Which is better for civil, IIT Mandi or IIT Ropar?

Civil engineering at IIT Ropar is definitely better because IIT Ropar is developing more rapidly than IIT Mandi. IIT Ropar ranks better than IIT Mandi when it comes to NIRF Rankings. In addition to this, IIT Ropar has established its excellence by being ranked 3rd among the new IITs since the last two years.

The table below shows a brief overview of the institutes:

Many of my friends are from IIT Ropar, therefore, I can tell in detail about it. 

Faculty -

• IIT Ropar has a very experienced faculty. In fact, the professors are PhDs holders and even higher studies from well reputed universities.
• Moreover, the faculty to student ratio at IIT Ropar is 1:9 which is very good. 
• The Director himself has been an MIT Professor. 

Academics - 

• The new curriculum at IIT Ropar stands out as it has been designed by experts as per the International Standards. 
• It provides you with a lot of freedom when it comes to choosing your specialization in different branches. 
• For example, at IIT Ropar you can graduate in Mechanical engineering with a specialization in Manufacturing, or, you can have your BTech in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. 
• It offers specialization to the students in various fields such as Bio medical, CS, Mechanical, Electrical Physics, Chemistry and Humanities along with the BTech Degree. 
• You will find more labs including Tinkering Labs. It has made it mandatory for every student to take courses in Data Structure and working with Arduino.

Because of the freedom to pursue their interests irrespective of their departments, the students build a very dynamic knowledge. This is the reason for placements of many students with a package of 28-30 lpa. Many students from every department have been selected in GSOC as well.