Both the institutes have their advantages and it entirely depends on what you are looking for. According to NIRF Rankings, IIT Indore ranks at 16 and IIT Bhubaneswar ranks at 26. But ranking changes every year so you should give preference to the branch over the institute.

IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT Indore both are decent IITs with good academics and placements. In 2019 IIT Bhubaneswar witnessed a big jump in placement in comparison to previous years in some streams in B.Tech. In 2019, a total of 89 companies visited the campus for recruitment. Many famous companies such as Amazon, Adobe, Accenture, Akash Institute, DELL, Delta Power, FIITJEE, Honeywell, INTEL technology, ISRO, IOCL, Jindal Stainless Ltd, KEC International, Microsoft, MathWorks, Mastercard, PNB Metlife, TATA BSNL, TATA steel, TATA Advance System, Thermax, TETCOS, TESCO, UHG and other companies as well recruited students from IIT Bhubaneswar. 

Around 89.55 % of placement was recorded at the close of the session in this IIT last year. The average domestic CTC offered was around INR 11.44 LPA. Whereas, the highest CTC offered went up to INR 39 LPA. IIT Bhubaneswar recently signed MoU with many universities for various purposes like research and student exchange. The institute also 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. Which presents the students of this institution with excellent internship and research opportunities.

IIT Indore witnessed a 99% placement rate in placement drive for 2018-2019. Students were offered an average annual package of 18.86 LPA. The highest domestic package offered was 36.5 LPA whereas the international package was 6 million Yen which roughly amounts to 43 LPA. Top recruiters at this IIT include Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Arcesium, DE Shaw, etc.

So, choose the institute based on which branch you are interested in and which IIT is doing better at that specific branch.

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.

Yes, IIT Bhubaneswar is worth it to pursue civil engineering. Although it is a new name among IITs, it’s doing quite well. According to NIRF Ranking 2019 IIT Bhubaneswar was ranked at 26 among the engineering colleges all over India. It’s a popular belief that there is not much placement opportunity available for civil engineering students in India. And most of the students from this starts to prepare for non-core placements from the very beginning of their courses. But this is not the case for IIT Bhubaneswar. Past placement records suggest that 70% of the civil engineering students got core placements. Placement record for 2019 in IIT Bhubaneswar shows a total of 89% students from civil engineering got placement offers. During placement, the average salary package offered to civil engineering students is 10 LPA. The highest salary package offered even went up to 39 LPA over the years.

Students of this IIT have opportunities to do their internships in R & D organizations and in many foreign Universities. For summer internship program, students of IIT Bhubaneswar visited organizations such as ABB Ltd, Amazon, Microsoft, Aditya Birla Group, Airbus Group, India HINDALCO Industry, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Bharat Dynamics Ltd, NTPC, PNB, Metlife, Wipro, BSNL, Jaipur Metro, BHEL, Vizag Steel Plant (RINL), DRDO, Mahindra & Mahindra, Jindal Stainless Steel.

So, yes, civil engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar is worth it as it will provide you with good placement and internship opportunities.

Students can engage in many extracurricular activities at IIT Bhubaneswar which helps in the personal and professional development of the student. The institute has a students’ Gymkhana which fosters all students’ activities and bridges the gap between the students and authorities.

There are many sports and games in which students can participate such as cricket, football, volleyball, basketball, lawn tennis, table tennis, chess, athletics, aquatics, etc. Students regularly take part in inter-college competitions. There are also various other clubs like dance, music, photography, etc.

The institute has a coding club, a robotics club, a Design Innovation Center that gives the students interested in the field of technology a platform to explore. Students also take part in various workshops, inter-IIT Tech Meets, Tech Fests of other IITs.

The Gymkhana organizes yearly events namely Alma Fiesta and Wissenaire. Alma Fiesta is the socio-cultural fest and Wissenaire is the techno-management festival of IIT Bhubaneswar.

The average placement package at IIT Bhubaneswar was 11.44 Lakh per annum for the academic year 2019. In an all, 120 students from undergraduate programs received offers. The highest numbers of job offers were received from core companies. The campus witnessed lucrative companies and PSUs including ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM including others. In the CSE department, the average placement package was around 14 LPA. The average salary offered has gone up by 30% from the previous years. 

