I have a friend who went to NIT Durgapur, so I can give you some idea about the Biotechnology branch at the institute, based on what I heard from her.
According to her, Biotechnology at NIT Durgapur does not get much importance as the other branches such as CSE, IT, or ECE. Also, people often tend to look down on the branch.
Here are the recent placement highlights for Biotechnology at NIT Durgapur.
| Eligible Students | 28 |
| Total Placed | 12 |
| Percentage Placed | 42.86 |
| Total Job Offered | 13 |
But Biotechnology is all about interest. If you are passionate about the subject, you can definitely do well in your academics. Don’t worry much about placement. If you have the required skills, you will have decent placement opportunities at NIT Durgapur.
ISME is considered one of the top B-schools to pursue a PGDM course in the country. According to some of my friends studying there, the placement records ISME has accomplished are great and unique.
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Highest Placement Package offered: |
INR 10.05 LPA |
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Average Placement Package offered: |
INR 6.70 LPA |
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Minimum Placement Package offered: |
INR 5.50 LPA. |
The companies that visit the campus of this college almost every year include Bosch, Asian paints, TCS, Marico, Flipkart, IBM, and also some start-ups that recruit from the college include FMCG, Henkel, ITC, UNiBIC, etc.
You should give the preference/priority to the course you are more passionate about. However, here is some impotent information about the two institutes, which may help you in choosing between these two.
ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad (CSE):
The college was ranked 201 by NIRF in the year 2019. ABES college Ghaziabad is AICTE and UGC approved. The college is ranked B grade by NAAC.
Eligibility: Candidates who opt for CS engineering for this university should get 45% in class 10+2 exams and should also sit for UPSEE exams.
Fees: The fees of the course are Rs 1.44 Lakh (first year).
Faculty: Many of the faculty members have PhDs. There are also guest lecturers that are called to provide in-depth knowledge to the students.
Placement Highlights:
The college promises 100% placement for this course. Many technology-based companies have started to visit the college which helps the students getting placed
The highest salary package that was offered was 12 LPA, the average salary package offered ranges between 5-6 LPA. The lowest salary package offered ranges between 3-4 LPA.
Top recruiting companies that visit the college campus includes; Wipro, Infosys, TCS
Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET), Lucknow (Electrical Engineering):
The college is affiliated to AKTU and AICTE and UGC recognized. The college is one of the top Engineering colleges in the U.P.
Eligibility: Candidate should have passed 10+2 exams from any recognized board in order to seek admission in the Electrical Engineering program. They should have physics, chemistry, and mathematics as their subjects in 10+2. Candidates also need to take the UPSEE exam in order to seek admission.
Fees: The fees for the first year for students studying Electrical engineering is Rs 89,775.
Faculty: There are lectures every day for 1 hour for each subject the student has chosen and one needs to secure at least 75% attendance. The faculty is highly qualified and friendly.
Placement Highlights:
72 companies visited the college for recruitment in the academic year 2020.
The highest package offered by them was INR 14 LPA while the average package was at INR 7 LPA.
Top companies include; Adobe, Honda, L&T, and Google.
Both are good options and have decent placement records. Therefore, if one has to choose a college, they can look at the information given above.
Both NIBM and SIMS are considered the best colleges in Pune. NIBM received Asia’s Best Award at World HRD Congress 2018. Whereas, SIMS Pune is ranked 24 for MBA by TOI 2019.
Admissions:
SIMS:
It is an AICTE and NAAC approved college which accepts the admission of graduates above 50% score.
Admission for the courses is done based on the score of SNAP.
The rut off for Round 1 SNAP is 77 Percentile.
There is an availability of 120 seats for admission.
NIBM:
NIBM is an AICTE approved college that accepts the admission of graduates above a 50% score.
Admission for the courses is done based on the score for CAT/CMAT.
The final selection is done by the university based on the written ability test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI).
The cutoff score of MAT is 94+ Percentile, cut off score of CMAT is 94+ percentile, and the cutoff score of CAT is 80 percentile.
There is an availability of 120 seats for admission.
Faculty:
SIMS:
Faculty members in SIMS focus on interactive learning. They use different methods to make classes more engaging and productive even when classes are conducted virtually.
It involves peer learning, and you get to learn about a lot of things covered in the course curriculum as well as in presentations, workshops seminars, etc.
NIBM:
The teachers are highly qualified and knowledgeable. Most of the faculty has a doctorate.
