ECE is one of the fastest-growing engineering courses and deals in sales, manufacture and services of customer appliances and products. 

PSIT Kanpur has a diverse and dynamic community of students with accomplished faculties. The ECE department is the right choice having more placement opportunities in top MNCs. PSIT Kanpur ranks 119 among the engineering colleges and maintains above 90% placements every year. 

Admission process:

• The candidates must have passed 10+2 from a recognised board attaining 60% and above with physics, chemistry and maths.
• BTech admissions are based on the rank of the candidates in JEE Main and UPSEE score. 
• The candidates applying for the BTech program will have to undergo an aptitude test of 30 minutes, highlighting the candidate’s technical knowledge and eligibility for that stream.
• The total seats allocated for each of the departments is 60.
• No such cutoff is required for pursuing ECE course in this college.
• The fee required is INR 1.7 LPA.

Placements

Approximately 250 companies visit the campus every year. The institute witnessed a plethora of placement opportunities with a total number of 1480 placement offers in 2020.

The highest package received by the students is INR 26 LPA offered by Amazon. The students received an average salary of INR 3.62 LPA to INR 26 LPA. The institute achieved 90% placements for three consecutive years.

The top recruiters are TCS, Infosys, Ericsson, Capgemini, Wipro, Berger, Cognizant, Microsoft, etc.

Faculty 

PSIT Kanpur consists of large and diverse faculty members of highly experienced and qualified. They constantly do research in their respective domains. 

Facilities:

• Centralized library equipped with digital access.
• High-tech computer labs with high-end softwares.
• Wifi campus with 500 mbps speed.
• RO drinking water facilities. 
• Hostel capacity of 1200 boys and 600 girls.
• Luxurious AC buses for the students. 

PSIT Kanpur is a well-reputed institute for ECE, IT, CSE, ME and other departments. The placements of IT, CSE, ECE are the highest in comparison with other branches. The facilities and infrastructure are also best in the ECE department. Hence pursuing ECE from PSIT Kanpur is a better choice.

IIIT Nagpur is way better than VIIT Pune on the basis of overall performance including faculty, placement, and other activities. Both the institutes have collaboration with many reputed research institutes like TIFR, IUUCA, and various Electronics and IT industries from India as well as other countries.

Faculty:

VIIT Pune has 30 highly qualified faculty members for computer engineering whereas the department of electronics and communication at IIIT Nagpur have proficient faculties along with the several visiting professors from VNIT.

Laboratory:

The laboratories are well equipped at both of the institutes for computer engineering and electronics and communication engineering. But IIIT Nagpur upgrades their laboratories for electronics and communication from time to time to provide high-end computational and electronics facilities.

Admission process:

The admission process is based on academic records and entrance examination scores.IIIT Nagpur takes admission through JEE Mains whereas, VIIT Pune accepts both JEE Main score and MHT-CET scores. The JEE Mains closing cutoff for the programs in 2019 is as follows.

• ECE at IIIT Nagpur- 35236

• CSE at VIIT- 2648

The intake for B.Tech Computer Engineering at VIIT Pune is about 180 whereas at IIIT Nagpur intake for the B.Tech Electronics and communication program is 120.

Course fee:

The course fee for B.Tech in computer science engineering at VIIT Pune is 1.5 lakhs per year and at IIIT Nagpur for B.Tech ( Electronics and communication engineering) the course fee is about 2.35 lakhs per year.

Placement:

Both VIIT Pune and IIIT Nagpur have their own training and placement cell. They help students to prepare for placement by conducting Aptitude training, tests, and GD/PI.

VIIT Pune-

• According to the placement statistics of 2019, the highest and lowest CTC offered to the CSE students was 15 lakh and 2.4 lakh.

• Top recruiters are Accenture Ltd, TCS, Wipro, Mindtree, Bajaj Auto, Infosys, Cognizant, etc.

IIIT Nagpur-

• The placement highlights of 2020 show the highest CTC and average CTC received by the students was 20 LPA and 8.5 LPA.

• Major recruiters at the institute are TCS, CleverTap, Wiley NXT, Virtusa, L & T InfoTech, Siemens, Arm technology, etc.

