Both IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani are good institutions with decent Mechanical Engineering programs. So, it’s hard to choose one institute over another.

Despite being a new IIT, the Mechanical Engineering program in IIT Bhubaneswar is quite good. This department offers well-experienced faculty members and state-of-the-art laboratories. IIT Bhubaneswar recently signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. Also, this institute collaborates with foreign universities such as the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University. Which means excellent research and internship opportunities for the students.

In 2019, 83% of students from the Mechanical Engineering department got placed at IIT Bhubaneswar. Out of 35 students of Mechanical Engineering, 32 students secured positions in campus placement. The average CTC offered was INR 11.44 LPA. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM participated in the placement to recruit students. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for the placement drive.

BITS Pilani is a well-known private institute with a decent Mechanical Engineering program both in terms of academics and placements. BITS Pilani Placement Trends of 2019 show out of 33 Mechanical Engineering students 23 got placement offers. The average package offered was 6-8 LPA. Whereas, the highest salary package for the domestic placements was 44 LPA. The recruiting companies at this institute included Barclays, IBM, HDFC, Facebook, eBay, Capgemini, Aditya Birla Corp, Capital IQ, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar takes admission based on JEE Advanced rank and last year the cutoff for Mechanical Engineering was 4003-12065. On the other hand, BITS Pilani takes admission through BITSAT which is another tough exam and in 2019, the Mechanical Engineering cutoff was 313. So, the academic environment is great in both institutes.

The course fee for BITS Pilani is higher compared to IIT Bhubaneswar as it is a private institute. For B.E, the course fee is around 4.23 lakhs/annum in BITS Pilani. Whereas, in IIT Bhubaneswar the course fee is around 2.14 lakh/annum.

IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani both are good options for mechanical engineering so choose according to your convenience.

Admission at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa, and Hyderabad is based on an entrance exam known as BITSAT. Admission is fully based on the results of such exam. College provides almost 100% of the placement. Physics, Chemistry, and Math are necessary subjects to have in the 12th board.

Admission in IIST Shibpur for IT is based on the results of JEE mains. And students are required to have physics, chemistry and math as primary subjects in 10+2. In IIST, IT has the highest number of placements.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the institutes:

Admission process:

BITS Goa/Hyderabad

• The application process is fully online. The application fee is 3,150 INR for males and 2,650 for female applicants.
• Admissions are totally based on the results of the BITSAT entrance.
• Students are also required to complete the 12th board with at least 75%. Physics chemistry and math should be primary subjects in boards.

IIEST Shibpur

• Admission is based on the results of JEE Mains.Students are also required to complete 12th by 75%(For ST, SC and Physically challenged — 65% is required in 10+2).
• The whole application process is online. The application fee is 1500 INR.
• A total of60 seats are available for admission in IT from IIEST Shibpur.

Placements:

BITS Goa/Hyderabad

• This Institute has a really good placement rate, almost about 90 to 100%. Top recruiters are Amazon, Microsoft, Aditya Birla, Qualcomm, xilinx, and so on.
• The average salary provided by the colleges is 9to 10 lakhs.

IIEST Shibpur

• Companies like Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Direct, etc, visit campus each year for placements.
• The average salary offered to students is about 7 lakhs.This year the highest package was of about 40 lakhs offered by Google and Microsoft.

Both the Institutes are good at their level. IIEST-Shibpur is one of the oldest institutions and BITS Goa/Hyderabad is one of the young institutes in India. Facilities and infrastructure is really good of both the institutes and with this top companies visit campuses every year in search of placement.

It depends on how passionate you are in either of the fields. If your interest lies in Chemical engineering, you cannot go wrong with BITS Goa. Being ranked 30th for engineering in India by NIRF 2020. BITS offers a BE degree in Chemical engineering and has a faculty-student ratio of 1:15 with highly qualified and experienced professors.

