Is the NIRF ranking completely reliable? How is IIT Bhubaneswar better than IIT Gandhinagar?

No, NIRF ranking issued by MHRD is not always reliable. It measures various parameters like student-teacher ratio, infrastructure, perception, etc. However, it is impossible to congregate the parameters into one single rank. Although the ranking is reliable, there may be cases where it’s not right.

Now for the second question, IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Gandhinagar both are new IITs and were established in 2008. Both these IITs are in the developing phase, however, according to some statistics, IIT Bhubaneswar maybe a little ahead of IIT Gandhinagar. The former has made remarkable strides since its shifting to the new campus. The faculty at IIT Bhubaneswar is also more experienced. The college organizes a vast number of cultural and technical fests as compared to IIT Gandhinagar. The placement scenario at IIT Bhubaneswar is also better as compared to IIT Gandhinagar. The highest placement package at IIT Bhubaneswar by Microsoft touched a whopping 42 LPA. The average placement package offered to students at IT Bhubaneswar is also far more as compared to IIT Gandhinagar.