IIT Indore is among the highly sought after technical institutes.

Metallurgy is a sub branch of Mechanical Engineering. The College IIT Indore is great according to the placement statistics. IIT Indore had 90% placement in 2018-2019 with an average annual salary package of 18 lakhs per annum and the highest being 43 lakhs per annum. Recruiters at IIT Indore include companies like Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), VISA Steel, Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar is just behind IIT Indore. It has seen 85% placements in 2019 with an average annual salary package of 15 lakhs per annum for undergraduates, marking an increase of 25% over the last year. The highest domestic package offered was worth 43 lakhs per annum.

IIT Bhubaneswar also has collaborations with many foreign universities like 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.

To conclude, both institutes are equally good due to their placement percentage being somewhat similar. Both colleges have the same major recruiters such as COAL India, TATA Advanced Systems, TATA Steel Group, DRDO, Usha Martin, JCAP, etc.

Both the branches are totally different from each other so first decide what you want to study for the next 4 years. Both the IITs are new and there is not much difference in them. Metallurgy is a sub-branch of mechanical and civil is a core branch. Civil engineering has better job opportunities if you compare it to metallurgy engineering.

The average package at IIT Indore for the year 2019 was 16.05 LPA and at IIT Bhubaneswar it was 11.44 LPA. If you want to get a job in the core-sector then it would be a bit difficult because both the branches have very low placements in the core sector. Students usually go for higher studies and others for non core placements. Civil engineering will give you a better opportunity if you want to go for higher studies.

The suggestion will be that you should focus on what branch you are more passionate about and choose that. Don’t go compare colleges, both are IITs therefore are equally good and offer similar facilities.

While both the institutions are considered to be institutes of national importance and offer great programs in Computer Science, IIT Indore has observed a ranking of 10 for IIT’s by NIRF in 2020, whereas IIT Hyderabad has been ranked at 8 for IIT’s by NIRF in 2020.

Let us have a look at some important features of the given academic institutions in terms of their program in Computer Science:

Admissions:

Faculty:

IIT Indore

• All the faculty members are highly academic with a Ph.D. degree in their field of teaching.
• The teachers also conduct helpful seminars and workshops to help students with training and make them industry-ready.

IIT Hyderabad

• Faculty members are employed from all across the country who are academic experts and Ph.D. holders. 
• They are well-versed with the most updated information in the industry and help with designing a student-friendly curriculum. 

Infrastructure:

• IIT Indore: The campus is spread across 500 acres and offers top-notch facilities in terms of a well-designed hostel, academic blocks, modern infrastructure, high-speed Wi-Fi accessibility, updated practical labs, a huge library, and a spacious cafeteria.
• IIT Hyderabad: The campus offers modern facilities in terms of well-updated practical labs with pre-installed software, access to Wi-Fi all across the campus, hostel and mess services, state of the art practical labs, a sports complex, smart classrooms, and a well-stocked library.

Placements:

IIT Indore

• The institute witnessed a 90% placement rate in the recent placement drive.
• The highest CTC offered to the students was 35 LPA whereas the average salary was 13 LPA.
• Some of the top recruiters were Amazon, Bluestar, Cisco.

IIT Hyderabad

• A total of 80% placements were recorded by the institute in the recent placement drive.
• The students were offered the highest package of 40 LPA while the average salary was 12 LPA.
• Some of the top recruiters of the institute were Amazon, Capgemini, Bank of America

Students can make a choice between the two institutions based on the points given above.

Both the ECE and Mechanical courses are good, so you should choose the course you are interested in.

The first batch of Electronics and communication batch in IIT Bhubaneswar will pass out in 2020 which is why placement stats are not available. However, IIT Bhubaneswar had a good placement record in the academic year 2018-19, 90% of students got placed with an average of 11.4 LPA from IIT Bhubaneswar.

