According to some of my friends studying at NITIE Mumbai, the 12th standard marks are very important and it matters a lot during admission for graduation and placements. Having good marks in the 10th and 12th standard helps a lot but it is not the end of the world. 

• Companies that visit the campus for placements have their own individual preferences. 
• Some companies give preference to 12th standard marks, but this is not the case with every other company. 
• Many companies give preference to college scores and recruit candidates based on their performance in personal interviews and group discussion rounds. 
• Some companies also look from which tier college you belong as they only want to interview candidates who have passed out from a tier 1 college. 

There are several other factors that are important for placements. Like extracurriculars, additional skills, etc. Thus your 12th standard mark isn't the last thing. A lot of other factors matter for your campus placement in NITIE. 

You didn’t mention your branch, which makes it difficult to draw a conclusive comparison. NITIE is known for its Industrial Engineering course. 

If you are talking about Industrial Engineering is definitely the better option as compared to IITs. It offers great placement opportunities for Industrial Engineering students. The average CTC offered at the institute is around 20 LPA. In 2021, the highest CTC offered was 44 LPA. Such salary packages are unheard of for M.Tech courses at IITs. 

If you are talking about branches other than Industrial Engineering then you should first figure out which branch interests you more, before choosing an institute. 

My brother is a student of NITIE and during his time at the institute, I got to know about the admission procedure there. NITIE does not differentiate between different branches of engineering. Even an instrumentation engineer has the same opportunity for getting admission as others.

However, multiple factors can affect your selection other than your engineering branch. There are different weights allocated for SSC marks, HSC marks, graduation, GATE/ CAT score, and GD-PI score, respectively. The sum of all these scores is used to evaluate candidates for the final selection.

Overall, NITIE encourages and maintains student diversity on its campus.

One of my friends graduated from NITIE and here are some things I got to know from him regarding your question. 

• Yes, you can apply for NITIE without any work experience.
• NITIE takes in a lot of freshers, not only in Industrial Management but also Project Management and Manufacturing as well. 
• NITIE is considered one of the schools to offer great job opportunities for both freshers and experience holders.

NITIE Cutoff for GATE (Expected) –

They usually tend to take a batch mix of experienced and inexperienced students. So if you are clearing the cutoff, A confident performance at group discussion and an interview must help you make it. NITIE does this to maintain a proper balance among students.

I have a few friends who work at PSU like HPCL and here are their insights on the job. 

Advantage: HPCL, IOCL, or any other PSU offer a huge sum. The work culture is very relaxing contrary to what you might have heard about corporations.

Disadvantage:

• It will get very monotonous. You will supervise but won't do any work. When you'll only have repeated tasks or nothing on your hands, then you realize that you're not growing here. Some of my friends have had only one year of substantial work in four-five years of their work experience.
• You will interact with the public a lot and they'll be mistrustful of you and your methodology because they associate knowledge and wisdom with grey hair. If you are joining in from top B-Schools and after handling intensive tasks in Core Companies, then this place will be full of joy.

Based on the interactions I had with my friends, I will say most people who leave PSU jobs are due to the monotonous work culture. 

NITIE resealed the 2021 GATE cutoff for PGDMM and PGDPM. Which is as follows. 

Even if the admission to the PGDIE course is done through GATE, the course is considered as any other management course in the industry and at par with the Tier one b-schools in India. I would suggest you to go college if you are looking for a generalist management course.

By management, I do not mean managing a team intrinsically. You can always go for individual roles if you possess the right set of skills. These include formulating strategy as a consultant, working on big data/analytics, managing supply chain, or working as a product manager for e-commerce companies, etc.

Significant numbers of students are hired from NITIE by the big companies. This increase in the hiring also caused an increase in the salaries offered and diversification in the roles offered.

As one of my friends made it to the institution through CAT and is pursuing PGDIM, I might be able to help you with your question.

To get shortlisted for the programs at NITIE Mumbai, there are two exam options:

CAT

• To get a call for the GP and PI round meant for the flagship program at NITIE, you need to score more than 97 percentile. 
• The placements are good for this program.
• PGDISEM is another program that you can apply for with your CAT score. 
• The cut-off is usually around 86 percentile. 
• It is related to the environment and the placements are also specific to the area. 
• I would suggest you opt for this course only if you are interested in the environmental area.

GATE

• You can apply for PGDIE through your GATE score. 
• PGDIE and PGDIM have placements in the same pool. 
• The course is good and you also get a stipend.

All the courses stand out because of their uniqueness. If placements are concerned, all these courses are the same. However, apart from these courses, PP and PM are two other courses that you can opt for with CAT scores. But, these are new courses and have poor placement records therefore, I would recommend not opt for these.