Birla Institute of Technology and Science(BITS),Goa, has been ranked 17 among the top engineering colleges in India by NIRF. It is a relatively new college. On the other hand, PES University (People’s Education Society University),Bangalore, established in 1972, is ranked 93 among top engineering colleges in NIRF 2019 Rankings.

International Accreditations:

• BITS Goa has their own committee known as International Programs and Collaboration Division(IPDC) which organizes various events and seminars in collaboration with various international institutes like Trinity College, Dublin, Michigan State University and many others.
• PES University attained the International IET-UK accreditation for its eight B.Tech and M. Tech programmes. They have matched the International Quality Benchmark.

FEES:

Placements:

BITS Goa

• The placement rate in BITS Goa is about 90%.
• The highest package received by the students was 14.5 LPA
• The average package was around 6.15 LPA.
• Some of the top recruiters include Tech Mahindra, HP, Polaris, Bosch, Federal Bank, Oracle, Microsoft etc.

PES University

• The placement rate was recorded at around 90% with a total of 851 companies visiting the college.

• The maximum Package offered in Kongu Engineering College is 50 LPA and an average package of 5.5 LPA.
• Some of the companies that visited the college are Amazon, Cleartrip, Flipkart, JP Morgan, LinkedIn, Intel, Mahindra Rise, Mercedes Benz, and Deloitte.

BITS has a stellar reputation amongst the top engineering colleges in the country. Though students must analyse all factors keenly before choosing a given course in a particular college.

Of all the core engineering branches, the Electrical Engineering department at IIT Bhubaneswar saw a 100% placement rate in 2020. The ECE program at BITS Goa began in 2019 and had a placement rate of 80%.

The table below shows the essential parameters of selection for the institutes:

Some important points to be noted are as follows:

Merit-Based Admission Process

• Both IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Goa admits students who have 75% or above marks in 10+2 with PCM for BTech or 60% and above for postgraduate programs.
• Students need to submit the BITSAT or GATE score as an eligibility criterion for the BITS Goa ECE program; JEE/JEE Advanced or IIT-Jam/GATE exams determine admission prospects into IIT Bhubaneswar.

Special Facts

• The new ECE department of BITS Goa receives major offers from VLSI companies like Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Nvidia, STMicroelectronics, ARM, Intel, etc. The highest package offered recently was by Qualcomm and Nvidia at INR 16 LPA.
• The Goa location makes BITS Goa a popular choice for students.
• Meritorious students applying to BITS Goa, receive 10%-25% scholarships for a single semester.
• There are 28 faculty members in total, divided between departments at BITS Goa. The Electrical Engineering department at IIT Bhubaneswar has 19-20 Ph.D. holding faculty members. Both institutes receive faculty from abroad.
• IIT Bhubaneswar saw a placement package spike of 13.4% from 2019's INR 11 LPA to 2020's INR 15.8 LPA. The highest CTC offered in 2020 was 43.4 LPA and major recruiters were PSU's like Oil India Limited, HPCL, etc and MNCs like TCS R and D, Mahindra and Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, etc.

A total of 89 companies visited IIT Bhubaneswar in 2020 with 51% recruitment for core engineering industries through companies like L & T Construction, Tata Steel, and Renault Nissan; the data for the ECE program at BITS Goa is low due to the fact that the first placements are still being conducted.

BITS Pilani, ranked 30th by NIRF amongst top engineering colleges in India, is very well renowned for electrical engineering and is also considered to be the best private institution. While IIT Tirupati was recently established and hasn’t been ranked yet by NIRF.

ADMISSIONS:

BITS Pilani

• For BE, a student must have 10+2 with 75%. For ME, a degree in BE/BTech with at least 60%.
• The entrance exam BITSAT is for BE Hons candidates whereas BITS HD for ME candidates.

IIT Tirupati

• A student must have 10+2 with 75%, to be eligible for BTech.
• For MTech, IIT graduates with a CGPA of 8/10 or above can apply with valid GATE scores.
• The candidates need to secure a rank in the range 4000-5000 in JEE Advanced

FACILITIES:

BITS Pilani

• There are 15 labs on the campus under the electrical department. Some of these are Embedded System, Power Electronics, Virtual Instrumentation, Analog & Digital Electronics, etc.
• LKM Travel Grant is available for EEE students to attend conferences of repute for their research work.

IIT Tirupati

• There is Materials Lab, Geotechnical Lab, Transportation Lab, Surveying Lab, Water Resource Lab, etc.

FEES AND INTAKE:

PLACEMENTS:

BITS Pilani

• 82.08% was the placement percentage for EEE.
• The highest international package for BE was INR 98 LPA.
• The highest domestic package for EEE was INR 44 LPA.
• The average package offered was INR 14.6 LPA.
• The top recruiters are Wipro, Amazon, Cognizant, Qualcomm, Apple, Oracle amongst 150 others.

