NIT Srinagar is ranked 201 for BTech and 39 for BTech by NIRF 2020 and India Today 2020 respectively, whereas NIT Manipur ranks 158th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It has a 300+ acres campus area. It has a faculty strength of 70 members most of them being highly qualified and PhD holders.

NIT Nagaland is an autonomous university recognized by AICTE and UGC. They have a total of 43 faculty members, 27 of them being PhD holders.

NIT Mizoram is an autonomous university affiliated by AICTE. They have a total intake of 190+ students in each department. 

NIT Sikkim is an autonomous university approved by UGC and AICTE. NIT Sikkim offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Recruiting Companies

• NIT Srinagar - TCS, L&T, HPCL, Infosys, IBM, etc.
• NIT Manipur - Microsoft, Wipro, Accenture, Infosys, IBM, Capgemini, Adobe, HSBC, TCS, Zolacode, Lamzing Infosystem, Virtusa, etc.
• NIT Nagaland - Infosys, IBM, L&T, Wipro, etc.
• NIT Mizoram - IBM, Johnson Control India, Infosys, Polaris, Wipro, TCS, etc.
• NIT Sikkim - Microsoft, National Instruments, Bosch, Virtusa, IBM, L&T, Polaris, Infosys, Wipro, Mu Sigma, TCS, Intellect, etc.

For ECE:

NIT Silchar is ranked 94th overall and 46th for BTech by NIRF 2020. They have a student strength of 3,001 students and a highly qualified faculty of 209 members most of them being PhD holders.

NIT Meghalaya ranks 61st for BTech by NIRF 2020. 104 students were placed in the 2018-2019 placement program conducted by the institute. It is accredited by AICTE.

Placements 

NIT Silchar 

• Out of 112 students 89 were eligible to participate in the placement program.
• 87 students were placed and made 120 job offers.
• The top recruiting companies include Microsoft, Deloitte, Honeywell, Goldman Sachs, SAP, Vedanta, TCS, Wells Fargo, Sony, ITC, National Instruments, etc.

NIT Meghalaya

• 80 companies participated in the placement drive and made 103 offers.
• The top companies include Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, Bosch, Vedanta, Cortex, Sapient, Polaris, etc.

A CSE graduate can work as a 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.

Students graduating with ECE can work as Electronics Engineer, Field Test Engineer, Network Planning Engineer, Electronics and Communications Consultant, Research and Development Software Engineer.

NIT Agartala ranks 75th for BTech by NIRF 2020. They have a strength of 3101 students and a strong and highly qualified faculty of 2450 members. 

NIT Mizoram has a faculty strength of 47 members and a student population of 406 students. It is an autonomous institute affiliated to AICTE.

NIT Nagaland is one of the 31 NITs in India. It has a faculty strength of 43 members, 27 of them being PhD holders.

NIT Manipur ranks 158th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It has a faculty strength of 72 members, 40 of them being PhD holders. 

Placements 

NIT Agartala - 

• 22 companies participated in the placement drive and 188 students were placed.
• The highest package offered to the students was 36 LPA.
• Other recruiters include Havells, Vedanta, Capgemini, Oracle, L&T, Future Group, etc.

NIT Mizoram

• They have a well structured placement cell.
• Pre-placement training is also conducted.
• The top recruiting companies include BEL, Infosys, IBM, BPCL and Capgemini.

NIT Nagaland

• 21 companies visited during the placement and made 69 offers.
• BTech EEE achieved the highest placement record with 26 students placed.
• The top recruiting companies include Bharat Electronics Limited, IBM, Johnson Controls, Mu Sigma, Polaris, Wipro, XL Dynamics, SAP, National Instruments, Mphasis, Infosys, Capital Via, etc.

NIT Manipur

• 20 companies visited and 50 students were placed.
• ZolaCode was the star recruiter.
• Other recruiters include Lamzing Infosystem, Microsoft, Virtusa, IBM, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Capgemini, Johnson Controls, BPCL, etc.

NIT Meghalaya is ranked 61st for BTech by NIRF 2020 and 42 for BTech by India Today 2020. NIT Meghalaya has a strength of 763 students and a highly qualified faculty with a majority of Ph.D holders. 

NIT Silchar is ranked 94 overall and 46 for BTech by NIRF 2020. It has a student population of 3001 students. They have a highly reputed faculty consisting of 209 members most of them being PhD holders.

NIT Sikkim is a well equipped and established autonomous university. It is recognized by UGC and approved by AICTE.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh has a highly qualified faculty with 74 members and a student population of 670. The institute is approved by AICTE. It is ranked 200 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Placements 

NIT Meghalaya 

• 103 companies participated in the placement program.
• The top recruiters include Bosch, IBM, Wipro, Infosys, HP, Havells, Capgemini, Polaris, Johnson Controls, Mphasis, Vedanta, SAP, Sapient, L&T, FIITJEE, etc.

NIT Silchar

• 461 students were eligible for the placement program.
• 397 students were placed.
• The top recruiting companies include Microsoft, Deloitte, Honeywell, Goldman Sachs, SAP, National Instruments, Vedanta, Wells Fargo, Reliance, ZS Associates, etc.

NIT Sikkim

• The median salary package offered is 6 LPA.
• The top recruiters include Capgemini, Wipro, Bosch, IBM, Infosys, DRDO, L&T, etc.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh 

• 21 companies visited.
• The CSE department has received the highest number of offers.
• The top recruiting companies include Wipro, IBM, TCS, Polaris, SmartTech, Zaloni, Nucleus Software, L&T, etc.

All the above mentioned NITs are equally good. Students can choose according to their preferences of location, affordability, faculty, environment and subject availability.

