Both the branches, whether CST in IIEST Shibpur or ETCE in Jadavpur University is worth their name. Still, there are many factors regarding Rankings, Admission Process, Fees, Scholarships, and Placements that differentiates them.Jadavpur University acquires a spot as 17th college in BTech amongst 300 in India 2020.IIEST Shibpur, on the other hand, stands firm with 21st ranking amongst Engineering institutes, as per NIRF Ranking 2020.

Admission:

Jadavpur University:

• To be eligible for the JU admission process, a student must have 10+2 with 45% and scores of WBJEE. Later, a counseling process takes place.
• 90% of seats at JU are for domicile General Category and 10% for all Indian students.
• Last year, the cut off for the general category ranged from 110-114,

IIEST Shibpur:

• IIEST Shibpur accepts students after they have their 10+2 scores with at least 45% and a minimum of 30% in English. The entrance for admissions is JEE Mains (Paper 1) scores.
• After a student passes the cutoff, admissions are given through JoSAA Counselling and CSAB Board.
• The cut off for general quota ranged from 4978-9379.

Fees:

• The overall fees of BTech in JU is far less in comparison to IIEST Shibpur. A student has to pay a minimum fee of INR 9,600 for the whole course whereas, a student from IIEST has to pay INR 1.37 lakhs per year.
• Apart from this, JU offers scholarships to meritorious students. A few are SN Scholarship and DAAD Scholarship.

PLACEMENTS:

Jadavpur University:

• According to the latest data, there was a 100% placement rate from JU. The highest annual package was INR 58 lakhs.
• The total number of eligible students from ETCE was 55, and 51 got placements.
• The average annual package for ETCE was INR 9 lakhs, and the highest was INR 39 lakhs.
• These students got into software and core companies. The top recruiters were Amazon, Synopsis, TATA Consultancy Services, HPCL, and Goldman Sachs.
• Some students even went for higher studies from this branch into IITs, IIMs, etc.

IIEST Shibpur:

• A drop in placements is visible from the past consecutive years in IIEST Shibpur. In 2017 it was 85.71%, 81.82% in 2018 and 72% in 2019.
• The average annual package of a CST student is INR 9 lakhs whereas the highest salary was INR 39.12 lakhs.
• 90 reputed companies came for final placement and made 462 offers.
• The top recruiters were Cognizant, Infinity Infosys Parks, Capgemini, etc.

Looking into the above factors, ETCE from JU proves to be a better option than CST in IIEST Shibpur in rankings, fees, placements criteria.

No, IIT Bhubaneswar ECE is not better than JU CSE. According to NIRF India Engineering ranking for 2019 JU ranked 13, whereas IIT Bhubaneswar was at 17.

JU may have its own problems but it still remains a university with a great reputation especially for CSE. Almost all big known companies visit the campus for placement for CSE. According to 2019 placement records, the CSE department of JU has some unbeatable records with 90% of the students getting placed. The average salary package offered was INR 12 LPA and may go as high as INR 40 LPA. Major recruiters of CSE department of JU(2019)- Amazon, Microsoft, Paypermint D.E.Shaw, Wipro Turbo, Samsung (Bangalore, Noida, Delhi), Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Synopsys, Work Applications (Singapore), SAP Labs, C-DOT, Siemens, Oracle, Reliance, PriceWaterhouse Cooper, G.E.Digital, Reve System, Dynamic Digital Technology, MU Sigma and many more.

Since IIT Bhubaneswar ECE started in 2016 and the students will graduate in 2020. Although the placement record for other branches is good, around 10 LPA for Electrical Engineering.

IIT Bhubaneswar may provide more exposure and a shiny IIT tag but between IIT Bhubaneswar ECE and JU CSE, JU CSE will be the better choice.

According to NIRF rankings 2020, the rank of MNNIT Allahabad is #48^th for B.Tech courses and the rank of JU is #117^th for B.Tech courses (in India). MNNIT Allahabad has more number of qualified faculties in their institution as compared to JU. JU as well as MNNIT Allahabad are approved by AICTE. But does the institution give good placements to their students? Let’s determine by the subsequent data.

Intake procedure

• JU:The selection is completed on the basis of the merit list. The university conducts an entrance exam namelyJET for admission.
• MNNIT Allahabad:The candidate must have completed his/her 10+2 in Science stream acquiring a minimum of 75% marks in the examination.Passing the entrance exam, i.e., JEE Main conducted by CBSE is necessary.

Placements

JU:

• Recently around 250 companies visited the campus for selections.
• Some of the frequently visited companies in JU are Dell, IBM, Coca Cola, Aircel, Airtel, Axis Bank, Bajaj and many more.
• In the campus selection of the university, the highest salary offered to an ECE student was INR 30 LPA and the average salary offered was INR 7 LPA.

MNNIT Allahabad:

• The placement rate for the ECE department is 90.63%with a total of 285 companies visiting the campus for placement.
• Some of the top recruiters of the institute are as follows: Indian Navy, Dell, Canon, BHEL, E-bay, Adobe, Bharat Institute of Technology, etc. followed by frequently visiting companies like Google, Infosys, Amazon, Flipkart, HCL, Axis bank, Dell, E-bay, Cisco, etc.
• In the campus selection, the highest salary offered to an ECE student was INR 25.33 LPA and the average salary offered was INR 10.95 LPA.
• Cut off of other state candidate for the general category is ranging between 4615-6752 and for home state general candidate ranged from 3600-7128.

Now on comparing the above data, the candidate might have come to know which institution is better. One should not only look for placement rate and salary as the key point to decide which institution is better. It is always advisable to look for other factors also like faculty, city life, which atmosphere suits him/her better, extra facilities, extracurricular activities, etc. Then a conclusion can be drawn to know which institution is better for them.