Nirma University has been graded ‘A’ by NAAC. It has also ranked 13th for MBA by Outlook India in 2020. Apart from that, it has ranked 10th among the top private engineering colleges by Times in 2019 and 15th by India Today in 2019.

UIET has ranked 22nd among the top private engineering colleges by India Today in 2019.

Admission:

Nirma University:

• In order to pursue IT and software courses at Nirma University, aspiring students have to qualify for the GATE exam as it is the requirement for most of the M. Tech courses including Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic engineering, and the like.

• In order to pursue B. Tech courses, students have to qualify for JEE Main and fulfill other requirements specific to the course they are looking for.

UIET:

Those who are aspiring to pursue CS at UIET, Chandigarh, have to qualify for JEE Main for B. Tech/ B. E and GATE for M. Tech courses.

Scholarships:

Nirma University:

• For the Nirma university students, various Merit-based scholarships are available.

• Apart from that, those who come from less privileged backgrounds also get financial help through various scholarships that are provided by the institute.

UIET:

• There are various scholarships that are available for the BE students of UIET students including the Toppers Scholarship, Shanti Rani Scholarship, Merit cum Means scholarship, post Matric scholarship.

• For ME students UGC scholarships are available.

Placement:

Nirma University:

• Top recruiters who offer internships and jobs to the Nirma University students are Dabur, Daikun, Essar, Ingram, Infosys, IBM, Saint Gobain, Sun Pharma, Samsung, Morgan Stanley, Reliance, and more.

• More than 90% of students get placed every year from this institution.

• The highest and average salary package remains to be 14 LPA and 3 LPA.

UIET:

• Some of the top recruiters of UIET students are Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, Deloitte, KPMG, Mu Sigma, Capgemini, Yamaha, Infosys, and more.

• The highest and the average packages are 16 LPA and 5 LPA.

These are some of the important factors which will help you make the decision for yourself.

Jaypee Noida or JIIT Noida ranks 151 overall and 96 for BTech by NIRF 2020. It offers full fee waiver scholarships to the BTech candidates with a JEE Main rank less than 10,000.

UIET Chandigarh is ranked 72nd by NIRF India Rankings 2020 and 22nd by Outlook 2019 for their Engineering Programs. It is affiliated to Panjab University and approved by AICTE.

YMCA UST is presently known as J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology. They offer 3 types of scholarships - Campus Merit Scholarship, Domicile Scholarship for IBS Dehradun and IBS Jaipur and Past Academic Record Scholarship for IBS Dehradun & IBS Jaipur.

Admission Requirements - 

• Students should at least have 60-75% in their 10+2 exam.
• For postgraduate courses 50% in graduation is mandatory.
• Selection will be based on JEE Main and GATE ranks.
• Students pursuing MBA will have to secure scores in any of the following exams - CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT and ATMA.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the institutions: 

Placements

JIIT Noida 

• 136 companies visited during the placement program.
• They offered a median salary package of 4 LPA.
• The top recruiting companies include Adobe, Gemalto, HCL, India Mart, Microsoft, Deloitte, Infosys, Morgan Stanley, ZS Associates, Optum, DE Shaw, JP Morgan, etc.

UIET Chandigarh 

• 56 companies visited during the placement drive and made a total of 390 offers.
• CSE department has the highest placement record.
• The top recruiting companies include Google, Microsoft, Deloitte, KPMG, Mu Sigma, Optum, Wipro, Infosys, Goldman Sachs, Capgemini, ZS Associates, etc.

YMCA Faridabad

• 443 students participated in the placement program and out of the total 325 students were placed.
• The top recruiting companies include IFB, Grappus, New Holland, Omax, Just Dial, OYO, etc.

Facilities 

JIIT Noida 

• The campus has 6 hostels, 3 for boys and 3 for girls.
• The institute has conducted and participated in 21 international conferences, 275 expert talks, 91 workshops and seminars with around 4450 delegates from around the world in the last 5 years.
• They have a student strength of more than 35,000 students.

