The cutoffs are released after the spot round. So, it’s difficult to say what is the required cutoff for Electrical branch in the spot round at PEC Chandigarh. 

But assuming that you are from the open/general category, these are the starting cut-off ranks for recent years.

Since the number of seats in PEC is the same as last year (no increase or decrease) you can expect fairly the same ranks this year too. So, work hard and make sure you get in the rank range.

I have a few friends at VJTI and they are not happy with the Electrical Engineering program offered by the institute. Here are some of the things that they mentioned about the institute.

• In VJTI, there has been a lack of good faculties for ages. Most of the professors in VJTI lack sufficient experience to deliver proper lectures and provide proper practical exposure to students.
• Due to the lack of faculties in VJTI, there are walk-in interviews conducted by the institute to hire faculties. But, even in those interviews, there is no proper candidate with good enough experience. Some of the faculties are even from tier-3 colleges.
• There is no proper laboratory equipment available in VJTI, especially in the electrical engineering department. Almost 90% of the lab works are done through software simulations.
• The class timings in VJTI are not satisfactory for most students in the institute. On a usual day, classes start from 9 AM and continue till 5 PM, which most students think to be too long and hectic.

Considering the above disadvantages of VJTI, ECE at IIIT Nagpur is a much better choice for students. Here is a brief overview of the ECE course at IIIT Nagpur.

Hope this helps.

You should give the preference/priority to the course you are more passionate about. However, here is some impotent information about the two institutes, which may help you in choosing between these two.

ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad (CSE):

The college was ranked 201 by NIRF in the year 2019. ABES college Ghaziabad is AICTE and UGC approved. The college is ranked B grade by NAAC.

Eligibility: Candidates who opt for CS engineering for this university should get 45% in class 10+2 exams and should also sit for UPSEE exams.

Fees: The fees of the course are Rs 1.44 Lakh (first year).

Faculty: Many of the faculty members have PhDs. There are also guest lecturers that are called to provide in-depth knowledge to the students.

Placement Highlights:

The college promises 100% placement for this course. Many technology-based companies have started to visit the college which helps the students getting placed

• The highest salary package that was offered was 12 LPA, the average salary package offered ranges between 5-6 LPA. The lowest salary package offered ranges between 3-4 LPA.

• Top recruiting companies that visit the college campus includes; Wipro, Infosys, TCS

Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET), Lucknow (Electrical Engineering):

The college is affiliated to AKTU and AICTE and UGC recognized. The college is one of the top Engineering colleges in the U.P.

Eligibility: Candidate should have passed 10+2 exams from any recognized board in order to seek admission in the Electrical Engineering program. They should have physics, chemistry, and mathematics as their subjects in 10+2. Candidates also need to take the UPSEE exam in order to seek admission.

Fees: The fees for the first year for students studying Electrical engineering is Rs 89,775.

Faculty: There are lectures every day for 1 hour for each subject the student has chosen and one needs to secure at least 75% attendance. The faculty is highly qualified and friendly.

Placement Highlights:

• 72 companies visited the college for recruitment in the academic year 2020.

• The highest package offered by them was INR 14 LPA while the average package was at INR 7 LPA.

• Top companies include; Adobe, Honda, L&T, and Google.

Both are good options and have decent placement records. Therefore, if one has to choose a college, they can look at the information given above.

PEC Chandigarh is one of the pioneer engineering institutes in Punjab and provides quality education in electrical courses. The institute ranks 68th as per NIRF 2020 Ranking and also one of the oldest and premier institutes. The university is famous for its placement packages and is great for pursuing Electrical engineering. 

Thapar Institute of Information Technology (TIET) has been ranked 2nd among 13 Indian Private Institutions by ‘THE’ Asia. They offer both BTech and MTech courses of 4 years and 2 years respectively. The learning process at Thapar for CSE is more inclined towards practical knowledge.

Admission Process:

PEC Chandigarh

• The candidates must have a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 with PCM with a valid score in JEE Main.
• The cutoff required for Electrical engineering is 12781 - 17622.
• The total seats allocated is 37 per department. 
• The course fee required is INR 96,750.

TIET

• The candidates must have 60% marks in 10+2 with PCM with a valid score in JEE Main.
• The total fee for CSE is INR 3.25 LPA. 
• The seats available for the CSE course is 60.

Placements:

Tabulated below are the placement statistics for the institutes:

The top recruiters are Panasonic, Atkins, Schneider Electric, TATA, Philips, Vedanta, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Accenture, Infosys, etc.

Faculty

• PEC Chandigarh comprised 60 members in each department with each of them being cooperative and helpful towards the students. 
• TIET focuses on the overall development of the students. They deliver the knowledge to the students by following a practical approach and thus helping them to secure a better future.

Facilities

• PEC Chandigarh consists of a central library having a collection of 1.19 books on various topics. 
• PEC Chandigarh has separate hostels for boys and girls. There are six hostels with four hostels for boys and two for girls.
• The central library of TIET consists of a collection of 89759 books.
• TIET consists of eight hostels for boys and five for girls.

It depends on the student’s preference of the subject with which they want to move their career further. Thapar Insitute is located in Patiala, on the other hand, PEC is located in the capital city i.e. Chandigarh, which can offer the students great advantages.

ET Lucknow is an autonomous constituent college of Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU). It is considered one of the tier 3 engineering colleges in the state and most of the students from the institute pass out with an average salary of INR 3 – 4 lakhs per annum to work as clerks in service-based companies which cannot be termed great in any sense.

Electrical Engineering as a discipline is also very dead and there will be very few core companies who will offer jobs.

The skills demanded by the industry are not being supplied by the students and thus placements are lower. If the colleges start implementing changes and upskill their students the situation will definitely improve. But as it stands today, the placements are grim.