Among the two, Mechanical at PEC Chandigarh would be a better choice. PEC being an old and highly recognized institute whereas NIT Delhi is comparatively a newer establishment.
Placement (Winning Institute- PEC Chandigarh)
The table below states the basic overview of the required departments from the two institutes.
Particulars |
Mechanical at PEC Chandigarh |
Electronics and Communication at NIT Delhi |
NIRF ’20 Rank |
68 |
251-300 |
Total Fees |
?4.16 Lakh |
?6.05 Lakh |
Median Salary |
?7 Lakh per annum |
?6.05 Lakh per annum |
JEE Main Cut off |
33005 |
14795 |
Total Seats |
110 |
60 |
Opportunities
Campus
The comparison between Electronics and Communication at NIT Delhi and Mechanical at PEC Chandigarh is entirely dependent on what the candidate wants, both being completely different streams. But PEC still stands a step ahead, being a more reputed institution.
NIRF has ranked NIT Patna in 134 positions while the IIITDM Jabalpur is in 81 positions. NIT Patna is highly popular than the IIITDM Jabalpur. However, one should not decide the best college based on popularity. Here is the table that gives quick highlights of mechanical courses in both the colleges.
Category(in mechanical engineering) |
IIITDM Jabalpur |
NIT Patna |
Fee |
1.66 lakhs |
1.38 lakhs |
Admission |
10+2 with 75% and JEE Mains |
10+2 with 75% and JEE Mains |
Cut-off |
20,835 to 33,875 |
21,770 to 27,050 |
Total seats |
109 |
48 |
Highest Salary |
23 LPA |
39.12 LPA |
Admissions:
IIITDM Jabalpur
NIT Patna
Placements:
IIITDM Jabalpur
NIT Patna
This is all about the NIT Patna and IIITDM Jabalpur. So, choose which college best suits you based on various aspects.
Comparing NIT Hamirpur and IIITDM Jabalpur and judging the best college is highly difficult because both are ultimate colleges in their own way. The NIRF has ranked NIT Hamirpur in the 60th position while the IIITDM Jabalpur in 81st position.
Here is the table that gives quick insights into both IIITDM Jabalpur and NIT Hamirpur.
Category |
IIITDM Jabalpur |
NIT Hamirpur |
Admissions |
10+2 with 75% grade and JEE Mains |
10+2 with 75% grade and JEE Mains |
Fee |
1.38 Lakhs |
1.46 Lakhs |
Cut-off |
20,835 to 33,875 |
18,121 to 22,930 for other state students 45,320 to 69,692 for home state students |
Total seats |
109 |
50 seats for males and 10 seats for females |
Highest Salary |
23 LPA |
1.2 crore |
Admissions:
IIITDM Jabalpur
NIT Hamirpur
Placements:
IIITDM Jabalpur
NIT Hamirpur
This is all about the NIT Hamirpur and IIITDM Jabalpur. Now, it’s your choice to choose the best college that suits you based on the various aspect mentioned above.
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If we compare these colleges based only on brand value and reputation, then COEP is way ahead of SPCE.
But you should prioritize your branch of choice while choosing an institute. Civil and Mechanical engineering, both these are core branches of engineering and have their advantages and disadvantages. Mechanical Engineering will give you exposure to a variety of branches like Automobile, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Thermal, etc. If you are genuinely interested in Mechanical Engineering, you can go to Sardar Patel College of Engineering. They have a good faculty base for the branch.
If you are flexible regarding your branch choice, you can choose COEP Civil. The institute offers a branch change option after completion of the first year too.
Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology (GRIET) provided the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) under the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) program. 300 seats are available for undergraduate students.
Admission Factors:
Placements:
Facilities:
Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering And Technology (VNR VJIET) provides a specialization of Mechanical Engineering under B.Tech. Only 120 seats are available for this course.
Admission Factors:
Placements:
Facilities:
Choosing which college is superior is challenging. Mechanical engineering is a key subject, so you'll be offered multiple opportunities in your career to choose. However, with an Electronics and Communication Engineering students can shift from hardware to software field if they wish to. So choose according to your convenience.
NIT Nagaland has a NIRF 2020 rank of 67 and NIT Agartala has a rank of 52 in the engineering category. NIT Nagaland is an autonomous institution recognized by AICTE and UGC whereas NIT Agartala is a government institute that is to be a deemed university.
Admission-
To be eligible for admission, students are expected to have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75% along with their JEE Main score.
For NIT Agartala, for programs like B.Tech, the total fees are in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 6 lakhs.
At NIT Nagaland, the total fees for programs like B.Tech lie in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 4 lakhs respectively.
JEE Main cutoff 2019 -
NIT Agartala - For the PE branch it was 28827 and 33637 as the opening and closing rank respectively for the General category. For reserved categories, the opening and closing ranks were 2763 and 11083 respectively.
NIT Nagaland - For the ME branch it was 27146 and 29838 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states. For reserved categories, the opening and closing ranks were 1896 and 7826 respectively for students from other states.
Placement -
For NIT Agartala, the median CTC was Rs. 5.5 LPA and saw 188 students being placed overall. The highest offered CTC was from Works Applications.
