You should prefer BIT Mesra. It offers better facilities and placements compared to NIT Durgapur. BIT Mesra placement 2022 witnessed an average CTC of INR 10.02 LPA, and the highest domestic CTC offered was INR 51.71 LPA. It also has a beautiful well-constructed campus.
But NIT Durgapur course fees are less compared to BIT Mesra.
NIT Durgapur is one of the top engineering colleges in India and ranked 46th by NIRF 2019. On the other hand, HBTU or HBTI Kanpur has been ranked 166th by NIRF 2020. HBTI Kanpur is AICTE approved and affiliated to AKTU.
Given below is a comparison of the CSE program offered by NIT Durgapur and HBTI Kanpur.
Categories |
NIT Durgapur |
HBTI Kanpur |
Ranking (NIRF) |
46 |
166 |
Intake |
Around 900 |
Around 617 |
Course duration |
4 years |
4 years |
Fees (1st year) |
INR 1.49 lakh |
INR 1.35 lakh |
Criteria |
10+2 in science with 75% marks |
10+2 in science with 75% marks |
Entrance Exam |
JEE-Main |
JEE Main/UPSEE |
JEE Main cutoff for CSE in 2019 |
17031 |
14573-24173 |
Placement Record |
85% |
75% |
No. of students placed. |
78 |
53 |
No. of recruiters |
90+ |
45 |
Highest package |
INR 32.54 LPA |
INR 37 LPA |
Average package |
INR 9.09 LPA |
INR 6.8 LPA |
Top Recruiters |
Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Amazon, CTS, PwC, etc |
Microsoft, Tata Motors, TCS, IBM, Oyo Rooms, etc |
The fees of HBTI Kanpur are lower than NIT Durgapur for the CSE course. However, from the placement perspective, NIT Durgapur is better. Most of the companies hire students from NIT’s and IIT’s; hence there is an advantage of pursuing CSE from NIT Durgapur. NIT Durgapur has alumni working in top MNCs like Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. Also, the NIT brand name has more value and offers many opportunities.
You should prefer Jadavpur University IT. The university is widely reputed and offers better placement opportunities.
During the 2021 placement drive, the average CTC offered to IT students at JU was INR 13.5 LPA. IT and software was the sector with the highest placement average, i.e. 37%. The total course fee for the B.E IT at JU is INR 9.6 K. So, the ROI is great.
In Eastern India, JU is the best college for CSE and IT courses, in the non-IIT category.
BITs Hyderabad is a good institute for electrical and communication engineering. Their placement records are definitely better than NIT Durgapur according to placement records of 2019. But few companies are offering starting salary of 10-15 LPA that may be the highest salary package through placement process.
Tabulated below are the course highlights as provided by both the institutes:
Categories |
BITs Hyderabad |
NIT Durgapur |
Course fee |
16.73 lakhs total |
7.2 lakhs total |
No.of seats |
No. of seats varies as per JEE cut-off |
|
Average salary |
7-10 LPA |
3.5-5 LPA |
Highest salary |
15 LPA |
8 LPA |
Top Recruiters |
Aditya Birla, Amdocs, Analogic, BCC, Alzant, Birla Century etc. |
Infosys, Capgemini, HSBC, Mahindra, Amdocs, Wipro, Reliance jio etc. |
Faculty strength:
Approximately 35 high quality faculty members are there in BITs Hyderabad whereas at NIT Durgapur just 20-25 out of 10-12 lecturers hold PhD degrees in their respective specialised subjects.
Eligibility:
Categories |
BITs Hyderabad |
NIT Durgapur |
Academic Marks |
60% marks in 10+2 from any recognised institute |
75% marks in 10+2 from any recognised institute |
Entrance exam accepted |
JEE Main score |
JEE Main score |
Placement:
Top Recruiters at BITs offer 10 lakhs per annum as starting salary package which is much better than NIT Durgapur as they provide average salary package of 3-5 Lakhs. From the previous placement records of BITs Hyderabad, almost 87.36% students got placed in top companies.
The following graph shows the placement details of both the institutes:
NIT Durgapur is superior to NIT Jalandhar. NIT Durgapur is older than NITJ and thus has a larger alumni base. NIT Jalandhar was founded later to provide better infrastructure, but NITD is currently undergoing massive infrastructure modernization. Because it is in Bengal, and Bengal has produced well-known scientists and scholars, the environment for research is favorable. Mechanical engineering is one of the best fields here.
The CSIR CMERI (Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute) is located directly across the street from the NITD main campus and has an MOU with the university. NITD has one of the best coding cultures in the world. The rankings of institutes can be found on international coding competition websites.
