NIRF has ranked Thapar University 29th in the Engineering category. Whereas, LNMIIT Jaipur has been ranked 194 for B.Tech by NIRF. As Thapar university is among the finest universities for CSE in North India and LNMIIT Jaipur is an emerging college in the field of IT, these colleges are compared often. Given below is a brief comparison between the two institutes.

CSE at Thapar University

• Established in 1956, the University also has a larger alumni network as compared to LNMIIT Jaipur.
• The course fee for CSE at Thapar is 17.08 lakhs. Admissions at Thapar University is based on JEE Mains scores. The minimum eligibility criteria are 10+2 with 70% aggregate in PCM.
• The CSE department of Thapar has excellent infrastructure. It also has a great coding culture. The department has many technical and non-technical societies that organize many coding competitions, hackathons, all year round.
• In 2019, Thapar University's Highest salary package reported was 43 LPA and the average salary package was approximately 7 LPA. The top recruiters included Amazon, Microsoft, DE Shaw, JP Morgan, Infosys, etc.

Thapar University final year students are required to spend a full six month semester in the industrial projects. It also arranges 6 weeks of summer training for students of various branches including CSE.

CSE at LNMIIT Jaipur

• Admissions at LNMIIT Jaipur is based on JEE Mains scores and direct admission is offered to Central & State Board toppers. The minimum eligibility criteria are standard 12th with 60% aggregate in PCM. The total course fee is 14.8 lakhs.
• According to reports as per 2019, LNMIIT Jaipur recorded the highest salary package as 36 LPA and the average salary package 10 LPA. The top recruiters included Amazon, Oyo, Microsoft, Sapient, Goldman Sachs, etc. Students also get selected for GSoC from LNMIIT.

LNMIIT Jaipur provides opportunities for extensive research work. It also provides Summer internship programs. The programs are attended by students from IITs and NITs.

Although LNMIIT Jaipur has a lower course fee, in terms of placements, alumni network, coding culture Thapar University is better for CSE.

The CSE department is the best at IIIT Bhubaneswar. The institute intakes students into the M.Tech programs through GATE. The eligibility criteria for MTech in CSE is a B.Tech in a relevant field and valid score in GATE exam. The GATE cutoff in the closing round in 2019 for CSE was 603 (General). The course fee for the first-year is INR 1.76 LPA.

The faculty of the department are highly qualified and experienced. The faculties are alumni from IITs, IISc Bangalore, NITs.

The placement scenario is pretty good for MTech in CSE. The top recruiters include Microsoft, Dell, Infosys, IBM, CTS, etc. More than 90% of the M.Tech CSE students get placements every year. The average salary package offered is around INR 5.5 LPA.

Both the ECE and Mechanical courses are good, so you should choose the course you are interested in.

The first batch of Electronics and communication batch in IIT Bhubaneswar will pass out in 2020 which is why placement stats are not available. However, IIT Bhubaneswar had a good placement record in the academic year 2018-19, 90% of students got placed with an average of 11.4 LPA from IIT Bhubaneswar.

Out of 32 students, 29 students in the mechanical branch got placed in reputed companies with an attractive package in IIT Indore in 2018. The highest package was offered was HPCL that is 16 i.e. lakhs. The average package in IIT Indore was 9.13 LPA. The top recruiters who come for placement in IIT Indore for mechanical are ISRO, TATA MOTORS, HPCL, L&T.

The faculties at both the IITs are outstanding. Now, coming to course Electronics courses falls between in the middle of core and software. So, Electronics students get jobs quite easily in the software domain also. ECE students have a wider scope than the mechanical branch. If you compare college then IIT Indore will be the better option than IIT Bhubaneswar but if your interest is in the subject then ECE will be a better choice than mechanical.

GATE cutoff varies based on the categories of the qualified candidates, and subjects. The previous year’s GATE cutoff for computer science at IIT Bhubaneswar for different categories of candidates was General (625), OBC (563), SC (419), and ST (419). Computer science engineering comes under the school of electrical sciences in IIT Bhubaneswar and has the highest GATE cutoff than other engineering departments. These are the relevant cutoff according to the COAP ( Common offer acceptance portal).

All the students who qualified GATE and want to take admission in IIT Bhubaneswar have to apply individually for the M.Tech program. IIT Bhubaneswar also conducts a written test and viva for the admission in M.Tech courses.

