ISME is located in Lower Parel, Mumbai. Its postgraduate program in Management Business and Entrepreneurship is quite popular. BME at ISME has a course span of 11 months. It gives an amazing blend of knowledge and a skill-based curriculum. The course mainly focuses on Management, Finance, strategy, and Entrepreneurship. 

Highlights:

• ISME helps you to expand your network to more than 500 corporate companies. You will have great exposure to collaborative projects and industrial works. Internships and placement records on campus are worth mentioning. 
• ISME is very resourceful. Here you will get exposed to 3 niche startup accelerators along with partners who are industry giants like Google, Microsoft, etc. You will also be exposed to a bunch of investors who are helpful in launching a successful business. 
• BME majorly focuses on business analysis and Entrepreneurship. Faculties are well trained, highly qualified, and experienced. 
• Students are taught to challenge the status quo and are trained to come up with innovative ideas. 
• Institute gives you that extra push to reach your maximum potential. 
• ISME works on the motto of producing leaders with entrepreneurial mindsets. 
• College provides you with corporate connections of global level, the infrastructure and facilities on campus are top-notch. Moreover, the campus is located at an amazing location which is a great advantage to students. 'ISME Edge' is specifically designed to give its students a world-class learning experience. 

To conclude, ISME is totally worth joining and BME is an amazing course offered by ISME.

It’s difficult to determine which institute is better as the courses in question are different. However, given below are information about the two courses which may help you make the decision.

• Though NIT Surathkal is among the oldest of the NIT’s, their IT department is comparatively new. IIT Bhubaneswar’s Mechanical Engineering department is popular and one of the core subjects.
• It is always better to study Mechanical engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar than IT from NIT Surathkal because core engineering will be preferred by recruiting companies than IT.
• NIT Surathkal has better placements than IIT Bhubaneswar due to its older and more noticeable connections with the recruiting companies.
• An IIT Bhubaneswar graduate will be offered less salary than an NIT graduate due to its reputation and popularity among recruiters. A graduate from NIT receives an average salary package of around 9 lakhs per annum.
• NIT Surathkal is ranked 5th in their Engineering category and IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 9th in their engineering category by Times Engineering Ranking 2019.
• The Cut off for IT in NIT is 2509-3321 and for Mechanical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar is 4003-12065.
• IIT (Bhubaneswar) as a brand that is much more popular than NIT (Surathkal) and is valued by both students and recruiters alike.

The final decision is up to the choice of a student and his/her preferred course of study.

The complete procedure for M.tech admission in IIT Bhubaneswar is described below briefly.

To get admission in M.Tech at IIT Bhubaneswar, students should register online through the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP). After completing the COAP registration, you will receive the COAP registration number which needs to be used in the online application form.

Following are some of the specializations inviting application for admission in M.Tech at IIT Bhubaneswar:

Filling of Online Application Form and Payment Procedure follows the following steps:-

• You need to fill the application forms on the official website of the institute. Register on the online-portal by providing your current Email ID. Login to the portal and provide the email ID and password that were given at the time of registration. Fill the required information and submit your application.
• There is no application fee for female candidates, however, male candidates are required to pay the application fee. One can easily pay the fee through online mode of payment.
• Take a printout of the application form for future reference. Applications without legitimate installment and SB Gather Reference Number are refused.

The selection of the candidates is done based on their GATE score(70% weightage) and their performance on the written test and the interview(30% weightage). If you get selected the college authority will let you know via email.

In India, very few institutes offer M.Tech in Transportation Engineering. This course is somewhat similar to Automobile Engineering but not quite the same and pursuing it from a reputed institute like IIT Bhubaneswar offers a lot of opportunities. Students with a civil engineering degree can opt for the MTech Transportation Engineering program. The eligibility criteria for applying into the program is a BTech degree with an aggregate of 60% in a similar field. Students are also required to clear the GATE cutoff for Transport Engineering for applying. The course fee for M.Tech Transport Engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar is 2.34 lakh/year.

The course curriculum for M.Tech in Transportation Engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar involves planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of transportation facilities. Transportation engineering also concerns the driver-vehicle interface and user interface of road signs, signals, and markings. The program is a good choice if you wish to join the public service. Before pursuing the M.Tech, doing an internship with any transportation company or civil engineering firm will provide the experience needed in planning and designing transportation projects, preparing estimates, and evaluating traffic patterns.