If you are inclined towards Computer science, PES University must be your priority. Ranked 93 for engineering by NIRF in 2020, PES offers a B.Tech degree in CSE as its flagship course. It has well-experienced and qualified facilities withholding 76 on-campus teaching staff and several visiting professors from National Institutes.

The tabulation below gives a brief overview of both the Institutes:

Admission:

BITS Pilani Goa:

• BITS Goa conducts an entrance exam namely BITSAT for admission in BE.
• For admission in the Chemical engineering branch, 254 was the closing score in BITSAT 2019.
• The branch offers only 60 seats, thus making the process highly competitive.

PES University:

• Besides accepting K-CET and JEE main test scores, PES University conducts its own entrance exam- PESSAT for B.tech admission.
• KCET rank under 450 andwas considered as a cutoff for B.tech CSE admission in the first round previous year.
• A rank under 600 in PESSAT can also fetch a seat in the CSE branch at PESU.

Placement statistics:

BITS Goa:

• Overall 160+ companies worldwide participate in the recruitment process every year. Top recruiters include Amazon, IBM, TCS, Maruti Suzuki, Accenture.
• Placement rate is around 50-60% with 30 students being placed this year with an average CTC of 7.5LPA
• Core companies visiting the campus are very few which includes Schlumberger, Cairn, Exxonmobil, UOP Honeywell, Shell.
• Highest CTC offered to date for the CE branch is 15LPA.

PES University:

• 100+ companies participated in the campus recruitment process in 2020.
• 11 students were placed from the CSE branch in Microsoft this year, with an average CTC of 39.2 LPA.
• Top recruiters in recent years include Accenture, Amazon, Bosch, HCL, HP.
• 851 students were placed in campus recruitment this year with an average CTC of 7LPA.
• The highest domestic CTC offered in 2020 for a CSE student is 48LPA by Atlassian.
• CSE department at PES University holds the record of the maximum number of placements to date with the current placement rate being 99.14%

Both BITS and PESU are prestigious Institutes in India that offer quality education. The deciding factor here is the field in which you dream to build your career. It is to be mentioned that opportunity is quite less for Chemical engineering students when compared to CSE at BITS or anywhere in India in general. But if you are passionate about the subject you should go for it.

PES University ranked 6th among the top 50 private State Universities in India in 2019 by Outlook India. It has also ranked 26th for MBA by Times 2020. MHRD has marked BITS Goa as an “Institute of Eminence” in 2020. It is also recognized as NAAC ‘A’ grade institute. Here are some of the major factors that will help you decide which option is better for you and why.

Course Details:

PES University- Around 720 seats are available at PES University for Computer Science. The minimum eligibility is KCET and PESSAT. The average course fee remains around 13 Lakh. The course duration is 4 years.

BITS Goa-

• In order to pursue M. SC in Economics from BITS Goa, students have to pass 10+2 and have a B. SC degree from any recognized university with a minimum of 55% in their major paper.

• Also, aspiring students have to qualify BITSAT in order to be eligible to take admission for this course at BITS Goa.

The course fee remains around 7 Lakh. This course takes 2 years to complete.

Placement:

PES University-

• Students get placed by various companies including Robert Bosch Eng. & Business Sols, Sapient, Mu Sigma, L & T Tech Services LTD, Genpact, Tata Elxsi, Deloitte, Cisco, Capgemini, Wipro, Atos, and more, every year.

• The average CTC offered remains around 6.8 LPA.

• In the 2019 campus placement, the highest CTC offered was 48 LPA.

• A total of 56 companies visited the campus drive.

BITS Goa- On the other hand, students get the option to go for higher studies and pursue a Ph.D. in their future after completion of their MSC degree from BITS Goa. Apart from that, they can take up jobs in corporate fields as well.

The average package offered to BITS Goa students is 5 LPA according to the placement statistics of last year.

Both the institutions have good faculty members who are well-qualified with exceptional teaching and research experience.

CS and Economics are two completely different domains. You should choose the subject you are more passionate about and the institute according to that.

