Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT) is affiliated to the University of Mumbai, It is one of the best engineering colleges in the country providing high-quality education. It is ranked 125 for BTech by NIRF 2020. It offers degree program Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (ETC).

The Ramdeobaba College of Engineering ECE department was established in the year 2001. Its student intake is 120, this is preferred by central students. It is ranked 113 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Admission Requirements 

• Candidates should have 60% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics is compulsory.
• Final selection will be based on scores obtained in JEE Main and MHT-CET.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the institutes:

Placements 

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology 

• The median salary package offered includes 5.2 LPA.
• 171 placement offers were made.
• The top recruiting companies include Accenture, Amdocs, Deloitte, Credit Suisse, Texas Instruments, Philips Electronics, DRDO, ISRO, etc.

Ramdeobaba College of Engineering

• 105 companies participated in the placement program.
• 49 were core companies and 56 were IT firms.
• 1112 offers were made.
• The top recruiting companies are DMRC, Texas Instruments, Philips Electronics, DRDO, ISRO, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Accenture, HCL, Barclays, etc.

Highlights 

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology 

• The campus area is 47 acres.
• Udaan, a cultural festival is organized by the college.
• The entire campus is wifi enabled.
• They have a faculty strength of 120 members.
• They offer well furnished hostel facilities.
• The campus also includes a gym, healthcare centre, library, cafeteria and sports complex.

Ramdeobaba College of Engineering

• The library has a collection of national and international books, journals and newsletters.
• The security of the college is provided by Security and Intelligence Services (India) Limited. 
• They have separate boys and girls hostels.
• They have a cafeteria comfortable for sitting a huge number of students.
• They have a gym for both students and faculty members.

The choice of institution depends on the candidate. His or her performance in the entrance exams, preference of subject, location, fees, etc. all depend on the individual. The placement percentage is similar in both colleges and same companies visit during the placement program. So, it completely depends on the student and his or her preferences.

NIT Jalandhar is observed to have a ranking of 42 by NIRF in Universities whereas NIT Hamirpur has a ranking of 51 by NIRF. While both the universities are quite similar in terms of the ECE program, let us take a look at some important differences between the two:

Admissions:

Curriculum:

NIT Jalandhar:

• The course is designed with a practical approach to help students understand and apply core concepts effectively. 
• It comprises a combination of theory and research-oriented subjects with a compulsory live project at the end of the semester.

NIT Hamirpur:

• It offers a similar course structure but has a higher number of core subjects and electives as part of the curriculum. 
• It includes subjects like Data structures, Digital Communication, and Electromagnetic Field Theory with open electives in the last two semesters.

Faculty:

NIT Jalandhar:

• The faculty members are highly qualified in their field of teaching. 
• The institution is known to have the best faculty for ECE in the country. 
• The teachers are helpful professionals who are responsible for a well-designed, easy to follow curriculum.

NIT Hamirpur:

• The faculty members are all Ph.D. holders and hold academic experience in core ECE subjects. 
• The teachers also help and guide students regarding job and placement opportunities.

Infrastructure:

NIT Jamshedpur: 

• In terms of practical labs, updated modern technology, and infrastructure, it offers a better campus and services for ECE students. 
• It has a well-stocked library, digital laboratories, a central computer center, and an air theatre with 1000 seating capacity.

NIT Hamirpur: 

It also offers decent infrastructure and lab facilities but lacks updated technology and software, smart classrooms, and campus areas as compared to NIT Jamshedpur.

Placements:

• NIT Jamshedpur: It observes a placement rate of 97% for ECE. The highest CTC is 43 LPA while the median CTC is 6.5 LPA. The top recruiters are Infosys, IBM.
• NIT Hamirpur: The placement is 98% for ECE. The Highest CTC is 48 LPA while the median CTC is 6.8 LPA. Deloitte and Bloomberg are the top recruiters.

Based on the given points, students can make a choice between the two academic institutions for BTech in ECE.

Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology has been positioned under the rank band of 151-200 among 906 top engineering institutions across the country which also includes all IITs/IIITs/NITs. So, pursuing EEE at MAIT is a good option.

With a fine blend of experienced as well as young and dynamic personalities as faculty, the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering is involved in providing quality education at the Undergraduate (UG) level in MSIT.

Admissions:

• MAIT conducts a common entrance test (CET) to make the B.Tech programme selection in EEE and any other branch. The candidates are selected according to the CET performance along with the marks that they obtain in JEE.