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

ECE is one of the new branches at IIT Bhubaneswar. The first batch of ECE will be out in 2020. Before 2016, electrical engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar was a combination of two streams EEE and ECE. After 2016, both of these courses were divided and a good number of core and software companies hired electrical engineers from IIT Bhubaneswar. The average placement package offered in 2019 was 11 LPA.

On the other hand, IIIT Hyderabad has witnessed domestic and international placement offers in 2020. There was a huge growth in the placement package from top recruiters namely Adobe, Google, Uber, Amazon, etc. The highest package offered in the year 2020 was 46 LPA and the average package was 21 LPA. A total of 117 companies visited the campus with 289 students getting placed in reputed companies. The students from the CSE department of IIIT Hyderabad received more placements than other sectors with an average package of 26 LPA. The students graduating with CLD can follow a career path in research and in top technology companies.

So, among these two, IIIT-H CLD has a slight edge over IIT Bhubaneswar ECE.

All of these colleges offer numerous opportunities to students through their courses. India Today ranked Manipal University Jaipur at 24, whereas, MIT, Manipal University (Karnataka) was ranked at 14 in its India 2020 rankings.

Below is a detailed description of various factors that will aid in making a choice between these two universities.

Admission Criteria:

Electronics & Communications Engineering – Manipal University Jaipur:

Students need an aggregate of a minimum of 50% in their 10+2 examinations (with Physics, English, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects) along with MET (Manipal Entrance Test) on the basis of which admissions are done.

Automobile Engineering – Manipal University:

For admission in Automobile Engineering from Manipal University, a candidate needs a minimum of 50% aggregate in their 10+2 examinations (with Physics, English, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects). Also, the students need to undertake the MET (Manipal Entrance Test).

Placement Opportunities:

Electronics & Communications Engineering – Manipal University Jaipur:

Manipal University Jaipur has quite impressive placement opportunities. In their recent campus placements, the placement rate was 85% and the highest package offered was INR 42 LPA.

Automobile Engineering – Manipal University:

The placement cell of this university has numerous career opportunities for its students. In the recent university placements, the highest package offered was INR 43.3 LPA.

Although these universities have good placement and other facilities, the selection of a course should be made on the basis of individual interest and feasibility.

According to rankings in India 2020 by NIRF, PES University was ranked #93-300 for B.Tech courses. In Bangalore, the University was ranked #5th for the same. It is one of the best institutes to provide an excellent education to their students. B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D. are available in ECE specialization. Now let’s look for some more details about ECE course at PES.

Faculty

• The faculties of the ECE department are good.

• The members are friendly and guide the students in all aspects of life.

• They encourage the students to participate in extracurricular activities also.

• All the lectures and research notes are uploaded on PES Intranet.

Facilities

• The research facility is upgraded very often.

• Many advanced research projects are organized which are sponsored by the government and industries.

• Many mini- projects are carried out in all semesters, in diverse fields.

• A rich collection of documents is available in the library. Books, journals, databases, project reports, previous years’ examinations question papers, conference proceedings, institutional repositories, etc. are some of the documents available.

Campus:

• High-end, sophisticated computing facilities are provided to meet project requirements, which encourage research work.

• High-speed connectivity with Wi-Fi access is available in the campus.

• Secure hostels, modern cafeterias, excellent sports, and recreation facilities are some of the on-campus facilities.

Admissions

• A total of 360 seats are available for ECE in PES.

• The third subject during Higher Secondary School should be Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Biology/ Technical subject.

• 45% should be the minimum marks in these subjects.

• The aspirant must have qualified JEE Main/ KCET exam.

Placements

• The college recorded a total of 100% placement rate.

• Top recruiting companies visiting the campus are Deloitte, Amazon, JP Morgan, LinkedIn, Flipkart, Tech Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, Cleartrip, Intel, etc.

• The highest package offered to the students was about INR 48 LPA and the median package offered was about INR 6.8 LPA.

• Microsoft Company offered an average of INR 39.2 LPA to 11 students.

PES is a good university as it provides all the sources required for a good education.

GRIET (Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology) and MVSR (Maturi Venkata Subba Rao Engineering College) both these institutes are good for ECE. NIRF 2020 has ranked GRIET and MVSR at 172 and 251 for BTech.

Admissions:

GRIET -

• 70% of the seats in B.Tech are allotted on merit basis.

• Admission is given to ECE branch on the basis of score in the common entrance test (EAMCET).

