PES University, Bangalore, and NITK, Surathkal are both institutions that are recognized by UGC. The institutes are also approved by AICTE. Both the institutes have features that are unique to them and have their distinct advantages and limitations. One must compare these academic establishments properly before choosing one over the other.

A basic comparison has been provided below to help individuals with the same.

Infrastructure and Facilities

• PES: The campus comprises 3.5 million sq. ft. of built-up area and acres of open ground. The university offers facilities such as hostels, library, sports complex, labs, cafeteria, gym, amphitheater, seminar halls, healthcare, etc.

• NITK: Facilities including a central computer lab, bank and post office, healthcare, shopping complex, open-air theatre, auditorium, etc, are offered to the students.

Scholarships

• PES: Scholarships such as MRD scholarships, Distinction Award, etc are offered to students who are meritorious or belong to the rural background.

• NITK: Students are offered Merit and Merit-cum-Means scholarships by the institute. The value of the scholarships varies accordingly.

Placement Statistics

• PES: 851 students were placed in 56 recruiting companies such as Deloitte, Amazon, LinkedIn, EY, Honeywell, Nestle, Flipkart, Intel, etc. The highest and average package offered was 48 LPA and 6.8 LPA, respectively.

• NITK: 92% of the students were placed in 270 companies such as Bosch, Deloitte, Coal India Ltd., Indian Navy, Oracle, HSBC Bank, MMT, Coca-Cola India, Amazon, etc. The highest domestic package offered was 42 LPA.

Alumni

• PES: Notable alumni of PESU include Tony Luke (actor), Damacharla Janardhana Rao, and Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda (Politicians).

• NITK: Notable alumni include the likes of Thomas Zacharia (Computer Scientist), Rajeev Madhavan (Investor), and Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (Badminton player).

Whether one institution is better than the other is purely based on the discretion of an individual. A conclusion must be drawn keeping other factors such as faculty, academic quality, personal disposition and expectations in mind as well.

First of all, it is a new course offered by PES university however, the department is trying to have a new perspective of design for the students and faculty.

Program offered:

The faculty of design offered two design courses such as B.Des and M.Des (product design). There are three streams for B.Des, i.e. Product Design, Interior Design, Communication Design.

Course:

The course structure is similar to that of IIT IDC (design school) and is developed to cover all the relevant design subjects from many areas including arts, engineering, and sciences.

• 1st year of the B.Des and M.Des course is all about the introductory and conceptualized study which is common for all 3 streams.

• The most important and more usable part of these two design programs is an industrial internship and design project thesis.

Admission:

• The students are selected on the basis of the entrance examination (design aptitude test) followed by the personal interview conducted by the department of design and architecture.

• More preference is given to the students who have UCEED scores.

• The total course fee is around 13.21 lakhs for three of B.Des programs.

• Currently, the total intake for the B.Des program is 120.

Placement:

• Few of the companies visited the campus for placement to hire design students are ITC welcome group, Kingfisher airlines, landmark, and Oberoi.

• The average salary package of about 3-4 LPA and the highest salary package of 8.5 lakhs per annum was offered to the students.

As Design is among the newest streams offered by PES University, the facilities and placements provided are still improving. As for if it will be worth it to pursue or not, you should be the one to decide that.

PES University has been ranked 151 overall by the NIRF ranking of 2020. Given below are a few important information about the law programs at PES University.

Faculty:

Currently, 10 faculty members are teaching in the law of the faculty department and the faculties have extensive expertise and experience in their specialized subjects of laws.

Programs offered:

The faculty of the law department offers three programs, i.e. BA LLB ( 3 years), BBA LLB (5 years), and LLM (1 year). The specializations available for LLM are Administrative law, Corporate law and trade law, Intellectual property rights and trade law, Course curriculum.

Admission:

• The admission process is based on an entrance examination named PESSAT for all the law degrees ( BA LLB, BBA LLB, and LLM). Through CLAT score students can take admission directly to the faculty of the law department.

• Students require 45% marks in both the 10th and 12th from any recognized board (CBSE/ICSE/ State board).

• The course fee for both BA LLB and BBA LLB is approximately similar which is around 10.5 lakhs per annum and for LLM the total course fee is 2.01 lakhs.

• There are 60 seats for each of the law courses ( BA LLB, BBA LLB & LLM).

