My cousin is a student at NIT Delhi currently and claims it to be the best NIT in North India. It provides an excellent platform for research-oriented study and top-notch academics.
The first-year students of all branches are taught the same subjects. From the 3rd year, students have labs for every theory subject. There are approximately 60–70 hour classes of core subjects and 30 hours lab in the same subject. Students are also required to make projects for every lab for which they are even graded. There are around 7-8 subjects in every semester comprising 5 core subjects and remaining computer science, humanities, and applied science subjects. The curriculum is therefore very rigorous and you will have to work extra hard for this branch.
The branch records great placements every year and students are also offered internships from good companies. An added advantage of studying at NIT Delhi is the close proximity to coaching centers in Delhi.
However, NIT Delhi lacks in terms of cultural activities so if you want to experience a dynamic and fun-filled campus life, you might want to reconsider your decision.
NIT Durgapur and IIEST Shibpur both are excellent universities for pursuing Bachelor's and Master's in Engineering. Both institutes are located in different parts of West Bengal in famous areas. NIT Durgapur has been ranked and 46th in Engineering Category by the NIRF Rankings in India. It does carry a reputation value to the degree by being a premier institute of Engineering. IIEST is a lesser-known institute but well advanced in their research faculty and content.
In a nutshell:
Colleges |
Admission |
Placements |
Tuition fee |
NIT Durgapur |
JEE Main |
70% |
1,49,100 |
IIEST Shibpur |
JEE Main |
Metallurgy: 68.6% Mining: 80.1% |
1,37,000 |
Courses:
Admission:
Admission at NIT would be much more competitive than IIEST. It requires a higher JEE mains rank. The choice of the subject involves even more competitiveness as it is done at the end of the first year based on CGPA. Most students who get selected at NIT do not wish to go for metallurgy, however, if you are interested, then it is one of the best institutes. IIEST is relatively easy when it comes to admissions and choice of subjects.
Placements:
The B.Tech. program at IIEST may not hold much value, but it is supplemented by excellent research professors who encourage students to take part in national missions and research projects. The competitiveness at NIT won’t provide that opportunity to every student.
Making a choice between two different institutes offering two different courses is always difficult. Both NIT Durgapur and IIT BHU are reputed institutes and offers decent placement, so choose according to the branch you are interested in.
NIT Durgapur is a prestigious institute among the NITs of India. It ranks 47 among the engineering colleges in India according to the NIRF Rankings 2020. The placement statistics of 2019 at this institute revels, the CES department had a placement rate of 88.64%, and 78 students out of 88 got placed. The average CTC offered was around 9.09 LPA.
NIRF ranked IIT BHU at 11 among the engineering colleges. IIT BHU also holds a decent placement record. In 2019 campus placement a total of 49 students got placed from the Ceramic Engineering Department. The average CTC ranged around 10 LPA to 58 LPA. Besides core companies, students can also sit for software companies that come for placement in this institute which is an added advantage.
Being an IIT, IIT BHU offers certain perks but as a course, CSE has better scope than Ceramic Engineering.
NIT Durgapur is one of the top engineering colleges in India and ranked 46th by NIRF 2019. On the other hand, HBTU or HBTI Kanpur has been ranked 166th by NIRF 2020. HBTI Kanpur is AICTE approved and affiliated to AKTU.
Given below is a comparison of the CSE program offered by NIT Durgapur and HBTI Kanpur.
Categories |
NIT Durgapur |
HBTI Kanpur |
Ranking (NIRF) |
46 |
166 |
Intake |
Around 900 |
Around 617 |
Course duration |
4 years |
4 years |
Fees (1st year) |
INR 1.49 lakh |
INR 1.35 lakh |
Criteria |
10+2 in science with 75% marks |
10+2 in science with 75% marks |
Entrance Exam |
JEE-Main |
JEE Main/UPSEE |
JEE Main cutoff for CSE in 2019 |
17031 |
14573-24173 |
Placement Record |
85% |
75% |
No. of students placed. |
78 |
53 |
No. of recruiters |
90+ |
45 |
Highest package |
INR 32.54 LPA |
INR 37 LPA |
Average package |
INR 9.09 LPA |
INR 6.8 LPA |
Top Recruiters |
Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Amazon, CTS, PwC, etc |
Microsoft, Tata Motors, TCS, IBM, Oyo Rooms, etc |
The fees of HBTI Kanpur are lower than NIT Durgapur for the CSE course. However, from the placement perspective, NIT Durgapur is better. Most of the companies hire students from NIT’s and IIT’s; hence there is an advantage of pursuing CSE from NIT Durgapur. NIT Durgapur has alumni working in top MNCs like Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. Also, the NIT brand name has more value and offers many opportunities.
Mechanical/Electrical Engineering is superior to Production Engineering because Mechanical engineers can apply for jobs in the field of Production, whereas Production engineers cannot apply for core Mechanical jobs.
So, instead of selecting Production, I will recommend Mechanical /Electrical at NIT Durgapur in this case.
Here is a brief outline of NIT Durgapur.