The faculty does not only focus on theory but it makes students industry-ready.
Placements:
SIMS:
Placements are offered in every field like finance, banking, marketing, etc.
The average salary package offered in SIMS is 8 LPA.
Major companies like Deloitte, Google, and Accenture have offered placements.
The training is provided by the placement cell well in advance for better opportunities.
The overall salary package here is between 6-13 LPA.
NIBM:
NIBM Pune has a 100% placement record.
They provide many internships and social development projects for students to avail of a better job opportunity.
The highest salary offered was 14.5 LPA with an average salary of 9.44 LPA.
Both SIMS and NIBM are the best and well diverse colleges. There is not much difference based on infrastructure or campus facilities. But there is a well-versed difference in opportunities due to the better ranking of SIMS, which makes it more preferable among students than NIBM. There is also a visible difference in placement records which makes SIMS a better choice than NIBM.
Xavier Labour Relations Institute or XLRI is located at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, and XIM University Bhubaneswar is situated in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. For the year 2020, XLRI was ranked 9th by NIRF in the Management category. XIM University had a ranking of 31 in the Management category list of NIRF 2020.
Fee Structure:
XLRI:
XIM University:
Scholarships:
Placement -
The table listed below gives a brief overview of the placement for the year 2020:
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Particulars |
XLRI |
XIM University |
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Major recruiters |
KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, Microsoft, Amazon, P&G, GAIL. |
Deloitte, Cognizant, PwC, Capgemini,TCS,Accenture. |
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Highest CTC |
INR 58.22 LPA |
INR 27.50 LPA |
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Average CTC |
INR 15.42 LPA |
INR 14.31 LPA |
Campus Life
XLRI
XIM University?
The decision for best college can be made with all the above available information, along with your perception of college branding and the ROI which is on an average 0.65:1 for XLRI and 0.93:1 for XIM University.
Nirma University, Amrut Mody University situated in Ahmedabad, and OP Jindal University situated in Chhattisgarh all three are famous Indian colleges for Integrated BBA. But, one thing to be noted here is that Nirma University has only integrated the BBA+MBA course available of a 5-year classroom program. Whereas OP Jindal and Amrut Mody University have an integrated BBA course of the 3-year classroom program. More information is mentioned below.
| Particulars | Nirma University | OP Jindal | Amrut Mody |
| Total fees | 17.07 Lakh (BBA+MBA) | 2.62 Lakh | 7.60 Lakh |
| Accepted Exam | IPMAT | UGAT | Not provided |
| Eligibility | 60% aggregate in 12th from Science stream | 45% aggregate in 12th from Science stream | Not provided |
Placements:
Nirma University
OP Jindal
Amrut Mody University
It can be said that all of the three colleges are almost equivalent in terms of their NIRF ranking and academic quality. Although, as far as placements are concerned, Nirma University has a bit of advantage above the other two. Now one can decide according to the personal preference.
Amrita University Coimbatore was ranked 4th by NIRF in 2020. It is a UGC approved university and has been graded ‘A’ by NAAC. Amrita University Bangalore has also been graded ‘A’ by NAAC in their latest evaluation.
Admission:
Amrita University Coimbatore- It has a huge variety of offerings for M. Tech.
Amrita University Coimbatore offers M. Tech in Cyber Security, Automotive Engineering, Communicative Systems, Computer Science and Engineering, Design and Manufacturing, and more.
The average course fee remains around 3.57 Lakh and the common eligibility criteria is GATE score.
Amrita University Bangalore-
It offers various M. Tech courses as well. Among the other ones, the major M. Tech courses that are offered include M. Tech in Data Science, Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Power Electronics, Thermal Science, and M. Tech in Embedded Systems.
The average course fee remains around 2.5 Lakh for most of the courses.
Placement:
Amrita University Coimbatore-
Top recruiters that offer various internship and job opportunities to the Amrita University students are Google, Amazon, Microsoft, TCS, CTS, and more.
The highest salary package remains around 30 LPA and the average package is 5 LPA for the students.
Amrita University Bangalore-
Top recruiters who offer jobs and internships to Amrita University Bangalore students are Accenture, Amazon, Cognizant, Blue Star, Nokia, Samsung, and many more.
The highest, average and the lowest salary package for the students remain to be around 10 LPA-12 LPA, 9 LPA, and 3 LPA.
