Which among BIT Mesra and NIT Rourkela is better?

ECE, CSE, and IT departments are excellent at BIT Mesra. Although other core branches at NIT Rourkela are much better. 

A friend of mine is a student of BIT Mesra, so I have some idea about the campus. The campus is good and there are various club activities going on throughout the year. There are more than 10 student clubs of engineering departments, music, and culture including the Highlander Adventure Club, Engineering Society, etc.

Here's a table comparing the basics of both the institutes.

As you can see from the table above, BIT Mesra is so much costlier than NIT. The course fee will be half at NIT Rourkela. Choose BIT Mesra, only if you are ready to pay a huge amount of course fee.