• In 2019 the closing cutoff for ECE was 2231.

MVSR - In both the colleges, admission to UG programmes are given on the basis of EAMCET ranking.

• 70% of the seats are reserved for EAMCET examination under ‘A’ category while 30% for management candidates under ‘B’ category.

• The closing EAMCET 2019 cutoff for ECE was 3731.

Faculty: The faculties for ECE at both the institute are well-qualified and have years of experience. GRIET ECE has 15 faculties who hold a PhD while the 6 faculties at MVSR ECE department also have doctorate degrees.

Facilities:

GRIET -

• The ECE departmental laboratory of GRIET is equipped with the best instruments and receives AICTE grants.

• GRIET also provides the students with facilities like library, water plant, solar water plant, canteen, classrooms and sports area.

MVSR –

• At MVSR, the ECE department has a laboratory with 4 MODROBS projects sanctioned by AICTE.

• MVSR Campus has various facilities for the students like library, sports, dispensary, canteen, bank, hostel, computing centre, yoga centre and transportation.

Placements:

GRIET -

• In session 2017-18, 253 students of GRIET ECE were placed in companies like Amazon, Capgemini, Deloitte, Infosys, Wipro and TCS.

• The average CTC received by GRIET ECE students is 5.05 lakhs.

MVSR -

• At MVSR, ECE 180 students got placement in companies like Hyundai, Capgemini, Cyient, IBM, Modak Analytics and many more.

• At MVRS ECE, the highest salary package offered to the student was found to be 6 lakh.

Apart from academics, both the institute organizes many events around the academic year. At GRIET, ECE department many events are organised like FDP, webinars, android app development workshops, etc. MVSR ECE has organised events like workshops on water resource systems modelling, FDP on refrigeration & automobile air-conditioning and MIRACLE – 2019.

Both the colleges are good at infrastructure and academics. But GRIET excels in providing one of the best placement opportunities to the students.

IIT Tirupati is the 3rd phase of IITs and it is mentored under IIT Madras. The campus has all the required facilities to cater to the needs of the students like classrooms, central library, and 2 computer labs equipped to perform soft-ware based experiment and programming.

• Faculty: Most of the faculty for the CS department have their own PhDs and are alumni of IISc Bangalore, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras, and other reputed institutes.
• Admission: The selection to the CS program is based on the JEE Advanced score and in 2019 the closing cutoff for CS for the institute was 2749-5700.
• Placement: The average salary package of 12 lakhs per annum was offered to the students of the CSE department. The top recruiters included JP Morgan, Qualcomm, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Barclays, Intel, etc.

The ECE department of IIT Bhubaneswar, the School of Electrical Science have good infrastructure and facilities. At present, there are 33 labs well-equipped to carry out any academic projects.

• Admission: The intake of the student to the ECE program is based on the JEE Advanced rank. In 2019 the closing cutoff for ECE at the institute was 2736-6844.
• Placement: The placement record of undergraduate students is about 90% in all streams for IIT Bhubaneswar. ECE has seen 86% placement percentage in 2019. The highest salary package offered was 39 lakhs per annum, whereas the average salary package was around 11 lakhs per annum. WIPRO, Tata Consultancy Services, Samsung, Microsoft, Deloitte, Amazon, Adobe, etc. were the top recruiters.

It is difficult to choose which is the better option as the branches are different. Between the branches, CS offers more opportunities. However, IIT Bhubaneswar has better infrastructure and recognition among the recruiting companies compared to IIT Tirupati. So, choose wisely according to the branch you are interested in.

Both RL Jalappa and Panimalar are good institutions for ECE. Before choosing an institution consider important facts like the faculty, the infrastructure, the placements, events, etc. The placement at RL Jalappa has been a big issue which still exists now. Overall the college seems to be average when it comes to placements. The Panimalar Engineering College also has a good placement cell. Visiting the college websites will give a better idea about the college.

While looking for colleges also go through other institutions offering this course and compare their attributes. There are other universities in India offering better placements, infrastructure and faculty Some of them are Lovely Professional University (LPU), BITS Pilani, Delhi College of Engineering, VIT Vellore, etc.

The table given below shows factual information of both institutions:

These universities provide industry training, exposure and skill development programs for their students, to make them accustomed with the corporate world. Choose a college that will provide all these opportunities and the required exposure for working in the industries.