According to the NIRF 2020 rankings, MNNIT Allahabad was ranked 48^th, NIT Surathkal was ranked 13^th, NIT Warangal was ranked 19^thand MANIT Bhopal was ranked 65^th in India 2020 for B.Tech courses (including ECE). Admission to each institute is done on the basis of rank secured in JEE Main.

Some necessary facts about the institutions regarding ECE course are tabulated below:

Placements:

• MNNIT Allahabad:
  • 90.63% was the placement rate of MNNIT Allahabad for theECE department.
  • Some of the top recruitersof MNNIT Allahabad are the Indian Navy, Dell, Canon, BHEL, E-bay, Adobe, Bharat Institute of Technology, etc.
  • The highest salary package offered to the students was INR 25.33 LPA whereas the average salary was INR 10.95 LPA.
• NIT Warangal:
  • 85.48% was the placement rate of NIT Warangal for theECE department.
  • Some of the common recruitersof NIT Warangal are Amazon, Ford, HP, Intel, Oracle, Nestle, Microsoft, Jio, Loreal, Bank of America, L & T, etc.
  • Students received an average salary of INR 10.67 LPA while the highest salary was INR 43 LPA.
• NIT Surathkal:
  • Top recruitersof NIT Surathkal are Axis Bank, Oyo, Microsoft, Amazon India, Samsung R & D, Myntra designs, Byjus, Uber India, Wipro Limited, Oracle India, etc.
  • The highest salary package offered to the students was INR 39 LPA whereas the average salary was INR 14.15 LPA.
• MANIT Bhopal:
  • Frequently visited companies in MANIT Bhopal are Microsoft, Infosys, Amazon, Maruti, CEAT, Bharat Petroleum Cooperation Limited, Hero, Bajaj, Oracle, Wipro, Cisco, TATA Consultancy services, etc.
  • Students received an average salary of INR 6.23 LPA while the highest salary was INR 27 LPA.

Based on all the above facts and data, the preference order can be - NIT Warangal, NIT Surathkal, MANIT Bhopal, and then MNNIT Allahabad (if you want an advantage of home state quota). Otherwise, you can also prefer the preference order as NIT Warangal, NIT Surathkal, MNNIT Allahabad, and MANIT Bhopal.

The Mining Engineering Department of NIT Surathkal has produced more than 826 undergraduates as of now. The department also offers a research program in Rock Excavation Technology and Management. Projects in the Mining Engineering department are funded by the Hutti Gold Mines Company, Uranium Corporation of India and Neyveli Lignite Corporation, etc. NIT Surathkal was ranked 13th and 11th for Engineering by NIRF 2020 and The Week 2020.

Admission:

• Admission to B.Tech programs is done through score obtained in JEE Mains and percentage in 10+2, while admission to M.Tech is done on the basis of GATE score.

• Total fees for the four years BTech program is 5.39 Lakh with an intake capacity of 63.

Facilities:

• Basic Facilities include Model Mine, Gas Testing Facilities, Conference Hall, and Innovation Chamber.

• The Mining Engineering also hosts state-of-art laboratories and includes, Rock Mechanics, Rock Drilling, Rock Blasting, Mine Environmental Engineering, Mineral Processing, Mine Planning and Design, and Mine Surveying Laboratory.

Placements:

The placement statistics for the Mining branch are as follows.

Major Recruiters include Coal India, IOCL, Vedanta, Credit Suisse, Code Nation, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Alumni:

Notable alumni of NIT Surathkal include K.V.Kamath who is the former chief of New Development Bank of BRICS Countries and Rajeev Madhavan, Founder of Magma Design Automation.

The Mining Engineering department conducted 1st SME NITK CONVENTION from 6th-7th March 2020. Workshops, Certificate Courses, and Seminars are an integral part of their pedagogy.

Both colleges offer the ultimate career opportunities in chemical engineering. ICT, Mumbai has been ranked in the 15th and 7th position by NIRF and The World University Rankings. While NIT Surathkal has been ranked in the 21 positions by NIRF. Here are a few more quick facts about both the colleges.

ICT, Mumbai:

Admissions:

• The college accepts students based on various entrance exams such as JEE Mains, GATE, MHT CET, etc.

• The minimum eligibility for B.Tech(Chemical Engineering) is 10+2 with a 75% score in MPC and JEE Mains.

• The cut-off ranking for the chemical engineering course is 196 to 429 in JEE Mains. And in MHT CET, the cut-off is 158.

Fee and Faculty:

• The B.Tech first-year fee is 85,350 INR.

• Most faculty members hold the highest degree in their respective fields and are subject experts.

Placements:

• The chemical engineering course has the highest placement record of 100%.

• The highest salary acquired by chemical engineering students is 14 LPA. The average salary of a chemical engineer at the institute ranges between 6 LPA to 7 LPA.

• The companies visiting the campus are ITC, Jacobs, Pidilite Industries, UOP India Private Limited, Mario, Honeywell, Tata Motors, Johnson, BPCL, etc.