Average CTC | 9 LPA |
Highest CTC | 33 LPA |
Major recruiters | TCS, IEM, Vedanta, TATA IQ, etc. |
Course fee | 5.56 lakhs |
Choose between Mechanical and Electrical based on your interests.
If coding is your area of interest and you are getting a chance to join ECE at NIT Durgapur then grab it.
If you are devoted to coding, NITD ECE will offer you many opportunities.
These three NITs are oldest and top notch, on the basis of NIRF rank NIT Rourkela is place in top 19 position but in another way NIT Allahabad (MNNIT) is the 1st NIT in India which offer engineering program in computer science so their alumni strength much higher than other NITs.
Tabulated below are the course highlights as provided by both the institutes:
Categories |
MNNIT |
NIT Rourkela |
NIT Durgapur |
Course fee (Per year) |
B.Tech-84,666 M.Tech-1.13 lakhs |
B.Tech-1.78 lakhs M.Tech-1.2 lakhs |
B.Tech-1.49 lakhs M.Tech-94,100 |
Average salary |
15.2 LPA |
15.1 LPA |
9.09 LPA |
Highest salary |
36 LPA |
34 LPA |
30 LPA |
Recruiters |
Accenture, Dell, Cisco, Canon, Adobe, Amazon, Google India etc. |
Dell, IBM, Amazon, Infosys, EXL, Airtel etc. |
Infosys, TCS, Amazon, Cisco, TATA, Intel etc. |
Faculty:
MNNIT has excellent faculty members as compared to NIT Rourkela (22 faculties) and NIT Durgapur (15- 20 faculties) which are about 30 teaching staffs having experience in various fields of computer science.
Eligibility:
The eligibility criteria is but similar for three of these national institutes:
Institute |
B.Tech |
M.Tech |
NIT Allahabad |
75% marks in 10+2 for General and 5% marks relaxation for SC/ST/PWD candidates with a valid JEE marks |
60% marks in Graduation for all candidates and a valid GATE score |
NIT Rourkela |
||
NIT Durgapur |
Cut-off:
B.Tech (JEE Main) |
||||
Institute |
General |
OBC |
SC |
ST |
NIT Allahabad |
3101 |
1468 |
745 |
779 |
NIT Rourkela |
8500 |
4288 |
2242 |
1500 |
NIT Durgapur |
10,000 |
15-2000 |
878-1500 |
500-1500 |
M.Tech (GATE) |
||||
NIT Allahabad |
869 |
711 |
489 |
410 |
NIT Rourkela |
747 |
667 |
522 |
382 |
NIT Durgapur |
814 |
544 |
445 |
344 |
Placement
MNNIT and NIT Raurkela are providing the average salary of 15.1 LPA whereas the recruiters at NIT Durgapur are offering an average salary package of about 9.09 LPA. So this means the MNNIT and NIT Raurkela at the placement level are better than NIT Durgapur.
IIEST Shibpur holds rank #21 according to the NIRF ranking 2020. The admission is based on JEE Main/WB JEE scores and followed by counseling and interview. For graduate courses, GATE scores are the basis for admission.
NIT Durgapur holds #47 rank according to NIRF 2020 ranking. The admission for undergraduate students is based on JEE results, followed by counseling. NIT Durgapur offers 90 seats for B-tech from electrical engineering.
Admission process:
IIEST Shibpur
NIT Durgapur
Placements:
IIEST Shibpur
NIT Durgapur
Both the Institute are good choices for doing ECE/EE with excellent facilities likehuge libraries, good laboratories, classrooms, Wi-Fi hotspots.In NIT Durgapur, the E-study facility is also there. The faculty of both the Institute is equally good with highly qualified teachers. Top recruiters visit the campus every year for placements.
Well, both the colleges are in different states and both have their own set of reports, some good some bad. Though from an infrastructure point of view, NIT Jamshedpur is small and cozy whereas NIT Durgapur is quite beautiful and flourished in about 187 acres of land.
Similarly, it goes for NIT Jamshedpur.
Both the campus have good campus life and environment. But better contact someone who studies there and judge the authenticity and then choose between the two and definitely consider placement, faculty, and research before opting for either of them. The campus life at NIT Jamshedpur is quite good and you are not going to regret joining this institute.
Having friends in both institutions, I can say that both NIT Raipur and NIT Durgapur are one of the most popular and reputed engineering institutes in our country.
Categories |
IT at NIT Durgapur |
CSE at NIT Raipur |
Course Fee |
5.56 lakh |
5.40 lakh |
Placement Percentage |
80% |
80-90% |
Highest CTC |
22 LPA |
18 LPA |
Average CTC |
6.4 LPA |
8 LPA |
Recruiting Companies |
Amazon, Capgemini, Directi, Qualcomm, etc. |
Wipro, Accenture, Infosys, Oracle, etc. |
Hence, both CSE and IT branches of NIT Durgapur and NIT Raipur respectively, have very good and supportive faculty. The placement opportunities provided by these colleges are very similar to one another. But choosing NIT Durgapur will be a better option as there are much better companies visiting the campus for placements