What your preference is and what interests you, these two are very important at making the right choice.

If any of the two branches is of your preference and interest, then you should go for it.

If you have no such preferences and interests and you are only looking at the job prospects after graduating, then I would suggest you consider the following things:

• Government and Public Sector: These sectors provide more jobs in the electrical field. If you secure a decent GATE score, you will get a lot of interview opportunities in the PSUs. Indian Engineering Services is also an option that has more job opportunities in the electrical branch than the electronic branch. There are very limited opportunities for electronics in the public sector.
• Private Sector: It is the opposite here. The electronics sector is much ahead in the private sector. You will find a lot of companies providing good salary packages in electronics than electrical. However, the job is not core electronics but software profile.
• Faculty: The faculty at NIT Jamshedpur is better in the electrical branch than the electronic branch.
• Laboratories: Electrical branch has better labs than the electronic branch.
• Academic Curriculum: Electrical branch has a lot more pressure than the electronic branch. A few senior faculty members of the electrical branch will make you cry while in the electronic branch, you can secure good marks even by studying less.

All these are relevant factors to keep in mind before making a choice. Now, the choice is yours.

Students prefer mechanical at NIT Jamshedpur than any other branch.

The placement of the mechanical branch is very good at NIT Jamshedpur. If you do not have any backlogs, you will definitely get placed. Companies like Tata, Hyundai, Hero, Hp, BPCL, Suzuki, etc., come for placements. If you are a very good student, you will have good chances of getting an internship in the third year.

In the 2021 placement drive which was conducted virtually, 75% of the students were placed. The process was still ongoing when this data was published.

The top recruiters were:

• Amazon
• Deloitte
• Axis Bank
• Tata Power
• Vedanta
• Nokia
• Bajaj Auto
• One Plus
• Info edge

The highest package offered was INR 30 lakhs per annum and the average package stood at INR 12 lakhs per annum.

NIT Jamshedpur is a tier- 3 Indian Engineering College and it fairs well compared to some other NITs like Raipur, Durgapur, Jaipur in terms of placements of Metallurgical branch students. 

• More than 100 companies pay a visit to NIT Jamshedpur each year to continue the recruitment. This number keeps on increasing every year.
• Non-core companies are known to offer 6-8 LPA whereas core companies offer 7-8 LPA. 
• A number of companies such as TATA Steel, TATA Tinplate, Vedanta group, JSW, JSL, etc regularly take a part in the NIT Jamshedpur’s recruitment. 
• TATA is known to recruit a maximum of its employees from NIT Jamshedpur.
• For the 2021 batch, the department witnessed 75% placements offers. The average package offered was 12 LPA.

Jamshedpur in itself is fortunate to have a number of steel companies and therefore the metallurgy students here have that to their advantage. The exposure, the competitive environment ensure that students obtain a number of opportunities for training and internships.

Moreover, this branch has a lot of scopes not just in our country but abroad too. Also, metallurgy is the oldest branch in NIT Jamshedpur.

CSE placements at NIT Jamshedpur are quite popular. It obviously depends on how much interest you have in coding. If you are passionate about coding and you can continue doing it throughout your life, you will surely score well and receive a good job.

Infosys, Amazon, Oracle, Philips, Microsoft, L&T, IBM, Capgemini, Samsung, and TCS are known to pick deserving students every year.

The following table shows the 2021 placement statistics for CSE at NIT Jamshedpur:

The highest payment is often offered to students who are top coders of NIT Jamshedpur. These are the students who also have a little knowledge about C, C++, and Java so that it keeps you at par with all other aspiring employees and enthusiasts.

While you are at the campus, you will find a lot of time to work on your interests, passion, and creativity. With a number of inter-college and within college competitions, you receive amazing exposure and experience.

The mechanical branch is ranked second in terms of placement at NIT Jamshedpur. The fact that it is located in the heart of the state of Jharkhand, helps the campus a great deal. It has easy accessibility via flights, trains, and buses from any part of the country.

• The companies are known to approach the college every year to conduct the recruitment processes. Jamshedpur continues to remain popular for TATA Steel since its main branch is located there. 
• TATA Steel offers internships as well as jobs to students from mechanical students, which actually serves as a boon to the mechanical students here at NIT Jamshedpur.
• For the 2021 batch, the department of mechanical engineering has placed a total of 75% students.
• The highest package received by this department is 10.11 LPA.
• The professors here are extremely qualified as well as experienced, who help, guide and motivate the students during their much-needed phase of lives. 

Moreover, the infrastructure and the facilities on campus are developing at a rapid rate and the campus is remarkably grown and expanded ever since its inception.

The majority of the companies will not pay attention to your gap years; instead, they will look at your abilities, strengths, and potential. Placements are more about what and how you fare in the four years of your engineering rather than what you did before that.

