NIT and IIEST are long-established academic institutions. Competition for seats at these colleges is intense, especially for engineering branches such as EEE, ME and Civil. While NIT offers 168 seats in ME, IIEST offers 136 seats for civil engineering.

A comparison of both courses and colleges is given below.

Campus

• IIEST: The green campus, with three water bodies, is spread across 114 acres and is intertwined with modern technology.

• NIT Durgapur: Spread across 187 acres, the green campus includes buildings, hostels, and an academic centre. It has two fields: The Lords and The Oval.

Facilities

• IIEST: The institute offers facilities like hostels, Library, Labs, Canteen, School, etc. It also provides hospitals, ambulances, sports clubs, and entrepreneurship activities.

• NIT Durgapur: A number of facilities are offered, including hostels, recreation, auditorium, canteens, labs, guesthouse, computer centre, medical care, library, etc.

Placement Statistics

• IIEST: Top recruiting companies were Accenture, Aditya Birla, ICICI Bank, Microsoft, etc. The highest package was 39.12 LPA.

• NIT Durgapur: The highest package offered was 32.5 LPA. Top recruiters are Wipro, TCS, Amazon, Microsoft, and L&T.

Courses Scope:

• The Electrical and Electronics Engineering studies electricity and electronics. EEE graduates are employed in sectors like Electronics, Telecom, aerospace, etc. Professions include Electrical Engineer, IAF Member, Telecom Electrical Engineer, etc.

• Mechanical Engineering involves the production, designing, and operations of machines. ME graduates are employed in R&D, Design, Production, Analysis, Testing, Installation, etc.

• Subjects taught in Civil Engineering include Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Analysis, etc. Employment sectors for this branch include Irrigation companies, construction, land development, etc.

Students must compare both the streams and colleges carefully. Individuals’ capabilities and expectations decide which one will be perfect for them.

PES University was ranked as the 6th best private university out of 50 universities in India by outlook in 2019. The college is recognized by UGC, AICTE, and AACSB. It is one of the top private universities in Bangalore.

As compared to the previous years, the placements offered at PES University in core companies are fewer in number for the academic year 2019. There were a number of companies that recruited students. But in recent years the placement of the college for the Civil Engineering course has not been up the mark as promised by the college.

Placement Statistics

• In the year 2019, only one core company came to the university for recruiting Civil Engineering students.

• However, the college managed to give around 85% of placements with the highest salary which was offered was Rs 48 LPA and the lowest salary which was offered was Rs 4 LPA.

• The top recruiters that came to college included Deloitte, Amazon, JP Morgan, LinkedIn, Flipkart, Tech Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, Cleartrip, Intel, etc.

Although the core placement is not that impressive for Civil Engineering at PES University, students get decent placement offers from non-core sectors. There are many software companies visiting the campus that recruit Civil Engineering students. The placement packages offered by the non-core companies like IT are generally higher than the average CTC offered by the core companies. The average CTC offered by the IT/Software companies is 10 LPA. Many students also choose to opt for higher education instead of taking any placement offers.

NIT Kurukshetra ranks 43rd among the top engineering colleges in India by NIRF 2019. The institute is one of the best, having many good experienced faculties for civil engineering. The placement statistics have gone beyond 95% since 2015. 

CSE from UIET Chandigarh is one of the best institutes providing better placement beyond 80% every year. The institute is affiliated to Punjab University and ranks 54th among the private engineering colleges NIRF ranking 2019.

The table below shows the brief comparison of these colleges. 

Admission Process

NIT Kurukshetra:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The total intake is 139 for the civil department. 
• The cutoff required is 15537-20271. 

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The course fee is INR 3.25 LPA.
• The seats for CSE in UIET Chandigarh are 122.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 945-224246.

Placements:

Almost 80% of the students got placed in 2019 with the highest package offered is INR 30 LPA by Microsoft. The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. CSE receives the highest amount of placement of 100%. 

The top companies are Ashok Leyland, Amazon, Pepsi, Nestle, Deloitte, Infosys, KPMG, etc.

Choosing among these two institutes is entirely upon the students. However, NIT Kurukshetra is mostly preferred than UIET Chandigarh as it provides more placements every year.

IIT Tirupati, an autonomous engineering and technology education institute that gives a 4-year Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) Civil Engineering program. Admission to the B. Tech program is through the Joint entrance examination (IIT-JEE-Advanced). It was ranked 25 for Engineering by JEE cutoff 2019.

NIT Calicut is a public technical university ranked 23rd for B. Tech and is one among the National Institutes of Technology campuses. The Institute offers a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Master of Technology (M. Tech), and Ph.D. Courses in various specializations for Mechanical Engineering.

Eligibility:

IIT Tirupati:

• 10+2 or Diploma (10+3) qualified students from a recognized board, with a minimum of 75% with Physics, Chemistry, and Math.

• Students applying must qualify for JEE Advanced.

NIT Calicut:

• 10+2 passed from a recognized board, with Physics and Maths as main subjects.

• Students applying must qualify for JEE Main and Advance.

The course fees for the BTech Civil and BTech Mechanical at IIT Tirupati and NIT Calicut respectively are as follows.

Placements:

IIT Tirupati:

• As of the 2019 stats, 70 out of 90 registered students were placed in reputed companies with an average package of 9.18 LPA and the highest packages offered was 22 LPA

• For the Civil department, the average package was 5.5 LPA.

