Both universities offer well-structured and detailed program modules within the ECE branch. Jadavpur University has been ranked at 17 for Engineering by NIRF while IIEST Shibpur is ranked at 21 by NIRF in 2019.

Admissions:

IIEST Shibpur- For BTech admissions at IIEST Shibpur students are required to clear JEE mains and have a minimum of 45% in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 10+2, along with 30% in English. The JEE Mains closing cut-off for the ECE program was 11482.

Jadavpur University- For admissions at Jadavpur University for the ECE program, the WBJEE general cut-off by rank was at 144 in 2019. The eligibility criteria for admission is 10+2 in the science stream.

Tuition Fee: The tuition fee for the ECE program at Jadavpur University is comparatively more affordable as opposed to IIEST Shibpur.

• The BTech in ECE costs INR 9,600 at Jadavpur University

• Whereas the total tuition fee at IIEST Shibpur is 5.36 lakhs.

Placements:

Jadavpur University- In terms of recruitments, Jadavpur University records the second-highest placement rate and highest CTC for the ECE branch. The department has a 94% placement rate with an average CTC of 9 LPA.

IIEST Shibpur- IIEST Shibpur witnessed a 67.8% placement rate for ECE in 2019 while offering an average median salary of 6 LPA.

Facilities: IIEST Shibpur has a comparatively better infrastructure with updated technology and classrooms but offers a more research-based approach in terms of teaching. Jadavpur University allows students to experience their curriculum through practical and hands-on teaching with a modern and updated approach.

Students can go through the given points above to get a good idea of which university’s programs are more appropriate as per their requirements.

MNNIT Allahabad offers 4 years of B.Tech and 2 years of M.Tech in ECE. Specializations for postgraduate programs are offered in two fields viz., Digital Systems and Microelectronics & VLSI Design. It is ranked 48th among other engineering institutes by 2020 NIRF rankings.

NIT Durgapur offers 4 years of B.Tech and 2 years of M.Tech in CSE. It is ranked 47th among other engineering institutes. Most of the faculty members of the CSE department are pursuing research in collaboration with CMERI, Indian Statistical Institute, Winona State University, USA, etc.

Course Fees:

Following is the fees for 1st Year which is the same for all branches of the respective institutes:

• MNNIT Allahabad: The fee structure for B.Techis INR 84,666 whereas, for M.Tech, the institute charges INR 1.13 Lakhs.
• NIT Durgapur: The institute charges 1.49 Lakhsfor B.Tech while for M.Tech, the fee is INR 94,10

Cut-off:

The cut off for JEE Main 2019 (round 7) is given below. As seen by the statistics, the opening rank for MNNIT Allahabad is lesser than that of NIT Durgapur, meaning it is tougher to get into MNNIT for ECE than getting into NIT Durgapur for CSE.

Placement:

Core companies generally visiting for the CSE branch also offer placements for ECE branch students. This opens the option of additional companies for ECE students along with the core ECE companies.

• MNNIT Allahabad:
• Core companies like Qualcomm, Brahmos, BEL, Ansys offered salary packages of around 10-15 lakhs.
• Along with this, students can also appear for non-core, software companies like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Amazon, Flipkart, Oracle, Cisco, Samsung, Adobe, etc. offering salary packages of above 15 lakhs.
• • The placement percentage for ECE was recorded to be 90.63% in 2019. The average salary package was 10.95 lakhs and the highest package was 25.33 lakhs.

• NIT Durgapur:
• The CSE branch of NIT Durgapuroffers placements in core companies like TCS, IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, HSBC, J. P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Mu Sigma, etc.
• The percentage of placed students in 2018 was 88.64%.A total of 89 jobs were offered to 78 students with 11 of them securing double job offers.

As far as placement is considered, both ECE and CSE branches get offers from the same core companies. So, it is up to the students to choose either of the institutes depending upon the field in which they wish to specialize.

IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 17th in the Engineering category by NIRF 2019. The institute collaborates with foreign universities such as 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.

Civil Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar has seen 89% placements in the year 2019 with an average salary package of 11 lakhs per annum and the highest being 39 lakhs per annum. Companies like Tata Motors, TATA Steel, TATA Advanced Systems, L&T construction, L&T Ltd, etc.

Jadavpur University ranks 14th in the Engineering category by NIRF 2019. Out of 55 students, 51 were placed with an average salary package of 6 lakhs per annum and the highest package was 19 lakhs per annum. Top recruiting companies include Microsoft, Uber, Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Samsung, TCS and PWC.

So it is always better to study in an IIT just for its brand value but Jadavpur University being a government college has lesser fees than IIT Bhubaneswar. IIT students are also given a higher salary package than Jadavpur University.

Both IIT Kharagpur and IIT Bhubaneswar are good IITs. So, it’s difficult to pick a single one.