Metallurgical Engineering program in IIT Bhubaneswar is quite good. A few of the subjects in the course include Polymers & Nanocomposites, Materials in archaeology, Materials recycling and sustainability, etc. The faculty of the metallurgy department are well qualified and experienced. The college provides a research-oriented environment and the curriculum also includes a number of field trips as it is located in Odisha which is blessed with minerals. Students also gain a major exposure through internships which they attain the second year of the course. The annual fees charged by the college is close to 2.13 LPA INR for its B. Tech course.

120 students appeared for the placement season of 2018-19. 90% of the Metallurgical Branch got placed in the year 2018-19. The average package offered was 11.44 LPA INR. 89 companies visited the campus in the year 2018-19. Few of the top recruiters include TATA Steel, Reliance Industries, and PSUs like IOCL, DRDO, ONGC, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar offers a decent Post-Doctoral Fellowship program. This program is offered initially for a period of 1 year and can be extended for another year based on the reviews of the contributions made to the institute by the fellow.

The fellow is required to participate in the teaching and research activities of the institute. He/She is also expected to mentor and guide students and carry out other academics related assignments as allotted by the institute during their fellowship.

The candidate should be below 35 years of age preferably and should have a consistently good academic record followed by a Ph.D. degree in the relevant field. The Ph.D. degree must not be any older than two years.

The stipend for fellowship ranges between 45,000-55,000 depending on the experience and qualification of the candidate. Other benefits like accommodation and house rate allowance are also admissible.

The documents required during application are-

(i) Detailed CV

(ii) A one-page summary of Ph.D. work

(iii) Two-page research proposal

(iv) One-set of copies of the publication

(v) Relevant academic transcripts

The candidates called for an interview are reimbursed traveling allowance (up to AC 3-Tier Rail fare/ Bus fare) by the shortest route. There is no fixed time limit for the processing of the application but it is done in the shortest possible duration (according to the availability).

Among the different types of specialization in electrical engineering, MTech in power systems is a leading specialization from IIT Bhubaneswar. There are 40% of the seats for the electrical engineering department among the total seats. In each year there are 10 elective subjects you can choose from.

Now let's have a look at the most important thing which is placement. You will get the privilege of sitting for major companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, TCS, Intel, Cognizant, etc. Apart from these, there are also lecturer jobs from the coaching institutions and universities. In 2019 there was 69% placement from M.Tech courses. One thing to be kept in mind regarding the placements is that you can apply up to a maximum of 60 companies.

VLSI in IIT Bhubaneswar is good both in academics and in placements. The teaching standard is very good as most of the faculties are Ph.D. holders. The placement statistics of the university have been excellent so far and it's actually increasing each year. In 2019, 68% of the M.Tech batch have been placed with core and other sectors. The highest number of job offers received from core companies. A total of 89 companies visited the campus during the placement drive. The average salary offered in 2019 was 11.44 Lakh per annum, whereas the highest domestic CTC went up to as much as 39 Lakhs per annum. Companies like Adobe, Amazon, Accenture, Affine Analytics, HCL, HPCL, Ittiam, Infosys, KIIT, Go-Jek, Goldman Sachs, and many others visited the campus for recruitment.

PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM also participated in the placement to recruit students. Recently, IIT Bhubaneswar signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. The institute also 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. This will provide the students with excellent internship and research opportunities.

IIT Bhubaneswar being a new IIT has good laboratory facilities. All the engineering branches and basic science departments are equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories. 

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure has eight laboratories equipped with modern facilities to support teaching and to carry research works in any specialization of Civil Engineering. Computational lab, Concrete lab, Environmental lab, Geotechnical lab, Structural lab, Surveying Lab, Transportation lab, Water Resources lab are the laboratories in the Civil engineering department. Apart from the central computational facility, the school has an advanced computational laboratory too. School of Mechanical Sciences has well-equipped laboratories along with a high-end computational laboratory with 30 workstations served by an 18 blade server. The School of Electrical Sciences has full-fledged laboratories to train the students from the very basics to modern trends in the field of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Communication and Computer Science Engineering. The students utilize all lab equipment to carry out the design and testing of projects. At present, there are 33 laboratories at this school. School of Minerals, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering have 8 laboratories for academic and research works. School of Basic Sciences has more than 20 laboratories for different subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and their specializations. 

The ICLDB Laboratory at School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Management in IIT Bhubaneswar provide access to state-of-the-art technology and updated databases for research and teaching in Economics. Currently there are 10 computers. Many of the systems are well equipped with statistical software such as SPSS, STATA, EViews, Limdep, etc. 

There is also a Language Laboratory fitted with multimedia and learning content that is ideal for engineering students. The software, content and module for the classroom are based on the Video-Auditory-Reading-Writing-Kinesthetic (VARK) model that enables non-speakers of English to practice and get better.