NIT Surathkal and NIT Calicut both are considered among the top NITs. According to the overall NIRF Ranking NIT Surathkal has been better than NIT Calicut. Having some friends studying in both these institutes, I can say that It totally depends on the aspect you are looking for. 

• Both of them are NIT and hence the degree value will be the same. 
• NIT Calicut has the better CSE department out of the two. 
• If you look at placement records, almost 95% of the students from NIT Calicut get placed with the best companies. 
• While almost 85% of students get placed in NIT Surathkal.
• If looking at the academic and placement criteria then NIT Calicut is better than NIT Surathkal. 
• The faculties are almost the same in both the institutes. 

In terms of education and placement students prefer to go to NIT Calicut and hence it would be the better option of the two.

According to some of my friends studying at NIT Calicut, the internet service there is very good. But there are also some things you have to keep in mind about the internet usage, before getting admission in NIT Calicut. 

• The first year students get no access to internet connection in the hostel. 
• The students have to go to the Central Computing Center which is not far away from the hostel. 
• It is a 5 min walk from the first year hostel.
• Students get internet connection from the second year. 
• The students access internet connection in NIT Calicut through an extensive fiber optic network spread over the whole campus. 
• A total of 21 kilometers of optic fiber cable backboned with 50 routed internal networks. 
• The connection is through 200 Mbps leased line connection from Reliance and BSNL.
• Students get around 10 Mbps which is pretty decent speed and enough for the student to either watch something or play online games. 

As for the restrictions, torrents are restricted through an Internet Firewall Company named Fortiguard which is an excellent Internet Firewall. Some students use tunneling to use NIT Calicut’s internal server named Athena which is much faster than the LAN connection. For login you need a username and password provided by a CSE student.

One of my friends had studied at NIT Calicut and here are some facts he shared about the college. These might answer your question.

• The students of M.Tech at NIT Calicut are provided with double sharing rooms in the mega hostels and MBA hostels. 
• The hostel rooms are allotted on the basis of first come first serve. 
• The hostel is well equipped with all the basic amenities.
• You will not be provided with an internet connection and have to arrange it yourselves.
• The mega hostel is not very far from the campus however the MBA hostel is quite far from the main campus. 
• However, the institute has arranged transportation facilities for the students for travelling from hostel to campus every 30 minutes.

It would be recommended to talk to the current student of this college, as they can give you a better picture of the current scenario.

NIT Calicut equally puts preference to most of the major festivals shared by different kinds of religion. 

Whether it is Christmas, Onam, Id, Diwali, or other major festivals, NIT Calicut usually offers a one-day holiday to students. But, since the majority of students at the institute belong from the South Indian area, Onam is naturally the biggest festival. It is one of the major and biggest celebrations at NIT Calicut. Other than that, students also obtain holidays for the festival of Dussehra. 

Apart from festivals, students usually get holidays by the end of their semesters, on national holidays, or on national emergencies, if any. 

ECE has more job opportunities than Mechanical Engineering. After completing Mechanical Engineering, you will get jobs in PSUs, in government organizations.

• If you are looking for a job after B.Tech or M.Tech then ECE will be a good option for you.
• But if you want to pursue higher studies and looking to go into a research field then choose according to your interest.

In the following table, you will get basic information about Mechanical at NIT Calicut and ECE at NIT Jamshedpur.

Therefore, both Mechanical at NIT Calicut and ECE at NIT Jamshedpur are good options. It all depends on which field you want to make your career. ECE will be the right choice if you want to be a part of the corporate sector after completing B.Tech or M.Tech.

Both the colleges are really good and come with their own tags. In one, you will have the NITian tag and the other will give you a BITS tag. In the end, you will have to make a choice between the branch and which one you like more.

If you are interested in coding and electronics, ECE will be a good fit for you. If you are good with fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and like hands-on work with machines, mechanical is another really good option.

With ECE, you will probably end up working in core firms that are IT-based. You should figure out what kind of life you are looking for and what field you want to study. 

Mechanical/Electrical Engineering is superior to Production Engineering because Mechanical engineers can apply for jobs in the field of Production, whereas Production engineers cannot apply for core Mechanical jobs.

So, instead of selecting Production, I will recommend Mechanical /Electrical at NIT Durgapur in this case. 

Here is a brief outline of NIT Durgapur. 

Choose between Mechanical and Electrical based on your interests.

The department of CSE is usually one of the best branches in most NITS and IITs. It is similar in NIT Calicut. NIT Calicut provides 100% placement with multiple offers for CSE, during the drive. 

Here are the details of the latest 2020 placement drive of NIT Calicut.

The CSE department inaugurates its own tech meet, which generally goes by the name FossMeet, every single year. This meet particularly equips students with several new project ideas, alongside ingenious concepts. 

The department of CSE is crucially the most celebrated branch on campus, and if you are securing a seat, you should go for it. 

In terms of the teaching quality, there are a few senior faculty at NIT Calicut, but the chances of getting those desired faculty are very less.

For placements, a number of core companies visit the campus. You will get decent job opportunities and roles. However, there are better NITs such as NIT Trichy and NITK Surathkal with much better placement statistics.

Check the following table for placement statistics of 2020

You will also have a great campus life with some memorable experiences and amazing opportunities by the end.