IIT Kharagpur is one of the top IITs in India, ranking at 3 according to NIRF rankings 2019. The placement record of Chemical Engineering in IIT Kharagpur is quite good too. According to the 2019 placement report, 80% of the students got placement offers while a few of them went on to pursue higher education. Abbott India Limited, ITC Limited, Aditya Birla Science & Technology Company Ltd, Jacobs Engineering, Ansys India, Johnson Matthey India Pvt Ltd are a few of the top recruiting companies in 2019 at IIT Kharagpur.

While IIT Bhubaneswar is a new name among IITs, it’s doing quite well in placement. The ECE branch of IIT Bhubaneswar started recently and the first batch will graduate in 2020, as a result, there is no previous placement record. But the placement record for Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering is quite good. The 2019 placement record reveals 86% and 83% of students got job offers from Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering respectively. Also, according to the NIRF 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked 26, which is a good rank considering it’s a new IIT.

Both the IITs, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Bhubaneswar are good choices, so make your decision according to your convenience.

IIT Gandhinagar ranks 30th in the engineering department by NIRF 2019. Electrical Engineering is a part of core engineering. To be eligible for admission, a student will require 75% marks in their 10+2 and a valid JEE score. It is a 4-year course with fees of 2,58,500 a year.

BTech in Electrical engineering from IIT Bhubaneswar will cost a student 2,13,568 a year. The JEE cut off rank of Electrical Engineering is 2276-7542. In 2019, the placement percentage of IIT Bhubaneswar Electrical Engineering is 86%. The highest salary package offered is 39 lakhs per annum and the average salary package is 11 lakhs per annum. The top recruiters include L&T, Tata Power, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Texas Instruments, Hindalco Industries, etc.

So, IIT Bhubaneswar will be better for Electrical Engineering because IIT Bhubaneswar has better facilities, Faculty, Location, Placement Percentage, etc.

Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology ranked 10th among the best engineering colleges by the Dataquest T school survey. ECE and IT are popular courses at MAIT and it offers a BTech program for both the specializations.

Admission:

• In order to seek admission in BTech, students require a valid JEE score. The institute also conducts a Common Entrance Test (CET) for the selection.

• The eligibility to apply for this course the individual should pass class 12 i.e 10+2 CBSE pattern or equivalent with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks in physics, chemistry and mathematics provided the candidate has passed in each respective subject Candidates must additionally have passed in English as a subject(core/elective/functional) in the qualifying exams.

• The BTech course fee at the institute is 1.10 lakhs per annum.

The closing JEE cutoff for ECE and IT at MAIT are as follows.

ECE:

ECE is a good option for an individual who wants to learn VLSI design and who is also interested in robotics.

Placements-

Placements wise big companies like Samsung, Microsoft, HCL, Accenture, and many other big giants visit the campus for placements and as far as the placements packages go depending on the company you may find it ranges from 3.5-20 LPA.

IT:

• The Department of Information Technology emphasizes the importance of all aspects of technical courses such as software engineering, computer organization and architecture, database management system, Java, data structures, computer networks, algorithm analysis and design, operating system, and C programming, etc.

• The department also focuses on the overall development of its students with a special emphasis on their soft skills analytical capability and verbal communication.

Placements-

• Some of the top IT giants that come for the purpose of recruitments are Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Interview Bit, etc.

• The starting packages of these placements start at an average of 4 LPA.

The decision depends upon the individual and which course they are more passionate about.

The Electronic and Telecommunication (ETC) department of IIEST, Shibpur is held in high regard in India. Having my friend study there, I got to know the good and bad of the ETC department at IIEST Shibpur. These are some of the things I got to know from her - 

• The faculty of the Electronic and Telecommunication (ETC) department is occupied entirely by the highly qualified professors who hold Doctorates from supremely reputed universities.
• Besides students being under great educational expertise, the placement rates of this department is seen to cross 90%, which certainly appears to be pretty commendable in terms of industrial independence. 
• IIEST is widely known to be a Pioneer in Engineering education for the last few decades and has been the first to establish an IIT in India at Kharagpur. 
• Besides being one of the best institutes for engineering, IIEST has gifted many World Leaders in Electronics, such as Dr. Bimal Kr. Bose who also is "World Leader in Power Electronics" in the USA. 
• IIEST Shibpur has gifted Four Directors of the oldest leading IITs, Director of SPA /DTU / VCs of JU / SRMU/ WBUT among others. Not to forget, the current Directors of IIT Kanpur and IIT Guwahati are its alumni. Recently Dr. Ajay Roy alumnus from ETC Department was conferred "Padma Shri" by the Govt. of India for his contribution to Engineering Education.

From the facts mentioned above and many more, it is absolutely clear that the ETC department of the IIEST Shibpur is definitely one of those departments which stands out from the crowd and hence is one of the most unique in the country.

In addition to this, there are various students who have got many opportunities in numerous internship programs from leading companies and institutions from in and out of INDIA.

Besides, as a matter of judgement, IIEST can be based on the Higher cut offs that can range anything from between 4,000 to 17,000 as is concerned of the home state.