Infrastructure:
When it comes to infrastructure, both the college campuses qualify to be excellent considering the high-quality classrooms, sports fields, hostel facilities, library services, and other services.
Both the campuses try their best at providing the students with comfortable campus life.
The average hostel rate remains to be around 1.70 Lakh. It varies as per the accommodation details.
These are some of the important factors that might be helpful for you to make the final call. When it comes to pursuing M. Tech, Amrita University presents a plethora of options to choose from. Therefore, it would be wise to do proper research according to your comfort and then make the decision for your future.
All the Colleges are considered to be among the best colleges to pursue Computer Science in India. NIT Surathkal, BITS-Hyderabad, DTU, and DA-IICT are ranked 13 (NIRF 2020), 47 (Jagran Josh), 36 (NIRF 2020), and 111 (NIRF 2020) respectively for BTech. All the Universities offer experienced faculties from subject backgrounds and have well-equipped full-fledged laboratories to carry out academic and research works.
Admission:
BITS-Hyderabad offers a BE program for CSE. Whereas, NIT Surathkal, DTU, and DAIICT offer BTech CSE. BITS-Hyderabad accepts admission based on BITSAT scores. NIT Surathkal, DTU, DAIICT accepts admission for BTech CSE through JEE Mains.
Cut off:
The required cutoff for CSE programs at these institutions according to previous years is as follows.
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NIT Surathkal |
DTU |
DAIICT |
BITS-Hyderabad |
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2156 (Other State) 3561 (Home State) |
11560 |
8722 |
342 (BITSAT) |
Fee Structure:
The total course fee at these institutes is as follows.
BITS Hyderabad- 16.73 lakh
NIT Surathkal- 3.95 lakh
DTU- 7.80 lakh
DAIICT- 6.88 lakh
Placement:
Students of CSE at these institutes pursue their careers in different sectors of IT like Software development & Testing, Database Management, Web Technology, etc. Top recruiters at these institutes for CSE graduates are Amazon.com, Accolite, Capital IQ, Ceat Limited, Samsung, SONY, Microsoft, etc. The placement statistics for CSE at BITS, NIT-S, DTU, DAIICT are as follows.
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Institute |
Average CTC |
Highest CTC |
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NIT Surathkal |
22 LPA |
49 LPA |
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BITS Hyderabad |
5 LPA |
14 LPA |
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DTU |
6.5 LPA |
52.22 LPA |
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DAIICT |
10.16 LPA |
39 LPA |
The Department of Computer Science & Engineering in NIT-Surathkal is actively involved in various research activities and has signed various academic collaborative projects such as MoU with IBM, Intel, Leeds Metropolitan University, and others.
All these institutes have their own pros and cons. So go through the information given above and choose according to your convenience.
Despite being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar is doing quite well, both in academics and placements. The department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar has experienced professors and state-of-the-art laboratory equipment. IIT Bhubaneswar has also signed an MoU with several universities for research and student exchange purposes.
It collaborates with foreign universities such as the University of Warwick, University of Southampton, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Western Ontario, University of New York, University of North Dakota USA, and McGill University.
Here is a placement-wise comparison for the Mechanical branch at IIT Bhubaneswar, NIT Durgapur and NIT Kurukshetra:
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Parameters |
IIT Bhubaneswar Mechanical |
NIT Durgapur Mechanical |
NIT Kurukshetra Mechanical |
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Placement Percentage (2023) |
87% |
82.21 % |
74.85 % |
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Highest CTC (2023) |
INR 21.3 LPA |
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INR 40 LPA |
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Lowest CTC (2023) |
INR 8 LPA |
- |
INR 4 LPA |
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Average CTC (2023) |
INR 12.6 LPA |
INR 9.72 LPA |
INR 9.81 LPA |
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NIRF Engineering Ranking: 2023 |
47 |
43 |
58 |
IIT Bhubaneswar is doing well in terms of placements for B.Tech Mechanical. Its placement percentage is better as compared to these NITs, and the package is quite satisfactory. Additionally, the IIT tag is an added advantage of IIT Bhubaneswar.
Thus, IIT Bhubaneswar is a better choice as compared to NIT Durgapur and NIT Kurukshetra for B.Tech Mechanical Engineering.
Both Civil Engineering at IIT Madras and Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar are great options for students to pursue. However, if you ask me I have limited knowledge about IIT Madras but being a student of IIT Bhubaneswar I can share some insights on the institution.