What should I choose: IIT Kharagpur economics, IIT Bhubaneswar electrical, IIT Mandi electrical, IIT Guwahati civil, IIT BHU civil or something else?

Your first decision must be the subject and choose the institute based on your subject of interest. As all of the above-mentioned choices have their own significance.

Economics at IIT Kharagpur

Total fees of the B.Sc. + M.Sc. Economics is INR 3.94 lacs. The faculty-student ratio here is 1:19. A B.Sc. + M.Sc. Economics graduation degree from IIT Kharagpur is of great value.

IIT Kharagpur has a reputation for its placements. In 2019-20, few students secured offers for more than INR 1 crore per annum. At the beginning of phase 1 of 2019-20 placements which started on December 1, around 1300 students had received job offers. The average package offered was INR 15 lacs per annum. Around 200 companies including Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and Honeywell visited the college.

Electrical at IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Mandi

A B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) degree will cost INR 7.91 lakhs at IIT Bhubaneswar, whereas, INR 8.3 lakhs at IIT Mandi.

The faculty-student ratio at IIT Mandi is 1:8, whereas at IIT Bhubaneswar there is a shortage of faculty.

The average package offered to a student of IIT Mandi was INR 13.5 LPA. The placement rate is around 82%. The average package at IIT Bhubaneswar was INR 11.4 lakhs per annum. The placement rate here was 86%.

89 companies including Amazon and HP visited IIT Bhubaneswar in 2019. A total of 112 offers were made at IIT Mandi in 2019 including offers by Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, and Robert Bosch.

Civil at IIT Guwahati and IIT BHU

Civil Engineering at IIT Guwahati costs INR 8.59 lakhs, and at IIT BHU it costs INR 8.67 lakhs.

In 2018-19, a total of 250 companies visited IIT Guwahati. The placement rate for civil engineering was 77%. The highest package offered was INR 1.5 crores. International companies like Microsoft and Uber were the major recruiters.
A total of 52 companies visited IIT BHU last year. The placement rate was 71%. The highest package offered was INR 1.53 crores. The major recruiters included EXL, Wipro, Tata Steels, Oracle, and Maruti.

You may talk to the seniors before choosing the college. The decision must be made based on your subject preference and keeping all these facts into consideration.