PEC's previous director wasn’t a very good educationist. The infrastructure, curriculum and the extracurriculars suffered under his leadership.
But things have changed in PEC now. The new director has the opposite ideals. There has been a gradual increase in the quality of education at PEC. Some changes are:
Infrastructure is being improved
The curriculum has been made more challenging
PEC Fest stole the show for the year
So the long standing reputation combined with the strong alumni network will not disappoint you. PEC is not losing its good ranking and NIT Jalandhar is nowhere near it.
There is nothing called a better college. One college can be good for you but bad for others. Similarly a college can be bad for someone else but perfect for you. Every college has its own flaws. So it depends on how much you are willing to overlook and get the best results.
Still if I have to make a choice among the above colleges, I will go for NIT Hamirpur. The peaceful ambiance and beautiful infrastructure is worth it.
NIT Jalandhar is a deemed university founded as a joint venture between Govt of Punjab and India. The institute offers more than 50 courses in 12 academic departments. There are many companies that visit the campus, and thus the placement is good.
The national rankings of NIT Jalandhar for 2022 are as follows
NIRF Engineering Rankings: 54
NIRF Overall Rankings: 85
ARIA Public Institution (Central Universities, INIs, CFTIs) Rankings: 11-25
The Week Top Engineering Colleges India: 30
Outlook India's Top Govt. Engineering Colleges: 15
India Today Top Govt. Engineering Colleges: 21
So, NIT Jalandhar is clearly not among the top 10 NITs.
The ‘best’ colleges among NIT Jalandhar, NIT Kurukshetra, MNIT Jaipur, and NIT Silchar can be evaluated by ranking these colleges on the basis of placements and official rankings.
Here is a comparative analysis of the placement statistics of these institutes
Institute |
Highest Package |
Lowest Package |
Top Recruiters |
MNIT Jaipur |
INR 64.00 LPA |
INR 12.43 LPA |
Addverb, Adobe, Airtel, Amazon, Analytics Quotient (Kantar), Apple, |
NIT Kurukshetra |
INR 1.25 CPA |
INR 13.89 LPA |
ICICI Lombard, HCL Technologies, Microsoft, Adani Group |
NIT Jalandhar |
INR 51 LPA |
INR 12.44 LPA |
Microsoft, Google, Flipkart, Olx, Paytm |
NIT Silchar |
INR 44 LPA |
INR 13.58 LPA |
Amazon, Microsoft, Adobe, Arcesium, Intuit |
Based on the above table, NIT Kurukshetra seems to offer the best packages. The preference order can be - NIT Kurukshetra>MNIT Jaipur>NIT Silchar>NIT Jalandhar
Here are the official rankings of these colleges released by NIRF in 2023
NIT Kurukshetra |
58 out of 200 colleges in India in 2023 |
MNIT Jaipur |
62 out of 200 colleges in India in 2023 |
NIT Jalandhar |
72 out of 200 colleges in India in 2023 |
NIT Silchar |
83 out of 200 colleges in India in 2023 |
Based on the official rankings, the preference would be - NIT Kurukshetra>MNIT Jaipur>NIT Jalandhar >NIT Silchar
Coming to the hostel facilities, NIT Kurukshetra has more advanced hostel facilities. NIT Jaipur too has decent hostels and has an incredible life outside campus owing to its location.
Overall, I would recommend you follow the following preference order
NIT Kurukshetra>MNIT Jaipur>NIT Jalandhar >NIT Silchar
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