If we look at branch wise placement, 89% of students got placed in Civil Engineering, 100% in Computer Science Engineering, 86% in Electrical Engineering, 83% in Mechanical Engineering, and 90% in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. Around 89 companies visited the campus in 2019 and the highest CTC offered was 39 lakh per annum. Furthermore, 68% of students from M.Tech were also placed in core industries.

In the session 2018-19, around 90% of UG students got placed with the highest CTC offered being 39 LPA and the average CTC was 11.44 LPA. For PG students, the placement rate was 69%. CSE branch received 100% placement, 90% for Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 89% for Civil, 86% for Electrical, and 83% for Mechanical. The maximum offers were received by the CSE students.

The major recruiters in the session were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, while the top PSUs being ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC. A total number of 89 companies took part in placement drives in the college. The number of companies visiting the college and the placement rate has been continuously increasing in the past 3 years.

Now compare the placement statistics of IIT Bhubaneswar with other prominent IITs in the country, IIT Bombay provided an average salary of 20 LPA, IIT Madras recorded 100% placement providing an average CTC of 16 LPA, IIT Kharagpur providing 15 LPA average salary, IIT Kanpur providing an average salary of 7.5 LPA, IIT Delhi offered an average package of 16 LPA, and IIT Indore offered around 19 LPA as the average annual salary.

As you can see, IIT Bhubaneswar is on par with many of the other prominent institutes in India. The numbers show constant growth from the previous years which further assures that there would be a prominent growth in placement rate in the future.

These are the following inputs that can help you know more about an M.Tech degree in structural engineering from IIT Bhubaneswar.

Admission: One needs to score 60% or 6.5 CGPA in B.Tech or B.E degree in civil engineering and a valid GATE score. The weightage division for admission is 70% in the GATE score, 15% in written test, and 15% in the interview. There are 12 seats for this specialization.

Infrastructure: IIT Bhubaneswar is a fairly new IIT. It has an academic area, residential area, training centers, and Research Park.

Faculty: M.Tech in Structural Engineering comes under the School of Infrastructure. The school has 14 Assistant Professors, 4 Associate Professors, and 1 Professor.

Exposure: IIT Bhubaneswar attracts students from all over India. Hence, you will have the opportunity to be part of an excelling academic culture.

Placement: The placement percentage of the M.Tech department of IIT Bhubaneswar is 68% according to 2019 placement highlights. The average CTC offered in 2019 was around 11.44 LPA.

To book a room in the IIT Bhubaneswar guest house, there are “Requisition forms” available at the reception desk or can be downloaded from the official website.

The duly filled forms are to be submitted at the Guest House reception. In the case of Deluxe Rooms or Institute Guests, the duly filled forms are to be approved by the Director/Deputy Director/Dean/Registrar/HOS. The booking is provisional and based on availability. The rooms are given in a condition that it must be shared with another guest.

The confirmation of the room allocation is done through email within 24 hours of the requisition submission. If you want to cancel the guest house booking, then it can be submitted either by a duly filled form at the Guesthouse reception or an email to PIC as early as possible.

For single occupancy, the charge per room is Rs 800, and for double occupancy, the charge per room is Rs 1200 per day.

There are primarily six different modes of public transportation from Baramunda Bus Stand,

Bhubaneswar, to reach IIT Bhubaneswar(permanent campus) which is 30 km away from it, as listed below:

1. You can check IIT Bhubaneswar’s website for the bus services facility provided by them. The bus schedule details are given at https://www.iitbbs.ac.in/transportation.php. You can also look up the bus number from the list given and board the bus from Baramunda Bus Stand.

2. Availing an autorickshaw is another possibility to travel from the bus stand to the campus. On average, an auto charges Rs. 300-400 to cover the distance.

3. You can also avail of any other bus facility (city bus) which is going to Jatni from Baramunda and get down near the IIT Campus.

4. Ola and Uber cabs are also easily available and are a faster way to reach the campus.

5. MoBus app can be utilized to avail of a MoBus to NISER which is 2 km away from the IIT campus. From NISER, you can take an auto to reach IIT.

6. If you are traveling by train, you can deboard at Khurdha Road junction and avail any form of transport (cabs, auto, bus) to reach the IIT Bhubaneswar campus.