• The admissions in ECE at MSIT will only be based on the student's merit at JEE Mains Paper. By applying for an IPU CET Exam, B.Sc graduates may receive the lateral entry into B.Tech programmes.

• The total fees in MAIT for EEE for a span of 4 years is 4.47 lakhs. The total fees per year in MSIT for IPU is ‎1.35 lakhs.

Placements:

MAIT:

Maharaja Agrasen Technology Institute has a separate training and positioning cell. Though Very less core placement is there for EEE. But they still get a chance to sit in the company of coding and consultancies and get the chance to be placed.

• Some of the companies that visit MAIT are Accenture, ZS Associates, LIBSYS, Wipro, Infosys, Nagarro, Sapient, TCS, Deloitte, Hughes Systique, HSBC, Cognizant, Tata Power DDL, Amazon, etc.

• The average CTC offered to the students is 3.5 lakhs.

MSIT:

• 80-90% of students got placed from ECE at MSIT in the 2020 placement even with the COVID-19 situation.

• The average package is 3-4 LPA, the highest is 8 LPA and the lowest is 3 LPA.

• The major recruiters are Infosys, TCS, Wingify, Accenture and Comviva Mahindra.

Both the colleges are good in their respective courses, it depends on the applicant’s choice which college and branch to take admission into.

IIITNaya Raipur and IIITDM Jabalpur are affiliated by UGC. Both institutes offer admission in on the basis of marks secured in JEE Main and for M.Tech, a valid score in GATE is required. IIIT Naya Raipur offers foreign internship programs of 6 months duration for 20 students

Admissions:

IIT Naya Raipur

B.Tech

• According to JEE Main score, shortlisted candidates will be offered seats based on JoSSA counseling.
• One must have scored 50% marks with Physics and Chemistry in their intermediate examination.
• IIT offers 60 seats for the B.Tech ECE program.
• The process of counseling is based on the candidate's merit in the written exam and the selected options during online option filling.

M.Tech

• The applicant must be GATE qualified and have passed the B.Tech or M.Sc with at least 60% marks
• For M.Tech, 35 % of the seats are reserved for All India Quota, 15 % for NTPC Quot, and 50% for Chattisgarh State Quota.

IIITDM Jabalpur

• For admission in B.Tech CS, the applicant must have a valid score in JEE Main, however, for M.Tech, a score in GATE is scored.
• The application fee is INR 325.
• All qualifying examination documents will be accepted in PDF form only.
• The applications for admission are accepted through the official websites of GOAPS where the applicant has to register to create a new registration.

Placements:

IIITDM Jabalpur

• The students graduating from the 2020 batch have already have received around 177 job offers.
• Three students from the CS department took the highest pay package of Rs 23 lakhs.
• Reliance Jio, Amazon, Microsoft, Yantriks, LensBricks, Samsung R&D, and 1mg is the giant corporate recruiters of the institute.

IIIT Naya Raipur

• IIIT offers 100% placements for interested students.
• Some of the major recruiters at IIIT are Capgemini, Deloitte, 1mg, Carl Zeiss, Utopia labs, American Express, Ericsson, and TCS.
• 1mg and American Express offered a pay package of 12-16 LPA, Carl Zeiss, and Utopia labs offered 8-10 LPA while others offered a pay package of 5-7 LPA.

Both institutes offer scholarships to the students based on the academic scores, and the student’s category (As per govt rule).

Both colleges have their pros and cons. KIIT is a private college with a beautiful infrastructure whereas, IIEST is the oldest government college for engineering in India with average infrastructure. KIIT has a NIRF ranking of 24 while IIEST stands at the position of 21 among Engineering colleges.

Admissions:

KIIT:

Students are admitted on the basis ofKIITEE and thosewith 300-350 marks under 4000 rank secure a seat. To be eligible, a student must have 60% in the board exams.However, if a student does not get CSE for their admission, they can choose another branch and score more than 8.5 CGPA to transfer into CSE after the first year.

IIEST Shibpur:

• A student gets admission based on the rank secured in JEE Main and then goes through JoSAA Counselling & CSAB Special Board.
• Campus wise, the rank cutoff for ECE in the Shibpur campus is till 9219. To be eligible, a student must have 10+2 with at least 45% (for general candidates) and with 30% marks in English.

