First, you should decide which course you want to pursue mechanical or Mining as that would help in comparing institutes and choose the one with the better program.

NIT Durgapur is one of the top institutions of the country with a NIRF ranking of 13 for BTech. Whereas, NIT Durgapur is ranked 47th by NIRF 2020 for BTech.

Admission:

Both the NIT Durgapur and Surathkal offer BTech programs for Mechanical and Mining Engineering. The basic eligibility is that the student must have passed the 10+2 examination with 75% marks from any recognized board and the admission will be based on JEE Mains rank.

Cut off:

In 2019 the closing JEE Main cutoff at NIT Durgapur and NIT Surathkal was as follows.

• NIT Durgapur, Mechanical Engineering- 34273

• NIT Surathkal, Mining Engineering- 27212 (Other State), 38716 (Home State)

Fee Structure:

The total fee for B.tech in the mining program in NIT Surathkal is 5.39 lakh. On the other hand, the total fee for B.tech in mechanical engineering in NIT Durgapur is 5.39 lakhs.

Both NIT Durgapur and NIT Surathkal provide a research-oriented teaching-learning environment in the Institute with a focus on excellence and innovation.

Placement :

NIT-Durgapur is considered as an institute of National Importance and has excellent placement records. Some of the major recruiters at NIT Durgapur for the Mechanical Engineering branch are Wipro, TCS, Infosys, IBM, Ashok Leyland, Erricson, ITC, etc.

While on the other hand NIT Surathkal also has a good placement rate. The major companies visited the campus for recruitment were LnT, BPCL, HPCL, Total Environment, Technip, ExxonMobil, IRCON International.

NIT Durgapur's main objective is research-oriented teaching-learning which helps students to pursue creative research and develop new technologies in Mechanical Engineering. On the other hand, NIT Surathkal is among the top Mining Engineering Institutions in the country. You should choose the institute based on your choice of the branch.

Both the colleges are equally good but you should go for NIT Surathkal because it is a well-established institute and has a greater alumni background. It is one of the top NITs which are better than a new IIT. IIT Bhubaneswar is a new IIT therefore it lacks proper infrastructure, alumni, and faculty. 

On the other hand, NIT Surathkal is old and has proper faculty and alumni which is a plus point. The average package at NIT Surathkal was 11.90 LPA for M.Tech and 11.44 LPA at IIT Bhubaneswar. In 2019,  there was a 69% placement for M.Tech students in IIT Bhubaneswar. M.Tech is considered a dead course in India because it lacks job options. But it is up to you, what you do with your post-grad degree. Both colleges will provide you a great number of opportunities. 

College life of both the colleges is great but there is one thing that NIT Surathkal has that no other college in India has and that is it has an own beach. Environment wise both colleges are good. NIT Surathkal hosts the second biggest fest in south India called Incident. 

Although the IIT tag offers certain advantages, you should choose NIT Surathkal because of its experienced faculty and better opportunities it can provide.
 

It’s difficult to determine which institute is better as the courses in question are different. However, given below are information about the two courses which may help you make the decision.

• Though NIT Surathkal is among the oldest of the NIT’s, their IT department is comparatively new. IIT Bhubaneswar’s Mechanical Engineering department is popular and one of the core subjects.
• It is always better to study Mechanical engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar than IT from NIT Surathkal because core engineering will be preferred by recruiting companies than IT.
• NIT Surathkal has better placements than IIT Bhubaneswar due to its older and more noticeable connections with the recruiting companies.
• An IIT Bhubaneswar graduate will be offered less salary than an NIT graduate due to its reputation and popularity among recruiters. A graduate from NIT receives an average salary package of around 9 lakhs per annum.
• NIT Surathkal is ranked 5th in their Engineering category and IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 9th in their engineering category by Times Engineering Ranking 2019.
• The Cut off for IT in NIT is 2509-3321 and for Mechanical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar is 4003-12065.
• IIT (Bhubaneswar) as a brand that is much more popular than NIT (Surathkal) and is valued by both students and recruiters alike.

The final decision is up to the choice of a student and his/her preferred course of study.

As your choice of course is different, it’s hard to select between IIT Bhubaneswar and NIT Surathkal.

According to the NIRF 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked at 26, which is a good rank considering it’s a new IIT. The Mechanical Engineering department is quite good at IIT Bhubaneswar. According to the 2019 placement record, 83% students got job offers from Mechanical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar. Many famous companies such as Amazon, H Jindal Stainless Ltd, KEC International, KIIT, Rao Edusolutions, TATA steel, TATA Advance System, Thermax, TETCOS, TESCO, UHG, and other companies as well recruited students last year.

NIT Surathkal is a well-reputed name in Indian Engineering institutions. According to NIRF Ranking, it ranks at 22 nationally among engineering institutes in India. ECE in this NIT is even better as compared to a few IITs. The placement records of 2018-19 show that 97% of placement offers were received by students in this department. The average placement offer was 12-13 LPA.

Both IIT Bhubaneswar for Mechanical and NIT Surathkal for ECE are good choices with their own advantages. So, choose wisely according to your convenience.

NIT Surathkal, formerly called Karnataka Regional Engineering College(KREC), located in Mangalore is an amalgamation of 13 departments, 1 school, 12 supporting centers, and 245 eminent dedicated faculty members. NIT Surathkal is ranked 13th in Engineering by and 33rd overall by NIRF 2020. MNNIT, Allahabad is a UGC and AICTE approved institute and has been ranked 14th by India Today 2020.

Admission to IT at NIT Surathkal and CSE at MNNIT is done through scores obtained in the JEE Mains entrance test and percentage in 10+2.

Placement:

NIT Surathkal:

It witnessed 100% placement in B.Tech and 79% in M.Tech during the batch of 2019.

• The highest package offered in the B.Tech program was 39 LPA while at M.Tech it was 18.75LPA.

• In the year 2018, more than 92% of the students were placed with the participation of more than 250 companies in the placement drive.

• Top recruiters at NIT Surathkal are Amazon, Honeywell, Axis Bank, Philips, Qualcomm, Bajaj, Samsung, Dell, Deloitte, Caterpillar, etc.

MNNIT Allahabad:

In the 2019 placement drive at MNNIT Allahabad, 1174 students participated out of which 792 students were placed.

• The highest CTC offered was 36 LPA with Accenture being the prominent recruiter.

• At MNNIT Allahabad, the B.Tech CSE batch of 2019 witnessed the highest recruitment with 163 students being placed out of 167. In terms of M.Tech, 84 students were placed out of 320 who participated in the placement drive.

• Some of the major recruiters at MNNIT Allahabad are Adobe, American Express, DRDO, Berger Paints, Coal India, CISCO, Bajaj Auto, eBay, etc.

Environment:

Both the institutes offer decent academic environments.

NIT Surathkal:

• IT laboratory at NIT Surathkal is equipped with 150 High-End Desktops with i7 processor, 50 Pentium IV Computers, 43 Workstations, 15 IBM and 35 HP Pentium III Desktops, IBM Power 7 Virtualization Server, 2 CUDA Servers for High-Performance Computing, Rational Rose Suite, Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360, MEMSIC Wireless Sensor Network, etc.

MNNIT Allahabad:

CSE department of MNNIT is equipped with internet connectivity of 10.5 Gbps supported through Optical fiber, 104 HP Compaq Elite 8300, 2 IBM Blade Server, 48 HP 406 G1 MT Business PCs, IBM SAN Storage, etc.

Both the universities are of high repute, offering quality education and high placement drive.