Is NIT Jamshedpur Mechanical better than NIT Rourkela Mechanical? I am from Bhubaneswar.

No, NIT Jamshedpur Mechanical is not better than NIT Rourkela Mechanical. NIT Rourkela is ranked higher than NIT Jamshedpur by all national rankings. It also is better than NIT Jamshedpur in terms of parameters like infrastructure, placements, Number of research papers published, faculty, etc.

Here is a brief overview of these colleges

However, both the institutes are the best in their respective, areas namely Jharkhand and Odisha.