NIT Jalandhar's IT department is thriving. Students have access to the best teachers and air-conditioned classrooms. All of the teachers are highly qualified, with the majority holding doctorates in their respective fields. There is no reason to doubt their intelligence because the majority of these teachers are graduates of prestigious colleges such as IITs and NITs.
For the past 2-3 years, CSE placements have been the best in the region; you can expect the same from IT, as 50% of companies coming for CSE deal with this field.
After their second year, Microsoft comes to campus to recruit students for internships. Microsoft offers a package worth around 40 lacs per year, which is comparable to Amazon's package. Overall, the placement is excellent. Many reputable IT companies visit NIT Jalandhar and offer attractive packages to students. Companies such as Amazon, JPMC, Oracle, Samsung, Adobe, Ion Trading, Oyo Rooms, Mu Sigma, and many others come to recruit students at the college. Other branches can also benefit from the placement. 100% of CSE, IT, and ECE students are placed.
Usually, people will advise you to not join a new branch because of uncertain placements, unknown trends, unstable management, and no alumni base. However, despite being a new branch at the institute, IT at NIT Jalandhar is doing quite well.
IT branch has some of the best faculties at NIT Jalandhar. In terms of educational standers and curriculum, IT is performing better than expected.
One of my friends pursued BTech IT from NIT Jalandhar, according to him, the H.O.D of the department, Dr. D. K. Gupta puts in constant efforts to make the branch better.
So, you can definitely choose NIT Jalandhar IT, if you are interested in the stream.