Master’s in Political Science is a theoretical course where an MA in Political Leadership & Government offers an experiential learning (1st year on-campus learning & 2nd year off-campus internships & training) to students towards practical aspects of the functioning of government and the challenges of Politics. This being a UGC approved master’s degree provides adequate opportunities to students to carve out a niche career in Politics. Some of the course highlights are -

• Interaction with Eminentnational level leaders from Politics, Social sector, Judiciary, Bureaucracy, Media & Corporate.
• Local field visits to Gram Panchayat, Zilla Parishad, Municipal Corporation, Cooperatives & NGOs
• Study Tours for Constituency Management and Elections & Campaign Management
• National Study Tour to Delhi visiting Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Rashtrapati Bhawan, North Block, South Block, Election Commissions of India, national Human Rights Commissions of India, various political party offices, NGos like MARG, CCS, CCE, CSE, PRS Legislative Research etc.
• An optional two weeks International study tour to Europe

PUMBA and Indira Institute of Management both offer post-graduation courses. The number of courses offered by PUMBA is more than the latter.

Indira Institute of Management offers a PGDM course in two specializations: Marketing and Finance.

• The fees for PGDM in Indira Institute of Management is about Rs. 3,60,000 per year and for MBA is about Rs. 2,00,000 per year.
• For the year 2019-20, the highest package offered to a student of Indira Institute of Management is 13.8 LPA. The average package offered was 5.2 LPA.
• Some of the past recruiters were: Federal Bank, HDFC Bank, Deloitte, Asian Paints, ITC, ICICI Bank, and many more.

PUMBA offers a few more courses other than those offered by the Indira Institute of Management. The other courses it offers are Ph.D., Executive MBA, and MBA in Pharma Biotech.

• The fees for the MBA are about Rs. 66,194 per year. The fees for Ph.D. in Management Studies are about Rs. 14,571 per year and for an Executive MBA, it is about Rs. 76,594 per year.
• For the year 2018-19, 96.25% of students got job offers through campus placement. The highest CTC offered was 16.5 LPA. The average CTC offered was 6.43 LPA. The average CTC of the top 50% of students was 7.6 LPA.
• The top recruiters were Citibank, Federal Bank, Bajaj Allianz, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Tata Capital and many more.

Thus, one can make assumptions based on these statistics.

Both IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani are good institutions with decent Mechanical Engineering programs. So, it’s hard to choose one institute over another.

Despite being a new IIT, the Mechanical Engineering program in IIT Bhubaneswar is quite good. This department offers well-experienced faculty members and state-of-the-art laboratories. IIT Bhubaneswar recently signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. Also, this institute collaborates with foreign universities such as the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University. Which means excellent research and internship opportunities for the students.

In 2019, 83% of students from the Mechanical Engineering department got placed at IIT Bhubaneswar. Out of 35 students of Mechanical Engineering, 32 students secured positions in campus placement. The average CTC offered was INR 11.44 LPA. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM participated in the placement to recruit students. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for the placement drive.

BITS Pilani is a well-known private institute with a decent Mechanical Engineering program both in terms of academics and placements. BITS Pilani Placement Trends of 2019 show out of 33 Mechanical Engineering students 23 got placement offers. The average package offered was 6-8 LPA. Whereas, the highest salary package for the domestic placements was 44 LPA. The recruiting companies at this institute included Barclays, IBM, HDFC, Facebook, eBay, Capgemini, Aditya Birla Corp, Capital IQ, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar takes admission based on JEE Advanced rank and last year the cutoff for Mechanical Engineering was 4003-12065. On the other hand, BITS Pilani takes admission through BITSAT which is another tough exam and in 2019, the Mechanical Engineering cutoff was 313. So, the academic environment is great in both institutes.

The course fee for BITS Pilani is higher compared to IIT Bhubaneswar as it is a private institute. For B.E, the course fee is around 4.23 lakhs/annum in BITS Pilani. Whereas, in IIT Bhubaneswar the course fee is around 2.14 lakh/annum.

IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani both are good options for mechanical engineering so choose according to your convenience.

Both the choices IIT Bhubaneswar(EE) and IIT Guwahati(Civil Engineering) have their own significance.

Coming to the specifics, the Electrical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar is quite good. The placement stats are also better than most of the new IITs. In the year 2019, around 86% of students got placed from the Electrical Engineering branch. The official average package for the batch 2017 as released by the institute was 8.5 LPA, which is more than a decent package for a fresher. A good number of Core companies, software companies and PSU’s hire Electrical Engineers (EE) from IIT Bhubaneswar. The subjects taught in Electrical Engineering, have their applications in day to day life. Hence this subject always has potential in the future.

Coming to Civil Engineering in IIT Guwahati, the civil branch may not be as lucrative as CS, IT branches. But it does offer some great opportunities. In core engineering and the Pvt sector, there are very few companies that offer decent packages. In 2019 around 77% of students got placed in Civil Engineering. The average package for this branch is around 6.6 LPA to 7 LPA. Hindustan Construction Company, L & T, DLF, Tata Projects, Gammon India are some of the major recruiters for Civil Engineering.

If you intend to join public sector, then Civil is the best branch as there is very less competition compared to other branches. You can go for PSU's through GATE or join Engineering Services. Also if you are strictly after govt. jobs, then you can take civil at IIT Guwahati.