IIT Jodhpur, IIT Patna, IIT Bhubaneswar all are good IIT with decent electrical engineering programs, which makes it difficult to just pick a single one.

Despite being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked at 26, according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework. The average salary stands near 9–10 LPA for electrical branches with the maximum reaching around 16 LPA. Also the placement record of 2019 shows, 86% of EE students got a placement offer in IIT Bhubaneswar. 

IIT Jodhpur ranks at 25 among all the engineering colleges in India. The Department of Electrical Engineering in IIT Jodhpur had an unprecedented rise of 84% in placement statistics over the past academic year 2018–19. Electrical Engineering students got placed in major companies that visited the campus like DRDO, ISRO, L&T, Cisco Systems, Havells India Ltd., Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd., STMicroelectronics, etc. Some of the students of EE also chose to pursue research from top-notch universities in the world. IIT Jodhpur recently signed an MoU with NAIST, JAPAN which implies enhanced opportunities for internships and exchange programs for students of this IIT. 

IIT Patna ranks at 10 nationally according to NIRF, provides a good EE program. According to the 2019 placement record of this IIT, EE students got placement offers with an average of 11.49 LPA.

IIT Jodhpur, IIT Patna, IIT Bhubaneswar, all of these three IITs offer good electrical engineering programs with decent placement. So choose according to your convenience.

M.Sc Physics program at IIT Bhubaneswar is quite good both in terms of academics and future career prospects.

It is a two-year full-time postgraduate program and the course fee is INR 2.66 lakh. The pre-requisite for admission to the program is a minimum of 55% marks in Bachelor’s degree or 5.5 CGPA for general candidates and for SC/ST or PwD students a minimum of 50% marks in Bachelor’s degree or 5.0 CGPA. Selection to the program is based on the performance in JAM, according to the AIR decided by the institute. For tie-breaking, the candidate with higher positive marks is given preference. The least cutoff for MSc in Physics in last year was 370.

According to the placement statistics of 2019, around 70% of students from PG course got placement and the average CTC was 11.4 LPA. Many students also choose to work in research labs and go for higher studies.

The choice should be based on your subject of interest. IIT Bhubaneswar is among the newly open IITs, whereas IIT Madras is an oldest and well-established institute.

IIT Madras offers dual degree programs in Engineering Design. It is a very practical course and offers a lot of opportunities. The students with a good GPA can get recruited by core companies. In 2019 placements, students of ED got placed in reputed companies with packages ranging between 7 LPA to 26 LPA. The placement rate of ED was 83%.

The department of Mechanical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar has good infrastructure and classrooms. It also has a product design lab, the place where all engineering design comes alive. A total of 89 companies visited the campus at IIT Bhubaneswar in the year 2019. Big core companies like Tata Steel, TCS, L&T, HP, Renault Nissan, Indian oil, and Maruti Suzuki recruited students from the ME department. In the year 2019, 83% of students of ME batch got placed in these companies with an average package of 11.43 LPA. The highest number of jobs was offered by the core sector. PSU like ISRO, IOCL, and NCCBM also participated in the campus placement. The department has several laboratories such as CAD & manufacturing, Robotics & Control, Nanomechanics, and Material science. Institute has also several mechanical related or robotics society which provides an excellent educational experience.

Both, IIT Bhubaneswar and IIIT Bangalore offer decent M.Tech in electronics and communication programs and provide good placement so it’s difficult to choose one institute over the other. Given below are a few factors which the students are required to consider before selecting between the two colleges:-

• Placement:In terms of placement, the average CTC of IIT Bhubaneswar stands out to be 11.5 lakhs/annum. Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Oracle, IBM, etc visit the IIT Bhubaneswar campus for placement drive. Few well-known PSU named ISRO, IOCL, and ONGC were also part of the placement in 2019. Apart from the offered jobs, the final year students are offered internships with a good amount of pay. Highest CTC touched approx 39 lakhs/annum. In 2019 from the electronics and communication field almost 86% of students got a decent placement from the campus.

IIT Bangalore showed remarkable progress by having 100% placement in 2019. Top recruiters were Accenture, McAfee, Tyfon, KayBus, etc. The average placement package was around 17.5 lakh/annum while the highest CTC was around 54 LPA.

• Eligibility:In IIT Bhubaneswar to get admission in MTech, a minimum of 60% marks are required in the Graduation level, and the cutoff score in the GATE exam (70% weightage), candidates are also required to go through a written test and interview (30% weightage).

IIT Bangalore does not conduct any entrance test for the M.Tech course. The GATE result or JEE result is only considered for selection. The students are shortlisted on merit-basis. The graduation level % is also considered for the shortlisted students.

• Faculty:Professors of both places are quite helpful. Both the colleges maintain a high standard in selecting their faculty.
• Campus:The infrastructure of IIT Bhubaneswar is expanding and improving over time. The Infrastructure of IIT Bangalore is good and if we compare it to IIT Bhubaneswar, both are up to the mark.

IIT Indore is ranked 10th for engineering and 13th amongst IITs by the NIRF 2020. IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked 11th among the IITs and 12th among the engineering colleges by India Today 2020. IIT Dhanbad is ranked 12th for engineering and 12th amongst IITs by the NIRF 2020.

Admission Details:

The process for admission is the same for all the IITs. There are 85 seats, 70 seats, and 123 seats in the EEE branch at IIT Indore, IIT Bhubaneswar, and IIT Dhanbad.

• Candidates are selected based on their scores in JEE Main and advanced followed by JoSAA counselling.

• Students need a 75% or above aggregate in their 10+2 exams in science stream.

• For M.Tech, students need a Bachelor’s degree and a valid GATE score.

