You should go for PEC Chandigarh Mechanical. The institute offers decent placements and career opportunities. The placement rate for Mechanical is around 90%. Companies visiting PEC Chandigarh placements recruit students in both core and non-core profiles. The salary packages offered are in the range of INR 3.6 LPA - 22 LPA.
Also, Production is a niche branch. The career opportunities available in the production field are limited compared to the Mechanical field.
One of my friends studies at PEC Chandigarh and I can tell you how the Mechanical department works there.
In the below-given table, you will get the basic information of the PEC Chandigarh Mechanical department and NIT Calicut Production department.
Category |
Mechanical Engineering at PEC |
Production Engineering at NIT |
Fees |
INR 3.46 |
INR 5.42 Lakh |
Recruiters |
JP Morgan, Maruti Suzuki, Trident, Honda, Tata Motors, Amazon, MySQL, Infosys, Maruti Suzuki, General Motors, Mahindra, Alstom, HILTI, Glenmark, Accenture, BCG, The Smart Cube, IBM, TCS, Axtria, Futures First |
Amazon, Tata Motors, Robert Bosch, TCS, MRF, Hero, BPCL, Honda, HPCL, Wipro, Infosys, SchneiderAshok Leyland, Hitachi, LNT, Capgemini, Bajaj Motors, Deloitte |
Highest CTC |
INR 15 LPA |
INR 16 LPA |
Average CTC |
INR 6.5 LPA |
INR 7.5 LPA |
Median CTC |
INR 3.6 LPA |
INR 3 LPA |
The mechanical department of PEC Chandigarh is good. You will not regret joining it.
Looking at the aspects mentioned above, PEC Chandigarh is a better option. While studying Mechanical, you will also learn about Production Engineering. After completing graduation, your chosen engineering branch has more importance than the college. Therefore, give more importance to the mechanical branch than college.