IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar both are decent institutions with good Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) programs, so it’s tough to pick one institute over the other. 

After conversion into an IIT, Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad is doing quite well as compared to before, both in academics and placements. Most of the labs of ECE department are now housed in the state of the art New Academic Complex (NAC) of this institute. Placement rates have also increased. According to 2019 placement highlights, there were 60.40% placements from the Electronics & Communication Engineering department. The average package offered has been around INR 15.5 LPA, whereas, the highest CTC offered was 39 LPA. Although most placements for ECE are CSE oriented, some core electronics companies like HCL, Texas Instruments, etc visited the campus last year. Apart from these students of ECE have been placed at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Ernst & Young, KPMG, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, Deloitte and many other companies.

Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) at IIT Bhubaneswar is a new branch that was started in 2016. The first batch of ECE will graduate in 2020, so, there is no previous placement record for Electronics & Communication Engineering at this institution. But the placement record for other engineering branches at this institution is quite good. 90% of students got placed last year. The average CTC Offered was around 11.44 LPA. However, 39 LPA was the highest CTC. PSUs like ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC visited the campus for recruitment. Other top recruiters were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, Adobe, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Trident Group, UnitedHealth Group, etc. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive. 

Both, IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar offer decent BTech programs for ECE, so choose according to your convenience.

Basically, it depends on where your interest lies because it should be one of the major deciding factors when opting for a college. Both IIT BHU Civil and IIT Dhanbad have more or less similar closing ranks. Below given is a comparison between both IIT BHU Civil and IIT Dhanbad ECE.

IIT BHU Civil:

Civil engineering at IIT BHU is one of the oldest departments in the country. All of the professors are well qualified and almost all of them have previously attended IITs. Laboratories are recently renovated and have all sorts of equipment and machines necessary for experiments and projects. Infrastructure is a mix of old and new buildings. Recently civil Engg. Department in collaboration with govt. Departments built a “green building” with a new concrete and construction technology. The architecture department was recently inaugurated here too. Placements are quite good in this department, a total of 77 students from civil last year. The average CTC offered ranged between 10 LPA to 58.2 LPA. The course structure is quite flexible, unlike the other colleges.

IIT Dhanbad ECE:

IIT Dhanbad recently got converted from ISM Dhanbad which added advantages such as necessary fundings for the development. The infrastructure is improving now. Talking about the ECE branch here, you have to put in quite some effort to get through the curriculum of this branch. ECE has a lot of rigorous courses that require hard work and patience. But placements are good here, during 2019 campus placement 60.40% student got placed from the ECE branch with average CTC of 39 LPA.

Well, before answering this question, the heartiest gratitude to all the candidates who have cracked this toughest engineering entrance in India.

The main thing is that you must decide why do you want to join IIT. Is it only for the IIT tag, or you want to follow your passion?

The tagline of IIT is obviously important, but it works only if you are studious towards your dream. Otherwise, it becomes worthless as well as you will ruin the reputation of these institutes, that IIT.

Another important thing to be considered that if you are outstanding in CSE and gets the chance in IIT Dhanbad, then you will be to do more research, over-viewing the facts, like infrastructure and facilities of both of these institutes. However, BITs is generally better, and one of my friends was there for BITSAT 2017; the institute is really awesome.

Additionally, IIT Dhanbad is the old IITs, but it is still an IIT, and it gives the student a great height regarding their future career perspectives. It is properly funded still now and will be better in next year’s. But you should not expect a better life here than BITs Hyderabad. The main thing that should always be remembered is that good institutes always lead to a confident pathway, but you have to go alone in this pathway to fulfill your passion.

Thus, you must choose your branch first; after that, you can move forward.

IIT(ISM) Dhanbad being an institute that was established in 1926 has its own legacy and alumni base working in the world’s top MNCs and India's government services. Whereas IIT Bhubaneswar is one of the new IITs which provides good opportunities to its student but doesn't have the alumni base as large as IIT Dhanbad. 

86% of the students of EE from IIT Bhubaneswar got placed with an average salary of 11.4 LPA. Whereas in IIT Dhanbad it was 75.7% and the average salary offered was around 15.5 LPA. 

IIT Dhanbad has all kinds of societies such as Tech societies, cyber societies, coding clubs, dance and drama clubs, etc.) for students from almost all of its departments while IIT Bhubaneswar also has societies regarding all of its departments but it lacks behind having good exposure to tech societies. Both the IITs have a well-developed infrastructure. Considering the faculty, IIT Dhanbad being an old institution has an experienced faculty and staff. 

