Which one is better, IIEST Shibpur for IT or NIT Rourkela for CSE?

I have some friends at IIEST Shibpur and NIT Rourkela and based on what I heard from them, I will suggest that you choose the former. Here is why.

• NIT Rourkela offers placement opportunities. Also, the companies that visit NIT R are more reputed.
• Very few companies offer pre-placement offers to IIEST as compared to NIT R.
• Many reputed companies have blacklisted IIEST Shibpur. Job opportunities available at the campus are quite low. Only a few mass recruiters like TCS, Accenture, Infosys visit the placement drive.
• Also, securing a placement through off-campus placement will be quite challenging. You will have to have impressive coding skills to get recruited through off-campus placements.

Here are the recent placement statistics at the institutes.

Go for IIEST, only if you are interested in doing research further, you can make some good contact there which will be helpful. But from a placement point of view, NIT R will be better for a CSE course.