Which is better, NIT Surathkal or BITS Pilani?

BITS Pilani is one of the reputed private institutions and is unique in being the university to follow a “No Reservation Policy.” BITS Pilani is accredited with NAAC grade “A”. NIT Surathkal is one of the oldest technical institutions. NIT Surathkal is AICTE and UGC approved and is ranked 13th for engineering by NIRF 2020 while BITS Pilani has been ranked 30th for Private Engineering by NIRF 2020.

Admission:

• Admission to B.Tech program at NIT Surathkal is done on the basis of the JEE Main score, while at BITS Pilani it is done by the score obtained in BITSAT.

• Admission to the MBA program at NIT Surathkal and BITS Pilani is done through CAT/GMAT/XAT which is followed by Interview and Group Discussion.

Alumni:

• Notable alumni of BITS Pilani include Gaurav Chaudhry, also known as Technical Guruji, is an Indian Based Youtube Personality.

• Notable alumni of NIT Surathkal include K.V.Kamath who is the former chief of New Development Bank of BRICS Countries.

Achievements:

• Prof. K.S.Sangwan of the Mechanical Engineering department of BITS Pilani has been granted a project worth 369,455.36 Euros by DAAD and FESTO Didactic Germany.

• Prof.Dalip Kumar from Dept. of the Chemistry of BITS Pilani has been awarded CRSI-Bronze Medal-2017 by the Chemical Research Society.

• Preet Singh Khalsa, a student from BITS Pilani has been awarded for the “Prime Minister’s Office App Development Competition.”

• NIT Surathkal has been ranked 2nd for “College of Super Excellence” by CSR-GHRDC.

• NIT Surathkal has been felicitated with the Science Direct Award for Highest Usage of Online Journal Resources.

Placement:

The placement statistics for the two institutes are as follows.

• The Highest Salary offered at NIT Surathkal to B.Tech students was 39 LPA while the salary offered to M.Tech students was 18.75 LPA.

• On the other hand, the highest package offered at BITS Pilani was 15.96 LPA.

• Top recruiters from NIT Surathkal include Caterpillar, Dell, Deloitte, Honeywell, Vedanta, WABCO, VISA, TATA Motors, JSW, Qualcomm while recruiters at BITS Pilani include IDBI Bank, Capgemini, BNP Paribas, Vodafone, CISCO Systems, BAJAJ Allianz, etc.

Both the institutions are of high repute and are of national importance. However, it is recommended that students go with their choice of interest while scrutinizing between both.