According to the placement highlights of IIT Bhubaneswar, 68% of students from the M.tech courses were placed in 2019. A total of 89 companies visited IIT Bhubaneswar for recruitment in 2019 and the average salary package was up to 11 lakhs per annum. Companies like Tata Motors, L&T Ltd., visited the campus for the placement drive.

The placement statistics of 2019 show the civil engineering department in IIT Bhubaneswar had a placement rate of 89%. The average package offered was 7.6 LPA. While the overall placement rate in IIT Bhubaneswar was 90% with an average package of 11.4 LPA and the highest package offered was of 39 LPA. The M.Tech batches had a 68% placement rate. The third-year students also received cushy internship offers from globally renewed organizations.

The list of top recruiters included Tata Steel, Amazon, Tata Power, IBM, Tesco, etc.Students of Civil Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar also got recruited by PSUs like ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC.

In the session 2018-19, around 90% of UG students got placed with the highest CTC offered being 39 LPA and the average CTC was 11.44 LPA. For PG students, the placement rate was 69%. CSE branch received 100% placement, 90% for Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 89% for Civil, 86% for Electrical, and 83% for Mechanical. The maximum offers were received by the CSE students.

The major recruiters in the session were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, while the top PSUs being ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC. A total number of 89 companies took part in placement drives in the college. The number of companies visiting the college and the placement rate has been continuously increasing in the past 3 years.

Now compare the placement statistics of IIT Bhubaneswar with other prominent IITs in the country, IIT Bombay provided an average salary of 20 LPA, IIT Madras recorded 100% placement providing an average CTC of 16 LPA, IIT Kharagpur providing 15 LPA average salary, IIT Kanpur providing an average salary of 7.5 LPA, IIT Delhi offered an average package of 16 LPA, and IIT Indore offered around 19 LPA as the average annual salary.

As you can see, IIT Bhubaneswar is on par with many of the other prominent institutes in India. The numbers show constant growth from the previous years which further assures that there would be a prominent growth in placement rate in the future.

IIT Bhubaneswar had a surge in placements over the last few years. During the 2019 campus placement, a total of 89 companies visited the campus and almost 90% placement rate was observed. The companies that came for recruitment included Amazon, Google, Dell, Capgemini, Wipro, etc.

The CSE department got the highest placement with a 100% placement rate and the average salary package received by the students of CSE was around 10-35 LPA. Other core branches also received an average placement package of around 10-16 LPA. The highest annual package offered in IIT Bhubaneswar was 39 LPA during the ongoing recruitment of 2020 placements.

It also offers internships to the students which last from May to July every year. For the summer internship program, the students visited organizations such as Amazon, Microsoft, DRDO, Jindal Stainless Steel, etc.

Since its inception, this institute has collaborated with many foreign universities like the University of Massachusetts, University of New York, University of Warwick, etc. which offers great exposure and internship opportunities to the students of this institute.

The approximate cost for pursuing a B.Tech from IIT Bhubaneswar is ?1.45 Lakhs.

Given below is the fee structure for B.Tech students at IIT Bhubaneswar. Fees may vary a little as the exact figures are from past academic years.

There is an option for a 100% Tuition Fee waiver for SC/ST/PH students. And, full remission of the fee for most economically backward students (whose family income is less than Rs.1 lakh per annum). Also, IIT Bhubaneswar allows remission of 2/3rd of the fee to other economically backward students (whose family income is between Rs.1 lakh to Rs.5 lakh per annum).

The IIT Bhubaneswar placement in 2019 was quite good irrespective of the different streams and courses. Companies like Google and Amazon offer huge placement packages for IIT Bhubaneswar students. The IIT Bhubaneswar also collaborates with foreign universities like the University of Massachusetts, University of Warwick, McGill University, etc.

Out of the 35 students in the Mechanical Engineering domain with mechanical system design specialization, 32 of them got secured positions in campus placements. There has been a placement record of 83% for this domain in 2019 with an average salary of 11.44 LPA. A total of 89 companies visited IIT Bhubaneswar and among these were ISRO, IOCL, TATA STEEL, TESCO, etc.

Despite being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar offers decent placement for mechanical system design specialization and is considered as one of the centers of attraction for Indian students.