NIT Srinagar is a government-funded public university, whereas Thapar University is a privately owned institution. NIT Srinagar is considered an institution of national importance. Thapar University is ranked number 2 among private institutions in India by The Asia.

Placements:

NIT Srinagar:

• NIT Srinagar CSE students usually receive almost 100% placement.

• Major IT companies are present every year to recruit top CSE student talents.

• Some of the famous recruiters are Wipro, Infosys, Amazon, Oracle, Capgemini, Oxigen, Pinnacle, HP, etc.

• The average annual CTC offered is around INR 9 LPA. The highest CTC offered was around INR 17 LPA.

Thapar University:

• CSE students of Thapar University have bagged 100% placements consistently for the last 6 years.

• There were 264 recruiters present last year who offered jobs to students.

• The prominent recruiting companies were Oracle, Wipro, Western Digital Corporation, TCS, General Electric Digital, Microsoft, Infosys, IBM, Naukri.com, JP Morgan, XION Advertising, etc.

• The highest CTC offered was INR 43 LPA while the average CTC was around INR 8.5 LPA.

Faculty:

• NIT Srinagar has a teaching faculty of 185 experienced teachers. The student strength is around 2500 which makes for a good student-teacher ratio.

• Thapar University has a highly qualified faculty with most of them having PhDs. The teachers are quite co-operative and encourage interactive classes.

Study & Environment:

NIT Srinagar:

• NIT Srinagar, apart from being a scenic place, also has very good infrastructure for CSE students.

• Other facilities include separate hostels for girls and boys, a sports centre, and a healthcare facility inside the campus.

• All the students are admitted based on merit and hence the level of intelligence will be high.

Thapar University:

• Thapar University is situated on a vast 300-acre campus in the heart of the city and has more than 11,000 students.

• There is a fully air-conditioned computer lab with high-speed wifi that has a capacity of 300 students.

• There are also plenty of sports & recreational activities available to students.

Both of these institutions are excellent choices for pursuing a career in CSE. Go through all the above factors thoroughly and choose a college based on your interests.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology has been ranked 51st overall and 29th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It has collaborations with Trinity College, Dublin and The University of Waterloo.

NIT Jalandhar offers courses like BTech, MTech, MSc, PhD, and PGDM programs in Management and Engineering. It is ranked 52nd for BTech by NIRF 2020.

PEC University is one the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab. It is ranked 68th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It is a deemed university approved by AICTE and affiliated to Punjab University.

Admission Details

• Students should at least have 70-75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• Students opting for MBA will have to go through a Group Discussion and Personal Interview Session.
• NIT Jalandhar will conduct a JoSAA counselling session.
• Students pursuing a PhD should have a post graduation degree from a relevant board.
• TIET offers 75 scholarships for deserving students.

Entrance Exams Required - 

• TIET - JEE Main, GATE, CAT, MAT, XAT, NMAT, CMAT and GMAT.
• NIT Jalandhar - JEE Main, CAT and GATE.
• PEC University - JEE Main and GATE. 

Tabulated below gives a brief overview of both institutions:

Placements

TIET - 

• The Recruiting Companies include TCS, Infosys, Microsoft, Capgemini, JP Morgan, DeShaw, etc.

• The highest package offered to students was 43 LPA.

NIT Jalandhar 

• 130 recruiters took part in the placement program.
• The Recruiting Companies include Adobe, Microsoft, Capgemini, Vedanta, ZS Associates, Trident Group, etc.
• Students received the highest salary of 39.12 LPA.

PEC University

• A total of 619 students were eligible for the placement program.
• 143 companies visited the campus and made 449 offers.
• The university witnessed the highest salary of 42 LPA.
• The recruiting companies include Microsoft, ITC, Infosys, TATA, JP Morgan, Mu Sigma, Loreal, Arcesium, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Key Points

NIT Jalandhar

• The faculty members of NIT Jalandhar are over 200, most of them being PhD holders.
• There are 10 hostels for boys and 3 for girls.
• They have all necessary facilities like a post office, shopping centre, banks, seminar hall, gym, computer centre and library.

