Which is better - IIT Gandhinagar or IIT Bhubaneshwar?

Both these institutes are among the fastest-growing newer generation of IITs, encouraging students to perform innovations, ground-breaking research projects, and make a name in the global market. It is always tough to choose one institute over the other as all have different approaches to teaching, strategies, courses, and facilities offered but at the same time strive to inculcate innovative thinking, leadership skills, and social awareness.

NIRF rankings rank IIT-Gandhinagar over IIT-Bhubaneshwar taking into consideration all the holistic development aspects.

IIT-Gandhinagar offers students the flexibility to choose from various range of courses and is one of those few institutes that provide opportunities for research internships, summer programs, and semester overseas as a part of their study abroad program. More than 30% of students graduate with some sort of international exposure be it UG or PG courses. The placements have seen an increase in recent years with the average rate being above 80%, the highest package to date being 40 LPA, and the average being over 8LPA. Top recruiters being Cognizant, Finisar, Microsoft, Flipkart and government organizations like DRDO, BPCL, ONGC, BARC among others. 

IIT-Bhubaneshwar, the 936-acre campus not only provides a serene and pollution-free academic environment but promises of one of the highest placement rates. The CS branch students achieved an incredible 100% placement record in the 2019 session with core branches witnessing an average of 89%. Over the past few years, the college has been able to achieve an amazing figure of greater than 85% placement rate consistently with an average domestic package of 11LPA. This has also experienced a rise in the number of companies taking part in the hiring process offering lucrative packages, Amazon, Microsoft, Mastercard, Accenture, Adobe, Aditya Birla Group being the prominent ones. These recruiters are not only there to hire but also offer summer internships, in R&D organizations and foreign universities. The profoundly knowledgeable faculties lay emphasis on project-oriented learning as well as intellectual growth bringing about academic brilliance.