• Some of the primary things that most of the top companies lookout for are communication, skills, potential, knowledge of your subject, technical know-how, and your approach towards the work. You should start paying attention and working towards all these factors.
• You should try to focus and work on the things which are in your control rather than worrying about things that are not in your control. 
• If you have exceptional skills, prove your potential and passion to the recruiter, have the capacity to stay focused under all types of situations.
• If you feel you are lacking in any particular area, you will have ample time to work on that prior to your recruitment process. 

Make the best of this time available to you, take help and guidance from your mentors, speak to your seniors and learn from their experience and there should be no stopping you.

NIT Jamshedpur is among the top NITs of our country and is one of the oldest engineering institutes of our country. Here are some of the reasons why you should consider joining NIT Jamshedpur. 

Academics:

• The study curriculum of this college is very impressive and there is no load or pressure of studies or projects. There is no requirement of maintaining minimum attendance of 75%. 
• This makes the students remain free from their academic lifestyle and focus on developing other important skills.

Alumni Base:

• The alumni base of NIT Jamshedpur is very huge especially in the core sector and the placements here are amazing too for almost every branch. 
• As this college has industrial and academic tie-ups especially with Tata, this really improves the placement scenario. This attracts a lot of companies and corporates to visit during placements. 

Hostels:

• The hostels are really good and are one of the best among NITs and IITs and all of them are renovated too. 
• Ragging is strictly prohibited in this college and it is almost nonexistent too. 

So, if you're planning to join NIT Jamshedpur, then you can continue with your decision as it is one of the finest engineering institutes providing all the modern facilities to its students. 

NIT Jamshedpur is a better institute than NIT Goa, here’s why. 

• Placements: The placements of NIT Jamshedpur are better than most of the NITs including NIT Goa, and companies like Amazon, BPCL, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Oracle, Samsung are the major recruiters here. The average package offered here is more than 6 LPA. It is the only NIT where many PSUs visit, that doesn’t even visit the top IITs. 
• Hostel: The hostels are fabulous and are one of the finest hostels as it is better than some of the IITs. The rooms are big in size with all the modern facilities available for the students including a lift inside the hostel building. 
• Academics: There is no requirement of maintaining minimum attendance so that you can both attend your classes and invest time in improving your skills and knowledge and learning new things. 
• Extracurricular: The society of Automobile teams is great. 

These are some of the primary reasons why NIT Jamshedpur is better than NIT Goa.

I have a few friends at NIT Jamshedpur, here are some of the things that should improve, according to them. 

Food: 

• The canteen system has a major flaw. The masses are contracted to a single contractor with no proper channel of grievance redressal. 
• Even after complaining to mess secretaries the situation has not improved. 
• They feel that the duration of the mess contract should be a maximum of two semesters for a contractor. 
• Also, students have objected to the recruitment of children from the local slums to work in the mess. 

Infrastructure:

• There are many vacant rooms in each department, like the Entrepreneurship Development cell on top of the CSE department. 
• However, whenever students request for an extra spec for start-up or TAP cell wants more room for recruitment drive the administration denies giving permission. 

Internet:

• There are many complaints about the internet connectivity at the campus. The bandwidth provided is not satisfactory. 
• My friends feel if the tender for wifi is given to private companies like Airtel, the situation can improve. 

Technology: The technology used in CSE labs is outdated. According to my friends, switching to the open-source OS in the lab and CC will be great. 

Many students have good ideas about how to improve the situation at the campus, be it common room, clubs, or society, the administration should keep an open mind and hear them out.

There are various kinds of clubs and student organizations at NIT Jamshedpur which the students can join according to their interests and skills. Here are a few of them.

• Industry and Alumni Relations Team: This is one of the best teams to join at this college which helps you to network well with the college alumni. When you interact and research with them, you get a broad perspective about the college which can be helpful to plan your career. 
• The Nukkad Team: It is a very useful group especially for introverts who want to present themselves in public and improve their communication skills. 
• Fashion Team: Fashion is not only about looks but it is more about grace and attitude. If someone wants to develop class and be graceful, then they should definitely join this team.
• FACES: It is a very good group who wants to acquire some marketing skills or be creative. It can be good if you want to explore arts and crafts. 
• Gaming Club: There is also a gaming club where you can play popular games like Counter-Strike, Dota, FIFA, and many other games. This is a very good way to pass your free time and relax after your classes. 
• Tech Team: There are also tech teams that will be less useful after your college life but by joining them you can learn skills like teamwork, team skills, working under pressure. So overall it is a good way to learn some working skills.
• Sports Team: There are sports teams like cricket, badminton, table tennis which you can join to enjoy sports and continue your hobby of playing. It will help you to fight loneliness and help you to stay physically fit and learn teamwork. 

There are various other kinds of clubs and teams available at the college magazine team, fest organizing team which you can join anytime if you're interested in them.