These three NITs are oldest and top notch, on the basis of NIRF rank NIT Rourkela is place in top 19 position but in another way NIT Allahabad (MNNIT) is the 1st NIT in India which offer engineering program in computer science so their alumni strength much higher than other NITs.
Tabulated below are the course highlights as provided by both the institutes:
Categories |
MNNIT |
NIT Rourkela |
NIT Durgapur |
Course fee (Per year) |
B.Tech-84,666 M.Tech-1.13 lakhs |
B.Tech-1.78 lakhs M.Tech-1.2 lakhs |
B.Tech-1.49 lakhs M.Tech-94,100 |
Average salary |
15.2 LPA |
15.1 LPA |
9.09 LPA |
Highest salary |
36 LPA |
34 LPA |
30 LPA |
Recruiters |
Accenture, Dell, Cisco, Canon, Adobe, Amazon, Google India etc. |
Dell, IBM, Amazon, Infosys, EXL, Airtel etc. |
Infosys, TCS, Amazon, Cisco, TATA, Intel etc. |
Faculty:
MNNIT has excellent faculty members as compared to NIT Rourkela (22 faculties) and NIT Durgapur (15- 20 faculties) which are about 30 teaching staffs having experience in various fields of computer science.
Eligibility:
The eligibility criteria is but similar for three of these national institutes:
Institute |
B.Tech |
M.Tech |
NIT Allahabad |
75% marks in 10+2 for General and 5% marks relaxation for SC/ST/PWD candidates with a valid JEE marks |
60% marks in Graduation for all candidates and a valid GATE score |
NIT Rourkela |
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NIT Durgapur |
Cut-off:
B.Tech (JEE Main) |
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Institute |
General |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
NIT Allahabad |
3101 |
1468 |
745 |
779 |
NIT Rourkela |
8500 |
4288 |
2242 |
1500 |
NIT Durgapur |
10,000 |
15-2000 |
878-1500 |
500-1500 |
M.Tech (GATE) |
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NIT Allahabad |
869 |
711 |
489 |
410 |
NIT Rourkela |
747 |
667 |
522 |
382 |
NIT Durgapur |
814 |
544 |
445 |
344 |
Placement
MNNIT and NIT Raurkela are providing the average salary of 15.1 LPA whereas the recruiters at NIT Durgapur are offering an average salary package of about 9.09 LPA. So this means the MNNIT and NIT Raurkela at the placement level are better than NIT Durgapur.
First, you should decide which course you want to pursue mechanical or Mining as that would help in comparing institutes and choose the one with the better program.
NIT Durgapur is one of the top institutions of the country with a NIRF ranking of 13 for BTech. Whereas, NIT Durgapur is ranked 47th by NIRF 2020 for BTech.
Admission:
Both the NIT Durgapur and Surathkal offer BTech programs for Mechanical and Mining Engineering. The basic eligibility is that the student must have passed the 10+2 examination with 75% marks from any recognized board and the admission will be based on JEE Mains rank.
Cut off:
In 2019 the closing JEE Main cutoff at NIT Durgapur and NIT Surathkal was as follows.
NIT Durgapur, Mechanical Engineering- 34273
NIT Surathkal, Mining Engineering- 27212 (Other State), 38716 (Home State)
Fee Structure:
The total fee for B.tech in the mining program in NIT Surathkal is 5.39 lakh. On the other hand, the total fee for B.tech in mechanical engineering in NIT Durgapur is 5.39 lakhs.
Both NIT Durgapur and NIT Surathkal provide a research-oriented teaching-learning environment in the Institute with a focus on excellence and innovation.
Placement :
NIT-Durgapur is considered as an institute of National Importance and has excellent placement records. Some of the major recruiters at NIT Durgapur for the Mechanical Engineering branch are Wipro, TCS, Infosys, IBM, Ashok Leyland, Erricson, ITC, etc.
While on the other hand NIT Surathkal also has a good placement rate. The major companies visited the campus for recruitment were LnT, BPCL, HPCL, Total Environment, Technip, ExxonMobil, IRCON International.
Institute |
NIT Surathkal |
NIT Durgapur |
Average CTC |
22 LPA |
9 LPA |
Highest CTC |
46.26 LPA |
32.54 LPA |
NIT Durgapur's main objective is research-oriented teaching-learning which helps students to pursue creative research and develop new technologies in Mechanical Engineering. On the other hand, NIT Surathkal is among the top Mining Engineering Institutions in the country. You should choose the institute based on your choice of the branch.