Course curriculum:

The department made its courses seminar-based as preferred by the global law syllabus that is imparted through both Indian law and international law so that the students can be employable globally.

Scholarships:

The faculty of law at PES university provides scholarships to eligible students. There are many scholarships offered by the faculty of the law department. Some of which are as follows.

• Prof. MRD scholarship (40% scholarship to 20% of the eligible students)

• Prof. CNR Rao Scholarship (50% tuition fees deduction)

• Corporate scholarship (for final year students, based on merit)

Placements

Not many companies visit the campus for placement however the faculty of law facilitates good numbers of internship programs such as PES legal Eagle (incentivized internships) which is a paid internship so that the students can learn necessary law studies and earn money and choose their career path by their own.

As the faculty of law in PES university was established in 201, the law programs are quite new. However, the institute offers decent academics and facilities for students.

PES University has been ranked 26th for MBA by Times 2020. It has also ranked 6th among the top 50 private State Universities in India in 2019 by Outlook India. PES offers MBA in specializations like Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources. The MBA degrees offered by PES University is recognized by AICTE and AACSB (Business Education Alliance Member).

Admission: Around 360 seats are available for MBA students.

• In order to be able to enroll for the course, students have to qualify several exams like MAT, GMAT, CAT, CMAT, Karnataka PGCET, and more.

• The required CAT cutoff is around 60. In 2019 the closing cutoff for MAT was 67.

• Eligible candidates further have to go through a test that is conducted by the university called PESSAT MBA. Upon successful completion, students are requested to appear for personal interviews.

The course fee remains around 9.01 Lakh.

Placement: The course duration is 2 years. Upon successful completion, students are provided with jobs and internships.

• More than 80% of students get placed by several companies every year. The highest salary package remains around 13 LPA and the average package stays around 4.5 LPA.

• The top recruiters are Deloitte, ICICI Bank, Nestle, KPMG, Amazon, Axis Bank, Bosch, Morgan Stanley, Oracle, Kotak, HDFC Bank, ITC, HP, Quicker, and more.

Infrastructure: It offers classrooms with all the modern teaching-learning essentials, hostel facilities with all basic amenities like iron bed, almirah, bathrooms with AC, geyser, and more.

Faculty members are well experienced and helpful.

These are some of the major factors that will help you make the final decision as to whether you want to choose this institution or not.

PES is a private university ranked 93rd by the NIRF ranking, 2020. It offers 25+ courses in UG, PG, and doctoral programs. 11 students received their dream offers from Microsoft. The most popular undergraduate course in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Admission:

• It offers a 4-year course and the total course fee is INR 13.6 lakh.
• Eligibility criteria: 60% aggregate in 10+2 in the Science stream(Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics). A total of 360 seats are present for the ECE branch.
• Interested students need to apply online for the PESSAT examination(college common entrance examination), the selection is purely merit-based. The application fee is INR 1050.

Campus facilities:

• The campus is spread across 25 acres. Facilities like the library, gymnasium, cafeteria are present. The library consists of a number of books, journals, institutional repositories, and a lot more.
• Separate hostels for boys and girls are present. Students have access to computing and research facilities.
• Developed labs are dedicated only for ECE students. Competitions like Kludge is conducted, which is an annual intercollegiate electronic design challenge organized by the Electronics and Communication department currently.

Faculty:

• A good number of faculties are present for ECE at PES. Professor and Head of Department Dr. TS Chandar guide all the faculties and the students in every field of electronics.
• Teachers not only help in academics but also in research and development.
• Faculties are well experienced and completed their studies from IITs and NITs.

Placement:

• Recently 56+ companies visited the college for campus drive. Top recruiters include Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Bosch, Genpact.
• The median package offered to the ECE students was INR 6 LPA and the highest package goes up to INR 48 LPA.
• The training and placement cell helps students to develop their soft skills, aptitude, reasoning, and get prepared for campus drive.
• Internships offered helps candidates to shape them into professionals.

PES university also offers scholarships to the economically backward students, students with excellent academics, and travel grants. The top 10% of students in 8 semesters get an international internship. Ece at PES university will be a good option for students interested in the day to day electronics applications. A good ranking of the college proves that it is recognized nationally. Students can choose the college depending on their budget, area of interest, location, and many more.