NIT, Surathkal:

Admissions:

• NIT, Surathkal accepts students based on the 10+2 with a total score of 75% along with the JEE Mains score.

• Students should get the top 20 percentile in 12th class exams.

• The selection is based on JEE Marks.

• The cut-off rankings for chemical engineering are 7894 to 12127 for other state students. And for local students, the cut-off is 12479 to 15224.

Fee and Faculty:

• The first year B.Tech fee is 4,48,479 INR.

• Like ICT Mumbai, NIT Surathkal also has top-notch subject expertise in chemical engineering courses.

• Most of the professors hold M.E, M.Tech, or Ph.D.’s in their respective fields.

Placements:

• NIT Surathkal has a 100% placement record.

• The highest and average salary packages of the students are 29.14 LPA and 7.73 LPA respectively.

• The companies visiting the campus are CitiBank India, Morgan Stanley, Belong Technologies, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Capgemini, Sprinklr, Walmart Labs, Genpact, Deloitte, Tesco, and many more.

This is all about both courses at ICT, Mumbai, and NIT, Surathkal. As for which institute will be better for you, you should be the one to decide that.

Both NIT Surathkal and Warangal are one of the prestigious colleges in India for Engineering. Both of them provide a B.Tech. degree in Computer Science. Both have been established at almost the same time. NIRF has ranked NIT Warangal and NIT Surathkal 13 and 19 positions respectively for BTech.

Admission: Both the NITs take admission through JEE Mains for BTech in CSE. The total course fee for BTech at the institute is 5.32 lakhs and 5.39 lakhs for NIT Warangal and NIT Surathkal respectively. The closing cutoff rank for CSE in 2019 at these institutes are as follows.

• NIT Warangal- 1980

• NIT Surathkal- 2156

Placements:

NIT Surathkal- NIT Surathkal had an impressive record of placement with a hundred percent placement for all its students.

• In the 2019 placement drive, the highest package offered was 39 lakhs per annum, and the median package offered was around 14.15 lacs per annum.

• Microsoft. Samsung, Microsoft, Adobe, GoogleGoldman Sachs, etc are the regular participants in the placements here.

NIT Warangal – NIT Warangal is a comparatively newer NIT.

• The highest package offered was 45 LPA and the average package was 9.01 LPA in 2019 placement.

• The top recruiters are Tata Steel, Delta Power, HPCL, Deloitte, Thermo Fisher, Intel.

Some of the key factors of both colleges are given below.

NIT Surathkal: NITK Surathkal has a Career Development Centre (CDC), which is responsible for the placement of all students. It facilitates interaction between the students and potential employers to provide them with exceptional career prospects. The center maintains its partnerships with numerous well-reputed companies to make the campus placement process transparent and successful.

NIT Warangal: From the 2019 Batch 73 students were placed in top-notch companies out of 83 registered students in B.Tech. NIT Warangal has a central library filled with 179797 books, back volumes,110 national and international journals, technical pamphlets, CD-ROMs, Video, e-books, etc.

NIT Surathkal and Warangal are reputed NITs and offer decent CSE programs in terms of academics and placements. Go through the information given above and choose the institute according to your convenience.

NITK CSE department was established in 1986. Students of the department have worked with high-end computing facilities. The Department is also involved in various research activities. The department has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBM, Intel, Leeds Metropolitan University and others, for academic collaborative projects. NITK in 2019 has seen 100% placement and 96 students out of 97 got job offers. The average salary package offered was 14 lakhs per annum by top recruiting companies like Microsoft, Amazon India, Wipro Limited, Oracle India, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar ECE department which is a part of the Electrical Engineering Department. The first batch of ECE of IIT Bhubaneswar graduates this year so there is no past placement record but the other branches from the School of Electrical Sciences hold good placement rate and the same is expected to be followed for ECE. In the year 2019, a placement percentage of 86% was recorded for EE and the placement rate for CSE was 100%. Recruiting companies like TATA Steel, TATA Advance System, Microsoft, Amazon, etc. offered students with an average salary package of 11 lakhs per annum in 2019. IIT Bhubaneswar also has collaborations with foreign universities like the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, etc.

NITK is an old NIT and considered even better than a few of the IITs, on the other hand, despite being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar offers a decent academic environment and placement for ECE. Both the institutions have their own perks so choose according to your subject of interest.

As your choice of course is different, it’s hard to select between IIT Bhubaneswar and NIT Surathkal.

According to the NIRF 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked at 26, which is a good rank considering it’s a new IIT. The Mechanical Engineering department is quite good at IIT Bhubaneswar. According to the 2019 placement record, 83% students got job offers from Mechanical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar. Many famous companies such as Amazon, H Jindal Stainless Ltd, KEC International, KIIT, Rao Edusolutions, TATA steel, TATA Advance System, Thermax, TETCOS, TESCO, UHG, and other companies as well recruited students last year.

NIT Surathkal is a well-reputed name in Indian Engineering institutions. According to NIRF Ranking, it ranks at 22 nationally among engineering institutes in India. ECE in this NIT is even better as compared to a few IITs. The placement records of 2018-19 show that 97% of placement offers were received by students in this department. The average placement offer was 12-13 LPA.

