BITS Pilani is a NAAC and UGC accredited reputed institute and is also a member of AIU. BITS Pilani has been recognized as an Institute of Eminence and is also one of the institutes to follow “no reservation policy.” BITS Pilani and NIT Surathkal have been ranked 30th and 13th for Engineering by NIRF 2020.

Admission:

Admission to the BE Mechanical program at BITS Pilani is done through the BITSAT score while at NIT Surathkal BTech Mechanical admission is done through the JEE mains score.

Mechanical Engineering at NIT Surathkal and BITS Pilani:

• The Mechanical Engineering department of BITS Pilani is DST-FIST and UGC-SAP sponsored with strong collaborations with industry and premium institutes all over the globe.

• Faculties at the Mechanical Engineering department of BITS Pilani are Ph.D. holders with past experience in teaching, industry, and research. Prof. P.Srinivasan of the Mechanical Engineering department was felicitated with the “Prof.S.S.Ranganathan Memorial Teaching Excellence Award 2017.”

• NITKRacing, a racing team from the mechanical engineering department participated in the FS Hungary 2012 and bagged an overall position of 33rd. This racing team is funded by giant companies like Bosch, Quest, and Daimler.

• BAJA consists of dedicated students from the mechanical engineering department of NIT Surathkal who are aimed at constructing an All-Terrain Vehicle(ATV) to participate in the BAJA Challenge.

• Prof. Srikanth Bontha from Mechanical Engineering from NITK has been awarded the 2010 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers(SME).

Placement:

The placement details for Mechanical Engineering at the institute are as follows.

Top recruiters at NIT Surathkal include Adobe, Amazon, CenturyLink, CITI Bank, Deloitte, Fidelity, Oracle, and VISA while top recruiters at BITS Pilani include Accenture, Axis Bank, Amazon, Bajaj Allianz, Cyient, CISCO Systems, CapGemini, 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 BITS Pilani include S.P Kothari- Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and Padma Shri Award Winner. Other notable alumni include Baba Kalyani who is Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge.

Both the departments are of high repute with mass placement drive. So, choose according to your convenience.