What is better, NIT Surathkal civil or DTU mechanical?

NIT Surathkal is AICTE and UGC approved and is ranked 13th for engineering by NIRF 2020. The Civil Engineering department of NIT Surathkal offers undergraduate programs, post-graduate, and research programs. The department is also recognized as a QIP center for the training of faculties from other colleges. DTU is an Institute of National Importance and is a member of AIU.

Rankings:

• DTU has been ranked 1st and NIT Surathkal has been ranked 4th for Engineering by Times 2020.

• DTU was ranked 36th for Engineering by NIRF 2020.

Admission:

• Admission to B.Tech program at DTU and NIT Surathkal is done on the basis of JEE Mains score and percentage at 10+2.

• Whereas admission to M.Tech programs is done on the basis of scores obtained in the GATE Entrance test.

Achievements:

NIT Surathkal Civil Engineering:

• A team from the NIT Surathkal Civil Engineering department won 2nd prize in the Design Event at the Technical Fest, “SASTRA”, of IIT Madras.

• Final year student from NIT Surathkal of Civil Engineering department has been awarded for the best technical paper by the International Conference of Earth Science and Engineering.

DTU Mechanical Engineering:

• The department of Mechanical Engineering at DTU has been awarded by the Dept. of Health and Environment Govt. NCT Delhi for its research work on the production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil.

• The SAE Student Chapter of the Mechanical Engineering department is first in India and considered to be the largest in the world.

• Students from the Mechanical Engineering department of DTU have participated in many international competitions conducted by NASA such as CHANDER YAN, MOON BAGGI, etc.

Placement:

Placement statistics for Civil and Mechanical branches at the institute are as follows.

Top recruiters at NIT Surathkal include Adobe, Amazon, Capgemini, CenturyLink, CITI Bank, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, while recruiters at DTU include Brain and Company, Bank of America, Bloomberg, Apple, BCG, Qualcomm, Sandisk, etc.

Alumni:

• Notable alumni of NIT Surathkal include Rajeev Madhavan- Founder of Magma Design Automation. Other notable alumni include Thomas Zacharia who is a renowned Indian-American Computer Scientist.

• Notable alumni of DTU include Vinod Dham- known as “Father of the Pentium Chip” and is the founder of the NEA-Indo-US Ventures.

Both the departments are of high repute with mass placement drive. However, you should go with your choice of interest.