Placements:

IIT Indore:

• The highest package offered is around 25-30 LPA, and the lowest salary package is around 10 LPA.

• The average salary package is around 18.5 LPA.

• Companies that come for recruitment are Google, Microsoft, D. E. Shaw, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Reliance, HCL, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, Samsung and L&T.

IIT Bhubaneswar:

• 85% of students got placed in 2020.

• The highest salary package is around 32 LPA, the lowest is 5 LPA, and the average salary package is 10.2 LPA.

• Companies that come for recruitment are Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, and Tata Motors.

IIT Dhanbad:

• 70% of students got placed in 2020.

• The highest salary package is around 43 LPA, the lowest salary package is around 5-5.5 LPA, and the average salary package is 12 LPA.

• Companies that come for recruitment are Microsoft, Tata Metaliks, Tata Power, Tata Steel, American Express, Ram Group, Schlumberger, AMD, Deloitte and Aditya Birla.

Infrastructure:

All the IITs are excellent when it comes to infrastructure.

IIT Indore:

It has two to three canteens placed across the campus. The campus has multiple sports facilities like Badminton, Tennis, and Basketball courts. It also has 24/7 medical facilities.

IIT Bhubaneswar:

It has all facilities including Wi-Fi, centralized air-conditioning system, and medical facilities. The college also offers medical insurance, indoor and outdoor sports facilities.

IIT Dhanbad:

The institute has Asia’s second-largest library with over 12 thousand books and papers. The labs have a capacity of 100 students.

All three IITs have similar placement records and infrastructure. So, students need to focus on their JEE scores and get a seat in any of these colleges.

This totally depends upon your interest in the subject. You should give preference to the subject rather than a degree from college because your subject will shape your future.

The school of water resources is one of the pioneer centers for education and training in water quality and quantity management. There is an advanced research water quality lab in IIT Kharagpur. It is an old IIT and will provide more opportunities for higher studies in foreign universities, people also go to foreign universities from IIT Bhubaneswar but opportunities in IIT KGP will be more.

The water resources have limited scope considering the Indian employment scenario. If you are giving preference to the subject then join IIT Bhubaneswar. If your preference is not the subject then join IIT KGP because exposure and opportunities will be more in IIT KGP. A student planning for Ph.D. after M-tech will have much better scopes in IIT KGP than IIT Bhubaneswar.

M.Tech in metallurgical and materials technology at the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar will introduce you with immense exposure opportunities, good Infrastructure, and well-qualified faculties. However, when it comes to placements for M.Tech students particularly in metallurgical and materials technology, the placements are not satisfactory enough when compared to other IITs. The average placement percentage is around 60% - 65%. Also, you’ll find that the salary packages offered to the students are not as per expectations. The Median salary offered to metallurgical and materials technology M.tech students at IIT Bhubaneswar are around 6 lakhs. Furthermore, if we look at the past placement records, there has been no improvement in the placement package offered to students for this program over the years. Not many companies recruit students from the metallurgical and materials technology field. Few companies visiting the campus are TATA Consulting Engineering Ltd., Hero Motocorp Ltd., Cognizant Technology Solutions, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., and Infosys Ltd. You’ll be able to back up an average placement in these companies if you are good in your studies, but still, you cannot have very high expectations as there is no 100% placement, and students even struggle to get jobs involving core work related to their field.

M.Tech placements in IIT Bhubaneswar for ECE is quite impressive. Although for undergraduates, ECE is one of the new branches in IIT Bhubaneswar but M.tech in electronics and communication has been present at this institute for many years. The School currently offers M.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering specializations with an intake student strength of 18. The program duration is 2 years where the second year is fully dedicated for research purposes only. The M.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering program focuses on providing students an insight into research areas such as Communication Engineering, Signal Processing, and others.

Recently, IIT Bhubaneswar signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. The institute also collaborates with foreign universities such as 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 gives the students excellent internship and research opportunities.

According to 2019 placement trends, almost 68% of the M.Tech batch got placed in core and other sectors. The highest number of job offers were from the core sector. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive and the average placement package offered was around 11 LPA.
Companies like Adobe, Amazon, Accenture, Affine Analytics, HCL, HPCL, Ittiam, Infosys, KIIT, Go-Jek, Goldman Sachs, and many others visited the campus for recruitment. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM also participated in the placement drive to recruit students.

Civil and CSE are two distinctive courses so it’s difficult to determine which college is better.

The campus of IIT Bhubaneswar is well developed, but there are still constructions going on. The academic section is with highly equipped labs, projector classrooms, Wi-Fi facilities, etc. Placements in college are often good. The average salary packages offered is around 11.4 LPA. In 2019, 89% of placement was recorded from Civil Engineering. The teachers are very qualified, skillful, and knowledgeable.

One plus point of BITS Hyderabad is that Hyderabad is the IT hub and it might not directly influence placements, but they get a lot of exposure to the IT companies around. Brands like Google and Amazon are building the biggest office departments in India at Hyderabad, which is tremendous news for the campus. Also, a lot of companies visit the Hyderabad campus. In BITS you get a chance to study in an established college with established curriculum and top-class faculty in CSE.

The quality of research that’s being carried out there in every field of engineering is of top-notch. BITS Hyderabad has better infrastructure than many good IIT’s. Almost every student gets a placement with average salary package of 11 LPA. BITS has a higher industry recognition than newer IITs, which means the probability of getting recruited as a manager in the industry from the latter university is better than from the former engineering university.

If you are comparing only the institutes then with IIT Bhubaneswar, you will get an IIT tag that offers certain advantages. As for which college to choose, should depend on your preference of course.