Nirma University (NU) situated in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is a NAAC accredited ‘A’ grade private university. It has been ranked 131 for engineering by NIRF 2020. Nirma University provides a 4-year classroom program for B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering.

Admission:

The total course fee for BTech mechanical engineering at Nirma University is 7.24 Lakh. The student intake for mechanical engineering is 120.

• The required eligibility is 45% in the 12th board from the Science stream.

• Admission to the BTech programs is through GUJCET or JEE Mains.

• In 2019 the required cutoff for Mechanical was 1031 (GUJCET).

Placements:

Students are guided through the entire process of placements by a well-developed Corporate Relations Cell. The university organizes pre-placement talks and activities to make the students ready for the placement drive.

The University has a Corporate Relations Cell (CRC), which is responsible for the placement of all students. It facilitates interaction between the students and potential employers to provide them with exceptional career prospects. The center maintains its partnerships with numerous well-reputed companies to make the campus placement process transparent and successful.

Placement Statistics

The institution has a great placement record with high placement statistics.

• The average salary package offered is 5.7 LPA.

• The highest salary package offered in the mechanical branch is 12 LPA in core companies like RIL, Tata, Ford, L&T, etc.

• Median Salary 4.1 LPA has been offered for the Mechanical department.

• About 60% of the students from the last batch got placements.

Apart from core-companies students also get placed in many non-core ones. The topmost recruiters that come for the placements are Accenture, CMC, Cognizant, Deloitte Consulting, Eicher Motors, gammon, Hewlett Packard, IBM, ICICI, iFlex, Infosys, Intel, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Philips India, Reliance, Sasken Communications, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, Siemens, SYNTEL, Vodafone, Wipro.

So, the placement records for the Mechanical branch are quite satisfactory at Nirma University but the possibility of one getting placed right away in the campus depends upon the academic potential of the student.

The choice here ultimately comes down to your interest. First, decide whether you are interested in pursuing specialized MBA courses like MBA in finance or are you more inclined towards MBA general where you can opt for a specialization in your second year.

I have some friends at LBSIM Delhi. So, can give you some insight into the institute.

Specializations: You will be having a variety of specializations to choose from if you go for LIBSIM. You will get an enormous amount of exposure in terms of corporate, guest lecturers, meet-ups with major industrialists if you opt for this B-School.

Location: When it comes to location, there is an advantage too, located in Delhi which is India's capital and surrounded by two major industrial hubs, Gurgaon and Noida.

Alumni Base: Alumni base of LIBSIM is strong and the institute has maintained an amazing placement record as well.

Other B-Schools in India ranging equal in terms of ranking like Nirma fail to meet up the expectations of students as LIBSIM has set the bar too high.

The answer depends on you entirely. You can give Nirma University a slip if you are getting offers from NLUs. But if you are not getting the top NLUs, Nirma University is one of the best private universities out there.

Nirma University promises to give the students better placements than some of the lower-tier NLUs. Nirma University is high on discipline and most of its students dislike this about the university.

What you should remember is that there is not much difference between how much you will pay if you end up studying in an NLU, and how much you will pay if you study at Nirma University in five years. 

Nirma University is not as popular in the area of law as the top-tier NLUs even though it is pretty popular if we consider private institutes. If you have the skills and knowledge appropriate for placement, you will be placed at Nirma University. But getting good placements depends a lot on how much effort you put in. 

If you work hard, 12 lakhs will definitely be worth it.

IITRAM(Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management) is a public University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The institute is ranked 201 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

PDPU or Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University is an engineering college in Gandhinagar. NIRF 2020 has ranked the institute 74 and 177 for MBA and BTech respectively.

NIRMA University is a private college in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It has been ranked between 151-200 by NIRF 2020.

Academics:

• IITRAM offers BTech, MTech, and Ph.D. courses in various disciplines. For BTech admission, students require JEE Mains scores. A valid GATE score is required for MTech courses. For Ph.D., the institute organizes an entrance test.

• The popular courses at PDPU are BTech, MTech, BA, BBA, MBA, etc. The institute accepts various national test scores and also conducts entrance tests depending on the course.

• At NIRMA University the popular courses are BTech, MTech, MBA, MCA, BCom. It accepts national level test scores for JEE Main, GATE, CAT, etc depending on the course.

Placements:

IITRAM:

• The placement rate of the Institute is 80%.

• The highest package offered in the placement of RGIPT is INR 15 lakhs per annum. The average package offered in the Institute was INR 6 lakhs per annum while the lowest package offered was INR 3 lakhs per annum.

• The top recruiters of IITRAM are Torrent Power, Wipro, Gujarat Gas Ltd., Asahi India glass ltd., ZYCUS, Atul Ltd., Tata Chemicals Limited, ROCKMAN, Infinite civil solution Pvt. Ltd.

PDPU:

• The placement rate offered by the Institute is 65%.

• The highest package of the Institute goes up to INR 19.20 lakhs per annum, the average package offered was around INR 3 lakhs per annum and the lowest was INR 2.5 lakhs per annum.

• The top recruiters of the college are ONGC, Nayara Energy, Reliance Industry, Adani Gas, Torrent Gas, L&T Technology Services, Shell Business Operations, Sabarmati Gas, Protiviti, Hansa Group, ExxonMobil.

NIRMA:

• The placement rate of the NIRMA is 100%.

• The highest salary offered is INR 19.1 lakhs per annum, the average salary offered on the campus is INR 8.70 lakhs per annum while the lowest salary is INR 2.6 lakhs per annum.

• The top recruiters of NIRMA are Dabur, Daikin, Essar, GNFC, HCL INFOSYSTEMS, HDFC Standard Life, Hindustan Unilever, IBM, Infosys.

This comprises the factual data of all the colleges related to engineering. It is the applicant's choice to opt for any college considering the institute’s perks.