Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) has carved a niche for India’s professional institutes and ranks 6th in Punjab. The institute maintained an average growth of 75-80% of students’ placements every year with 300 approx faculties.

Thapar University has been ranked 2nd among the 13 Indian Private Institutions by THE ASIA. It houses more than 11,000 students and consistently provides above 90% placements every year. The institute also offers scholarships worth INR 14 crores. 

Admission process:-

SLIET

• The candidates must have a valid 10+2 degree.
• The candidates must have a score in the SLIET-SET exam.
• The minimum cutoff required is in the range of 12894-45074.
• The course fee required is INR 2.67 LPA. 
• The total intake is 267.

Thapar University

• The admission in BTech requires a minimum score of 60% marks in 10+2 with science stream. 
• JEE Main is compulsory for admission in BTech. 
• The percentile required is 90.
• The total seats allocated are 300.
• The fees required is INR 3.24 LPA. 

Placements:- 

SLIET always maintains 75-80% campus placement every year. A total of 192 placement offers were made to the students of SLIET in 2019. CSE received the highest amount of placement of 80%.

Thapar university maintains a good placement record of 90% every year. In 2019, it witnessed a participation of 264 prominent companies and the BTech candidates get the highest amount of placement. 

The top recruiters are Cognizant, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever Limited, TCS, Samsung, Honda, Coca Cola, Mother Dairy, Godrej, IBM, Adobe, etc. 

SLIET being a government university, has better infrastructure and is much ahead of Thapar University. The fees at SLIET are much lesser than Thapar University.

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) was deemed to be a university approved by AICTE and MHRD. It is an autonomous institute. It is ranked 137 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

IIIT Manipur was established under the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) approved by the Govt. of India. They have a faculty strength of 13 members and 107 student strength. Each department has 110 seats.

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institutes:

Admission Requirements

• Candidates should have 60% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics is compulsory.
• Final selection will be based on the entrance exam.

Placements 

SLIET 

• The median salary package offered is 3 LPA.
• The top recruiting companies include Jaro Education, Godrej, Hindustan Unilever, Nestle, TCS, Virtusa, Asian Paints, etc.

IIIT Manipur 

• CSE department received better placement percentage than ECE.
• They also offer internship opportunities.
• The top recruiting companies include Chegg, Hashroot, Interview Bit, IBM, Google, Internshala, etc.

Facilities 

SLIET 

• They have a central library, health centre, sports facilities and an innovation cell.
• There are 9 boys and 4 girls hostels having the capacity of 235 and 230 students respectively.
• Boys PG can accommodate 80 and girls PG can accommodate 81 students.

IIIT Manipur

• They provide hostel and library facilities.
• The whole campus is wifi enabled.
• They also have clubs for co-curricular activities.

CSE involves computer programming and networking, computation, algorithms, programming languages, program design, computer software and hardware. Computer Engineers can work as System Database Administrator, Computer Programmer, Engineering Support Specialist, Data Warehouse Analyst, System Designer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Lecturer or Professor, Computer Operator and Research Analyst.

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) ranks 151 among India’s top universities as per NIRF 2020 ranking. It always maintains a placement record of 75-80% from its campus every year.

PEC Chandigarh, on the other hand, is one of the oldest and prestigious colleges in India. It ranks 78th among the top engineering colleges in India and provides above 80% placements in top quality MNCs to the deserving students.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the both institutions:

Admission Process

PEC

• The minimum marks required for BTech is 75% marks in 10+2.
• The students applying for UG and PG programs must submit JEE Main and GATE exam scores, respectively. 

SLIET

• The candidates who have passed 10+2 in the science stream are eligible to apply. 
• The candidates must take the JEE Main examination, which is followed by JoSAA counselling. 

Placements

SLIET 

• The institute has maintained the growth of 75-80% of students’ placement every year from its campus. 
• CSE received the highest placement of 80% in 2019. 
• The highest salary offered to the students was 12.5 LPA while the average package was 4 LPA.
• More than 150 students were placed with 55 participating companies.

PEC

• More than 300 students were placed in the recent placement drive.
• The highest package was 49 LPA while the average salary was 9 LPA.
• The university witnessed 80% placement rate in the recent placement drive.
• The institute maintains a healthy placement and many reputed companies like Microsoft, Google visit every year. 

The top companies are Directi, Accenture, ZS Associates, Google, Deloitte, Microsoft, Philips, etc.

PEC and SLIET are two of the best colleges for pursuing engineering courses. PEC offers a favourable atmosphere for learning and exposure to various activities. SLIET is a government-funded institute where the candidates get admission on the basis of JEE marks. SLIET has a nominal fee structure compared with PEC. However, both these institutes maintain the same placements record.

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) was deemed to be a university approved by AICTE and MHRD. It is an autonomous institute. It is located at Sangrur, Punjab. MTech in ECE is a 2 year full time course involving researching, designing, developing and testing of electrical equipment.

Electronics and Communications Engineers also consider and supervise the manufacturing of communications and broadcasting systems. 

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institutes:

Admission Requirements 

• Candidates should have 60% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
• Candidates should have 60% in their BTech or BE exam.
• Final selection will be based on the entrance exam.

Placements 

• The median salary package offered is 3 LPA.
• The top companies recruiting ECE MTech graduates are DMRC, Texas Instruments, Philips Electronics, DRDO, ISRO, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Accenture, HCL, etc.

Facilities 

• They have a central library, health centre, sports facilities and an innovation cell.
• There are 9 boys and 4 girls hostels having the capacity of 235 and 230 students respectively.
• Boys PG can accommodate 80 and girls PG can accommodate 81 students.
• SLIET is a well equipped institution with all the necessary facilities. 
• They also provide scholarships like Post matric Scholarship, GATE Scholarship and Merit cum Means Scholarship.

Students pursuing MTech in ECE can work as Electronics Engineer, Field Test Engineer, Network Planning Engineer, Electronics and Communications Consultant, Customer Support Engineer, Electronics Technician, Associate Firstline Technician, Research and Development Software Engineer, Service Engineer, Senior Sales Manager and Technical Director.

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) was deemed to be a university approved by AICTE. It has been ranked 137 for BTech by NIRF 2020. It is an autonomous institute located at Sangrur, Punjab. SLIET has separate hostels facilities on-campus for boys and girls. 

Boys Hostel -

• The institute has 9 boys hostels in total. The capacity of each hostel is 235 students.
• The capacity of the hostels for postgraduate students is 80 students.

Allocation of Hostel - 

• 5 three-seater boys hostels are allotted to Certificate and Diploma students.
• 1 three-seater boys hostels are allotted to the first-year degree students.
• 2 single seater boys hostels are allotted to Pre-final and Final year degree students.
• 1 hostel is allotted to postgraduate (MTech) students.

 Girls Hostel - 

• There are 4 girls hostels on campus. The capacity of each hostel is 230 students.
• The capacity of the hostels for postgraduate students is 81 students.

Hostel Fees-

The hostel fees at the institute range from INR 32,000 to INR 63,500. The total hostel fees for various programs are as follows.

Facilities -

The hostel provides Internet, Indoor sports facilities, Daily Newspapers and weekly magazines, Reading room facilities, Visitor room facilities, Guest rooms for parents and students, TV room, Cafeteria, Geyser, water cooler in each floor, Gym in girls hostel and Library.

The hostel and its community also arrange a variety of activities like hostel nite, sports activities, general meetings, cleanliness camps, Van Mahotsav, quiz or essay writings, poster making, group discussion, social work, or village adoption, and anti-drug campaigns.