Rather than giving my own input, I’d rather rank them on the basis of official rankings done by esteemed ranking bodies.
NIRF 2022
India today
In general, the preference order should be
IIT Mandi=IIT Indore>IIT Ropar>IIT Jodhpur>IIT Bhubaneswar.
For Mechanical Engineering, these five IITs should be ranked in the order given below.
IIT Bhubaneswar
IIT Indore
IIT Jodhpur
IIT Ropar
IIT Mandi
In IIT Bhubaneswar the average package for the mechanical branch offered was 8.8 lakhs p.a. last year and a total of 91% of students got placed from this branch. According to MHRD rankings, IIT-B has made the most significant improvement among all IITs by jumping to 17th rank. NALCO, TATA STEEL, VEDANTA, TECH MAHINDRA are the major recruiters at this college.
After IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT-Indore’s mechanical department is undertaking the best ongoing research. It also boasts of the most modern Central Workshop in India. HPCL, Tata Motors, L & T, ISRO, Mahindra, being some of the major recruiters in the college. In last year’s placement drive the average package offered was 8 lakhs p.a. for mechanical last year while the highest was 16 lakhs p.a.
With 64% placement last year, IIT Ropar is one of the best places for mechanical studies in India. NIRF ranks IIT-R 29nt under Top Engineering Institutes in India. Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, L&T, Amazon, Facebook, Oyo, Flipkart, Futures First, etc. are the top recruiting companies here.
IIT Jodhpur recorded 83% placement last year for mechanical students while the average package was around 8 lakhs p.a. BPCL, TCS, NBC Bearings, Tata Motors, are the companies conducting placement drives here. IIP program in IIT-J allows students to go for internships from the first year which is a plus point in comparison to other IITs.
With 61% placement for the mechanical branch in the last year, IIT-Mandi comes last among the other colleges aforementioned. The average salary package for mechanical students ranged from 6 to 7 lakhs per annum. In comparison to other institutes, IIT-Mandi falls short in figures and therefore is ranked last here.