Which IIT is better: Ropar or Bhubaneswar? Have they shifted to new campuses?

Both IIT Ropar and IIT Bhubaneswar were established in 2008. IIT Bhubaneswar shifted to its 936 acres permanent campus in August 2015, whereas IIT Ropar shifted to its 501 acres brand new campus in the year 2019. According to the ranking of NIRF (Government of India), IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 18 and IIT Ropar ranked 21 all over India. The students to faculty ratio of IIT Ropar is 1:8 whereas IIT Bhubaneswar has 122 faculty for approx. 100 students. IIT Ropar has adopted a new curriculum according to International standards. IIT Bhubaneswar has adopted the curriculum of its parent institute IIT Kharagpur.

Big recruiters such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Flipkart, Cognizant, Reliance, Samsung visit both institutes every year. A total of 90.24% of students placed in the year 2018. The highest package of 17.45 LPA and an average package of 13.83 LPA was recorded at campus placement. The coding culture at IIT Ropar is quite profound. Over 89.55% of placement recorded at the end of the placement season of 2019 at IIT Bhubaneswar. The highest domestic CTC offered was 39 LPA and the average package is about 11.44 LPA.

Apart from academics, IIT Bhubaneswar also focuses on extra-academic activities. It provides one credit compulsory cultural course to first year. IIT Ropar provides sports facilities that are needed and organizes sports fest AAROHAN every year. It has clubs like BOCA (Board of Cultural Activities), BOST (Board of Science and Technology), and several societies.

Ropar is well connected to cities like Delhi, Chandigarh, Mohali, Shimla, and Jalandhar. It is nearby many vacation sites like Shimla, Manali. Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Odisha. It has Biju Patnaik International Airport. The campus is situated at the foot of Barunei Hills and it provides a unique scenery and pollution free academic environment.