NIT Raipur started with the Mining, Metallurgy, and Mechanical branches. These branches are highly regarded in the institute.

• An acquaintance of mine who is an NIT Raipur alumnus advises against dropping out. Even after dropping out a year, some students sadly do not live up to the expectations they had set for themselves.
• The best option in NIT Raipur is arguably mining. Some of the students of NIT Raipur prepared for the JEE to appear for a second time and they were able to score big. 

I do agree with my friend that it will be better if you pursue your studies along with the preparation for JEE Main. This way you will have a sense of security and a contingency plan if things don’t turn out as planned.

You will have to consider quite a few things before you decide between these 3 places. Most of my friends agreed that ECE is one of the toughest branches in engineering. 

• CSE and ECE, however, come under the same branch of software engineering. If you directly compare these two branches, CSE is much better than ECE. 
• Coming to the colleges, you can place NIT Surathkal and NIT Warangal in the tier 1 institutes. You will definitely have a lot of exposure here and some of the best students are from these popular indian engineering colleges.
• You will also see that most of them practice computer programming and become computer engineers. 
• Given their position, you can expect them to earn up to INR 5 to 50 lakhs per annum. This pay will also depend on what skills you earn. 
• Most of the companies will not look at your academic credentials. It is advised to you to develop your TopCoder and GitHub profiles since these are the profiles that your employer will look at.

Additionally, other job roles you can expect from these institutes include managers in various industries. These will highly depend on your luck and personal leaning. You can expect a pay of INR 5 to 15 lakhs per annum. However, a drawback is that these companies look at your academic profile heavily. So if you have a lower grade, it is possible that this could stand as a setback.

Finally, when it comes to Tier 3 colleges NIT Rourkela is better, the job prospects from these colleges are not that great. You can expect to have a salary of INR 3 to 4 lakhs per annum with most jobs in service based companies.

Manipal University is ranked amongst the top engineering colleges in India. Mechatronics engineering is a highly favorable specialization in B.Tech at the university. The institute aims to provide highly research-intensive training and various live projects for a better understanding of the topics and making learning interesting for students.

Admission:

• Candidates who qualify the minimum eligibility criteria, need to give the JEE Mains paper, and only if the cutoff published by the university which tends to be between 1300-4000 matches the marks of the candidate, the admission is provided to them.

• The total number of seats for which admission is taken in Mechatronics is just 70.

• The fees for the Mechatronics engineering course is almost 10 lacs for the whole four years including all sort of charges.

The university provides scholarships on the basis of the student’s academic performance.

Course curriculum:

• The course curriculum for Mechatronics is the fusion of practical lessons which take place either on the field or in labs and in-depth research-based theories. Many practice papers are also given to each of the students.

• Students get proper exposure to the field with the help of site visits, boot camps, research projects, etc.

• The curriculum is upgraded regularly.

Faculty:

• The most favorable part of the mechatronics department's professors is that the majority of them have worked with some companies and have industry experience and connections.

• They help students also with pre-placement training.

Infrastructure:

• The Mechatronics department has its own library which consists of all types of books related to the subject.

• The laboratories inside the department are equipped with modernized instruments to carry out research and academic works.

Placement:

• If we talk about the previous year placement data, the placement rate was 89% and the top recruiters who gave bulk amounts of jobs to the students were Julphar, Coreel Technologies, T&A HR solutions, Valeo Engine, and electrical system Pvt Ltd.

• The Highest salary was around 48 lacs per annum.

Mechatronics engineering at Manipal University is worth every single penny used in the study. The University is well renowned and provides an environment for better opportunities, experiences, and learning.

First of all, forget about SGSITS Indore as it stands nowhere in front of IIIT and MANIT. If you are looking for good placement and salary then forget MANIT Civil too. The only options you are now left with are - IIIT Allahabad dual and IIIT Amethi IT. Clearing things about IIIT Amethi, it has been closed and have been moved to IIIT Allahabad.

The table shows a brief overview of the institutions:

There is no point in spending extra two years pursuing M.Tech at IIIT Allahabad because if you are interested in a PG Degree then you can prepare for GATE during UG. Doing so will get you admission at any IITs which would be better for your career.

It is better to go for IIIT Allahabad and if you feel to go for PG then prepare, get a good score and go for IITs. Otherwise, you can always go for placements and will probably land up a very good job.

Amity University offers decent placement offers to the students. Let’s look at some statistics available for placements at Amity University, grouped under pros and cons.

Pros-

• A good no. of companies visit Amity University during the placement drive, the figure being close to 500. 
• “If you want placement, you will get placement for sure”, as stated by the Placement director. The claim can be relied upon in the view of a great number of placement opportunities offered at the university.
• The placement season at Amity also witnesses big companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Aspiring minds, etc. offering lucrative packages.

Cons-

• The average package lies around 3.5–4.5 LPA. Though plenty of people are offered 6 LPA+, there are still many, who get placed with just 1.8-2.5 LPA.
• Amity University has two departments for placements- ATPC and CRC. Both the departments try to outshine each other by bringing in more and more recruiters. There are often such instances when two companies visit the campus on the same day. This ultimately limits the number of opportunities for students.
• You won’t be informed about the visit of big companies offering cushy packages if you don’t have a good CGPA(8+).
• If you are already placed, you can’t sit in placements for further visiting companies. The only exception to this is the 2n-1 rule. It enables you to appear for the company offering 7+ LPA if you are already placed with a package of 4 LPA.
• Amity’s reputation has degraded over years and this point will work against you if you try off-campus placements.
• Amity students are rumored to be not serious about their studies. You can gradually become part of the herd under the influence of the environment all around you.

You should be careful about the last point of the cons, which is the most important factor influencing your professional competence.