UIET Chandigarh

• The campus area is 11 acres and has 2 academic blocks including labs, offices, library, ATM and lecture halls.
• There are separate hostels for boys and girls including a dining mess, individual washrooms and sporting facilities.

YMCA Faridabad 

• The campus area is 27 acres.
• They have a student strength of more than 1500 students.

Depending on which course you intend to take will determine which college will be better for you. They all are equally good but some may vary from department to department. Considering all your criteria you can choose where to study.

NIT Nagaland has a NIRF 2020 rank of 67, NIT Manipur has a rank of 158, UIET has a rank of 72 in the engineering category. NIT Nagaland, NIT Manipur, and NIT Mizoram are autonomous institutions recognized by AICTE and UGC whereas UIET is a public university affiliated to Panjab University.

Admission-

To be eligible for admission, students are expected to have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75% along with their JEE Main score.

• At NIT Manipur, for programs like B.Tech, the total fees are in the range of Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 7 lakhs.

• At NIT Nagaland, the total fees for programs like B.Tech lie in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 4 lakhs respectively.

• For NIT Mizoram, the total fees for programs like B.Tech are 5.43 lakhs.

• UIET offers programs like B.E(IT) with fees in the range of Rs. Lakhs and Rs. Lakhs.

JEE Main cutoff 2019 -

• NIT Nagaland - For the ECE branch, it was 17473 and 23345 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• NIT Manipur - For the Civil branch, it was 26151 and 30616 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• NIT Mizoram - For the ECE branch, it was 23041 and 26040 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• UIET - For B.E(IT) branch, it was 24265 and 35348 as the opening and closing rank respectively for the General category.

Placement -

• The major recruiters for NIT Manipur were IBM, Johnson Control, Infosys, Polaris, Wipro, TCS.

• For NIT Nagaland, Allstate, Power Grid, Lakshaya, Vedanta, L&T, Toppers, Mphasis, were the top recruiters.

• At NIT Mizoram, IBM, Wipro, L&T Infotech, Microsoft, Capgemini, Accenture were the top recruiters.

• The major recruiters for UIET were Practo, Indian oil, HP, Mahindra, Infosys, Wipro.

For the year 2019, the placement details for the institutes were as follows.

Which is the better option that needs to be assessed by reviewing the above facts and your perception of the college brand along with the ROI which is on average 93% for NIT Nagaland, 129% for NIT Manipur, 110% for NIT Mizoram, and for 172% for UIET respectively.

Industrial production at NIT Jalandhar involves the designing and manufacturing processes for a product. The institute ranks 52nd as per NIRF 2020 ranking. The institute maintains a standard placement record of 87% every year.

Mechanical engineering from UIET Chandigarh consists of working in engineering services and manufacturing sectors. The university ranks 54th among the private engineering colleges by NIRF 2019 ranking and maintains a placement record of 80% every year. 

Admission Process

NIT Jalandhar:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 60% marks in 10+2.
• The final selection is followed by JEE Main and JoSAA counselling.
• The total seats available are 84.
• The course fee required for admission is INR 3.52 LPA.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is 25411-29521.

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The course fee is INR 3.25 LPA.
• The seats in UIET Chandigarh is 94.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 945-224246.

Placements

The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. The top-notch MNCs visit the colleges and offer lucrative packages to the students. 

The top recruiters are Zomato, Deloitte, Lava, Tata Motors, Capgemini, Infosys, Amazon, KPMG, etc.

Facilities:-

• The central library of UIET Chandigarh has a collection of 1 lakh volumes of books and research papers. 
• There are six hostels in the campus, four of them are for boys and two for girls. 
• A 120 capacity air-conditioned hall in NIT Jalandhar for holding presentations and interactive sessions.
• The university library of NIT Jalandhar has an inflibnet network which allows them to connect through the digital facilities. 

