Is ECE at NIT Warangal or NIT Surathkal better than CSE at NIT Rourkela?

You will have to consider quite a few things before you decide between these 3 places. Most of my friends agreed that ECE is one of the toughest branches in engineering. 

• CSE and ECE, however, come under the same branch of software engineering. If you directly compare these two branches, CSE is much better than ECE. 
• Coming to the colleges, you can place NIT Surathkal and NIT Warangal in the tier 1 institutes. You will definitely have a lot of exposure here and some of the best students are from these popular indian engineering colleges.
• You will also see that most of them practice computer programming and become computer engineers. 
• Given their position, you can expect them to earn up to INR 5 to 50 lakhs per annum. This pay will also depend on what skills you earn. 
• Most of the companies will not look at your academic credentials. It is advised to you to develop your TopCoder and GitHub profiles since these are the profiles that your employer will look at.

Additionally, other job roles you can expect from these institutes include managers in various industries. These will highly depend on your luck and personal leaning. You can expect a pay of INR 5 to 15 lakhs per annum. However, a drawback is that these companies look at your academic profile heavily. So if you have a lower grade, it is possible that this could stand as a setback.

Finally, when it comes to Tier 3 colleges NIT Rourkela is better, the job prospects from these colleges are not that great. You can expect to have a salary of INR 3 to 4 lakhs per annum with most jobs in service based companies.