PES University has ranked 6th among the top 50 private universities of the country by Outlook India in 2019. On the other side, Thapar University has been graded “A” by NAAC and has also ranked 5th among the top private engineering institutes of the country by India Today.

Both these universities are well known and reputed for the quality of education they provide alongside the excellent placement rate and infrastructure.

A few major points have been listed below to help you out to choose the proper institute for your future.

Admission:

PES University- Some of the popular courses at PES are BTech, BBA, B.Com, MTech, MCA. The course fee for various programs ranges between INR 80,000 to 3.3 lakhs.

• For BTech, BBA, and BCom students require 10+2. For BTech admission, the institute accepts KCET scores.

• For MCA and MTech the examinations accepted are PGCET and GATE.

Thapar University- Few of the popular courses at Thapar University are BTech, BE, MTech, and ME. The course fee for different programs remains around 1.82 lakhs to 3.25 lakhs.

• For BTech/BE admission JEE Main scores are considered.

• MTech/ME admissions are through GATE.

Placement:

PES University-

• Students receive several internships and job opportunities from companies like Robert Bosch Eng. & Business Sols, Sapient, Mu Sigma, L & T Tech Services LTD, Genpact, Tata Elxsi, Deloitte, Cisco, Capgemini, Wipro, Atos and more.

• The highest and the medium salary package for the students remain to be around 48 LPA and 6.8 LPA.

• More than 90% of students get placed every year from different departments.

Thapar University-

• Students of this institute get placed in various companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Infosys, JP Morgan, DE Shaw, and more.

• The highest and average salary package remains to be around 39 LPA and 9 LPA.

• More than 85% of students get placement every year from college placement drives.

As far as faculty is concerned, both the universities provide excellent faculty members who are well experienced and helpful. The infrastructure provided at both the institutes is also good.

These are some of the basic yet extremely important points that you should never ignore while choosing the proper institution for higher studies.

PES University is a private university situated in Bengaluru. The university comprises four campuses, offering various courses under different streams. The college is ranked 93rd by NIRF for its B.Tech courses.

LNM Institute of Technology (LNMIIT) is a deemed university situated in Jaipur. The college has been recognized by UGC and approved by AICTE. The college was ranked 37th for private engineering by India Today and 194th for Engineering by NIRF.

Admission Procedure-

PES: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering is a four-year course at the college and the fees for the same are 13.21 Lakhs for the full period.

• Students seeking admission to CSE at PES must have scored 60% in their 10+2 examinations in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.

• Eligible candidates are then selected on the basis of their scores in KCET (only for domicile students of Karnataka) or PESSAT, the common entrance examination of the college.

• The college offers 480 seats in this course.

LNMIIT: The college offers B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering as a four-year course at a fee of 12.36 lakhs.

• The eligibility criteria for candidates for CSE is 60% marks in their 10+2 examinations.

• Candidates are further selected on the basis of their score in JEE Main.

• The college offers 240 seats for the course.

Infrastructure & Facilities:

PES: The college is built over a large 25-acre campus.

• It is home to a handy library with a huge collection of e-journals, coursebooks, and e-books.

• The college has in-campus hostels for both boys and girls.

• The campus also has various sporting facilities such as cricket, football, and basketball.

• The college has a number of laboratories including ones dedicated to CSE.

• It also offers a number of other facilities such as cafeterias, a gym, medical facilities, and auditoriums.

LNMIIT: The college is built over a massive 100-acre campus.

• The college library is home to a diverse collection of books and journals.

• The college provides in-campus hostels.

• Sporting facilities, laboratories for CSE, cafeterias, a gym, Wi-Fi facilities, recreation rooms, medical facilities, and shuttle service for students is provided by the institute.

Placements:

PES: CSE has a magnificent placement rate of almost 90%.

• Companies such as Accenture, IBM, JP Morgan, and HP come for placements for CSE.

• The average package offered is 6.5 LPA, with the highest package going over 40 LPA.

LNMIIT:

• The course has a 90% placement rate with companies such as Google, Microsoft, Uber, and Samsung coming for placements.

• The average salary package for CSE was 12LPA, with the highest package going up to 55LPA.

Both colleges are identical on most fronts, however, LNMIIT would be a slightly better preference between the two. LNMIIT specializes in B.Tech courses and provides better infrastructure and facilities. At a lower fee, LNMIIT offers much better placements to its students.