TIET

• Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology is known to be one of the oldest and finest educational institutes of India.
• They have 307 highly qualified faculty members.
• They provide all the necessary facilities like library, hostels and medical facilities.

PEC University

• The university has a library consisting of 1,19,830 volumes of books including science, technology, engineering, management, social sciences, IT and many more.
• They have a total of 6 hostels 4 being boys hostel and 2 girls hostels.
• PEC University provides Medical Facility, Graduate Research Project Award and has a Computer Center.

Students can choose from any of the above mentioned colleges depending on their preferences of subject or choice of course, affordability, location, appropriate facilities and much more. NIT Jalandhar and PEC University have lower course fees. If affordability is not your primary concern you can also go for TIET. TIET and NIT Jalandhar has better placement records than PEC University but they all offer more or less the same salary packages which can range from 6-18 LPA.

MAIT, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology is a reputed private college that ranks 10th among the best engineering colleges by the Dataquest T school survey and is approved by AICTE and affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

USICT, University School of Information, Communication, and Technology is a reputed private college affiliated to GGSIPU and a NAAC accredited Grade A college.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology(TIET) is a reputed private college that is accredited with grade ‘A’ by NAAC and ranked 2nd among 13 Private Institutions by The Asia.

When deciding which college is right for you, you need to look into a number of factors. One should not base their decisions on ranking alone.

Admission:
MAIT:

• MAIT offers a B.tech program and an MBA program.

• JEE Main/ IPU CET exam (B.Tech courses) CAT/CMAT/IPU CET(MBA) are the entrance examinations accepted at MAIT.

• The average cost for the attendance for the first year of the B.tech program is 1.10 lakh and is 1.33 lakh for the MBA program.

USICT:

• USICT has four curses i.e. B.VOC, M.Tech, B.Tech, and M.C.A.

• IPU CET and GATE are the entrance exams accepted for admission at USICT.

TIET:

• TIET offers B.tech, M.sc, MCA, M.E, M.tech, M.A.Psychology, MBA, and Ph.D. The average fee for B.tech is 3.25 LPA.

• The entrance examinations accepted for admissions are JEE Main, GATE, CAT/CMAT/ IPU CET(MBA).

Placements:

MAIT-

Some of the top recruiters that come for recruiting at the MAIT campus are Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, Amazon, TCS, Cognizant. Etc, offering starting packages between 3.5-20 LPA.

USICT-

• Some of the top recruiters are Amazon, TCS, Genpact, etc.

• The starting packages companies have to offer are 5-6 LPA but the highest recorded was 36 LPA.

TIET-

• Some of the big companies that visit the TIET campus are Paytm, Maruti Suzuki, Google, Amazon, LensKart, etc.

• The salary packages offered to the students range between 6-10 LPA.

Go through the above-mentioned factors and decide which institute will be better for you.

Both DTU and Thapar University are old reputable universities in the field of engineering. NIRF has ranked DTU and Thapar University at 34 and 29 respectively among top engineering colleges in India. Given below is a brief comparison between the two institutes.

You should choose the university that is offering a better program for your preferred branch.

IIEST Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur is a government-funded university and has been ranked 21 among top engineering colleges by NIRF. On the other hand, Thapar University, a private deemed university, has been ranked 29th among top engineering colleges in India by NIRF.

The table below provides the analytical details of both institutes for B.Tech courses:

• IIEST University witnessed participation from 90+ top companies in the placement and recruitment drive in the commencement year. The average placement rate was around 64% with CSE 72%. Every year the placement record at IIEST breaks its own record and it's shown consistent improvement.
• Thapar University conducts over 150 industry provided training projects and industry-institute interaction programs. 200+ companies took part in the recruitment drives last year including industry giants such as Deloitte, Edelweiss, JP Morgan, Microsoft. The average placement rate is over 80%.

As far as the faculty is concerned, both the universities have the best of their fields. Eventually, it is the onus of the student to outshine with whatever available resources he/she gets, through hard work and perseverance.