As per the statistics, NIT Jalandhar has many scopes in terms of placements and is more preferred than UIET Chandigarh. Thus pursuing a course from NIT Jalandhar has a brighter future.

UIET Chandigarh is affiliated to Panjab University and ranked 72nd by NIRF India Rankings 2020. Biotechnology at UIET Chandigarh deals with living organisms or parts of them to create different products. UIET is well equipped with all the necessary facilities. 

NIT Sikkim offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The closing rank of Biotechnology is 40827 at NIT Sikkim. 

Thapar (TIET) University is ranked 51 overall and 29 for BTech by NIRF 2020. They have collaborations with International Universities like Trinity College, Dublin and The University of Waterloo.

Admission Requirements - 

• Students should have 60-75% in their 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
• JEE Rank is mandatory for BTech admissions.
• Students opting for MTech should have 60% in their BTech or BE exam.
• GATE qualified candidates of UIET Chandigarh are awarded a scholarship of INR 12400 every month.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the institutions:

Placements 

UIET Chandigarh 

• Biotechnology has a lower placement record than any other core engineering departments.
• The top recruiting companies include Zugnoo, Signicent, Wipro, Zycus, IDS Infotech, etc.

TIET

• The highest package received by the students was 10 LPA.
• The top recruiting companies include Biocon, GE Healthcare, Panacea Biotech, Root Analysis, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, Serum Institute, Roche and Abbot.

NIT Sikkim

• The median salary package offered is 6 LPA.
• The top recruiting companies include GlaxoSmithKline and Cadila Healthcare.

Facilities 

UIET Chandigarh 

• The campus area is 11 acres.
• They have 2 academic blocks including labs, offices, library, ATM and lecture halls.
• There are different blocks for mechanical labs and workshops.
• There are separate hostels for boys and girls including a dining mess, individual washrooms and sporting facilities.

NIT Sikkim 

• They provide hostel facilities well equipped with all the necessary facilities.
• They have a library with both offline and online reading materials.
• They also have a sports ground for outdoor gaming activities.
• They provide transportation facilities for regular, official and medical purposes.

TIET Facilities - 

• The library has a collection of more than 89,746 books.
• It is fully air conditioned and is 25,000 square feet.
• They have 8 boys hostels and 5 girls hostels.
• They also provide medical facilities for both students and staff members.

If location is not your primary concern then you can opt for Biotechnology from TIET because it has a consistent placement record and more companies visit TIET during the placement program. The top companies visiting TIET for placement in Biotechnology are GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, Serum Institute, Roche and Abbot.

UIET Chandigarh is one of the top 50 engineering colleges in the country. The institute ranks 17th among the top engineering universities of North India as per The Week ranking 2019. The placement at UIET Chandigarh is quite good, having above 85% placements every year. 

The table below gives the brief description of the institute:-

Admission Process:-

• The admission is based on a score of 60% marks in 10+2. 
• The candidates must have a JEE Main score.

Infrastructure:-

• The faculty and labs are pretty good for this stream. 
• The college labs are equipped with the latest instruments.

Campus Life:-

The gender ratio in the university is 70:30, girls to boys. The campus life is amazing and interesting throughout the year having excellent lab facilities 

Faculty:-

The faculties are excellent and very much knowledgeable. They provide the students with valuable information about the academics as well as future options from time to time. They are very supportive and show keen interest in spreading knowledge about the concerned subjects to the students.

Placements:-

The college placement is approximately good, and most of the companies visit the college for the on-campus drive.

The top companies are Essar Steels, UB Group, Agilent Technologies, Volvo Eicher, Bechtel, Grail Research, etc. 

College Events:-

Most of the events and festivals are celebrated in the college. The college has its own cultural event by the name of GOONG which is held every year.

Thus Biotech Engineering is an excellent branch to pursue from UIET Chandigarh. The placements at UIET Chandigarh is also good and provides decent job offers to the students. After pursuing biotech engineering, most of the students prefer to go abroad after graduation as there’s a massive demand for it.