Both the colleges, UIET PU and CGC Landran were placed in the rank band of 201-250 according to the NIRF Rankings of 2020. The course duration for both the colleges is for 4 years but UIET offers a BE degree, whereas CGC Landran offers a B.Tech degree.

CGC Landran (ME):

Admission:

• JEE Main scores are accepted for admission to this college.

• The Mechanical Engineering stream has only 60 seats in CGC Landran. The total course fees for the duration of 4 years is Rs.3.48 lakh.

Placement:

• The placement rate for the ME stream is 40-50%.

• The average salary package received is around 4-5 LPA.

• The students get offered placements coming from government organizations including ISRO, DRDO, Indian Armed forces Navy, Air force, and Army.

• Companies like Eveready, Hyundai, Panasonic, Mahindra, Deloitte, Ashok Leyland, etc visit this college for offering placements after graduation

UIET (ME):

Admission:

• JEE Main scores are accepted for admission to this college.

• The total number of seats available for the ME stream in UIET is 94. The entire expense for the course duration of 4 years is Rs.4.08 lakh.

Faculty: The student to faculty ratio is around 400:25 which implies the number of teachers compared to the students is very low.

Placement:

• The Placement rate for the ME stream is 15%.

• Only 15% of students of this stream were placed in core companies after graduation at UIET.

• 32 students from a batch of 79 in the year 2018 were placed in both core and noncore companies including Mahindra, Hero Honda, Deloitte, ZS, Infosys, Zycus, Juganoo, Zscaler, etc.

• 2 students had got an internship offer during the 4 years of the course and among them, one was from a non-mechanical core company i.e. ZS Associates.

• The highest salary package was 11 lakh per annum from Juganoo and the lowest was 3.6 LPA from Infosys.

• The average salary package offered is around 3-4 LPA.

Mostly the package received depends on the performance of the individual in the case of both the colleges. Go through the important facts about each of the colleges mentioned above and choose which will be best for you.

UIET and CGC Landran were placed in the rank band of 201-250 according to the recent NIRF Rankings, 2020. Both degrees have a 4-year duration but UIET offers a BE degree whereas CGC Landran offers a B.Tech degree in Engineering.

UIET (EEE):

Admission:

• JEE-Mains test results are accepted for taking admission in this course and the admission procedure starts in February till April.

• Total seats for EEE in UIET are around 120. The total fees for the duration of 4 years are Rs.3.26 lakh.

Scholarships: This college provides scholarships for families whose income is less than 2.5lacs annually.

Placement:

Students become eligible for placement in this college after the 7th semester. The placement rate is 49%.

• Few students get placed and the salary package received is of 4-5 lakh annually.

• The companies which visited for the EEE stream were Infosys, Honda, Mahindra, etc.

CGC Landran (CSE):

CGC Landran’s B.Tech course was ranked 52nd out of 75 colleges in India in 2019 according to the Chronicle.

Admission:

• JEE Mains result is accepted for this college too and the admission procedure starts in September and continues till April.

• Total seats for this stream at CGC Landran are around 300. The total fees for 4 years are around Rs.3.62 lakh.

Placements:

• The placement rate for this stream is 70%.

• The average salary package for the CSE stream is around 3-4 LPA.

• The highest package in 2018 was 32 LPA in Amazon.

• Around 300-400 companies including Infosys, Cognizant, Google, Amazon, Flipkart, Dell, IBM, etc. visit for placement in this college.

Moreover, 66.66% of seats are reserved for state quota and 33.3% seats are reserved for management quota at CGC Landran but at UIET there is no state quota. The choice of the stream depends on the student’s interest.

CGC Landran provides a number of Hotel Management courses including 3-4 year degrees in food technology, hospitality and hotel administration, catering technology as well as diplomas in food production and bakery and confectionery. Here are some facts to consider if you are contemplating taking admission for the same here:

Eligibility:

• Applicants are required to score 50% marks in 10+2 grades in order to be eligible for admission to the program.

Fee Structure:The fee structure varies depending on the program chosen for application. Some of the basic fee structures for the same are listed below:

Placements:

• CGC Landran is well known for its placements and connect with various companies, mainly MNCs.
• Some of the top recruiters visiting the college annually include McDonald’s, Domino’s, Hyatt Regency, Novotel, PVR cinemas as well as Vivanta and Oberoi Hotels and Resorts.
• The average package offered to students caps in at about 3 lakhs per annum.