For NIT Nagaland, Allstate, Power Grid, Lakshaya, Vedanta, L&T, Toppers, Mphasis, were the top recruiters.
The major recruiters for NIT Agartala were L&T Infotech, Vedanta, Future Group, Havells, Axis Bank, ABB Limited, Samsung.
For the year 2019, the placement details for the two institutes are as follows.
Aspect |
NIT Agartala |
NIT Nagaland |
Highest CTC |
Rs. 36 LPA |
Rs. 10.5 LPA |
Average CTC |
Rs. 4.5 - 5 LPA |
Rs. 4.5 LPA |
NIT Nagaland conducted the 2019 placement drive wherein 22 students were recruited from various departments. The highest CTC worth Rs. 10.5 LPA was offered by Allstate.
At NIT Agartala, the total no. of offers to PE students was 11.
Which is the better option that needs to be assessed by reviewing the above facts and your perception of the college brand along with the ROI which is on average 93% for NIT Agartala and 112% for NIT Nagaland.
NIT Srinagar is the best option among the ones mentioned in the question. But living in Srinagar is challenging. If you can deal with frequent disruption and non-functionality of the institute then you can choose NIT Srinagar.
Nirma University can be a good alternative too. It is one of the best engineering colleges in Gujarat as well as India. As it is located on the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad highway, many reputed MNCs visit the campus. Nirma has a 120-acre campus. It offers good infrastructure. Their placement record is also quite impressive. Almost 90% of students get placed in reputed companies. The only disadvantage of choosing Nirma is that they don’t offer a hostel.
In North-East, you can go with Agartala or Silchar.
I have some friends from the Mechanical branch at NIT Raipur. According to them, the faculty for mechanical engineering in NIT Raipur is very talented and experienced in their field. Although the best faculty is a completely subjective view and depends on the perception of individuals, here are some of the faculty that my friends look up to.
There are also others, who are not mentioned in the list. You can check out the departmental page of the Mechanical Engineering branch on the official website of NIT Raipur to get a detailed view of the faculty profiles. Hope this helps.
LPU has been ranked 99th (overall) by NIRF and the Engineering department has been ranked 87th by NIRF 2020. Whereas Sharda University has been ranked 92nd for Engineering by India Today.
Admission:
LPU-
At LPU any B. Tech at Mechanical Engineering aspirants must have at least 60% aggregate marks in 10+2 with Physics, Mathematics, and English or, any subject that is equivalent to qualifying LPUNEST.
For students, those who have secured 90% in 10+2 or 90 percentile in JEE Mains are exempted from LPUNEST and can directly apply for the admission.
Sharda University-
In the case of Sharda University, Mechanical engineering aspirants must have at least 60% aggregate in 10+2 in physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
SUAT, JEE Main, or UPSEE scores are considered for BTech admission at Sharda University.
At Sharda University fees for B. Tech courses are ?1.59 Lakhs (1st Year Fees) whereas, at LPU the fees for B. Tech programs are ?1.37 Lakhs (1st Year Fees).
Placement:
Sharda University-
For B. Tech programs at Sharda university the placement record was 91%.
In last year’s placements, the institute witnessed the highest salary package of 65 LPA
LPU-
At LPU the highest salary package offered was 42 LPA.
The top recruiters at the institute are Google, IBM, TCS, Infosys, etc.
These are the major factors that you need to consider while choosing the institute. As for which institute should be better for you, you should decide that for yourself.
IIT Tirupati, an autonomous engineering and technology education institute that gives a 4-year Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) Civil Engineering program. Admission to the B. Tech program is through the Joint entrance examination (IIT-JEE-Advanced). It was ranked 25 for Engineering by JEE cutoff 2019.
NIT Calicut is a public technical university ranked 23rd for B. Tech and is one among the National Institutes of Technology campuses. The Institute offers a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Master of Technology (M. Tech), and Ph.D. Courses in various specializations for Mechanical Engineering.
Eligibility:
IIT Tirupati:
10+2 or Diploma (10+3) qualified students from a recognized board, with a minimum of 75% with Physics, Chemistry, and Math.
Students applying must qualify for JEE Advanced.
NIT Calicut:
10+2 passed from a recognized board, with Physics and Maths as main subjects.
Students applying must qualify for JEE Main and Advance.
The course fees for the BTech Civil and BTech Mechanical at IIT Tirupati and NIT Calicut respectively are as follows.
College/Institute |
Course |
Fee |
IIT, Tirupati |
B. Tech (Civil) |
?78,218 (1st year) |
NIT Calicut |
B. Tech (Mechanical) |
?53,797 (1st year) |
Placements:
IIT Tirupati:
As of the 2019 stats, 70 out of 90 registered students were placed in reputed companies with an average package of 9.18 LPA and the highest packages offered was 22 LPA
For the Civil department, the average package was 5.5 LPA.
NIT Calicut:
647 students from the UG, PG, got successfully placed for various job profiles with the highest package of INR. 49.75 LPA and the average CTC offered was INR. 11.58 LPA.
Around 133 companies visited the campus and the placement percentage was 73.55 according to 2020 stats.
The details stated above about IIT, Tirupati, and NIT, Calicut for the Civil and Mechanical group might help the scholars to figure out the better institute by considering the eligibility, fee structure, and placements, etc.