NIT Calicut:

• 647 students from the UG, PG, got successfully placed for various job profiles with the highest package of INR. 49.75 LPA and the average CTC offered was INR. 11.58 LPA.

• Around 133 companies visited the campus and the placement percentage was 73.55 according to 2020 stats.

The details stated above about IIT, Tirupati, and NIT, Calicut for the Civil and Mechanical group might help the scholars to figure out the better institute by considering the eligibility, fee structure, and placements, etc.

First of all, it depends on your interest whether you want to pursue engineering in Mechanical or Civil, and only then you can decide the better college. As the engineering branches are different it’s difficult to pick one college over the other.

Comparing the two courses in terms of placements offered last year, we see 83% of the Mechanical branch students got placed in IIT Bhubaneswar with average CTC 11.4 LPA. 77% of the Civil students in IITG got placed last year. The average package offered in IIT Guwahati was around 11 LPA while the highest went up to 39 LPA.

Being the older IIT, the infrastructure of IITG is good and the placements for both the core as well as the non-core sectors are also quite good. IIT Bhubaneswar has been showing good numbers in recent years and is developing gradually.

You can also look for some other options for mechanical other than IIT Bhubaneswar. If you manage to get a good score in Mains, you can look for admission in old NIT where you will get better future opportunities also good placement packages. While IIT Guwahati being an older institute is expected to attract many of the major recruiters from all the sectors and provide good CTC.

So, choose the college based on your branch of interest.

IIEST Shibpur is the 2nd oldest engineering college in India. It is ranked 43 overall and 21 for BTech by NIRF 2020. It is approved by AICTE having a student population of over 4000 students.

CSE in VIT Vellore is offered as a 4 year BTech and a 2 year MTech program. VIT Vellore has its place in Limca Book of Records. It is ranked 28 overall and 15 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of both institutions:

Admission Details 

• Students should have 60-75% in their 10+2 qualifying exams.

• Selection of IIEST Shibpur will depend on the JEE Main ranks.
• Selection of VIT Vellore is based on VITEEE.
• Application fee of IIEST Shibpur is INR 1500. 
• Application fee of VIT Vellore is INR 1200.

Placements

IIEST Shibpur

• • Out of 603 eligible students, 146 were placed with top companies
  • 90 companies participated in the placement program.
  • The highest package offered to the students was 39.12 LPA whereas the average salary was 10.75 LPA.

• The toprecruiting companies include TATA, ITC, GE Digital, Reliance, PWC, IBM, Mu Sigma, etc.

VIT Vellore 

• • 544 companies visited during the placement program.
  • 7027 placement offers were made while a total of 1926 internships offers were received.
  • The highest package offered to the students was 41.60 LPA whereas the average salary was 7.25 LPA.

• The top recruiting companies includeTCS, Deloitte, Accenture, Wipro, Mu Sigma, Infosys, etc.

Facilities 

IIEST Shibpur 

• The institute has a faculty of over 250 members.
• There are a total of 18 hostels 3 of them being girls hostels.
• They also have sports facilities, computer labs, hospitals, mess and canteens.

VIT Vellore

• The campus area is 250 acres.
• They have a student strength of 24000 students.
• They have a total of 23 hostels.
• They have a library consisting of over 2,21,118 books.

VIT Vellore made it in the Book of Records, India for placing the highest number of students since its advent. IIEST Shibpur is the 2nd oldest engineering college in India. It has a faculty strength of 250 highly qualified members. Both the institutes are superiors in their respective places. Though if you get to study at VIT Vellore make sure to consider it.

The Maharashtra Institute of Technology is one of the distinguished institutions in India for Engineering with high rankings for its Courses. In 2020, it was ranked at All India #15 by The Times, # 60 by The Week, #138 NIRF, and #82 by India Today.

Here are a few highlights of Civil Engineering programs offered by the institute-

Admission Criteria:

• B.Tech (Civil Engineering)

Students need a minimum of 50% score in their 10+2 examinations from any board (with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects). For reserved category students, the said criteria are 45%. Along with this, the students need to clear JEE Main or MH CET exams based on which final selections are made.

• M.Tech (Civil Engineering)

For admissions in M.Tech Civil Engineering, students need to have a graduation degree in the relevant disciple and should have cleared the GATE examination. The institute provides an exemption of not undertaking the GATE exams to those candidates who have a work experience of two or more years.

• Ph.D. (Civil Engineering)

Candidates seeking admission for Ph.D. in civil engineering require a minimum of 55% aggregate marks in post-graduation of the relevant discipline. For reserved category students, the said criteria are 50%.

Placement Opportunities:

• Career services are provided to the students in form of internships as well as campus placement opportunities.

• More than 500 companies visited the campus of Maharashtra Institute of Technology in 2020, including prime recruiting giants such as L&T, ADP, Asian Paints, Wipro, Reliance, LG, Ambuja Cement, ACC Limited, Durocrete, Aker Solutions, etc.

• Also, in 2020 placements the highest package offered was INR 37.26 LPA and the average salary package offered was INR 6.25 LPA.

Civil Engineering is one of the oldest disciplines in the field of engineering and the Maharashtra Institute of Technology offers B.Tech, M.Tech, as well as Ph.D. courses in civil engineering. The course curriculum has been designed keeping in mind the experiential learning. The programs include regular guest lectures, rural immersion activities, industry internships, and much more.