IIT Tirupati

• The recruiters were Genpact, OYO, TCS, Levadata, L&T amongst 30 others.
• The notable recruiting sectors include core engineering, IT sector, analytics, consulting, and R&D companies.
• The highest package of IIT Tirupati in the year 2019 was ?22 LPA and the average package ?9.18 LPA.
• In civil engineering, the average placement rate was 75%

BITS Pilani is considered to be a premier engineering institute and EEE students have higher opportunities and lucrative offers compared to civil at the present time. IIT Tirupati being a newly established college has still to offer a lot more facilities in the coming years. Hence, it is up to the individual to make an informed choice.

Here is a comparative analysis of both colleges.

• According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework ranking, an apex framework that ranks the colleges, institutes, and universities, BITS Goa is ranked in 25th place while IIT Bhubaneshwar has secured 17th rank.
• Talking about the Placement Percentage of both colleges, both BITS Goa and IIT Bhubneshwar has got a 100% placement rate for CSE and Mechanical Engineering, respectively.
• Comparing the salary packages, an IIT Bhubaneshwar alumnus gets an average CTC of INR 11.4 lakh per annum while an alumnus of BITS Goa has the average CTC of INR 22,27477 lakh per annum.
• The infrastructure, faculty, and curriculum of both colleges are quite supportive of the respective courses. The fee structure, however, differs. The total fees that the candidate has to give as tuition fees during the four years of B.Tech CSE in BITS Goa is INR 16.73 lakh whereas IIT Bhubaneshwar’s B.Tech Mechanical course takes INR 11.20 lakh during the four years.

Concluding, BITS Goa CSE seems to be a better option than IIT Bhubaneshwar Mechanical, in terms of overall reputation, placement rate, and average CTC. BITS Goa, however, has a higher fee structure than IIT Bhubaneshwar, but better CTC compensates it quite well.

Both IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani are good institutions with decent Mechanical Engineering programs. So, it’s hard to choose one institute over another.

Despite being a new IIT, the Mechanical Engineering program in IIT Bhubaneswar is quite good. This department offers well-experienced faculty members and state-of-the-art laboratories. IIT Bhubaneswar recently signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. Also, this institute collaborates with foreign universities such as the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University. Which means excellent research and internship opportunities for the students.

In 2019, 83% of students from the Mechanical Engineering department got placed at IIT Bhubaneswar. Out of 35 students of Mechanical Engineering, 32 students secured positions in campus placement. The average CTC offered was INR 11.44 LPA. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM participated in the placement to recruit students. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for the placement drive.

BITS Pilani is a well-known private institute with a decent Mechanical Engineering program both in terms of academics and placements. BITS Pilani Placement Trends of 2019 show out of 33 Mechanical Engineering students 23 got placement offers. The average package offered was 6-8 LPA. Whereas, the highest salary package for the domestic placements was 44 LPA. The recruiting companies at this institute included Barclays, IBM, HDFC, Facebook, eBay, Capgemini, Aditya Birla Corp, Capital IQ, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar takes admission based on JEE Advanced rank and last year the cutoff for Mechanical Engineering was 4003-12065. On the other hand, BITS Pilani takes admission through BITSAT which is another tough exam and in 2019, the Mechanical Engineering cutoff was 313. So, the academic environment is great in both institutes.

The course fee for BITS Pilani is higher compared to IIT Bhubaneswar as it is a private institute. For B.E, the course fee is around 4.23 lakhs/annum in BITS Pilani. Whereas, in IIT Bhubaneswar the course fee is around 2.14 lakh/annum.

IIT Bhubaneswar and BITS Pilani both are good options for mechanical engineering so choose according to your convenience.

Admission at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa, and Hyderabad is based on an entrance exam known as BITSAT. Admission is fully based on the results of such exam. College provides almost 100% of the placement. Physics, Chemistry, and Math are necessary subjects to have in the 12th board.

Admission in IIST Shibpur for IT is based on the results of JEE mains. And students are required to have physics, chemistry and math as primary subjects in 10+2. In IIST, IT has the highest number of placements.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the institutes:

Admission process:

BITS Goa/Hyderabad

• The application process is fully online. The application fee is 3,150 INR for males and 2,650 for female applicants.
• Admissions are totally based on the results of the BITSAT entrance.
• Students are also required to complete the 12th board with at least 75%. Physics chemistry and math should be primary subjects in boards.

IIEST Shibpur

• Admission is based on the results of JEE Mains.Students are also required to complete 12th by 75%(For ST, SC and Physically challenged — 65% is required in 10+2).
• The whole application process is online. The application fee is 1500 INR.
• A total of60 seats are available for admission in IT from IIEST Shibpur.

Placements:

BITS Goa/Hyderabad

• This Institute has a really good placement rate, almost about 90 to 100%. Top recruiters are Amazon, Microsoft, Aditya Birla, Qualcomm, xilinx, and so on.
• The average salary provided by the colleges is 9to 10 lakhs.