Training and Equipment:

• There are a number of tie-ups offered in the courses offered by the university with various hotels and kitchens.
• It has well-equipped kitchens to enable students to gain hands-on experience while training to work.
• Moreover, training restaurants, model guest rooms, and deluxe suites are also present on campus to simulate real-life scenarios.

International Collaborations:The university has also collaborated with a number of institutions abroad to help students gain deeper insight into the field of their choice. Some of these partnerships are:

• It has tie-ups in various universities in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Belgium, France, and USA. For example, IESEG School of Management in France.
• Students can also opt for exchange programs.

CGC is a well connected private university and students can expect to have a successful career after graduating from the institute.

CGC Landran has a good reputation and is better known for placements of CSE/IT/ECE (IT Sector related streams). Mechanical stream placement of the college is averagely rated. The institute offers training for placement to its students.

• Few core companies visit for the mechanical branch. The college claims that Mechanical branch recruiters like Bajaj and Mahindra and Mahindra visit their campus but the number of placements from these companies is low.

• The average placement package of B. tech 2019 batch is 4.5 LPA and 1-2 students from a batch of 80 got packages of more than 9 lakh in IT-related branches. Most students in non-IT related branches land 3-4 LPA jobs.

• Many students of mechanical branches here study coding to get placed in the IT Sector.

Placements Statistics:

• The 2018-19 placement records have shown that 40-50% of students from the Mechanical department, among the eligible, were placed with median packages between 3 to 4 LPA. The year 2017-18 had shown almost the same results previously.

• Most of these placements are in non-core sectors.

At last, if a student is skilful and has knowledge at par with the concerned industry standard then they will surely find good placement irrespective of college. There are some examples of students who did outstanding and got placed in top mechanical core companies like Royal Enfield, Mahindra & Mahindra and Bajaj.

Yes, you can withdraw your fees after one month of joining but there are a few terms and conditions. A friend of mine did withdraw his fees and noticed that the terms are slightly different as per offline and online transactions-

In case of Offline Fee Payment -

• You will be provided with a full fee after the authorities have deducted Rs. 1000 as processing fee. It will be implied only if you withdraw your fee after admissions. 
• You will not get a refund if you wish to withdraw after the classes have begun. 
• You will receive a refund of your hostel fees after a month from the month of withdrawal. If you leave the hostel without completing the year then security deposit will not be refunded.
• A friend of mine made the request to withdraw his fee and his refund was made on his prescribed application form by the admission/registrar office. Along with the fee refund application, you will also be required to submit the ID card, Original Fee Receipt & Due Clearance Certificate.
• Refunds will then be processed by the Finance Office of the University after they receive approval from the Director and will be returned to you by cross cheque in your name after 90 days from the date of receipt.
• All disputes about this issue shall fall within the jurisdiction of Mohali, Punjab for CGC, Landran. You can consider the registrar of the concerning institute to be the legal person for all such matters.

If any technical issue is found in online fee payment -

The office can be contacted if following situations occur:

• during the online payment through credit/debit card, your payment gets debited and the internet goes down due to some external server malfunction or any other similar happening. 
• your system is not able to generate the required acknowledgement given to weak internet connection.
• the payment gets deducted from your account and does not reach the institute’s account or if your payment gets debited twice due to internet issues.

Here is an overview of the amount that can be refunded if your conditions apply: 

The college states that they shall not be responsible in any case until the course fee paid by a student is credited to the Bank Account of the College. If credited, the refund policy will be applied as per the College’s guidelines.

Both Chitkara and CGC Landran are at the same level. As far as placements are concerned, both of them offer excellent placements with well-developed placement cells.

UPES is definitely more concentrated on petroleum and chemical engineering. It also has some unique courses and a really good reputation and you will get to learn a lot. Fees might be a little expensive though.

My advice to you would be to not choose electronics and communication engineering at either of them because placements are not that great and you don’t want to end up with CSE students and learn coding in the last few months of your college.

The table below should help you out with placement statistics and fees regarding the same:

While the fees for UPES are quite high, you can expect to get a similar return on your investment. At the same time, you will not be pestered for admissions like in my brother’s case with regards to CGC Landran and CU. The faculty at UPES is very good too.