Both MNNIT Allahabad and ENI at BITS Goa are highly ranked technology colleges offering amazing placement opportunities to their students. NIRF ranked BITS Goa at 17^th in the University category, whereas MNNIT was ranked at 48 for B.Tech in India 2020.

MNNIT’s last year placement ranking has seen a rise in the pay packages and the best placement record of almost 97%. BITS Goa on the other hand holds a stellar placement record of 100% since its inception. But while selecting between electrical engineering at MNNIT Allahabad or ENI at BITS Goa one needs to consider certain facts such as:

Placement Opportunities:

MNNIT Allahabad –

• Almost 285 companies visited MNNIT for campus recruitments including top tier companies such as Adobe, Accenture, Deloitte, Dell, BPCL, etc.
• 792 students out of 1174 were successfully placed in some of the top companies with the highest package offered in 2019 being INR 36 Lakhs (Per Annum)and the average package offered was 7.82 Lakhs (Per Annum).

BITS Goa –

• BITS Goa is renowned for the amazing placement opportunities that it has in store for the students. Ever since the institute has been established it has a 100% placement record.
• Some of the top recruiter companies visiting there campus are Facebook, Wipro, Google, Genpact, Infosys, and Schlumberger. In the year 2019, the highest package offered was INR 35 Lakhs (Per Annum), whereas the average salary offered was INR 11.47 Lakhs (Per Annum).

In recent years both MNNIT Allahabad as well as BITS Goa have seen a considerable hike in their placement opportunities for almost all courses. It depends more on the student’s interest and feasibility to choose between electrical engineering at MNNIT Allahabad or ENI at BITS Goa.

Nirma University is a private university, recognized and approved by UGC, AIU, and has been accredited grade ‘A’ by NAAC. Admissions to the college are open through both offline and online modes. The college offers M.Tech in Civil Engineering as a two-year full-time course at a fee of Rs5.17 Lakhs for the full period.

Birla Institute of Science & Technology is a private university, has been recognized by UGC, AICTE, and has been accredited with ‘A' grade by the NAAC. The college has been ranked 17th by the NIRF rankings in the university category. The college offers six courses in M.Sc at a fee of 4.13 lakhs for a period of two years.

Admission Procedure

Nirma University:

• The prerequisite for seeking admission to the course is having a degree of B.Tech in Civil Engineering or equivalent with an aggregate of more than 60%.
• Further, students are selected on the basis of scores in GATE examinations.
• The college offers 18 seats for this course.

BITS:

The admission criteria for seeking admission to M.Sc in the college is scoring 55% in graduation in a course relevant to the M.Sc course being applied for.

Facilities

Nirma University:

• The college is built over a huge 115-acre campus.
• A well-equipped library is on-campus which houses over 1,20,000 books.
• The institute also provides separate hostels for boys and girls with adequate facilities.
• Other facilities such as laboratories, gym, cafeterias, medical facilities, Wi-Fi, air-conditioned classrooms, and auditoriums are provided.

BITS:

• The college is built over a 180-acre campus.
• The institute also provides separate hostels for boys and girls with adequate facilities. The college also has a number of sporting and cultural facilities.
• Other facilities such as cafeterias, gym, auditorium, laboratories, medical facilities, and a convenience store are available on campus.

Placements

• Nirma University:Top recruiters for the course during placement season are Accenture, Cognizant, and Deloitte. The median salary offered at the college is 4.2LPA.
• BITS: Top recruiters for the course during placement season are Accenture, Adobe, and Capgemini. The median salary offered at the college is 8LPA

BITS, Goa is a much more recognised institution than Nirma University which reflects in its rankings. BITS also score higher in terms of placements, infrastructure and facilities available at the two institutions. With a lower fees structure and better facilities, BITS Goa would be a much more secure option between the two colleges.

The cutoff for integrated courses for the year 2016 was around 298 and it was predicted that the cutoff for the next year is on the basis of this year’s cutoff. However, the cutoff turned out to be the exact opposite.

