad is the newest among all other campuses and it certainly is a little behind in terms of faculty, infrastructure, etc. But when compared on a national level it is on par with any other institute. It provides the students with a prime location to look for internships and also provides an edge to them if they are opting for off-campus placements. Although the institute provides students with decent opportunities for on-campus placements also. Around 200 companies visit the campus each year and around 94% of the student secured a job through campus placements with an average package of around 5-6 lakhs per annum and the highest package offered was as high as 14 lakhs per annum.

NIT Surathkal is among the top NITs of this country. The placements of students of this branch are also good although NIT Trichy and Warangal have better placement records. The average placement package offered at this NIT is around 14.15 LPA and 100% placement was observed for B.Tech batches in last year’s placement drive.

ECE is one of the new branches that started at IIT Bhubaneswar starting from 2016. Hence the first batch of students will graduate in 2020. In 2019, the average CTC offered in this IIT was 11.44 LPA. Many core companies, software companies, PSU’s, etc. hire electrical engineers from IIT Bhubaneswar hence one can assume the same trend to be followed for electronics and communication engineering also but the result is yet to be seen.

According to the placement highlight of 2019-20, IIT Bhubaneswar witnessed two computer science students bag the highest package to date, i.e. 43 LPA. Prior to that, in the 2018-19 session, 39 LPA was the highest package offered by Adobe, with 11.44LPA being the average. The stats show that computer science students get the most attractive packages ranging between 10-35 LPA on average, as compared to other branches that are offered 10-20 LPA. The CS branch students achieved an incredible 100% placement record last year with core branches witnessing an average of 89%. Over the past few years, the college has been able to achieve an amazing placement rate, greater than 85% consistently with an average domestic package of 11 LPA. IIT-Bhubaneswar has also experienced a rise in the number of companies taking part in the hiring process offering lucrative packages, Amazon, Microsoft, Mastercard, Accenture, Adobe, Aditya Birla Group being the prominent ones. These recruiters are not only there to hire but also offer summer internships, in R&D organizations and foreign universities. PSUs like IOCL, ISRO also participate in the recruitment drives and offer respectable roles to both BTech and MTech students.

Yes, there is a good chance that you will get a seat in IIT Bhubaneswar core mechanical department. In IIT Bhubaneswar, the selection is based on 70% weightage for the GATE score and 30% weightage for the performance in the Written Test and Interview. The department has 3 main branches i.e. Design, Thermal, and Manufacturing. The cutoff is most likely to be, Design>Thermal >Manufacturing in all IITs. As design seats get filled first, then thermal and then manufacturing.

There are 18 seats for both Mechanical Systems Design and Thermal Science and Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar. The basic eligibility criteria are 60% marks in B. Tech./B. E. in Mechanical Engineering with a valid GATE score. Although cutoff changes every year for each branch but based on last year’s record, in 2020, the expected GATE cutoff for Mechanical System Design(GEN) is 595- 605 in IIT Bhubaneswar. So, yes there is a good possibility that you will make the cut.