The short answer is Yes. If EIE is your interest and you want to build your career here then there is no reason to stop. My brother is an alumnus from RV College of Engineering, and here’s why you must definitely go for it.

• If you are good at academics and really into your subject, you will get good placements. 
• For the 2019-20 batch, the department observed 84.09% placements. A total of 37 students got placed among 44 students. 
• The college has a good reputation and history hence, good companies visit there for placements. 
• Any branch will get you a good placement especially CSE and IT. No doubt it’s the same scenario in every institute.

The table below shows the placement statistics of EIE at RVCE:

All in all, if you give your 100% in any branch, you are most likely to get placed. Though the intake of EIE is quite low, all matters are your interest. In most cases, if you have a good rank in entrance exams then you can get EEE in BMSCE or MSRIT with the same rank. However, if your interest lies only in EIE, then don’t give it a second thought.

Choosing an institute to pursue Computer Science can be really tricky considering the brilliant quality of infrastructure and faculty members all these institutes offer these days. However, here are some of the major factors that will be helpful for you to decide which institute you would like to get into in the future.

Ranking:

• RV College of engineering ranked 7th among the best private engineering colleges by The Week in 2020.

• NIT Nagaland ranked 91st by JEE Cut off in 2019.

• NIT Mizoram has ranked 90th and NIT Karnataka ranked 13th by MHRD in 2019.

• Apart from that, NIT Rourkela ranked 16th; NIT Jaipur ranked 35th and NIT Durgapur ranked 47th in India by MHRD in 2019.

Academics:

RV College:

• In order to pursue B.E in Computer Science at RV College, students have to qualify COMEDK UGET and KCET, and in order to pursue M. Tech in Computer Science students have to qualify GATE and Karnataka PGCET.

• Around 45% of seats are filled with KCET qualified students, 30% of seats are filled with COMEDK qualifiers and the rest is reserved for management quota.

NITs:

• On the other hand, aspiring students who want to pursue B. Tech in CS from NITs, have to qualify JEE Main, and for M. Tech, they have to qualify GATE.

• Around 45% of seats are filled with KCET qualified students, 30% of seats are filled with COMEDK qualifiers and the rest is reserved for management quota.

Placement:

RV College:

• After placements, the highest salary package that is offered to the RV college students remains to be around 50 LPA and the average salary package remains around 8 LPA.

• Top recruiters are Accenture, Alpha, Adani group, Accolite, Amazon, and more. The placement rate is more than 90%.

NITs:

• Various companies offer internships and jobs to the students of NITs. The major companies are Amazon, BSNL, Wipro, Bharat Electronics Limited, IBM, LAVA, Polaris, Deloitte, Ericsson, EXL, IBM, Affine, Accenture, and more.

• The highest package that is offered to the CS students of NIT remains to be around 34 LPA and the average package remains around 8 LPA.

• More than 90% of NIT students get placed every year.

Apart from these factors, infrastructure is an important thing to take into account. All these institutes offer boys and girls hostel accommodation. A library is available inside all the campuses. Faculty members seem to be well experienced and helpful.

Being ranked 93 for engineering in India by NIRF 2020, PES University offers a B.Tech degree in EEE which majorly focuses on aspects like devices, power electronics, control theory; signal processing. The department has 15 experienced faculties along with several visiting professors from national institutes.

RVCE is ranked 70th by NIRF for Engineering. It offers a 4 years BE degree in telecommunication offering core specializations in Networking, Wireless Communications, Signal Processing, and Embedded Systems.

Admission:

PES University:

• PES University considers K-CET, JEE main or PESSAT scores during the admission process.
• KCET rank falling under 920 can assure you a place in the EEE branch.
• Cutoff for 2A, 3A, SC, ST categories is 2864, 1650, 15482 and 8722 respectively.
• PESU offers 120 seats in the EEE branch with an annual Tuition fee of 3.3 lakhs.’

RVCE:

• One must clear KCET to get admitted to RVCE.
• Scoring a rank under 1403 can fetch you a place in the telecommunication branch at RVCE.
• Cutoff in 2019 for students under 2A, 3A, SC, ST categories are 5077, 3639, 22375 and 19302 respectively.
• RVCE offers 60 seats with the fee of 2LPA

Placement statistics:

PES University:

• 140+ companies visit the campus every year for the recruitment process with 856 offers being made this year.
• 77 students from EEE branch got placed in top companies with an average package of 6.8LPA
• Highest domestic CTC offered so far for an EEE graduate is 48LPA at PES University.
• EEE branch has a placement rate of 84%
• University even offers a summer internship program for 80-90% of students with an average stipend of 38k/month.