• The predicted cutoff was around 300-305 but the final cutoff was around 200.
• The cutoff had a drop when compared to the previous year from 298 to 200.
• The cutoff for the year 2020 was around 310 in BITS Goa.
• With 294 you can get BITS Hyderabad biology branch but for BITS Goa you have to grind a little harder.
• According to the past few trends in the cutoff, it increases gradually or sometimes takes a huge leap.
• The minimum marks for securing any branch in BITS Goa will be around 300 or more.

Sometimes you can get into BITS Goa below the cutoff but there is a very less chance of that happening.

IIT Tirupati and BITS Goa offer BTech program in CSE. Both the institutes are reputed and offer decent academics and placement opportunities for CSE students.

IIT Tirupati-

IIT Tirupati has been ranked 24 for Engineering by JEE cutoff 2019.

Admissions:

• Applicants must have 75% total aggregate in class 12th in PCM.

• The admissions in BTech is done by JEE mains and JEE advanced scores.

• The opening-closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering is 2741-3367 for males and 4568-5557 for females. The applicants are allocated based on the JoSAA Counselling.

The grand total fees for completing a Bachelor's degree in CSE is around 3 lacs.

Placement:

The maximum placement was registered from CSE.

• The highest placement offered at IIT Tirupati is 25 LPA and the average package offered at IIT Tirupati is 9 LPA for CSE.

• The average package of CSE was 12 LPA.

• The top recruiters were Honeywell, TCS, Bosch, Versa network, ZS associates, etc.

BITS Goa-

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa (BITS-Goa) is a renowned technical and science educational field located in Southern Goa.

Admissions:

• There are two criteria to be eligible for admissions to the B.E. program at BITS Goa- BITSAT and Direct Admission.

• The students should have passed 10+2 from a recognized State or Central Board with a minimum of 75% in PCM. State Board Toppers are offered direct admissions.

The grand total fees for completing a Bachelor's degree in CSE is around 14 lacs.

Placement:

• The highest placement offered at BITS Goa is 44 LPA and the average package offered at BITS Goa is 7 LPA for CSE.

• The average package of CSE was 16 LPA.

• The top recruiters were Dell, DE Shaw, Flipkart, Samsung, Reliance, IBM, etc.

Both BITS Goa and IIT Tirupati are good Engineering colleges. In the term of placements, BITS Goa provides better opportunities. On the other hand, in the terms of course fees, IIT Tirupati is more affordable.

BITS Goa is one of the most reputed technical institutes located in South Goa. The academic structure at the institute is directly governed by the parent institute BITS Pilani. Admissions in the institution are purely done on the basis of merit scored by the candidates in the entrance test called BITSAT.

ICT Mumbai received a grade A++ accreditation from NAAC. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. to students in various specializations. Admission in UG courses is based on the students’ rank in JEE Mains/MAH CET examinations whereas admission in postgraduate courses is based upon the marks obtained by the student GATE/GPAT examination.

The course fees per annum for the popular courses at the two institutes are as follows.

Faculty:

• All faculty members at BITS Goa are Ph.D. holders. The teachers are also very helpful. The course curriculum is relevant and teachers guide students for the placement process.

• The faculty at ICT Mumbai is well qualified and have a good knowledge regarding the subjects. All the faculty members hold PhDs and masters in their respective subjects and the curriculum is regularly updated based on the requirements of the industries and new generation technologies.

Placement:

BITS Goa-

It is often known for its record placements of a hundred percent every year since its origin. In 2019 Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Wipro, Infosys, Genpact, etc provided the highest package of INR 35 lacs and an average package of 11.4 lacs.

ICT Mumbai-

• It provides a 90% placement percentage.

• The highest package offered by the institute was INR 18 lakhs whereas the average package was INR 5 lacs.

• Bharat petroleum corporation limited, Johnson and Johnson, Jacobs, ITC, Pidilite industries, etc were some of the top recruiters of the college.

The details discussed above will assist you in making a wise decision about which college you must opt to. However, the requirements must be filled like the fee and eligibility to ensure your chances of getting admitted.