It depends on how passionate you are in the electrical and IT field. If you are inclined towards electrical then you cannot go wrong with NIT KKR. Being ranked 40th for engineering by NIRF,2020. The electrical branch at NIT has an amazing faculty-student ratio of 1:4 with highly qualified and experienced professors.

If your interest lies in the IT field, IIITM Gwalior must be your priority. Ranked 100 for engineering by NIRF in 2020, IITM offers IT as its flagship course. IIITM Gwalior is one of the 3 institutions in India with 100% Ph.D. faculties.

Admission:

NIT KKR:

• JEE Mains ranking is considered for admission at NIT KKR

• Ranking within 9454-16273 in JEE Main can secure the seat for the electrical branch at NIT Kurukshetra in the first round.

• OBC(non-creamy layer) and General students must have a rank of 4300-6210.

• Electrical branch at NIT KKR offers 120 seats with a fee of 83,600 /year.

IIITM Gwalior:?

• Securing the rank within 9713-14442 in JEE mains will fetch admission in the IT department of IIITM Gwalior.

• The cutoff goes down to 3,800-6,300 for aspirants who belong to OBC(non-creamy layer) and general category

• Admission process is carried through JoSAA Counselling and CSAB Special Round.

• IIITM Gwalior offers 262 IT seats with a yearly tuition fee of 84,325.??????

Placement statistics:

NIT KKR:

• NIT Kurukshetra has an overall placement rate of 88.85%; the electrical branch has the placement rate of 79.44%

• In 2019 highest CTC offered for the Electrical Engineering branch is 17.30 LPA with the average CTC being 6.97LPA.

• 200+ large to medium-sized companies participated in the recruitment process in 2019

• Top recruiters include Amazon, Nestle, Bharat Petroleum, Honda, Coca Cola, Indian Oil, Mahindra.

IIITM Gwalior:

• 400+ companies participate in the recruitment process every year. Top recruiters include Amazon, Expedia, IBM, TCS, HCL, DELL, Paytm, Myntra.

• 90% of the students get placed at top companies with an average salary of 14.58 LPA.

• The highest domestic CTC offered in 2020 is 42 LPA.

• 150+ students were recruited on campus in 2020, with Infosys and Cognizant offering the maximum offers.

• IT and CSE department hold the record of maximum students being placed every year in IIITM Gwalior.

Electrical at NIT KKR is as good as an IT course at IIITM Gwalior. With their amazing curriculum, faculties, and student exposure one can easily ace in the subjects at respective institutes. If your heart and soul lie in Electrical then you must go for NIT KKR or the other way around!

Mechanical engineering is amongst the major B.tech. Degree, provided by Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (MAIT).Admission to the four-year program is made on the basis of marks scored by the candidate in Jee Main(Joint Entrance Exam Main)and also on the basis of theIPU CET exam, conducted by the university.

B.Techin Mechanical engineering is a flagship program of NIT Kurukshetra. Admission is made on the basis of marks scored by a candidate in Class XII and candidate’s performance in JEE Main.

Tabulated below is an overview of the courses in both colleges:

Placement statistics ofMechanical in MAIT(IPU)

1. The placement of the mechanical branch does not have that many options. Only 2-3 companiesvisit the campus for mechanical engineeringstudents but the freedom of opting in different branch placements is available for students who are eligible.
2. There is no attendance requirement so that the students can have ample time to work ontheirskills.

Infrastructure:MAIT has a better infrastructure than most of the other IPU Colleges except for USIT. The labs are functional, the classes are pretty decent for an Engineering collegebut has no active clubs.

Placement Statistics of Mechanical in NIT Kurukshetra:

1. The placement cell of NIT Kurukshetra has many facilities to help the students in placements. Activities like assisting visiting companies, facilitating pre-placement talks, teleconferencing, videoconferencing, online interviews, etc are conducted on a regular basis.
2. There has been aconsistent growthinthe overall percentage of the student getting placedsince 2015, making the placement rate to be 95%
3. Companies like TATA, Maruti, Mahindra and Mahindra, CNH industrial, Hero motors visit the campus for campus placementsand make the placement of the institutionabove par.
4. The highest package offered to the students is40.63 lacs.

Infrastructure:The campus facilities are very goodwith greatinfrastructure. Wi-Fi is available in the whole campus 24/7. Classrooms are very good with full air conditioning, neat and clean. The hostel facility is also goodwith good food.Sports facility is also available.

Additional information giving NIT Kurukshetra an upper hand for Mechanical engineering:

1. MAIT gives a Mechanical and Automation degreewhich is not a popular degree for placements.
2. NIT Kurukshetra has well qualified andvery experienced faculties.
3. Active clubs are present at NIT Kurukshetra. One of the major clubs is the SAE club.

Despite being a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar is doing quite well, both in academics and placement. According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019, IIT Bhubaneswar was ranked 26, among all the engineering colleges in India. The department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bhubaneswar has experienced professors and is well equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory instruments. It has also signed an MoU with many universities for research and student exchange. This results in active academic research and excellent internship opportunities for the students. The institute 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. Out of 35 students of Mechanical Engineering, 32 students secured positions in campus placement in 2019. The average Domestic CTC offered last year was around INR 11.44 LPA. PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, NCCBM participated in the placement drive to recruit students. Besides that, last year a total of 89 companies visited the campus to recruit students. Many famous companies such as Amazon, Adobe, Accenture, Akash Institute, BYJU, Atkins, Angel Broking, Capgemini, Gupta Solution, Flinto Solution, Honeywell, Jindal Stainless Ltd, KEC International, KIIT, Microsoft, MathWorks, Mastercard, Rao Edusolutions, TATA BSNL, TATA steel, TATA Advance System, Thermax, and other companies as well recruited students from IIT Bhubaneswar.

NITs like Durgapur or Kurukshetra are also good institutes to pursue core engineering like Mechanical. According to NIRF Rankings, NIT Durgapur and NIT Kurukshetra rank at 30 and 48 respectively. As National Institute Of Technology, Kurukshetra is a Tier 1 college in India so every major MNCs come to college for campus placements. And Package is according to a person's skills and knowledge. Overall average job packages are around 7 lakh per annum. The placement record of 2019 in the National Institute Of Technology, Durgapur shows Mechanical Engineering bagged the highest percentage of placement with 78.46%. The highest CTC offered at NIT, Durgapur was INR. 32.54 LPA whereas the average salary package was around INR. 9.09 LPA.

IIT Bhubaneswar, NIT Durgapur, and NIT Kurukshetra all are good institutions with decent mechanical engineering programs. So choose according to your convenience.