Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Electronics & Communication Engineering) From IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar

ECE is in any way superior to Civil Engineering. NIT Trichy is also a really good institute, so don't just go for the IIT tag. Taking Civil in a new IIT (or even in an older IIT) will limit your options, in terms of location or something else. 

You might not get as many opportunities as you might get for ECE, given that the packages offered for ECE branches are comparatively always better. 

If you had the option of choosing a circuital branch in IIT BBS, then it would be highly recommended to you, but since you are considering Civil, it is a better choice.

NIT Trichy would be a better choice than IIT Bhubaneswar for Metallurgy because of the following reasons.

• The placements are better for in ECE than in Metallurgy.
• If students fail to get core placement in NIT Trichy, they can still try for top-notch coding and management companies recruiting from the ECE department.
• There are numerous Technical clubs for first years students who are passionate about Electronics.
• NIT Trichy has lower academic fees than IIT Bhubaneswar. But it may vary for different courses. The course fee of B.Tech in NIT is 72,100 whereas in IIT Bhubaneswar it is 1.4 lakh.
• In terms of quality of infrastructure and social life, NIT Trichy is better than IIT Bhubaneswar as it is much older.
• NIT Trichy ECE in 2019 has undergraduate placement of 95% and IIT Bhubaneswar Metallurgy has 90% placement in 2019.

BITS is the better choice among all as CSE has more scope than ECE. And NIT Surathkal is an old institute with a better placement record than IIT Bhubaneswar. 

Since BITS Hyderabad is the newest among all other campuses and it certainly is a little behind in terms of faculty, infrastructure, etc. But when compared on a national level it is on par with any other institute. It provides the students with a prime location to look for internships and also provides an edge to them if they are opting for off-campus placements. Although the institute provides students with decent opportunities for on-campus placements also. Around 200 companies visit the campus each year and around 94% of the student secured a job through campus placements with an average package of around 5-6 lakhs per annum and the highest package offered was as high as 14 lakhs per annum.

NIT Surathkal is among the top NITs of this country. The placements of students of this branch are also good although NIT Trichy and Warangal have better placement records. The average placement package offered at this NIT is around 14.15 LPA and 100% placement was observed for B.Tech batches in last year’s placement drive.

ECE is one of the new branches that started at IIT Bhubaneswar starting from 2016. Hence the first batch of students will graduate in 2020. In 2019, the average CTC offered in this IIT was 11.44 LPA. Many core companies, software companies, PSU’s, etc. hire electrical engineers from IIT Bhubaneswar hence one can assume the same trend to be followed for electronics and communication engineering also but the result is yet to be seen.

IIT Bhubaneswar and DTU are both well-reputed institutes for engineering in India. Between the branches, COE offers more opportunities as compared to ECE. However, you should choose the institute based on the branch you are interested in.

IIT Bhubaneswar is considered among the top engineering colleges in India. NIRF has ranked IIT Bhubaneswar at 17th among the engineering colleges. Admission to the ECE program at the institute is done based on the performance of the student in JEE Advanced and the minimum eligibility criteria for admission is 75% aggregate in 10+2. The course fee is 2.14 lakhs (1st-year course fee).

ECE is a new branch in IIT Bhubaneswar. The first batch of ECE graduated in 2020. Before 2016, electrical engineering was a combination of EEE and ECE. In 2020, 97% of the students from ECE got the placements in many top MNCs.The average CTC offered was INR 15.8 LPA. However, the highest domestic CTC offered was around INR 43.3 LPA.

DTU is ranked 2nd and 34th as the best technological university as per TES and NIRF. The admission to the program is done on the basis of the performance of the student in JEE Mains. The course fee for COE at DTU is 1.66 lakhs (1st-year fee).

According to the placement statistics of 2019, a total of 122 students of COE got placement offers. The highest CTC offered to the COE students was INR 40.63 LPA.

The first batch of the ECE branch of IIT Bhubaneswar was supposed to get passed out in the academic year 2020. IIT Bhubaneswar has offered Electrical Engineering since its inception. But earlier this branch was a combination of traditional Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE). fROM 2016, these two batches have been divided. For the placement section, many-core companies, PSU’s and software companies are the recruiters of IIT Bhubaneswar.

Placements:

• In the first batch of ECE placements around 10% went for the core companies like Marwell Electronics and Qualcomm. 
• Many were placed in the software companies including Amazon, Microsoft HSBC, Mathworks, Oyo, Razorpay, and many more. 

It can be said that the first batch has done pretty well.

If you are willing to change the domain to a software company you should definitely opt for IIT Bhubaneswar but for the core companies, any old IIT would be a better choice.

The aerospace course in IITM is a well-structured course. IIT M is also the top-ranked IIT in our country (NIRF Ranking-1). The placements for this branch have been consistent over the years. In the 2019 placement drive, the institute witnessed 70% placement offers with an average annual CTC of 16.1 LPA. 

ECE at IIT Bhubaneswar is a new course as it was started in 2016 and the first batch will graduate in 2020. The syllabus of ECE follows the curriculum of IIT KGP and incorporates the latest industry trends. The infrastructure in terms of labs, faculty, etc. are commendable at IIT Bhubaneswar, but in terms of placements for this branch, it’s not as good as the aerospace branch at IITM. There are no past placement records for the ECE department but the overall placement rate in 2019 was 90% with an average CTC of 11.44 LPA.