Both the IITs are good for EE and have their pros and cons.

IIT Bhubaneswar is among the second generation of IIT and was established in 2008. While IIT Dhanbad is an old institute that got the hallmark of IIT in 2016. According to the NIRF Ranking 2019, IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar are ranked at 15th and 17th place among the engineering colleges in India. Both the institutes have their advantages, so it is difficult to determine which institute is better among the two.

Alumni Network: IIT Dhanbad is a very old institution due to the fact it has a huge alumni network. Alumni of the institute are placed in the highest echelons of government offices and MNCs across the globe. On the contrary, IIT Bhuvaneswar, established in 2008, is among the new IITs.

Infrastructure: IIT Dhanbad also has a well-established campus with modern amenities which is not the case with IIT Bhuvaneswar. IIT Bhubaneswar is still in the process of development and it will take a few more years to establish proper infrastructure.

Placement: The overall placement percentage at IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Dhanbad is respectively 83% and 87%. Although IIT Bhuwaneswar might seem ahead in terms of the overall placement scenario, the number of enrolled students in IIT Bhubaneswar is less in comparison with IIT Dhanbad.

Extra-curricular activities: It is pertinent to note that IIT Dhanbad has a distinct name in the field of Earth Sciences. IIT Dhanbad also organizes a vast number of cultural fests. Almost every department in the institute has its own society. Notable clubs and societies in this context include Abhay Dramatics Club, CE Society, ME Society, Coding Club, photography club including others.

IIT Bhubaneswar also has many clubs including Robotics, Coding, Dance, Music, etc. The institute also organizes socio-cultural and technical events.

For the year 2019, the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) placement rates recorded by IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar were 60.40% and 86% respectively. The average CTC was recorded as INR 15.50 LPA for IIT Dhanbad and INR 11.44 LPA for IIT Bhubaneswar. The highest CTC offered was INR 39.50 LPA for IIT Dhanbad and INR 30 LPA for IIT Bhubaneswar. The B.Tech placement rate was recorded as 76.06% and 89.55% for IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar respectively.

For the branch of ECE, the number of seats available in IIT Dhanbad is 45 for the General category and 43 for the Reserved category equating to a total of 78 seats. Similarly, the number of ECE seats available in IIT Bhubaneswar is 20 for the General category and 20 for the Reserved category equating to a total of 40 seats.

The cut off i.e the closing rank for the gender-neutral category for ECE in the year 2019 was 4464 for IIT Dhanbad and 3691 for IIT Bhubaneswar respectively.

Students tend to pick IIT Bhubaneswar over IIT Dhanbad due to the temporary campus status and younger experience of IIT Dhanbad as an institution, other facilities like infrastructure, sports, faculty are good in both institutes.

The final decision should be taken by comparing both the placement rates and institutes as a whole; giving equal importance to the choice of branch of engineering that you would like to pursue.

Maintenance & tribology is one of the oldest M.Tech Branches in IIT (ISM). The recent research indicates their published papers are counted among the top papers in all the IIT’s.

The school of Mechanical Sciences in IIT Bhubaneswar offers dynamic faculties and excellent educational experience. The curriculum of manufacturing engineering has a rigorous mathematical and scientific approach to impart the skills students need in order to excel in the work environment.

1. Placement- In 2019, there was 68% placement from the M.Tech course and the average CTC of IIT Bhubaneswar was around 11.5 LPA. Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Oracle, IBM, etc visited the IIT Bhubaneswar campus. Few well-known PSUs like ISRO, IOCL, and ONGC also took part in the campus placements. Apart from the offered jobs, the final year students are offered internships with a good amount of pay. The average placement of IIT(ISM) Dhanbad stands out to be 21 LPA for M.Tech branches. Almost 70% of students got placed in 2019 from M.Tech courses. Companies like Google, E&Y, KPMG, Walmart visited the campus for recruitment.
2. Culture- Apart from placement and studies another important thing students are always concerned about is the culture of the campus. Both IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Dhanbad conduct various cultural workshops, events on the campus which encourages the students to showcase their talents. The student council arranges various extra-curricular, technical, and other activities around the year.

As for which course you should choose, you should make that decision based on your interest in the subject.