Mechanical Engineering is one of the oldest fields of engineering and it deals with design, construction and use of heavy machinery. They require a knowledge of heavy tools and equipment. Some might also involve aircrafts, automobiles and electric power plants.

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE) is affiliated under Anna University, Chennai. It has a student strength of 3911 students.

Tabulated below is a brief about the college and the program:

Admission Requirements:

• Candidates should have 50% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are compulsory.
• Students will be finalized by their achieved rank in the TNEA entrance examination.

Placements:

• The highest CTC offered to the students was 22 LPA while the average salary was 4.3 LPA.
• The overall placement rate of the institute was 90%.
• The top recruiting companies for mechanical engineering graduates are Accenture, Infosys, HCL, L&T, Tata, Honeywell, TCS, Hexaware Technologies, etc.

Mechanical Engineering graduates are hired by different sectors like engineering, transportation, manufacturing, construction, research and development organizations, consultancies, utility companies, civil services, armed forces and government agencies.

Faculty

• The department has a total of 30 faculty members consisting of Professors, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor.
• More than 15 faculty members have a doctoral degree in their respective fields.
• Currently, 6 faculty members of Mechanical Engineering are carrying out their doctoral research work at research centres in the department. 

With this, the department has 9 well-equipped laboratories with state-of-the-art facilities. The department also takes up industrial consultancy works from various industries.

Both IIT BHU as well as IITK are reputed IIT’s. 

The course curriculum at both colleges is nearly the same. In IIT BHU students can pursue courses other than academics such as Management, Foreign Languages, Finance, Personality Development as its part of BHU University. Academics at IITK is relatively tougher than IIT BHU with tough grading scheme. IIT BHU allows flexibility to its students so that they can manage both academics as well as learn extracurricular skills.  
Research culture at IITK is better than IIT BHU with more no. of research papers being published every year and more students doing Ph.D. in the College. While infrastructure and labs are equally good at both the colleges. Both IIT BHU and IITK has one of the best faculties compared to top institutions. 

Placements are roughly the same at both Colleges. IIT BHU being 100 Years old enjoys its vast alumni network due to which placement percentage is high. Students from both colleges get placed in well-known firms such as HUL, IOCL, GAIL, Maruti, Bajaj. Besides Core Engineering there are companies from other sectors like IT/Software, Consulting, Finance, Analytics, Management, etc. that offer jobs in both the Colleges. The average package of both the colleges is around 10-12 lacs CTC. 
For the course curriculum and more research work, IITK has an edge over IIT BHU for Mechanical Engineering.

The LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT) is a Deemed University approved by All India Council for Technical Education and accredited with Grade A by NAAC. In 2019, The Week has ranked LNMIIT #4th in North Zone among Non-government Technical Universities, #7th in India among Non-government Technical Universities, and #35th in India among Universities.IIITDM Jabalpur is approved by University Grants Commission, furthermore, the NIRF has ranked IIITDM #75th among top engineering colleges in India.

Eligibility:

LNMIIT

• The eligibility for B.Tech CSE at LNMIIT is 60% marks in 10+2 with an aggregate of 60%. The selection criteria depend on the JEE Main scores.
• For M.Tech CSE, the applicant should qualify GATE or LNMIIT based written score followed by an interview and passed B.E/B.Tech with a minimum of 60%.

IIITDM

• For B.Tech ME admission, the candidate should be JEE Main qualified as well as passed 10+2 with Mathematics and Physics as compulsory subjects.
• Admission for M.Tech ME is based on GATE scores and eligibility criteria of having B.Tech with minimum 60% marks or CPI/CGPA 6.0.
• For Ph.D. in ME, the selection criteria are GATE and the applicant should have Master’s (M.A, MSc, M.Tech, etc) with minimum 60% marks or CPI/CGPA 6.0

Tabulated below is a brief fact about the institutes:

Placements:

IIITDM Jabalpur

• The students graduating from 2020 batch has already has received around 177 job offers which include 149 full-time offer and 28 pre-placement offers with the highest pay package of Rs 23 lakhs.
• Reliance Jio, Amazon, Microsoft, Yantriks, LensBricks, Samsung R&D, and 1mg is the giant corporate recruiters of the institute.

