If coding is your area of interest and you are getting a chance to join ECE at NIT Durgapur then grab it.

• The coding culture at NIT Durgapur is amazing. You will grow a lot here.
• The ECE department has produced many GSoCers and also fantastic competitive coders.
• The department does not pressurize the students much and you can peacefully do your work.
• If you maintain a good CGPA, you can even get a summer internship at ‘CERN’.
• The institute has put in a lot of effort to build a good research culture. The department also receives sponsorship for research. In the past, it has done research sponsored by research initiation grant, DST, and SERB.

If you are devoted to coding, NITD ECE will offer you many opportunities.

These three NITs are oldest and top notch, on the basis of NIRF rank NIT Rourkela is place in top 19 position but in another way NIT Allahabad (MNNIT) is the 1st NIT in India which offer engineering program in computer science so their alumni strength much higher than other NITs.

Tabulated below are the course highlights as provided by both the institutes:

Faculty:

MNNIT has excellent faculty members as compared to NIT Rourkela (22 faculties) and NIT Durgapur (15- 20 faculties) which are about 30 teaching staffs having experience in various fields of computer science.

Eligibility:

The eligibility criteria is but similar for three of these national institutes:

Cut-off:

Placement

MNNIT and NIT Raurkela are providing the average salary of 15.1 LPA whereas the recruiters at NIT Durgapur are offering an average salary package of about 9.09 LPA. So this means the MNNIT and NIT Raurkela at the placement level are better than NIT Durgapur.

IIEST Shibpur holds rank #21 according to the NIRF ranking 2020. The admission is based on JEE Main/WB JEE scores and followed by counseling and interview. For graduate courses, GATE scores are the basis for admission.

NIT Durgapur holds #47 rank according to NIRF 2020 ranking. The admission for undergraduate students is based on JEE results, followed by counseling. NIT Durgapur offers 90 seats for B-tech from electrical engineering.

Admission process:

IIEST Shibpur

• The application process is fully online and the application fee for general is 1,500 and for reserved students, it is 1,000 INR.
• Admission for undergraduate programs is based on JEE Mainand students are required to have at least 45% marks in the 12th board and 40% for SC and ST.
• One must have Physics, Maths, and chemistryin the 12th board.
• Admission for the graduate programs is based on GATE scores and followed by an interview.
• A total of 60 seats are available in the institute.

NIT Durgapur

• The application process is both online and offline. The application fee for ECE/EE is 1000 INR.
• Admission for undergraduate program is based on the results of JEE Mains and also with this, students are required to complete their 10+2 with at least 75% and 65% for ST, SC, and physically challenged
• One must have Physics and Maths in the 12th board.
• A total of 90 seats are available in the institute.

Placements:

IIEST Shibpur

• The major recruiters are Tata Steel, EXL, ZS, Vedanta, L&T, IBM, Infosys, Wipro, etc.
• The average salary of a student graduate from this Institute is 5.5 lakhs.

NIT Durgapur

• Companies like Amazon, axis bank, L&T Ecc, TATA, IBM, and so on visits campus every year for placements.
• The average salary package is of about 10 lakhs in the field of electrical engineering.The highest package was offered by Qualcomm is 24 lakhs.

Both the Institute are good choices for doing ECE/EE with excellent facilities likehuge libraries, good laboratories, classrooms, Wi-Fi hotspots.In NIT Durgapur, the E-study facility is also there. The faculty of both the Institute is equally good with highly qualified teachers. Top recruiters visit the campus every year for placements.

Well, both the colleges are in different states and both have their own set of reports, some good some bad. Though from an infrastructure point of view, NIT Jamshedpur is small and cozy whereas NIT Durgapur is quite beautiful and flourished in about 187 acres of land.

• The campus life at NIT Durgapur is really awesome. Apart from academics and infrastructure, it’s an NIT so you can understand it's pretty good.
• But if you really want to experience it, you should definitely join NIT Durgapur and enjoy the vast playgrounds, clean campus, and friendly environment.
• Though you can get some negative aspects but there is nothing wrong related to campus life.

Similarly, it goes for NIT Jamshedpur.

• Even though the infrastructure of NIT Jamshedpur is not at par but definitely the campus life is awesome here too. The students make the campus lively.
• You will get to see a vast and clean area with basketball, cricket and football ground.
• Though the facility of Wi-Fi is not provided but you will have sufficient speed and workstations to fulfill your needs.
• The mess food provided is of good quality.
• There are many places to hang out and inside the institute only. The cleanliness is very good; in fact, Jamshedpur is one of the cleanest cities of East India.
• The seniors are awesome and do cooperate and guide you if you face any issues.

Both the campus have good campus life and environment. But better contact someone who studies there and judge the authenticity and then choose between the two and definitely consider placement, faculty, and research before opting for either of them. The campus life at NIT Jamshedpur is quite good and you are not going to regret joining this institute.

IIIT Allahabad is unquestionably superior to NIT Durgapur. But this isn't to say that NIT Durgapur isn't good. 

• If you want a career in ECE, don’t go for NIT Durgapur. ECE branch at NIT Durgapur does not have good reviews. 
• However, if you want to go for an MBA after your BTech, then NIT Durgapur can be a good option. 
• In the ICT sector, IIIT Allahabad holds a special position for ECE and this institute specializes in the IT sector. I have a few friends at the institute who vouches for the course. 

Here’s a brief comparison of the ECE branch at these two institutes.

Apart from that, just like NITD, IIIT Allahabad is an institute of national importance that is entirely funded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development. 

So, for ECE, IIIT Allahabad is definitely the better option.

CS certainly holds more importance compared to IT in all the reputed engineering institutes irrespective of everything else.

IT at NIT Raipur is a good enough option to choose especially because of its HOD. He is very sincere and too much dedicated to the students and their well-being. Unlike many other departments and colleges of our country, he takes a special interest and personally looks into every student’s growth and academic performance. Starting from the appointment of the teachers for the various subjects to the handling of the detention lists, he does it all.

Moreover, the faculty here at NIT Raipur is overall a young group of teachers, which basically means they are way more enthusiastic and energetic. A couple of teachers from other departments also take a few subjects here at times.

Even the placements are quite well known here and although placements eventually depend on your throughout performance and scores. The following table shows the placement statistics of both institutions:

The environment offered to all the first years is much protected and they strictly follow a zero ragging policy. Seniors here are too welcome and supportive which ensures that all the students feel absolutely safe and secure.