Questions Asked On Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

M.Tech Mechanical is a preferred stream but its success is directly proportional to the level of placements offered by colleges in comparison to the fees or investment made. The number of students enrolled is less compared to B.Tech making it a less lucrative option for campus placements.

The detailed analysis is as follows.

Eligibility:

• The basic criterion stands at graduation with a minimum score of 50%.

• The common examination accepted is GATE.

Fees:

• NIT Surathkal has a fee structure of Rs. 1.85 Lakhs

• ISM Dhanbad offers the course is Rs. 1.05 Lakhs.

ISM has fewer fees as compared to NIT Surathkal.

Placement Details:

The prime-most details to be focused upon are the average and highest placement scenario of both the colleges in general.

• 79% placements in NIT Surathkal M.Tech as opposed to 50% in ISM.

• Major Recruiters are Teradata, Cisco, Dell EMC, Riverbed Technology, and Huawei Technologies.

• ISM M.Tech is not preferable for mechanical, it’s a sure shot option in case of CSE or Mineral engineering.

• The only reason to prefer ISM is the IIT factor attached to it which makes it more appealing in terms of faculty and culture.

The choice can be made both on the basis of placements and college ranking with respect to the course offered. The packages offered in the Mechanical stream in NIT Surathkal are quite good as compared to those in ISM Dhanbad. NIT Surathkal also holds a reputation in the institutional list with respect to its 7th position in the list of NIT.

ISM Dhanbad is one of the oldest colleges in India with experienced faculty and a diverse curriculum. The excellent research facilities and the established alumni network coupled with the amazing facilities add to a great student culture existing in the campus. Moreover, in comparison, IIT Bhubaneswar was just established 12 years ago in 2008, and it has shifted to its main campus just a few years ago so as compared to IIT(ISM) Dhanbad it lacks a little behind in infrastructure.

Coming to the placement, both colleges being IITs have an excellent record in the CSE department. Same or similar firms come to both the campuses for placements however the packages and the number of offers made by the firms are significantly higher in IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. For eg., Goldman Sachs in 2018 placed 4 offers in IIT Bhubaneswar as compared to 10 in IIT(ISM) Dhanbad although the average package offered by them in both the colleges was the same at 31 LPA. However, Samsung R and D offered made 10 offers with the average package being 16 LPA at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad and in IIT Bhubaneswar they ended up making 2 offers with the average package being 10 LPA. According to 2019 placement highlights in IIT(ISM) Dhanbad there were 90.23% placements from the CSE department with average CTC 39.5 LPA. Whereas, in IIT Bhubaneswar CSE department had 100% placement with an average of 11.44 LPA.

Therefore, considering all the factors at the moment IIT Dhanbad will be the better option than IIT Bhubaneswar for CSE. However, the speed at which IIT Bhubaneswar is growing it can also be considered as an alternative.

All of these colleges have good rankings for their BTech courses and offer good placement opportunities to their engineering students.

• MNNIT was ranked at 14 in the Top Public colleges in India 2020 by India Today and 19 for B.Tech in India 2019 by The Week.
• IIIT Allahabad on the other hand was ranked 9 by India Today and 103 by NIRF for its B.Tech Course.
• DTU has an upstanding ranking record as it was ranked at 1 by The Times Of India and 36 by NIRF in India 2020 for its B.Tech course.
• ISM Dhanbad was ranked at 13 by The Week and 12 by NIRF in India 2020 for its B.Tech Course.

A comparison is presented below to explain the factors to be considered while choosing an engineering course from these universities.

Campus Placement:

MNNIT Allahabad –

• A total of 285 companies visited MNNIT’s campus for recruitment in 2019 and out of the eligible 1174 students, 792 were placed.
• The highest package offered in 2019 being INR 36 LPA.
• The median salary offered is around INR 8 LPA.

IIIT Allahabad –

• In the recent placements, IIIT Allahabad held a 96% placement rate with the highest package offered of INR 43 LPA.
• Whereas, the median salary was recorded around 12.9 LPA.

DTU –

Outlook India ranked DTU as 1 college in the placement category.

• The placement cell of DTU has a stellar record by achieving 100% placement in the previous years.
• In 2019, 323 companies visited DTU and the highest package offered was a whopping INR 1.02 Cr. (PA).
• The median salary of DTU is around 9 LPA.

ISM Dhanbad -

• IIT Dhanbad has a dedicated placement cell known as the Career Development Centre through which students have been successfully placed at various organizations including top giants such as Deloitte, Presidency University, Amazon, BYJUs Learning, Vedanta, Tesco, JCB, Infosys, Microsoft, and many more.
• The highest package offered in 2019 placements was INR 39.50 LPA.
• Whereas, the median salary offered was around 8.50 LPA.

There are numerous placement and scholarship opportunities available in these colleges, however, it depends more on the student’s interest and feasibility.

IIT BHU, as well as IIT/ISM Dhanbad both, are the old institutes that were recently converted to IITs. So both have a prestigious status through IIT BHU performed better than the ISM in the 2020 NIRF Rankings- IIT BHU(11), and ISM(12). 

Talking about the branch, Electrical at IIT BHU includes only the core electrical subjects. Moreover, there are very few companies visiting for core electrical students. Although, the students can sit for IT companies during the placement drive. According to 2019 placement highlights, a total of 88 students got placed from the Electrical Engineering at IIT BHU. The salary package ranged between 10 LPA to 58.21 LPA.

On the other hand, CSE offers many job options and more scope than electrical since every other field is getting blended with the CSE nowadays. And, ISM holds decent placement records for the CSE branch. The placement highlights of 2019 show there was a 90.23% placement from CSE and the average CTC offered was 39.5 LPA.