Out of 32 students, 29 students in the mechanical branch got placed in reputed companies with an attractive package in IIT Indore in 2018. The highest package was offered was HPCL that is 16 i.e. lakhs. The average package in IIT Indore was 9.13 LPA. The top recruiters who come for placement in IIT Indore for mechanical are ISRO, TATA MOTORS, HPCL, L&T.

The faculties at both the IITs are outstanding. Now, coming to course Electronics courses falls between in the middle of core and software. So, Electronics students get jobs quite easily in the software domain also. ECE students have a wider scope than the mechanical branch. If you compare college then IIT Indore will be the better option than IIT Bhubaneswar but if your interest is in the subject then ECE will be a better choice than mechanical.

IIT Bhubaneswar is renowned in the metallurgical engineering and material science department. It has well qualified and experienced teaching faculty. As IIT Kharagpur is the mentor institute of IIT Bhubaneswar, the coursework follows IIT Kharagpur’s curriculum. IIT Bhubaneswar is located in Odisha's mineral state and provides numerous opportunities for essential experience in fieldwork and job sites. According to 2019 placement highlights, 90% of students from metallurgical engineering and material science department got placed. The average CTC offered was around 11.4 LPA.

Now for IIT Indore, it has gained rapid popularity for its coding community and the quality of the computer science curriculum. This resulted in a step back at the development of other core branches, mainly metallurgical engineering. In 2019 the placement rate at IIT Indore was 99% with an average CTC of 16.06 LPA.

The fact is that there are not many students interested to enroll this field of engineering. This results in a lot of the students opting for electives/optional subjects like coding, data science, etc. and then get placed in a non-core job (not linked with metallurgical engineering).

Based on these above factors, Bhubaneswar is preferred than Indore as it is situated and connected to Steel and Mining Industry and hence provides more job opportunities.

IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Indore both are among the new IITs and IIT Indore is considered best among the 2nd generation IITs in terms of faculties, infrastructure, placements, NIRF ranking, etc. According to the NIRF Ranking of 2020, IIT Indore and IIT Bhubaneswar are placed at 10 and 22 respectively.

IIT Indore’s EE department is considered one of the best departments with a dynamic group of well-experienced professors. The college has various technical clubs including robotics & electrical which help students to get practical experience and good exposure. IIT Bhubaneswar also offers a decent EE program but it lags a little behind in terms of proper infrastructure. The JEE Advanced cutoff for EE at IIT Indore and IIT Bhubaneswar are 1868-4848 and 2276-7542 respectively which indicates more students prefer IIT Indore for EE.

Many top multinational companies and various corporate houses like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, D E Shaw, J P Morgan, BPCL, ISRO, IBM, Reliance, Morgan Stanley, HCL, Infosys, etc. visit IIT Indore for placements. The overall placement rate here is around 99% with an average package of 16.06 LPA. In 2019, campus placements 86% of students got placed from EE and the average package of IIT Bhubaneswar was 11.44 LPA.

IIT Bhubaneshwar and IIT Indore, both of these institutes are good for CSE.

According to the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF), IIT Indore is on the 10th rank lies a lot ahead than IIT Bhubaneshwar which is on the 22nd rank.

IIT Bhubaneshwar provides a good CSE program and also has a much better coding culture than the other IITs. The experience gathered by the seniors also adds up a lot to the coding and web development club. The institute offers a good placement rate to its students. In 2019 there was 100% placement from CSE. The average CTC offered was 11.44 LPA. IIT Bhubaneshwar being in a city that is a hub to headquarters of many huge companies like Tata adds up a lot to the institute’s opportunities. The quality of education provided at the institute is also good as the methods of teaching used by the professors are unique and effective.

IIT Indore provides its students with computer science engineering with a fairly good placement rate. In 2019 the placement rate at this IIT was 99% and the average salary package offered was around 16.06 LPA. IIT Indore also provides its students with an amazing number of undergraduate research opportunities as well as foreign collaborations. This institute also has an amazing team of professors, especially the faculty of Computer Science Engineering.

Rest, it is always up to a student’s preference for him/her to choose as both of these institutes have their own benefits to offer.