What should I choose between NIT Arunachal Pradesh for electrical and Burdwan University (government of West Bengal) for the electronics branch?

The NIRF ranking for both NIT Arunachal Pradesh and Burdwan University is 200 and 92 respectively. Both the colleges are best in their unique aspects. Listed below are a few aspects to analyze both institutes.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh(Electrical):

Admission-

• The college accepts students based on JEE Main performance and students should get at least 75% in their 10+2 to be eligible.

• The closing cut-off rankings for Electrical in 2019 were 34836 and 306853 for other states and home state students.

• The first year fee for this course is 2.2 lakhs. However, the college ensures several scholarships and fee waiver programs.

Faculty- The Electrical Engineering department has a dedicated group of well-qualified faculty.

Placements-

• The highest and average salary of the students is 11.68 LPA and 4.2 LPA respectively.

• Companies visiting the campus are Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Auto, Havelles, Infosys, Intel, Wipro, Polaris, NOKIA, Asahi India Glass, Bharat Electronics Limited, and many more.

Burdwan University(Electronics): It offers BE courses for Electronics and Communication Engineering, i.e. 4 years long BE and 3 years long BE (lateral entry).

Admission-

• The college accepts students based on the 10+2 score and WBJEE rankings.

• The overall fee of this course for 4 years is 2.72 lakhs and for 3 years is 1.69 lakhs. Like NIT Arunachal Pradesh, the students in this college also receive scholarships and fee waivers.

Faculty- Almost all faculty members hold MTech or Ph.D. in their respective fields.

Placement-

• The average salary package received by the students is 3,5 LPA and the highest is 7.6 LPA.

• Several companies visit the campus each year. The companies visiting the campus are IBM, L&T, Infotech, Intel, Mindtree, Cognizant, PG Group, Open Text, Cloud Kaptan, Tata Consultancies, Jaro Education, and many more.

Both NIT Arunachal Pradesh and Burdwan University are reputed institutes and offer decent placement. Although the NIT tag offers certain advantages. As for which institute to choose you should decide that based on the various aspects mentioned above.