All these institutions are well known for their engineering stream. NIRF 2020 has ranked IIEST, Jadavpur University, NIT Durgapur, and NIT Rourkela in 21, 17, 47, and 16 for Engineering. Let's compare these on the basis of placements and ranking which may help you to make the right option.
Admissions: Admission to MTech programs at these institutes are based on a valid GATE score and the prerequisite for admission is BE/BTech with more than 55% marks from a recognized university.
Institute |
MTech Fees |
Jadavpur University |
INR 4,900 Per Year |
NIT Durgapur |
INR 46,000 Per Semester |
IIEST Shibpur |
INR 42,500 Per Semester |
NIT Rourkela |
INR 1.12Lakhs (First Year) |
Placements: Infosys, TCS, Wipro, and Amazon, Microsoft, Maruti, HSBC Technologies, IBM, L&T, Capgemini, Future First,etc. are among the top recruiters at the institutes.
Institutes |
Highest Package |
Average Package |
Jadavpur University |
INR 58 LPA |
INR 19.96 LPA |
NIT Durgapur |
INR 32.54 LPA |
INR 9.09 LPA |
IIEST Shibpur |
INR 39.12 LPA |
INR 9 LPA |
NIT Rourkela |
INR 42 LPA |
INR 8.75 LPA |
Based on the above stats you can decide which institute to choose accordingly. If we see the rankings issued by NIRF (National Institute Of Rankings Framework) then it is clearly visible that all of these institutes are among the top 50 engineering institutes of India. The admission criteria to M.Tech Courses at these is via GATE examination rank. On the basis of all these listed comparisons, hope that you will be able to choose the best option.
NIT Durgapur is ranked 46th by NIRF among the top colleges of India whereas the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology - (IIEST) Shibpur is ranked 19th by NIRF.
Cut-off:
For the CSE program at NIT Durgapur, the JEE Mains cut-off is 17031 whereas, the cut-off at IIEST Shibpur is 4978-9379.
The eligibility criteria remain the same to be applicable for the CSE program at both the colleges which is 10+2 in the Science stream with 75% marks.
Fees:
The 1st year course fee for CSE at NIT Durgapur is INR 1.4 lakhs.
At IIEST Shibpur the 1st year course fee is INR 1.36 lakhs for CSE.
Placement:
NIT DGP- The placement record of NIT DGP is higher than that of IIEST Shibpur with a placement rate of 85.5%. Top recruiters that visited NIT DGP is Infosys, Amazon, CTS, TCS, PwC. Students received the highest salary package of 32.54 LPA and an average salary of around 9.09 LPA according to the placement statistics of 2019.
IIET Shibpur- IIEST Shibpur witnessed a placement record of 75% for the CSE program in last year’s placement drive. Top recruiters that visited IIEST Shibpur are Microsoft, Maruti, TCS, HSBC Technologies. It witnessed the highest salary package of INR 39.12 LPA and an average salary of 9 LPA in 2019 placements.
The course fees are less at IIEST Shibpur than that at NIT Durgapur for the CSE program. And, also the rankings differ a lot between both the colleges. Placement rates are almost similar for both the colleges and also the salary packages. So, choose the institute which will be more convenient for you.
NIT Durgapur is one of the top institutes in the field of engineering and technology. It is ranked 47th among the top Btech colleges in 2020 as per NIRF ranking. It provides above 80% placements in top MNCs every year.
MIT Manipal, on the other hand, is the first self-financing engineering college in India. It is 4th among the top private colleges in 2020 as per India Today ranking. The institute has a 75% placement rate.
Given below is a comparison between the two institutes.
Categories |
NIT Durgapur |
MIT Manipal |
Established |
1960 |
1957 |
Course duration |
4 years |
4 years |
Fees (1st year) |
INR 1.49 lakhs |
INR 3.35 lakhs |
Criteria |
10+2 in science with 75% marks |
10+2 in science with 50% marks |
Entrance Exam |
JEE-Main |
MET |
Scholarship |
yes |
yes |
Placement Record |
85% |
75% |
No. of recruiters |
90+ |
160 |
Highest package |
INR 32.54 LPA |
INR 22.38 LPA |
Average package |
INR 9.09 LPA |
INR 7.50 LPA |
Top Recruiters |
Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Amazon, CTS, PwC, etc |
HCL, Airtel, Microsoft, Dell, Cisco, etc. |
If you are interested in Electronics, then choose MIT Manipal. However, NIT Durgapur ranks among the top five NITs and top engineering colleges of India. It is one of the few engineering colleges having nearly 100% placements. The peer group at NIT Durgapur is also better than MIT Manipal as the selection is through JEE Mains.