Yes, pursuing M.Tech in Material Science and Engineering from IIT Bhubaneswar is worthwhile. The placement record for 2019 at IIT Bhubaneswar shows a 68% placement rate for M.Tech courses. Around 90 companies visited the campus for placement drive in 2019 and the top recruiters were Amazon, Jindal Stainless Ltd, TATA STEEL, Adobe, etc.

The School of Minerals, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering is quite good at IIT Bhubaneswar, the faculties are well-experienced and involved in sponsored projects by the Department of Science and Technology, UGC-DAE, Govt. of Odisha, and many more. This department also has students and faculty exchange programs with Warwick Manufacturing Group at Warwick University, UK, and Shanghai, Jiao Tong University China. Material science and metallurgy is the only department in which every second-year student gets internships. Also, Odisha is blessed with minerals, so students can gain practical knowledge through field trips.

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.