IIEST Shibpur

• Companies like Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Direct, etc, visit campus each year for placements.
• The average salary offered to students is about 7 lakhs.This year the highest package was of about 40 lakhs offered by Google and Microsoft.

Both the Institutes are good at their level. IIEST-Shibpur is one of the oldest institutions and BITS Goa/Hyderabad is one of the young institutes in India. Facilities and infrastructure is really good of both the institutes and with this top companies visit campuses every year in search of placement.

It depends on how passionate you are in either of the fields. If your interest lies in Chemical engineering, you cannot go wrong with BITS Goa. Being ranked 30th for engineering in India by NIRF 2020. BITS offers a BE degree in Chemical engineering and has a faculty-student ratio of 1:15 with highly qualified and experienced professors.

If you are inclined towards Computer science, PES University must be your priority. Ranked 93 for engineering by NIRF in 2020, PES offers a B.Tech degree in CSE as its flagship course. It has well-experienced and qualified facilities withholding 76 on-campus teaching staff and several visiting professors from National Institutes.

The tabulation below gives a brief overview of both the Institutes:

Admission:

BITS Pilani Goa:

• BITS Goa conducts an entrance exam namely BITSAT for admission in BE.
• For admission in the Chemical engineering branch, 254 was the closing score in BITSAT 2019.
• The branch offers only 60 seats, thus making the process highly competitive.

PES University:

• Besides accepting K-CET and JEE main test scores, PES University conducts its own entrance exam- PESSAT for B.tech admission.
• KCET rank under 450 andwas considered as a cutoff for B.tech CSE admission in the first round previous year.
• A rank under 600 in PESSAT can also fetch a seat in the CSE branch at PESU.

Placement statistics:

BITS Goa:

• Overall 160+ companies worldwide participate in the recruitment process every year. Top recruiters include Amazon, IBM, TCS, Maruti Suzuki, Accenture.
• Placement rate is around 50-60% with 30 students being placed this year with an average CTC of 7.5LPA
• Core companies visiting the campus are very few which includes Schlumberger, Cairn, Exxonmobil, UOP Honeywell, Shell.
• Highest CTC offered to date for the CE branch is 15LPA.

PES University:

• 100+ companies participated in the campus recruitment process in 2020.
• 11 students were placed from the CSE branch in Microsoft this year, with an average CTC of 39.2 LPA.
• Top recruiters in recent years include Accenture, Amazon, Bosch, HCL, HP.
• 851 students were placed in campus recruitment this year with an average CTC of 7LPA.
• The highest domestic CTC offered in 2020 for a CSE student is 48LPA by Atlassian.
• CSE department at PES University holds the record of the maximum number of placements to date with the current placement rate being 99.14%

Both BITS and PESU are prestigious Institutes in India that offer quality education. The deciding factor here is the field in which you dream to build your career. It is to be mentioned that opportunity is quite less for Chemical engineering students when compared to CSE at BITS or anywhere in India in general. But if you are passionate about the subject you should go for it.

PES University ranked 6th among the top 50 private State Universities in India in 2019 by Outlook India. It has also ranked 26th for MBA by Times 2020. MHRD has marked BITS Goa as an “Institute of Eminence” in 2020. It is also recognized as NAAC ‘A’ grade institute. Here are some of the major factors that will help you decide which option is better for you and why.

Course Details:

PES University- Around 720 seats are available at PES University for Computer Science. The minimum eligibility is KCET and PESSAT. The average course fee remains around 13 Lakh. The course duration is 4 years.

BITS Goa-

• In order to pursue M. SC in Economics from BITS Goa, students have to pass 10+2 and have a B. SC degree from any recognized university with a minimum of 55% in their major paper.

• Also, aspiring students have to qualify BITSAT in order to be eligible to take admission for this course at BITS Goa.

The course fee remains around 7 Lakh. This course takes 2 years to complete.

Placement:

PES University-

• Students get placed by various companies including Robert Bosch Eng. & Business Sols, Sapient, Mu Sigma, L & T Tech Services LTD, Genpact, Tata Elxsi, Deloitte, Cisco, Capgemini, Wipro, Atos, and more, every year.

• The average CTC offered remains around 6.8 LPA.

• In the 2019 campus placement, the highest CTC offered was 48 LPA.

• A total of 56 companies visited the campus drive.

BITS Goa- On the other hand, students get the option to go for higher studies and pursue a Ph.D. in their future after completion of their MSC degree from BITS Goa. Apart from that, they can take up jobs in corporate fields as well.

The average package offered to BITS Goa students is 5 LPA according to the placement statistics of last year.

Both the institutions have good faculty members who are well-qualified with exceptional teaching and research experience.

CS and Economics are two completely different domains. You should choose the subject you are more passionate about and the institute according to that.