Placements of any college depend on its Alumni Network and this fact can’t be denied that being a 100-Year-Old institution IIT BHU has a wide range of alumni working in every area. Placements here are comparable to other IIT’s. MTech in Mechanical at IIT BHU has a good placement percentage. IIT BHU has Training and Placement Cell working hard for the placement of their students.
There are several PSUs like IOCL, ISRO, BPCL, HUL, CIL, ONGC, etc. who came to the campus for placement drive. Besides there are other private firms too like Bajaj, Maruti, Jaguar, Trident Automobiles, etc. that visit campus too for recruiting students from MTech in Mechanical Engineering. With good placement percentage students are placed in well knows firms with an average pay package of 8.10 Lakhs per annum and the highest package offered was 30 LPA CTC.

Chances are not much good as the number of seats in the thermal specialization are less (only 18) and IIT Bhubaneswar conducts a rigorous interview (half an hour to 45 minutes per candidate), within that duration you need to explain the topics on the board to the interviewers. Some of the interview questions asked in the previous year were boundary layer theory, transient heat conduction, the significance of Prandtl, Nusselt, etc.

The process for admission in the course is based on marks secured in graduation. The student must have 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA in a 10-point scale in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent (with a valid GATE score). 

The final selection of regular candidates will be based on the combined scores of the candidates in GATE (70%) and the written test (30%). The Written Test and Interview shall be given equal weightage of 15% each.

Students in the unreserved category will be eligible to sit in the interview subject to scoring a minimum of 40% marks in the written test and for final selection a minimum of 50% marks in the interview.

Hence, an interview becomes a very crucial factor in securing admission. It is completely technical in nature as explained above it judges the in-depth knowledge of the applicant in the subject. NPTEL lectures can be useful in preparing for the interview so as to enhance the understanding of the in-depth concepts of the subject in detail. Since the analysis part of some concepts as mentioned above can also be asked. The project report is also required there so one can expect questions from there also.

Finally, the cut off of the course is around 600 hence you can expect to have a fair chance if you have good understanding and command over your subjects.
 

Amity University offers a decent M.Tech program for Thermal engineering. Although it is not at the same level as IITs, the institute has a dedicated and distinguished team of faculty members, who are keen to impart in-depth knowledge about the subjects. The median salary package offered to an MTech Thermal engineering graduate is 3 LPA and some of the top recruiters are Apollo Tyres, Bajaj Allianz, Blue Star, British Airways, Escorts Group and Government organisations like PWD have also recruited engineers in the recent years.

Amity University has tie-ups with universities across the globe, some of them include The University of Queensland, University of Birmingham, University of Denver, Brunel University which provides good opportunities for the students to pursue higher studies. If you want good placement offers after completing your M.Tech then Amity university may not be the right place for you.

NIT Manipur is a central funded autonomous institute ranking 148th in the engineering category by NIRF 2019 ranking. The placement record is 80% for all branches of engineering every year. The department of thermal engineering from NIT Manipur develops students through scientific and intellectual knowledge. 

DIAT Pune is one of the best institutes for pursuing marine engineering and imparting technical education for 60 years. The institute ranks 57th in the NIRF engineering rankings. Moreover, nearly 80% of placements are offered by the institute. 

Admission process:-

NIT Manipur:-

• The minimum criteria requires a 60% marks in BTech.
• The candidates require a valid score in the GATE examination. 
• The cutoff required is 626 in the GATE examination.
• The total fees is INR 1.48 LPA.
• The seats alloted is 37.

DIAT Pune:-

• The minimum criteria required is a graduation degree with 50% marks. 
• The seats allocated for this course is 75.
• The total fees required is INR 1.45 LPA.

Placements:

There are lots of opportunities for the students once they graduate from these colleges. The institute has recently witnessed 50 students getting placed in top MNCs with an average package of INR 6 LPA. 

The top recruiters are DRDO, HCL, Tata Power, L&T, Amdocs, Mphasis, etc.

Faculty:

NIT Manipur consists of 72 faculties out of which 40 are holding the PhD degree in their respective fields. 

The faculty members of DIAT Pune are very cordial and helpful and maintain a healthy relationship with the students. 

Facilities:

• The Library of NIT Manipur consists of over 24000 books and 81 journals.
• There are two separate hostels for girls and boys each with a capacity of 150.
• The hostels of DIAT Pune consists of an accommodation of 240 students in their hostel.
• The institute encourages the students to participate in the cultural and technical fests which the students look forward to every year.

Thermal and marine engineering are two different fields of engineering. Both of these branches have different career scopes in the future. Therefore, it is advisable to check and then decide which stream to pursue from which institute.

Yes, there is a good chance that you will get a seat in IIT Bhubaneswar core mechanical department. In IIT Bhubaneswar, the selection is based on 70% weightage for the GATE score and 30% weightage for the performance in the Written Test and Interview. The department has 3 main branches i.e. Design, Thermal, and Manufacturing. The cutoff is most likely to be, Design>Thermal >Manufacturing in all IITs. As design seats get filled first, then thermal and then manufacturing.

There are 18 seats for both Mechanical Systems Design and Thermal Science and Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar. The basic eligibility criteria are 60% marks in B. Tech./B. E. in Mechanical Engineering with a valid GATE score. Although cutoff changes every year for each branch but based on last year’s record, in 2020, the expected GATE cutoff for Mechanical System Design(GEN) is 595- 605 in IIT Bhubaneswar. So, yes there is a good possibility that you will make the cut.

M.Tech Mechanical is a preferred stream but its success is directly proportional to the level of placements offered by colleges in comparison to the fees or investment made. The number of students enrolled is less compared to B.Tech making it a less lucrative option for campus placements.

The detailed analysis is as follows.

Eligibility:

• The basic criterion stands at graduation with a minimum score of 50%.

• The common examination accepted is GATE.

Fees:

• NIT Surathkal has a fee structure of Rs. 1.85 Lakhs

• ISM Dhanbad offers the course is Rs. 1.05 Lakhs.

ISM has fewer fees as compared to NIT Surathkal.

Placement Details:

The prime-most details to be focused upon are the average and highest placement scenario of both the colleges in general.

• 79% placements in NIT Surathkal M.Tech as opposed to 50% in ISM.

• Major Recruiters are Teradata, Cisco, Dell EMC, Riverbed Technology, and Huawei Technologies.

• ISM M.Tech is not preferable for mechanical, it’s a sure shot option in case of CSE or Mineral engineering.

• The only reason to prefer ISM is the IIT factor attached to it which makes it more appealing in terms of faculty and culture.

The choice can be made both on the basis of placements and college ranking with respect to the course offered. The packages offered in the Mechanical stream in NIT Surathkal are quite good as compared to those in ISM Dhanbad. NIT Surathkal also holds a reputation in the institutional list with respect to its 7th position in the list of NIT.

IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Gandhinagar both are new IITs and have decent placement records so it’s hard to pick one institute over the other.

According to the NIRF Ranking 2020 (Engineering Category), IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked at 22nd place. The overall M.Tech placements percentage at this institute was close to 69% in 2019. The placement of M. Tech design is quite good too. The main recruiters included most of the PSU’s such as HPCL, Oil India Limited, IOCL, and MNCs like Goldman Sachs, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, etc.

IIT Gandhinagar is ranked 24th among the engineering colleges of India according to the NIRF Ranking 2020. The majority of placements offers at IIT Gandhinagar are made by PSU’s. Students also opt for different options according to their preferences about different careers.

But in the end, these are just some statistics that can change over time. So, you should make your decision according to your convenience.