There are several parameters for drawing a comparison between these two colleges. Some of them are mentioned below-

• Placements- During 2023, B.Tech ECE at NIT Kurukshetra recorded 74.15% placements. The CTC range stood at 6-62.75 (LPA). The average package stood at 17.66 LPA, and the median package stood at 14.83 LPA. Some top recruiters from this college include Bharat Light & Power, Adani Group, Aakash, Accolite, Code Nation, Microsoft, Mahindra, ICICI Lombard, among others. But not all companies recruit ECE students.

During 2022 placements at NIT Silchar, the highest package went to INR 44 LPA and the average package stood at INR 13.58 LPA. The list of top recruiters included Amazon,Microsoft, Adobe, Arcesium and Intuit. For the CSE branch, out of 97 registered students, 82 were placed, and 126 offers were given to this branch in total.

• Location - NIT Silchar campus is spread across 600 acres, and is green and beautiful.The college has good connectivity through roads, railways and airways. NIT Kurukshetra is spread across 300 acres. You’ll find the campus green and serene. There are no hangout places as such, but at a minimal charge, you can visit Kurukshetra city in just 20 minutes.

• Infrastructure- NIT Kurukshetra has decent infrastructure and facilities. The buildings for computers and electronics departments are new and modern. Their labs are filled with all the equipment. The campus library is top notch. You’ll get a variety of books for reading and issuing purposes. The book bank offers up to 5 books for 6 months at a highly nominal price of Rs. 30 per book.

• Ranking- As per the NIRF 2023 rankings, among top 100 Engineering colleges, NIT Kurukshetra stands at 58th position and NIT Silchar stands at 40th position.

According to me, the choice is very subjective. You should make your decision after thoroughly considering the pros and cons of each college and department.

You can get a branch change at NIT Kurukshetra, after the first year. But for that, you’ll have to work hard and be among the toppers in your branch. 

Even if you end up in Production, it has good opportunities in PSUs. But for that, you’ll have to crack GATE with a good rank. For example, ONGC offers really good vacancies for Production Engineers who have cracked GATE. Campus recruitment scenario isn’t that great for core jobs, but you’ll have some options in the NIT campus.

I recommend you study hard and get a branch transfer to COE/IT at NIT Kurukshetra. However, even if that doesn’t happen, you can sit for GATE. Also, there’s core and non-core jobs that you can get through campus placements. 

Both NIT Kurukshetra and COEP are good colleges. As a student of COEP Pune, I can tell you about my college in detail-

Weaknesses-

1. COEP won’t provide you with cross-cultural exposure like NIT Kurukshetra.
2. The NIT tag does offer some advantage when it comes to higher studies in foreign universities.
3. The academics are quite rigorous. You can’t prepare for your exams the night before and hope to pass.

Strengths-

1. The strength of COEP resides in its extracurricular activities, both on the national and international level-

• COEP students perform really well in BAJA SAE and Supra.
• The theater students perform really well. Some of them have caught the eyes of famous people like Mahesh Manjerekar in the past.
• Bhau Institute is a highly active startup incubator.
• COEP is among the very few colleges in India with a Boat Club. It hosts Regata- the biggest boating festival in India. Students from COEP visit Portugal, Africa, etc. to participate in boating competitions.

1. COEP has a strong alumni network. Its alumni list includes civil servants, graduates from renowned universities, and people working in 

brands like Amazon USA, Google, Facebook, Tesla Motors, etc.

1. The core placements are decent and IT placements are good at COEP.

Thus, COEP is a good college. According to me, after your graduation from either of these, you should go for a PG.

Both NIT Kurukshetra and YMCA Faridabad are great engineering colleges with their own strengths and weaknesses. Here are a few points of differences between the two that might help you decide better

• NIT Kurukshetra is an institute of national importance and the NIT tag holds a lot of value in contrast to the lesser-known YMCA, a state-level government college.
• Location-wise, the YMCA has more advantages as it is in Faridabad, Delhi NCR. Although Kurukshetra is a decent city with a healthy environment it does lack facilities and good places to hang out.
• NIT Kurukshetra is one of the oldest engineering colleges so it has some very highly experienced professors. YMCA is relatively new.
• NIT Kurukshetra's curriculum is updated frequently to meet industrial standards while the YMCA has an outdated syllabus.
• NIT Kurukshetra has a better campus in terms of infrastructure and the campus life it offers. Fests too are held on a much larger scale at NIT Kurukshetra than YMCA.
• NIT Kurukshetra has had an excellent placement record over the past few years, especially for branches like CS, IT, and ECE. The table below compares the placement statistics of both institutes

Apart from placements, you can consider other factors like location, campus, society, etc Overall, NIT Kurukshetra is a much better choice than YMCA.

If you are getting the same branches, then choosing NIT Kurukshetra over VIT Vellore is a better decision. Here is why 

• NIT Kurukshetra is an Institute of National Importance and its tag is highly regarded.
• You will get a permanent membership to the NIT fraternity.
• The placement opportunities are much better at NIT than at VIT. You can get a good package even if you are an average student here
• NIT Kurukshetra is located in close vicinity to cities like Chandigarh and Delhi. Students have more places to explore.

VIT Vellore is a decent college but if I had to choose between NIT and VIT, I would have chosen NIT Kurukshetra. 

In terms of placements, environment, alumni network and infrastructure, BIT Mesra is a much better choice than NIT KKR. BIT Mesra is quite an old institution and its alumni are spread across continents. One of its alumni won an Oscar for his work in an animation movie a few years back. BIT alumni hold good positions in top IT brands like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, among others.The placements at BIT are quite good with the average package for B.Tech CSE recorded at INR 19.27 LPA for 2022. Many CSE/IT students receive multiple offers during placements. Last year, 113 CSE students were placed out of a total of 124 eligible students. Top IT and non-IT brands visit the BIT Mesra campus for placements.

BIT Mesra students perform well in ICPC and GSoC. The coding club ACM organizes a weekly coding contest within the campus. BIT has been a national winner in several coding contests like- Goldman Sachs’s “We Build” coding contest(BIT was a winner in all the three formats), Smart India Hackathon, etc.

The tech clubs over there like IET, IEEE conduct free workshops regularly to improve the technical skills of the students.The senior-junior interaction is very healthy at BIT Mesra and there is no ragging on campus.The cutoff for BIT Mesra is not that high because its fees is much higher than the NITs and it does not carry the ‘NIT’ or ‘IIT’ tag

Unless you want the NIT tag for your higher studies, you should choose BIT Mesra over NIT KKR for your CSE. The former will help you in developing your skills and you will get better placement opportunities at BIT Mesra.

The ECE branches of all the three NITs you mentioned namely NIT Kurukshetra, NIT Hamirpur, and NIT Durgapur in terms of campus life, job opportunities, and curriculum. However, it's very important to make the most out of the branch you are opting for irrespective of the institute you choose. 

Follow the tips below to ensure you avail maximum opportunities as an ECE student

• Start focusing on programming if you want CSE in the first place because you will be appearing for IT companies. They will evaluate you on the basis of your skills so start working on them.
• If you are particularly interested in ECE, then joining any of these NITs will offer similar opportunities. Core jobs are usually less so you will have to study core subjects diligently and try to develop strong concepts. Work on projects and add value to your resume so that you can go for off-campus placements too.

Here is a brief companion of the placement statistics of the 3 branches

Ultimately, it depends on you what you want from your UG degree and now how good your college is.