LNMIIT

• The highest package offered in 2020 was 58.99 lakhs/annum
• Students, in the past, have Internships and Placements at Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, etc.
• College offers Semester-Long Internship, Summer Internship, opportunities, LUSIP (LNMIIT Undergraduate Summer Internship Program)

Both LNMIIT and IIITDM Jabalpur offers many scholarships to the students. Scholarships offered by LNMIIT are merit-based Scholarship, Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship, and BPL Scholarship. On the other hand, IIITDM provides scholarships such as MCM to the students whose family income is less than 2,50,000 INR.

Yes, IIT Bhubaneswar will provide you with one of the best laboratories and staff in India for the Mechanical Engineering Course. The college has been constantly working to improve its staff and laboratories since its establishment in 2008. IIT Bhubaneswar has seven schools working under its Guidance: School of Basic Sciences, School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences, School of Electrical Sciences, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, School of Infrastructure, School of Mechanical Sciences and School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. You’ll find separate well-equipped laboratories for each of these schools which facilitate students with good practical exposure. There are laboratories with 30 workstations served by an 18 blade server in the school of Mechanical Engineering. The list of major labs that will help you in the mechanical engineering course are as follows:

• Material Testing Laboratory
• Machine & Mechanism Laboratory
• CAD/CAM/CAE Laboratory
• Machine Tools & Machining Laboratory
• CWF Laboratory
• Advanced Product Development Laboratory
• Sense & Process Laboratory
• Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory
• Heat Transfer Laboratory
• Artificial Intelligence and Mechatronics Laboratory
• IC Engine Laboratory
• Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
• Micro & Nanoscale Transport Phenomena Laboratory
• Applied -Thermofluid Laboratory
• Instrumentation Laboratory
• Metrology Laboratory

Apart from laboratories, you will also have the support of well-qualified faculties which will not only help you in understanding your course curriculum but also will guide you in your future career. The school of mechanical science employs more than 200 staff. You can visit the official website and easily access the details of all the staff members. The faculties are very friendly with students and are also involved in basic research in their own areas of specialization. However, I believe that it’s the student and his effort which makes him draw maximum benefit and knowledge from the faculties. As the institute provides you with a blend of the best theoretical and practical learning experience, so I’ll recommend you to work hard during the duration of your course.

IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT BHU both are among the reputed institutes for engineering in India. IIT BHU is ranked 11th while IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked 17th by MHRD in 2019. Both the IITs provide students with good academic experience and decent placements.

Talking about IIT BHU then the department of Mechanical Engineering came into existence in 1919. Over the past 100 years, the department has grown four folds to become the largest department in IIT(BHU), Varanasi. It offers a 4-year bachelor of technology program to the students who are admitted through JEE Advanced. The curriculum is periodically updated and designed in such a way that provides students with problem-solving skills and innovation of new technologies. Here in IIT BHU infrastructural facilities are great for research for a wide range of specializations such as Machine Design, Thermal and Fluid Engineering, Production Engineering and Industrial Management. They also focus on innovation so they have CST UP Incubation Center for grass root innovators started in 2018 under Mechanical Engineering Department. The placement scenario in IIT BHU is quite good. Out of 120 students, 109 were placed in the Mechanical Department in 2019 with an average offer of 8 Lacs per annum.

Electrical engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar is also good. School of Electrical Sciences at IIT Bhubaneswar offers a good academic and research-oriented environment. It was established in 2008. There are already 200+ ongoing research projects and have a fund of more than INR 1 billion. The department is engaged in a wide spectrum of research in emerging and innovative technologies through nationally and internationally funded sponsored research. The average placement in Electrical was 8.5 lacs per annum and almost 86% are placed in 2019. Most of the students were able to get jobs in the core-sector.

Both the institutes are of equal importance and the branches are also pretty good and offer plenty of opportunities. But IIT BHU has the 100 years old Legacy and has one of the biggest and well-connected alumni bases in our country. So here IIT BHU has an edge over IIT Bhubaneswar. But at last, branch and interest matters more than college.