Nirma University, DDIT, Nadiad, and SRM, AP are private institutions of the country. While all are approved by UGC, DDIT is also recognized by AICTE. Nirma University and DDIT are graded ‘A’ and ‘B++’ by NAAC, respectively.

The only differences between general and NRI seats are the fee and application process, for both DDIT and SRM AP.

Infrastructure and Facilities

• Nirma University: The institute offers facilities such as outdoor sports, courts, transport, library, etc. The campus also hosts a number of events, seminars, and activities.
• DDIT: The institute offers an environment of all-round development, excellent faculty, library, hostel, sports, labs, etc.
• SRM AP: The institute offers its students learning in various forms, both formal and informal, sports grounds, courts and tracks, yoga rooms, transport, etc.

Scholarships

• Nirma University: Students are offered Merit and Merit-cum-Means scholarships by the institute. The value of aid varies according to institutes.
• DDIT: 4 students are awarded merit and merit cum means scholarships each year. DDU Alumni Scholarship Association Fund has also been set up.
• SRM AP: The institute offers scholarships based on merit, need, disability, and arts and culture, and armed forces scholarships as well.

Placement Statistics

• Nirma University: 95% of students were placed and the highest CTC offered was 16 LPA and the average CTC was 8.2 LPA. Top recruiters include Amul, Ashok Leyland, L&T, ICICI Bank, RBI, etc.
• DDIT: The highest and average packages offered were 18 LPA and 4.5 LPA, respectively. Top recruiters include Amazon, Infosys, RBI, Amul, etc.
• SRM AP: Since the first badge of this institute will graduate in 2021, no placement data is available for the same. 190 B.Tech. students got internships in 75 companies including ONGC, Coca Cola, Flextronics, etc. Some also spent a semester abroad.

Students must compare all the programs and institutes properly before selecting one. Whether one of these institutes is the best is difficult to say since it is one’s personal discretion.

IIIT Sonepat is among the top 20 new IIITs approved by MHRD. Also, the central and state government offers merit and national scholarships to students.

NIT Srinagar is one of the 18 Engineering Colleges sponsored by the Govt. of India and was also awarded by the ‘Outstanding engineering institute’ by ABP News in 2014. One of the faculty members lauded Rajiv Gandhi's education excellence.

Academics:

• IIIT Sonepat offers a BTech in IT and the selection to the program is through JEE Main. The required cutoff for IT in 2019 was 25334 (General). The total course fee is 2.4 lakhs.

• NIT Srinagar selects students for BTech CSE through JEE Mains. The required cutoff is 37374. The total course fee is 5.3 lakhs.

Placements:

• The placement rate at IIIT Sonepat is 80-90% among the students, and the main roles are offered as software engineers. Microsoft, Amazon, and Flipkart are the top-notch companies that come for recruitment.

• The recruitment percentage of ECE students at NIT Srinagar is 80%, with the manager role as the top post. Major recruiters this year included NTPC, IOCL, DRDO, IRCON, TCS, and Punj Lloyd.

The placement statistics for the academic year 2019-20 at the institutes are as follows.

Infrastructure:

• IIIT Sonepat has excellent hostel services, a proper AC system, and a sports and gaming complex. Besides this, lab and library facilities are at par excellence level of IITs and NITs.

• NIT Srinagar has a modern-day infrastructure, which sets it apart from other colleges. It further has a Smart class system, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a well-equipped library to offer.

Faculty:

• The majority of teachers at IIIT Sonepat are Ph.D. degree holders with the best industry knowledge and teaching methodology.

• The faculty members at NIT Srinagar hold M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees and are subject experts in their fields.

IIIT Sonepat has greater opportunities and options; on the other hand, NIT Srinagar has a demonstrated history of performance over the years. Hence these factors should be kept in mind by students while making a decision.

KLE Technological University, formerly known as Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology is a private university recognized by UGC and AICTE. The University is affiliated with the Technical University of Visvesvaraya and is ranked 136 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Admission:

• For admission into B.E ECE, students must pass 10+2 with PCM as compulsory subjects and must appear for KCET/MH-CET/COMEDK/ JEE entrance exam.

• The recruited cutoff for BE ECE at KLE Tech is around 7640 (KCET) according to the recent year’s statistics.

• 1st-year fees for the B.E ECE program at KLE Tech is 15,000(INR).

Course Curriculum

The B.E in ECE is divided into 4 years or 8 semesters.

• The first year emphasizes basic engineering such as Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Physics, Basic Electronics, and more.

• Second-year inches closer to electronics and electronic lab practicals.

• The third-year includes subjects like Digital Communications, Machine Learning along with one elective subject. Students are required to undergo one Mini & Minor Project in the 5th and 6th semesters respectively.

• In the last year, students are required to do an internship and undergo a project under a given supervisor.

Placement: About 90% of the students were placed as revealed by last year’s placement statistics. The major recruiters were Sap Labs, Toshiba, Cypress, Rober Bosch, KPIT, Continental, etc.

From the 2019 and 2018 batch of ECE, 210 and 123 students were placed respectively.

Events:

• TedXKLETech 2019- KLE Tech collaborated with Tedx to hear the ups and downs, the inside and out, to hear the success tales.

• KLE Tech’s aeroKLE’s SAE Team has secured All India 1st Rank in SAEISS Aero Design Challenge for the second time in a row.

• KLE Tech collaborated with Robert Bosch for project work in the field of Automotive & Autonomous vehicles.

The B.E in ECE at KLE Technological University is quite good with a decent placement rate.

