PEC Chandigarh is a good institute for engineering providing several opportunities to students during the course of study. Some tips that may help students joining PEC are stated below in points.

• There are several orientation programs held which are not so important for students. Only the orientation organized on the first day of your college and the exhibitions of different technical societies is essential.
• Some students have a tendency to blame the institute for everything. It is advised to not listen to such people as they are utterly demotivating. PEC in itself is a good institute, with some problems in internal administration, but provides several excellent opportunities to students. 
• You should go for the field you are passionate about to move forward and excel in your career. Students least interested in engineering should opt for something else. Here being in an engineering college, learning coding will make a career in the industry as IT.
• Do not get distracted by any bad habits.
• Attendance should be maintained in college. It should not be a reason for the detention.
• Enjoying college life is utterly important. Making friends and memories with them is what students carry forward for the rest of their lives.

These are some of the tips for students joining PEC Chandigarh, which may help them make the best use of their time and resources in the institute, for the betterment of their career.

PEC is in general considered as one of the finest colleges in Chandigarh. There are several advantages to being in a city like Chandigarh, including safety, being around civilized people, less pollution, etc. 

Though having a good environment, Aerospace Engineering is not very good at PEC Chandigarh. Due to the lack of experienced faculty members, some good lecturers come as guest lecturers, but almost 80% of the studies have to be done by the students themselves. The good thing is that students can fly RC planes. The infrastructure should also improve as Aerospace Engineering requires proper lab facilities.

The table below gives a brief overview of the Aerospace Engineering department of PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh.

Though the course is not up to the mark, your life in Chandigarh will be extremely comfortable and a lot safer than in other cities in the country.

Due to less population in Chandigarh, there are quite fewer vehicles and more trees inside the city. This results in very little pollution and almost no traffic in the streets.

Therefore, firstly, aerospace engineering is not a very good choice which is evident from the placement percentage stated above. Coming to life in Chandigarh, it is excellent with an amazing environment all around.

In present times, PEC Chandigarh is not as good as it was in the 1990s and early 2000s. There has been a downfall of the institute over the years, which is somewhat evident from the MHRD rankings. The points below give a brief overview of the present conditions of the institute.

• The present MHRD rank of PEC Chandigarh is 68. Although the institute has faced major downfalls, it is not as bad as the rank it has received. But, considering the factors of research, perceptions about the institute, and the overall infrastructure, there are some serious breakdowns in the institute.
• PEC has a very good placement even in present times. Students from branches like CSE and ECE get placed with excellent salary packages. So, there is much less interest in research in the institute as most students run after getting a decent job. There is a need for students to get involved in research-based works with professors to improve the research score, which is very low in present times.
• There are perceptions in the market that PEC, being a regional college is not a good institute. Some even conclude that NIT Kurukshetra is better than PEC, just because it is an NIT.

PEC Chandigarh is no doubt a good college, being the 15th oldest engineering college in India, but is having some issues in infrastructure, which is under maintenance in present times.

For an ECE degree, PEC Chandigarh can be a better choice, considering the factor that there is quite a good number of core companies visiting the campus for placement. The table below gives a brief level of comparison among the two institutes.

Key Highlights:

• Electronics and Communication Engineering has a great value in present times if studied from good institutes like PEC or NITK.
• There are some problems with studying ECE from NIT Kurukshetra, the prime one being the lack of core electronics companies visiting the campus for placement.
• For students who are interested in working at an IT company or going for an M.Tech or MBA, ECE at both NIT Kurukshetra and PEC Chandigarh are good options. Both the institute has excellent reputations.
• Students should, at last, make choices considering the reviews having honest opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of both the institutes.

Therefore, students can consider the above factors as a point of advice and make choices accordingly.

The college orientation is generally a whole-day event in which seniors welcome the new batches. It generally happens for 3-4 days. This program informs you of each and everything required for the 4 years journey in the college.

• The first day of orientation is completely an official one. The Director of the college gives a speech, and other Functionaries perform their sessions by introducing PEC in front of the fresher students.
• On the 2nd day, the HOD of each department gives a speech, which is quite boring. After that, a session of PECFest starts, which is the biggest and the most interesting session of this institute. A departmental tour is happened, which familiarizes the newcomers with their respective departments. In the evening, several club functions are performed on the college campus.
• On the third day, the college secretaries give a speech about the extra-academics. They share various internship experiences with the freshers. 6th semester is known as the internship semester, as graduation completely depends on the internship report of students. 
• However, you will also get a chance to do internships in a foreign location called a dream internship. The best thing is that you will get an opportunity to interact with the US, the seniors of this institute.

Besides, the orientation program is entirely managed by the students of all semesters, which gives an insight considering the events of the orientation program of PEC. It also represents that the students are very hardworking here. 

You must attend the orientation program; it is just an awesome event.

PEC Chandigarh is indeed declining these days and you can consider the following reasons for this thought.

• It is deemed to be University and you should not worry about the syllabus and what is taught in the classes as most of the questions are coming from what is never taught.
• Teachers are very relaxed here, as the institute had separated from PU. Thereby, institutional politics in recent days are increased. 
• No one from the college administration is worried about the syllabus and what will be taught in the classes. Thus, your technical curiosity starts to fade as you proceed forward to the next semesters.
• Most students and the teachers also acquired a 100% placement record for granted.
• It is a technical institute and if you do not have any technical questions and curiosity, it becomes quite hard to endure the study in the core engineering field.

My friend told me that many big corporate companies had overlooked this institute for this decline.

Thus, when an institute is nearby to the NITs, which are growing constantly, it is also important for PEC to improve its student’s quality and the college administration.

A news article was published in 2018 which assured that there are a lot of chances that PEC shall be converted into IIT very soon.

Firstly, PEC is part of the University of Punjab. If it is converted into IIT, then it has to be turned into an autonomous institute first, which has not started yet. There is still not any confirmation regarding the conversion of PEC into IIT. It is a huge thing and these type of topics generally goes through a lot of controversies. 

If you are taking admission in PEC thinking that you will get a degree from IIT, then you are completely wrong. You will get a degree with a tag of PEC.

It will be better if you stop thinking about the IIT factor. This institute itself a reputed one and provides amazing placements to every one of its students. So, you must be focused on your hard work, career and future career perspectives without thinking about PEC is transformed into IIT.

The IIIT Guwahati has been established quite recently. And the second batch of the college has backed an average package of 7 LPA. So, it can be imagined how the college is growing in terms of its placement percentages. 

• The coding culture of the college is also very good. 
• The college follows the curriculum of the one of top colleges i.e. IIIT Hyderabad. 
• It has got one of the best directors i.e. Dr. Gautam Barua who was the director of IIT Guwahati and Patna. 

In terms of brand value, infrastructure, and quality of education the IIIT Guwahati is much better than PEC Chandigarh. PEC Chandigarh is not recommended by the students because of its environment. But do research more on the method of teaching and management of the college before getting into any college. Hope this answer clears up some of your doubts.