Questions Asked On IIT Dharwad, Dharwad

DTU and IIT Dharwad both give head-on competition to each other in all fields. DTU is ranked 36th by NIRF and 2nd by Times Engineering Survey. IIT Dharwad was recently established, and it's making all efforts to be ranked among the best. Placement opportunities are impressive in both colleges. More than 90% of the students are placed every year.

Admission:

• Students seeking admission to both the colleges need to appear for the JEE mains exam. For IIT Dharwad students also need to get a good score in the JEE advanced.

• Total ECE seat intake at DTU is 270 and 50 at IIT Dharwad.

The required cutoff for the two institutes is as follows.

Course Fees:

The course fee structure of both colleges is pretty much higher. Day scholars have to pay a separate fee structure as they do not avail of the hostel and mess facilities.

Faculty:

• Both the colleges have excellent faculty in the EE and EEE department. The maximum of the faculties is Ph.D. holders in their specified fields.

• Well developed laboratories are set up for the students interested in Research and Development.

Facilities:

• IIT Dharwad is spread across 470 acres and includes well-developed laboratories for the EE students. Digital Library, well-ventilated hostels, 24*7 medical care.

• DTU Delhi is spread in a massive area that includes facilities like a three-storeyed library building, EDUSAT studio, sports center, and 24*7 medical facilities.

Placement:

• DTU has an exemplary placement record in all its branches. For the EEE branch, the highest package offered was INR 20.33 lakhs. A total of 61 students were placed. 76 offers were given to students from different companies.

• IIT Dharwad saw its first placement in the year 2020. Internships with higher packages were offered to the students of the 3 branches. Top recruiters were Microsoft, Google, Doubtnut, Vizag steel plant, and a lot more.

The scholarship is being offered under various categories that include female candidates, academic excellence, and economically backward students. Both the colleges are good which is evident from its national rankings. To choose EE or EEE solely depends on the rank secured by the students in the entrance examination.

In the recent NIRF ranking 2020, IIT Dhanbad, IIT Jodhpur, IIST Thiruvananthapuram stands at 15th, 50th, 33rd respectively. IIT Dharwad was recently established, and it's making all efforts to be ranked among the best. Here are a few factors that you should consider while comparing these institutes.

Admission:

• For admission into IITs, students need to qualify for the JEE mains exam and get a good score in the JEE Advanced exam. The eligibility criteria are 10+2 with 75% aggregate in the science stream.

• For admission into IIST Thiruvananthapuram, eligibility is 10+2 with a minimum of 75% aggregate in the science stream and a valid JEE Mains score.

• The total seat intake for ECE at IIST is 60. 50 seats at IIT Dharwad for EE and 120 seats for EIE at IIT Dhanbad. 80 seats at IIT Jodhpur for ME.

The required cutoff for the institutes is as follows.

Faculty:

• A total of 99 faculty members are present at IIT Jodhpur and all are Ph.D. holders.

• IIT Dhanbad has a highly qualified and strong faculty network of 332 members and 315 of them are Ph.D. holders.

• IIST has 54 Associate professors, 12 Professors, 26 Assistant professors, and 4 Adjunct Professors.

• IIT Dharwad also has highly qualified professors.

Course fees:

The course fees at the institutes are as follows.

Placement:

• In the recent placement drive, IIT Dhanbad placed 61.90% of its students from the EIE branch. The highest package offered was INR 13 LPA. Top recruiters were Google, Goldman Sachs, Walmart.

• In the year 2020, a total of 83% of students were placed from the Mechanical branch at IIT Jodhpur. Top recruiters were TCS, Maruti Suzuki, Honda, Infosys.

• The top recruiter at IIST is ISRO that hired 108 Btech students. 27% of students were placed from the ECE branch.

• IIT Dharwad saw its first batch of placement, and Microsoft offered the highest internship package of INR 80000 per month.

Scholarships are offered by all the colleges to help the students during their course of study. As for which institute will be better you should decide that according to your course of choice.

BITS Hyderabad, which is affiliated under BITS Pilani, ranked 30th by NIRF amongst top engineering colleges in India, is very well renowned for computer science. While IIT Dharwad hasn't been ranked yet by NIRF.

Fee structure and student strength:

Curriculum:

BITS Hyderabad, MSc Mathematics and CS dual degree:

• The course is a five year degree course divided into 10 semesters.
• Students learn modules from both mathematics and computer science engineering.
• Few humanities electives are also included in the first year of the course for holistic development.
• Subjects that students will learn in case of mathematics include algebra and analysis, calculus and optimisation research, etc.
• In case of the engineering equivalent of the degree, topics like database systems, programming in various languages,operating systems,ML/AI/IOT, etc. are included.

IIT Dharwad, B. Tech Electrical Engineering:

• The degree is a four year course consisting of eight semesters in total.
• The department focuses on the core topics of building physical devices, networking and control systems.
• It also encourages multi-disciplinary research including topics of computer science, chemistry, applied physics and more.
• Students are also encouraged to take up internships, research projects offered by the institute in collaboration with several other universities across the globe.

Placements:

BITS Hyderabad, MSc Mathematics and CS dual degree:

• Most students earn a median salary of INR 12 lakhs per annum.
• The highest package offered is INR 65 lakhs per annum for an international offer.
• Top recruiters include Axis Bank, Bajaj Allianz, Accenture, Accolite, CBRE etc.

IIT Dharwad, B. Tech Electrical Engineering:

• The highest package offered to EEE students was INR 12 lakhs per annum
• Average package offered was INR 6 lakhs per annum.
• Of the total students who applied for placements, 70% were placed in 2020.
• Top recruiters include Adobe, CISCO, Wipro, TCS, Infosys

While both institutes are quite well established and both BITS and IITs have a grand brand value, one can make a choice between the two based on the above mentioned parameters and their interest in the subject.

IIT Dharwad is a UGC approved autonomous institute and has been recently established. The first batch will graduate in 2020. The main campus is under construction as of now, proposed to be spread across 530 acres, the students have to stay in a transit campus. Hence, all facilities cannot be availed yet.

While official data from the institute has not yet been released, these statistics are based on the summer placement and internship data.

• The highest stipend offered at the institute for 2020 was INR 80000 per month by Microsoft.
• Top recruiters at the institute included BARC, CSIR, ARAI, Microsoft, McAfee, SKF India among 30 others.
• With 29 companies taking part in the recruitment process, 80% students were placed.
• Highest CTC offered is 15 LPA
• Average CTC offered is 7 LPA

Sector wise placements and TPO Statistics:

• For the summer internship, 54.4% earned an internship through the TPO whereas 35% found an internship on their own.
• Most students bagged an internship in the computer science sector. This was followed by other sectors like research and development in the IT sector. The following table highlights the same:

Since official data from the institute is not available yet, one can depend on the internship data presented above to judge placements from the college so far. It is expected that these statistics will definitely improve in the next year with more networking and more participation in the activities held by the TPO.