Both IIT Bhubaneswar and NITK are reputed academic institutions in India. IIT Bhubaneswar is well known for having stronger brand recognition as compared to NITK. But the choice depends on your academic preference, career choice, and personal preference.
To be eligible for admission, students must score at least 75% marks in 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Maths or Biology. The tuition fee to study CSE from IIT Bhubaneswar is INR 2,13,568 a year. The cutoff rank for CSE in IIT Bhubaneswar 1246-4068. The CSE department has seen 100% placement in 2019. The highest salary package offered was 39 lakhs per annum and the average salary package being 11 lakhs per annum. Some of the top recruiters that visited IIT Bhubaneswar include Amazon, HCL, IBM, Infosys, Samsung Electronics India, DRDO, Accenture, WIPRO, OYO, Adobe, etc.
NITK Surathkal ranks 21st in the engineering category by NIRF 2019. The cutoff rank in NITK Surathkal for CSE ranges from 1000-1600. It has seen 100% placement in 2019 for B.Tech students among all streams. Some of the top recruiters include Bosch, ITC, Deloitte, Blue Star, Hero, HSBC Bank, Philips, Myntra, Coal India Ltd., Indian Navy, Make My Trip, Freudenberg, JP Morgan, Coca-Cola India, Tricon Energy, Oracle, Dell, Amazon, Adobe, etc. The highest salary package offered was 39 lakhs per annum and the average salary package of 14 lakhs per annum.
CSE itself is a more popular subject than any other core engineering. Students get a lot of opportunities from many companies when they graduate from IIT or NITK Surathkal. So it depends completely on the decision of the student his or her JEE rank, location preference, choice of college, fees, etc. Both IIT Bhubaneswar and NITK Surathkal are equally good in placement and have a consistent record. So, you can choose to study CSE from IIT Bhubaneswar or NITK Surathkal.