Both NIT Warangal and MNNIT Allahabad are prestigious colleges in India, offering various undergraduate courses. NITs are always a good option in terms of placement, fees, faculty, and facilities. According to NIRF ranking 2020, NIT Warangal and MNNIT Allahabad stand at 26th and 48th rank respectively. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic both the colleges have maintained a good placement record. A total of 792 and 732 undergraduates were placed from MNNIT and NIT Warangal respectively.

Admission:

• The admission criteria remain the same for all NITs that are for admission into undergraduate courses students need to apply for JEE mains.

• For Postgraduate courses, students need to appear for the GATE exam. Admission will be done purely on the basis of rank obtained by the student.

• NIT Warangal has a total of 120 seats in the Mechanical branch and the cut-off rank is 6068-9243.

• MNNIT Allahabad has a total of 180 seats in the ECE branch and the cut-off rank is 4615-6752.

Faculty:

• NIT Warangal has more than 300 faculties and most of them are Ph.D. holders from national and international universities in their respective fields.

• On the other hand, MNNIT also has a good number of faculty guiding their students for the purpose of placement, research and development, excellent academics, and a lot more.

Course fees:

The course fee of the NITs is quite affordable. Students who avail the hostel and mess have a pay a bit more than the day borders.

Placements:

Both the NITs have an impressive placement record of placing more than 95% of its students.

• NIT Warangal has placed 80% of its students from the mechanical branch. The highest package offered was 11 LPA and the median package offered was 7 LPA. More than 150 companies visited the college for the placement drive.

• MNNIT has placed 116 students from the ECE branch. The highest package offered was 25.33 LPA and the median was 11 LPA. More than 200 companies visited the college for the placement drive.

Apart from academics, these colleges focus on extracurricular activities that include an annual tech-fest(eye-catching feature). Experienced faculty help the students in research and development. Both the NITs are a good option which can be proved because of its national rankings.

Being ranked 93 for engineering in India by NIRF 2020, PES University offers a B.Tech degree in EEE which majorly focuses on aspects like devices, power electronics, control theory; signal processing. The department has 15 experienced faculties along with several visiting professors from national institutes.

RVCE is ranked 70th by NIRF for Engineering. It offers a 4 years BE degree in telecommunication offering core specializations in Networking, Wireless Communications, Signal Processing, and Embedded Systems.

Admission:

PES University:

• PES University considers K-CET, JEE main or PESSAT scores during the admission process.
• KCET rank falling under 920 can assure you a place in the EEE branch.
• Cutoff for 2A, 3A, SC, ST categories is 2864, 1650, 15482 and 8722 respectively.
• PESU offers 120 seats in the EEE branch with an annual Tuition fee of 3.3 lakhs.’

RVCE:

• One must clear KCET to get admitted to RVCE.
• Scoring a rank under 1403 can fetch you a place in the telecommunication branch at RVCE.
• Cutoff in 2019 for students under 2A, 3A, SC, ST categories are 5077, 3639, 22375 and 19302 respectively.
• RVCE offers 60 seats with the fee of 2LPA

Placement statistics:

PES University:

• 140+ companies visit the campus every year for the recruitment process with 856 offers being made this year.
• 77 students from EEE branch got placed in top companies with an average package of 6.8LPA
• Highest domestic CTC offered so far for an EEE graduate is 48LPA at PES University.
• EEE branch has a placement rate of 84%
• University even offers a summer internship program for 80-90% of students with an average stipend of 38k/month.

RVCE:

• 249+ companies visited campus in 2020 with 1274 offers being made so far.
• 87 students are placed from telecommunication branches with an average package of 8.63 LPA.
• Highest CTC offered for a TCE graduate is 38 LPA.
• Current placement rate of the telecommunication branch is 76%.
• Core companies visiting campus are very few which includes Aircel, Dell India, Motorola, Honeywell, LG Electronics. Thus most of the students from the telecommunication branch land up in IT sectors.

Aspirants must decide which college is best for them as per their passion towards the subjects. Comparatively, the telecommunication branch has less opportunities in RVCE or anywhere in India in general. It must be noted that if you aim for higher studies by clearing GATE, EEE has an upper hand as there is no paper for telecommunication thus aspirants must attend ECE paper.

These three NITs are oldest and top notch, on the basis of NIRF rank NIT Rourkela is place in top 19 position but in another way NIT Allahabad (MNNIT) is the 1st NIT in India which offer engineering program in computer science so their alumni strength much higher than other NITs.

Tabulated below are the course highlights as provided by both the institutes:

Faculty:

MNNIT has excellent faculty members as compared to NIT Rourkela (22 faculties) and NIT Durgapur (15- 20 faculties) which are about 30 teaching staffs having experience in various fields of computer science.

Eligibility:

The eligibility criteria is but similar for three of these national institutes:

Cut-off:

Placement

MNNIT and NIT Raurkela are providing the average salary of 15.1 LPA whereas the recruiters at NIT Durgapur are offering an average salary package of about 9.09 LPA. So this means the MNNIT and NIT Raurkela at the placement level are better than NIT Durgapur.

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) and Dharmsinh Desai University (DDU) are both well-known universities that provide a 4-year course in mechanical engineering. PDPU offers 47 courses across 7 streams whereas DDU offers 854 courses across 15 streams. Both the universities accept JEE Main and GUJCET scores for granting admission to students.

The table given below gives a brief overview of both universities:

Faculty and Academics:-

PDPU

• Teachers are highly qualified at PDPU. They are helpful and encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities. 
• The course curriculum is relevant. Students are taken on industrial visits every year. 

DDU

• At DDU, teachers are supportive and helpful. 
• Research work is encouraged. Students are also expected to take up internships.

Facilities:-

Both the universities have a lush green campus and many facilities like library, hostel, cafeteria, hostel, Wi-Fi, medical facilities, and updated labs with the latest technology and all necessary equipment. In addition, PDPU also has dance rooms, music rooms, A/C classrooms, and a huge auditorium.

Placements:-

• Companies like TCS, Reliance, ONGC hire students every year. 
• The average salary package offered to students is between 4.5 to 5 lakhs per year. 
• On the other hand, companies like Turbo, MG motors, Linde hire students. The average salary offered ranges from 3.5 to 4 lakhs per year.

Both universities are good and have their own pros and cons. To choose the best university among them depends entirely upon the goals, expectations, availability of resources, and aspirations of each individual.