RVCE:

• 249+ companies visited campus in 2020 with 1274 offers being made so far.
• 87 students are placed from telecommunication branches with an average package of 8.63 LPA.
• Highest CTC offered for a TCE graduate is 38 LPA.
• Current placement rate of the telecommunication branch is 76%.
• Core companies visiting campus are very few which includes Aircel, Dell India, Motorola, Honeywell, LG Electronics. Thus most of the students from the telecommunication branch land up in IT sectors.

Aspirants must decide which college is best for them as per their passion towards the subjects. Comparatively, the telecommunication branch has less opportunities in RVCE or anywhere in India in general. It must be noted that if you aim for higher studies by clearing GATE, EEE has an upper hand as there is no paper for telecommunication thus aspirants must attend ECE paper.

Without a doubt, RV College is better than IEM College for engineering. It is popular for branches like Computer Science Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The points which make it superior are:

Ranking: (Winning Institution - RV College of Engineering)

RV College is under the top 50 colleges as per NIRF Rankings, with a rank of 35. IEM College is not even in the capstone of 100.

Location: (Winning Institution - RV College of Engineering)

RV College is in the Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru. This gives an advantage of more job opportunities and explores the top companies, whereas IEM College is in Kolkata. The place is among the lowest GDP cities in the country. Therefore, it is not good enough for jobs and growth opportunities.

Placement: (Winning Institution - RV College of Engineering)

RV College of Engineeringoffers an average package of over 10 LPA for circuital branches. For non-circuital branches, the average CTC offered is around 5 LPA.

A total of 249 companies visited the campus of RV College for placements in 2020 and made 1325. Approximately 200 offers made were for INR 10 LPA+.

Streams:

RV College even offers a larger number of engineering streams as compared to IEM. It gives a lot of choices to students. Among those, CSE/ISE is the most distinguished branch.

Crowd: (Winning Institution - RV College of Engineering)

The crowd for engineering in RV College is more competent and of better quality than IEM. The reason being that RV College admits quality students as per the COMEDK ranks that are usually within 1000. The CSE branch records even higher competition as the cut-off rank is 500. IEM College accepts students to 3000 rankings in WBJEE.

Overall, the above points highlight the RV College is anytime better than IEM.

Both Nirma University and RVCE Bangalore are one of the prestigious colleges in India for Engineering. NIRF 2020 has ranked Nirma University at 131 for engineering. Whereas, RVCE Bangalore is ranked 70 for engineering by NIRF 2020. One thing which also needs to be taken into consideration is that Nirma University is a private University situated in Ahmedabad while RVCE is a semi-autonomous University.

Admission

Nirma University offers BTech courses in various specializations at the UG level for engineering whereas RVCE offers BE degrees.

• RVCE considers the marks of KCET or CET and the 12th marks for creating the merit list, while Nirma University takes the JEE score into account.

• The minimum requirement is 60% in class 12th with a good score in respective exams, to get admission to both of these colleges.

• The course fee for BTech at Nirma University is 7.24 Lakhs. Whereas, RVCE Bangalore charges around 12 lakhs for BE courses.

So, Nirma University has a more affordable course fee for engineering courses.

Placements:

It can be said that both of these colleges have a similar reputation and are visited by the same companies every year, but RVCE University is located in Bangalore which is a hub of Engineering. So the Internship Opportunities and the exposure provided there are a bit better than the Nirma University.

Nirma University:

• The highest CTC offered was of INR 16 LPA, while the average package was 8.2 LPA.

• Many Companies visited the campus with Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Infosys, Tata Motors, Philips, Tata, Amul, Ashok Leyland Daiken, Reliance Industries Limited.

RV College of Engineering:

• There were almost 249 participants last year in the campus placement and they offered 1274 job offers, with top recruiting companies like Deloitte, Amazon, JP Morgan, LinkedIn, Flipkart, Tech Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, Cleartrip, Intel, etc.

• The highest package offered was 52 lacs per annum while the average package offered was 8.63 lacs per annum.

So after seeing all the statistics and comparison between both of these colleges, it can be concluded that RVCE Bangalore would be a bit better over Nirma University as it is having better placement records, more experienced faculty. However, Nirma University has a more affordable course fee. So, choose according to your convenience.

The dilemma of choosing an engineering branch is one of the most common situations for students who just cleared their 12th boards. Now coming to the question, there are two pieces of advice to be followed in this case.

1. Firstly, it’s high time to sort out your preferences. You need to take time and decide where you are inclined towards. As both of them are totally opposites of each other, it is very crucial to follow your interest as you will be dedicating 4 years of your life. Most importantly, it will decide your career too.
2. Secondly, if you are okay with any of these and the only thing that matters to you is the college name, then go for BITS Goa. There you can also enquire and opt for the dual degree option. Despite one extra year, it will prove worth it. Also, in other parameters like brand name, faculty, etc, BITS Goa outshines RV College any day.

Overall, it's best recommended to follow your interest first as these will be career deciding years of your life, and you don’t wanna regret it later. After all, your hard work and passion are what determines your success.