IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Mandi are well-recognized academic institutions for Engineering and technology nationwide. As a student of IIT Bhubaneswar, I can certainly help you with some insights about the institution, but in the end, the choice depends on your personal preference, desired location, and career goals.
IIT Bhubaneswar has its record placement in 2019, where 90% of the students placed in top companies. The department of CSE got 100% placement and metallurgical and materials science engineering recorded 90% placement. Almost 89 companies visited the campus and offered handsome packages to the candidates. The average package offered was 11.45 LPA and 68% of the M.Tech students got placed. The top companies were Amazon, Google, HP, Accenture, Jio, etc.
IIT Mandi, on the other hand, has also good placement stats with 82% placement in reputed organizations. The salary offered to the students in 2019 was 50% higher than in the previous years. A total of 75 companies visited the campus with top recruiters like Microsoft, Amazon, Optum, Robert Bosch, etc. The average package offered was 13.5 LPA. The CSE got the highest placement with 93% followed by civil engineering with 83%.
So both these institutes are very good in terms of placements and academics. The decision is on the students which institute they would choose based on their choice of branch.