Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Electronics & Communication Engineering) From IIT Dhanbad, Dhanbad

EE at IIT Dhanbad is unquestionably superior to NIT Calicut’s ECE. According to some of my friends studying at IIT Dhanbad, you should never lose the chance of studying at IIT Dhanbad. 

• So far as the branch is concerned, there is a minor difference. 
• ECE is more concerned with IT than EE. 
• But it doesn't matter if you're in a prestigious institution. 
• In reality, almost all branch students learn to code and apply to tech companies at IIT.
• You will have plenty of opportunities to learn whatever you want at the institution. 
• It is entirely up to you whether you want to work in core companies or IT companies after completing EE.

Tabulated difference between these two institutes to give you a clear picture:

At the end, I just wanna say one thing that, IIT is a brand in itself, so this will undoubtedly assist you in some situations. So, if I were in your shoes, I would go with IIT Dhanbad without any hesitation.

IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar both are decent institutions with good Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) programs, so it’s tough to pick one institute over the other. 

After conversion into an IIT, Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad is doing quite well as compared to before, both in academics and placements. Most of the labs of ECE department are now housed in the state of the art New Academic Complex (NAC) of this institute. Placement rates have also increased. According to 2019 placement highlights, there were 60.40% placements from the Electronics & Communication Engineering department. The average package offered has been around INR 15.5 LPA, whereas, the highest CTC offered was 39 LPA. Although most placements for ECE are CSE oriented, some core electronics companies like HCL, Texas Instruments, etc visited the campus last year. Apart from these students of ECE have been placed at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Ernst & Young, KPMG, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, Deloitte and many other companies.

Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) at IIT Bhubaneswar is a new branch that was started in 2016. The first batch of ECE will graduate in 2020, so, there is no previous placement record for Electronics & Communication Engineering at this institution. But the placement record for other engineering branches at this institution is quite good. 90% of students got placed last year. The average CTC Offered was around 11.44 LPA. However, 39 LPA was the highest CTC. PSUs like ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC visited the campus for recruitment. Other top recruiters were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, Adobe, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Trident Group, UnitedHealth Group, etc. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive. 

Both, IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar offer decent BTech programs for ECE, so choose according to your convenience.

For the year 2019, the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) placement rates recorded by IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar were 60.40% and 86% respectively. The average CTC was recorded as INR 15.50 LPA for IIT Dhanbad and INR 11.44 LPA for IIT Bhubaneswar. The highest CTC offered was INR 39.50 LPA for IIT Dhanbad and INR 30 LPA for IIT Bhubaneswar. The B.Tech placement rate was recorded as 76.06% and 89.55% for IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar respectively.

For the branch of ECE, the number of seats available in IIT Dhanbad is 45 for the General category and 43 for the Reserved category equating to a total of 78 seats. Similarly, the number of ECE seats available in IIT Bhubaneswar is 20 for the General category and 20 for the Reserved category equating to a total of 40 seats.

The cut off i.e the closing rank for the gender-neutral category for ECE in the year 2019 was 4464 for IIT Dhanbad and 3691 for IIT Bhubaneswar respectively.

Students tend to pick IIT Bhubaneswar over IIT Dhanbad due to the temporary campus status and younger experience of IIT Dhanbad as an institution, other facilities like infrastructure, sports, faculty are good in both institutes.

The final decision should be taken by comparing both the placement rates and institutes as a whole; giving equal importance to the choice of branch of engineering that you would like to pursue.

IIT Dhanbad ranks 15th among the Engineering category by NIRF 2019. It is a much older establishment than IIT Bhubaneswar. The fee structure for BTech in ECE at IIT Dhanbad is 2,30,120 for one year. It Requires a JEE ranking of 3000-10000 for ECE. The ECE department of IIT Dhanbad has seen 60% placement of students with an average annual salary package of 15 lakhs per annum and highest being 39 lakhs per annum. IIT Dhanbad has a total of 332 faculty members who are highly qualified and experienced members. Out of total, 315 members are Ph.D. holders. 

IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 17th in the Engineering category by NIRF 2019. It is one of the newer IITs. The students with JEE ranking between 2000-7000 are eligible for Electrical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar. IIT Bhubaneswar in 2019 has seen 89% placement in the Civil Engineering Department with an average annual salary package of 11 lakhs per annum, 39 lakhs per annum being the highest. IIT Bhubaneswar has a total of 145 faculty members who are highly qualified and Ph.D. holders. IIT Bhubaneswar has 2 hostels for boys and girls each. It also has Shopping Complex, Healthcare centers, gym, Sports grounds and courts, Common rooms, Media entertainment rooms, ATMs, etc. 

Thus, IIT Dhanbad will be a better option to study ECE than Electrical Engineering from IIT Bhubaneswar because, Being one of the oldest established IITs, IIT Dhanbad is known for its quality of education and their campus life. It also has better and more experienced faculty members.