In Maharashtra, there are many good colleges for chemical engineering other than VNIT Nagpur, Institute of Chemical Technology-Mumbai, and IIT-B. Some of them are - Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune; MIT World Peace University Pune; Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Nagpur; and Vishwakarma Institute of Technology Pune.

Rankings:

According to NIRF 2020 rankings, the colleges were ranked as follows:

• Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Pune is ranked 98th out of 200 in India and 5th among colleges in Pune.

• MIT World Peace University Pune is ranked 138th out of 300 in India, for B.Tech courses and 5th in Pune for B.Tech courses.

• Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Nagpur is ranked 144th out of 300 in India for B.Tech courses and 13th in Maharashtra among B.Tech colleges.

• Vishwakarma Institute of Technology Pune is ranked 165th in India out of 300 for B.Tech courses and 6th in Pune for B.Tech courses.

Admissions:

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Pune

• Candidates must have passed 10+2 from a recognized board with PCM as the subjects.

• Admissions will be granted on the basis of marks obtained in the CET conducted by the university itself.

• The fee structure for the 1st year is Rs 1.2 Lakhs.

MIT World Peace University Pune:

• The candidate must have gained 50% marks in PCM with Physics, Mathematics, and English as compulsory subjects.

• A valid score in JEE Main 2020/ MHT-CET 2020 score.

• The total 1st-year fee is Rs 3.1 Lakhs.

Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Nagpur:

• The aspirant must have passed 10+2 with the science stream.

• The fee structure for the 1st year is Rs 33,600.

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology Pune:

• A minimum of 50% is required in the science stream for admissions having Physics and mathematics as the compulsory subjects.

• A valid score in JEE/ MHT-CET is required.

• Rs 1.79 Lakhs is the 1st year total fees for chemical engineering.

Placements:

The table given below shows the placement statistics of Chemical Engineering colleges:

The infrastructure of MITWPU is very pleasing. The university also provides other facilities like the ground, gym, auditorium, basketball court, hostel, canteen, labs, library, etc. Playgrounds, labs, and hostel facilities are provided in BVDU and RTMNU. On-campus facilities in VIT include labs, auditorium, playgrounds, canteen, gym, etc.

As your choice, of course, is different it’s difficult to choose one institute over the other. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur is one of the oldest NITs with a good reputation. According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 VNIT ranks at 18 among all the engineering colleges of India. The placement highlights of 2018-19 at VNIT Nagpur show 68 students from Electrical Engineering got placed. The average salary package offered in the placement was around 7 LPA, while the highest package offered to students was 22 LPA. Top recruiters from this institute include Microsoft, MindTree, Raymond, Nokia, Sulzer, Siemens, and Symantec, etc. 

Despite being a new IIT, Indian Institute Of Technology, Bhubaneswar is doing quite well both in academics and placement. According to NIRF Ranking, IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked at 26. The placement highlights from last year show 90% of students got a placement offer from this IIT. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive. The top recruiters were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, Adobe, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Trident Group, UnitedHealth Group, etc. ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC are the PSUs that also visited the campus for recruiting the students. The average CTC Offered was around 11.44 LPA, whereas 39 LPA was the highest CTC.

Both the institutes VNIT and IIT Bhubaneswar have their merits, so the decision comes down to your choice of course. So, first, choose which course you want to pursue and then choose the institute offering a better program for that specific course.