Both IIT Bhubaneswar for Mechanical and NIT Surathkal for ECE are good choices with their own advantages. So, choose wisely according to your convenience.

First, you should decide which course you want to pursue Mtech in biotechnology or Mtech in industrial biotechnology as that would help in comparing institutes and choose the one with the better program.

VIT is considered to be the best colleges to pursue Mtech biotechnology due to the excellent consistency it has obtained with the placement rate and the strong conceptual foundation offered to the students along with hands-on experience.

On the other hand, NIT Surathkal is one of the leading NITs in India and offers quality education in Industrial Biotechnology.

NIRF has ranked VIT and NIT Surathkal at 15 and 13 respectively for BTech.

Admission:

• VIT takes admission for MTech Biotechnology based on VITMEE or GATE score. The required eligibility is BE/BTech or MSc in related discipline with 60% aggregate marks. The total fee for the MTech Biotechnology program at VIT is 2.99 lakh.

• On the other hand, NIT Surathkal takes admission for MTech through GATE. The prerequisite for admission is BTech in a related field with a minimum of 55% marks. The total fee for MTech Industrial Biotechnology in NIT Surathkal is 2.48 lakhs.

Placements:

The Department of Biotechnology at VIT is engaged in funded projects from Government departments and various Research institutions namely, DBT, DRDO and DST as well as from core industries. Students of the department get placement across industries such as pharma, biotech, and genetics, etc. Some of the top recruiters at VIT are Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Hetero drugs, Pulsus Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, Zifo RnD Solutions, Orbuculum.

The top biotech companies like Biocon, Enzene Biosciences visit the NIT Surathkal campus for placements.

VIT has tie-up with various research institutions such as CSIO, Chandigarh; INMAS, Delhi; CMC, Vellore, etc.

Both NIT Surathkal and VIT offer quality education in the field of Biotechnology and have decent placements. So, choose the institute according to your convenience.

NIT Surathkal has been ranked at 4 for Engineering by The Week in 2020 and is an institute of national importance. ICT Mumbai is a government institute and is ranked at 18 for Engineering by NIRF in 2020.

The admission details for Mechanical Engineering at NIT Surathkal and Chemical Engineering at ICT Mumbai are as follows.

Curriculum:

NIT Surathkal:

The course curriculum is well-designed with an emphasis on practical based subjects. It is the perfect combination of education, training, research, and consultancy.

ICT Mumbai:

The institution has a core focus on research and offers a great theory and research-based curriculum for the Chemical engineering course. It offers a mix of Industrial chemistry, core chemical engineering subjects, and industry-relevant applications like ASPEN.

Faculty:

NIT Surathkal:

The faculty are academic experts and provide an easy-to-follow curriculum and are cooperative. They organize mandatory industrial training and internships for 2 months to enhance the student experience.

ICT Mumbai:

The faculty conduct live demonstrations, workshops, seminars, and conferences to provide students with the best learning experience. All the faculty members are Ph.D. holders and are responsible for updating the curriculum every four years.

Campus:

NIT Surathkal:

• The campus offers updated practical labs and classroom facilities.

• It organizes a cultural fest called Incident and an Engineering fest every year to provide students with the best campus experience.

ICT Mumbai:

The practical labs are extremely well equipped, it has spacious classrooms, modern infrastructure, five hostel blocks, a sports complex, and an information processing center.

Placements:

For NIT Surathkal Mechanical, some of the major recruiters are Adobe, Amazon, Capgemini. Whereas, top recruiters at ICT Mumbai Chemical Engineering include Asian Paints, Cipla, DSM soft.

Students who are Chemical engineering aspirants can opt for ICT Mumbai considering it is comparatively better for the said course, whereas NIT Surathkal is a great option for Mechanical Engineering.

It’s difficult to determine which institute is better as the courses in question are different. However, given below are information about the two courses which may help you make the decision.

• Though NIT Surathkal is among the oldest of the NIT’s, their IT department is comparatively new. IIT Bhubaneswar’s Mechanical Engineering department is popular and one of the core subjects.
• It is always better to study Mechanical engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar than IT from NIT Surathkal because core engineering will be preferred by recruiting companies than IT.
• NIT Surathkal has better placements than IIT Bhubaneswar due to its older and more noticeable connections with the recruiting companies.
• An IIT Bhubaneswar graduate will be offered less salary than an NIT graduate due to its reputation and popularity among recruiters. A graduate from NIT receives an average salary package of around 9 lakhs per annum.
• NIT Surathkal is ranked 5th in their Engineering category and IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 9th in their engineering category by Times Engineering Ranking 2019.
• The Cut off for IT in NIT is 2509-3321 and for Mechanical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar is 4003-12065.
• IIT (Bhubaneswar) as a brand that is much more popular than NIT (Surathkal) and is valued by both students and recruiters alike.

The final decision is up to the choice of a student and his/her preferred course of study.