NIT Silchar is ranked at 51st within the Engineering category by NIRF while NIT Hamirpur is ranked 60th. The JEE Mains closing rank for NIT Silchar is generally lower than Hamirpur, hence it is tougher to get into Silchar.

The table below provides a brief overview of both institutes:

Placements:

NIT Silchar

• The average overall placement percentage has been around 86%, with CSE having highest percentage of 95%
• The highest package offered was 32.5 LPA while an average package of 7 LPA was received by students
• CSE has the highest average CTC of 8.5 LPA followed by ETC with 7 LPA and Mechanical with 5.5 LPA
• The top recruiters are Deloitte, Directi, HSBC, SAP, Reliance amongst 30 other prominent companies

NIT Hamirpur

• The highest package reaching up to INR 1.2 crore per annum and average package ranging between INR 6.5-8 lacs per annum.
• Average placement rate has been around 90%
• Top recruiters were Bloomberg, Infosys, Oracle, SAP amongst 70 others
• For M. Tech average CTC offered was 8 LPA 

NIT Silchar has collaborations with international universities like University of Illinois, Michigan State University and many others, organizing conferences, workshops and training sessions. While at NIT Hamirpur, students take up research projects under the highly qualified faculty, some of who are working under government funded projects. Both these institutes offer ample opportunities to excel in any field one chooses to work diligently.

IIITM, Gwalior, and NIT, Silchar are well-known institutions and are accredited by both MHRD, Government of India, and AICTE. IIITM, Gwalior is ranked 100th out of 300 in India for BTech by NIRF. Whereas, NIT, Silchar is ranked 46th out of 300 in India for the same.

Both the institutes have their own set of pros and cons and one must compare both before choosing one.

Admission:

The admission is based on past academic records and performance in the entrance exams at both IIITM Gwalior and NIT Silchar.

• IIITM, Gwalior offers courses like B.Tech., M.Tech., MBA, Ph.D., B.Tech. + MBA.

• B.Tech., M.Tech., MBA, M.Sc., Ph.D. are the popular courses at NIT, Silchar.

Infrastructure and Facilities:

IIITM: The institute offers hostels with modern facilities, labs, lecture theatres, libraries, computational facilities, auditorium, sports, yoga, canteen, common room, etc. It hosts a number of cultural events throughout the academic year.

NIT: The technical institution offers a number of facilities such as student hostels and mess, sports grounds and courts, healthcare center, shopping center, library, gym, bank, etc.

Scholarships:

IIITM: IIITM scholarships are provided to meritorious students who fulfill some criteria, such as scoring a certain GPA, and maintain the terms and conditions for availing it.

NIT: Scholarships such as Engineers India Limited scholarships, Samsung Star scholarships, etc are offered to meritorious and/or SC/ST students.

Placement Statistics:

IIITM:

• 90% of students were placed in top recruiting companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, EY, Google, Goldman Sachs, etc.

• The highest and average packages offered were 42 LPA and 14.58 LPA, respectively.

NIT:

• 86.12% of students were placed in 94 companies such as Amazon, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Samsung R&D, etc.

• The highest package offered was 32.5 LPA.

Alumni:

IIITM: Notable alumni of the institute include Abhishek Kishore Gupta (Partner: KPMG India), Anil Choudhary (Data Scientist), Aditi Bansal (Program Management Associate: Adobe), and Naveen Sharma (Scientist).

NIT: The alumni of NIT Silchar includes the likes of Dr. Soumyabrata Chakrabarty (ISRO), Sudhir Kumar Singh (Scientist), Prince Joshi (CEO: Geobrugg India), and Rajib Das (VP: Morgan Stanley).

IIITM and NIT are excellent institutions and in order to choose an institute between the two, you should compare the two institutes based on the program they deliver for the course you are interested in. You should base your choice on other factors as well such as quality of academics and faculty, expectations from college life, etc.

IIEST Shibpur is one of the oldest Engineering and Technology colleges in India. An excellent placement record ever since it’s the foundation is held by the college, right from the department of mining to an exceptional upgrading placement log in Computer Science (CSE).

Ranked 51 among the Engineering Colleges of India by NIRF in 2019, NIT Silchar is among the prestigious institutes specialized in departments like civil, mechanical, electronics, mining including Computer science (CSE) mentioned on the official site and some other reliable websites to be contemplated.

Placement:

• IIEST Shibpur: Almost 90% of students got placed in Microsoft, Google, Amazon, IBM, and a lot more prestigious companies from a CSE vantage point mentioned in some official government sources with the highest CTC of 39.12 Lakhs.

• NIT Silchar: It has an excellent placement record with quite 86% of B.Tech students getting placed as per the 2019 stats, with a mean annual CTC of INR 6.25 LPA. The very best package offered was for INR 32.5 LPA, from an Indian software company named, Arcesium India Pvt Ltd.

Infrastructure:

• IIEST Shibpur is fit out with well-equipped computer labs that meet the needs of the students, research scholars, faculty members, and staff. The students are provided with the latest technology and hardware that best allows them to effectively handle their coursework.

• NIT Silchar has a contrasting computer lab arrangement for different departments. For example, the Department of data science and analytics labs are different than those of P.G labs.

Fees:

• IIEST Shibpur: The fee structure of B.Tech CSE is 1.37 LPA (First year) whereas, for M.Tech, it is 81,500(First year).

• NIT Silchar: The fee structure of B.Tech CSE is 1.48 LPA (First year) whereas, for M.Tech, it is 91,140 (First year).

The admission into these colleges are only possible through JEE(Joint Entrance Examination). The above-mentioned details will help you in making your decision. However, the name of an institute could just be taken as a tag and you can possibly pursue your dream job from any of the two institutes mentioned.