While considering the branches individually ECE seems to be a better option than aerospace. ECE opens up a wide array of options, for example, manufacturing jobs, while the scope of the aerospace course in the niche. Finally, if comparing both the courses IIT Bhubaneswar’s ECE may offer good scope due to its traditional nature, but in terms of placements and overall quality of the course, IITM’s aerospace engineering is better.

The major factor that drives the decision of which course to pursue is the placements.

Chemical Engineering- IIT Roorkee

As per the 2018-19 placements record, more than 250 companies participated in campus placements, some of them were ITC, Reliance, Jindal Steel, TATA, and many more. Chemical Engineering Students at IIT Roorkee recorded an average placement of INR 13.05 lakhs per annum. A total of 8 PPOs were offered to Chemical Engineering students. Roles were offered for Technologist, Researcher, Data Scientist, Data Analyst, Consultant, etc. The placement rate for Chemical Engineering was around 80%.

ECE at IIT Bhubaneswar

ECE is one of the new branches of IIT Bhubaneswar and was introduced in 2016. Due to this, the first batch to pass out would be the batch of 2020. So there are no past records for this course. However, seeing the trend of placements for electrical engineering, the same can be assumed for ECE as well. In the year 2018-2019, 86% of the Electrical Engineering Department was placed. Companies like Amazon, INTEL Technology, ISRO, DELL, Thermax, Tata Steel, and many more visited to recruit students during campus placements. The average placement was recorded at INR Rs. 11.44 lakhs per annum.

EEE at IIT Mandi

As per 2019-20 placements, 62.5% of EEE were placed during phase-1 of campus placements. A total of 75 companies visited the campus and some of the top recruiters were Accenture, Wipro, CISCO, ISRO, CSC India, Siemens to name a few. The average package offered was 13.5 lakhs per annum. Several PPOs were also offered.

Considering the placements data, you should choose Chemical Engineering at IIT Roorkee. However, the final decision of which course and college to select rests up to you.

As your choice of course is different, it’s hard to select between IIT Bhubaneswar and NIT Surathkal.

According to the NIRF 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked at 26, which is a good rank considering it’s a new IIT. The Mechanical Engineering department is quite good at IIT Bhubaneswar. According to the 2019 placement record, 83% students got job offers from Mechanical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar. Many famous companies such as Amazon, H Jindal Stainless Ltd, KEC International, KIIT, Rao Edusolutions, TATA steel, TATA Advance System, Thermax, TETCOS, TESCO, UHG, and other companies as well recruited students last year.

NIT Surathkal is a well-reputed name in Indian Engineering institutions. According to NIRF Ranking, it ranks at 22 nationally among engineering institutes in India. ECE in this NIT is even better as compared to a few IITs. The placement records of 2018-19 show that 97% of placement offers were received by students in this department. The average placement offer was 12-13 LPA.

Both IIT Bhubaneswar for Mechanical and NIT Surathkal for ECE are good choices with their own advantages. So, choose wisely according to your convenience.

IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar both are decent institutions with good Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) programs, so it’s tough to pick one institute over the other. 

After conversion into an IIT, Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad is doing quite well as compared to before, both in academics and placements. Most of the labs of ECE department are now housed in the state of the art New Academic Complex (NAC) of this institute. Placement rates have also increased. According to 2019 placement highlights, there were 60.40% placements from the Electronics & Communication Engineering department. The average package offered has been around INR 15.5 LPA, whereas, the highest CTC offered was 39 LPA. Although most placements for ECE are CSE oriented, some core electronics companies like HCL, Texas Instruments, etc visited the campus last year. Apart from these students of ECE have been placed at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Ernst & Young, KPMG, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, Deloitte and many other companies.

Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) at IIT Bhubaneswar is a new branch that was started in 2016. The first batch of ECE will graduate in 2020, so, there is no previous placement record for Electronics & Communication Engineering at this institution. But the placement record for other engineering branches at this institution is quite good. 90% of students got placed last year. The average CTC Offered was around 11.44 LPA. However, 39 LPA was the highest CTC. PSUs like ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC visited the campus for recruitment. Other top recruiters were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, Adobe, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Trident Group, UnitedHealth Group, etc. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive. 

Both, IIT Dhanbad and IIT Bhubaneswar offer decent BTech programs for ECE, so choose according to your convenience.

NITK ranks 21st in the Engineering Category by NIRF 2019. It is the top Institute among the NITs. During 2018-19, a total of 92% of students got placed from undergraduate programs. The Computer Science branch of NITK Surathkal received an annual package of 18 lakhs per annum.

IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 17th in the Engineering Category by NIRF 2019. It is one of the new establishments of IIT. The cut off for Electronics and Communications in IIT Bhubaneswar is 1000-3000. A total of 86% placement was recorded in the year 2019 from the Electronics and Communications department. The Electronics and Communications branch of IIT Bhubaneswar received an annual package of 11 lakhs per annum.

Though IIT Bhubaneswar has a better ranking, students often prefer choosing NITK other than the newer IITs. Due to its reliability and popularity among students. NITK is a much older institute than IIT Bhubaneswar resulting in having better connections with companies, faculty members, infrastructure, alumni, etc.

Though CS students received more salary packages than Electronics and Communications it is up to you to choose which career will be perfect for you. You can choose to study in IIT Bhubaneswar by receiving the IIT tag or you can go for NITK which has been here for a long time.