Despite being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar is considered among the top engineering colleges in India. NIRF has ranked the institute 17th in the engineering category. IIT Bhubaneswar offers a decent ECE program with good placement. ECE is a new branch in IIT Bhubaneswar. Before 2016, electrical engineering was a combination of EEE and ECE. The first batch of the branch went through placement in 2020.

The School of Electrical Sciences has a dynamic group of highly qualified faculty members who are well experienced in their field. The school has 33 full-fledged well-equipped laboratories to design and carry out various projects.

In 2020, 97% of the students from ECE got placements in many top MNCs. The average CTC offered was INR 15.8 LPA, while the highest CTC offered was INR 43.3 LPA. Top recruiters at the institute included Honeywell, TCS, Adobe, Goldman Sachs, and many more.

IIT Bhubaneswar campus is spread over 936 acres under the foothills of Brunei hills, 30kms away from the city. The campus provides the best environment for studies and cultural activities. IIT Bhubaneswar has schools rather than departments and the campus is divided into a residential area and the academic area. The academic area has an independent building devoted to each school. There is also a Lab Complex for the basic lab facilities and common course classes.

Both the universities mentioned here are private universities and have some excellent placement as well as academic records. Full time 4 year ECE UG degree is being provided by both of the colleges. Although as far as ECE is concerned RVCE is having an upper edge over the PES University as it has better faculty for the specified department.

Admissions: PES University offers a B.Tech and RV offers a BE course in ECE. Both the Colleges consider the marks of KCET or CET and the 12th marks by creating the merit list. The minimum requirement is 60% in class 12th with a good Karnataka CET score to get admission to both of these colleges.

Cut off the rank for ECE at these institutes are as follows.

• PES University - 1000 in KCET

• RVCE- 271 KCET

The first-year course fee for BTech ECE at PES University is 3.3 Lakhs, while the BE CSE at RVCE costs around 10 Lakhs per annum.

Placements: Both of these colleges have excellent placement records, but one thing which needs to be noted is that there are few core companies visiting the PES University, while RVCE is a bit better in terms of placement for the specific department ECE department due to the core companies visiting the campus every year.

RV College of Engineering-

• According to the 2020 placement statistics the highest CTC was INR 52 LPA.

• While the average package was 8.63 LPA.

• Almost 249 Companies visited the campus with Deloitte, Adani Group, Kirloskar Oil Engines, Accenture, and Adobe Systems India Pvt Ltd, included.

PES University-

• There were almost 56 participants in the campus placement with top recruiting companies like Deloitte, Amazon, JP Morgan, LinkedIn, Flipkart, Tech Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, Cleartrip, Intel, etc.

• The highest package offered was of 48 LPA while the average package offered was of 6.8 LPA.

RVCE would be a bit better than PES University as far as the above statistics are noted. If one does not have any financial constraints as RV college of engineering is quite expensive, then it might be the best option for pursuing ECE.

Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology as well as Bharati Vidhyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune, are both excellent institutes to pursue Engineering courses. NIET is a public university whereas BVPCOEP is a private university in Pune. Both of them differ in significant parameters.

Course:

• Electronics and telecommunication at BVPCOEP are one of the newest departments and since the university has better infrastructure, it provides all the labs and equipment necessary to complete necessary. It also has a systematically designed syllabus which was curated by one of the best professionals who teach at the university.
• Computer Science Engineering at NIET is a very reputed course among recruiters. It provides multiple opportunities for students to learn the diversity in Computer application and also provide a strong base. The degree of CS from NIET holds value among companies established around Delhi NCR.

Faculty:

• BVPCOEP has a practical research-based faculty. Since it is a private university, the faculty can decide upon the syllabus and method of teaching. They are mostly professionals with industrial as well as research experience who aim at guiding students through their careers as well.
• NIET has a research-based faculty with most professors as established research journalists. Many of them have received grants from the government in the past few years to conduct further researches in which they aim to employ students as well.

Placements:

• Even though NIET has relatively low placements, the computer science department attracts the maximum number of placements throughout the year by various IT companies. The department has a placement record of 70% of students being placed through on-campus recruitment. More often than not, the highest salary package is offered to CS students.
• BVPCOEP provides easy placements to students through their industry contacts. The overall placement for the year 2019 was 86.53%. In these terms, the campus recruiters and salary packages are better at Bharathi Vidhyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune.

The table given below gives a brief overview of both the institutes:

Thus, it completely depends on the student to decide which city and ranking they fit into. JEE rankings, financial stability, and hostel conditions are other important factors to look at before choosing one of the universities.

NIT Durgapur is ranked at 47 for engineering by NIRF whereas IIEST Shibpur has been ranked at 21 by NIRF in 2019.

Admissions:

NIT Durgapur- The BTech in ECE program at NIT Durgapur observes a general cut-off rank for the JEE Mains of 10603 in round 1 and 13122 in round 7, in the year 2019.

IIEST Shibpur- For BTech admissions at IIEST Shibpur students are required to clear JEE mains and have a minimum of 45% in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 10+2, along with 30% in English.

Placements:

NIT Durgapur- The ECE program at NIT Durgapur offers top recruitments from companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Dell, and IBM with a record of 72.45% placement rate and an average CTC of 9.09 LPA. It observes a higher number of core companies as part of their placement services as compared to IIEST Shibpur.

IIEST Shibpur- The dual-degree program at IIEST Shibpur has been introduced fairly recently and therefore has very few batches that have passed out. The average CTC offered at the institute is 6.5 LPA.

Students can make their choice depending on their requirements and interests.

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