Fees:

• The feefor CSE in KIIT is 4 times to the ECE of IIEST Shibpur.
• The one-year fees for a BTech student are 4 lacs/annum in KIIT and 1.5 lacs/annum in IIEST Shibpur.
• Students in KIIT get a scholarship of 10k in each semester if they are amongst the top three students of their branch.

Placements:

KIIT:

• KIIT offers placements depending upon your GPA, fluent English, and logical skills. If a student has more than 9 GPA and the above-mentioned skills, he/she secures a job with a minimum package of 5-8 LPA.
• In KIIT, over 195 recruiters offered jobs. The total number of offers was 4379, and 3156 got placed.
• Some of the top recruiters were Cognizant, Accenture, Colfax, and the highest package offered was 30 LPA.

IIEST SHIBPUR:

• The placement rates in IIEST Shibpur have shown a significant increase every year. 85.7% in 2017, 81.82% in 2018, and 72% in 2019.
• The total number of companies visited the campus was90. Some of them are Amazon, CoalIndia, Sankalp Semiconductors, etc.
• These companies made 462 offers, out of which 311 students got placed. The highest package to date is 39.12 LPA.

The comparison lies that IIEST Shibpur has a good value for money than KIIT. Although not many companies approach IIEST Shibpur in comparison to KIIT there stands a higher chance to get away with the highest package on skills and knowledge. Also, getting in is not as easy as JEE mains scoreshould be very high. But overall, IIEST Shibpur stands in a good place.

All the programs in Electronics and Instrumentation are accredited by NAAC and NBA. The avant-garde laboratories are DST-FIST, DST-PURSE, or TEQIP funded. The department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering was recognized by AICTE as MINOR-QIP for offering Ph.D./PG programs. SASTRA has eight colleges, two centers, and a distance education directorate providing science, engineering, medicine, law, and management undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs.

Admission process at MIT Chennai & SASTRA University

• For admission into B.E/B. Tech of MIT Chennai, students will have to obtain a minimum of 50% in 10+2 with PCM as compulsory subjects and must appear for the TANCET entrance test.

• Based on the JEE Main level, 70 percent of the total seats are filled for B.Tech admissions, and 30 percent rest based on Class 12 merit in SASTRA.

• Students with 50% in B.E/B. Tech and having a relevant GATE score can apply for M.Tech programs at both universities.

Alumni

MIT Chennai:

• One of the renowned alumni from MIT Chennai include Dr.A.P.J.Abdul.Kalam-Former President of India.

• Other notable alumni include Dr.S.Sivan who is chairman at ISRO and Ram Narain Agarwal who is the Padma Bhusan Recipient and former Agni Program Director.

SASTRA University:

• Some of the notable alumni of SASTRA include Girish Mathrubootham, C.E.O of Freshdesk.

• Other notable alumni include Abinaya Selvam who is co-founder of Uptown Ideas.

Faculty:

The faculty are grouped into teaching staff, non-teaching staff, and central non-teaching staff. The teaching staff includes eminent faculties with doctoral degrees, with Professor Emeritus.

Facilities

• MIT has a well-equipped library that harbors 82,923 volumes of books of choice in engineering and basic sciences subjects. 100 periodicals are subscribed to the library.

• The central library of SASTRA contains over 1,02,600 books, and the library also subscribes to 290 administrative, scientific, law-related journals.

Placement

Tabulated below are the placement statistics of both the institutions:

More than 60% of students got internships in companies like TCS Digital, Zoho, Amazon, etc.

Both the departments are the finest in India, with bulk placement and top-notch education standards. While choosing between the two, it becomes essential that students follow their choice of interest and thereby discriminate both.

NIRF ranked GITAM institute for B.Tech as 101 out of 200 in India for the year 2020. On the other hand, according to The Week, Malla Reddy was ranked 151 for B.Tech in India 2020.

Faculty:

The faculty of ECE and ME department of GITAM and Malla Reddy is quite good as per the reviews of the students. They are well-qualified and have years of experience.

Course details:

The course details for ECE and ME at both these institutions are given below.

Admissions:

GITAM Vizag:

• The candidate must have completed 10+2 from a recognized board.

• 60% is the minimum marks required for the admissions in the institute.

• You should also achieve a 1st class or equivalent grade, which is the qualifying criteria.

Malla Reddy:

• The prerequisite for admission is 10+2 with PCM.

• The spirant seeking admissions must have got a minimum of 45% marks.

• The institute accepts JEE scores or EAMCET for the qualifying round.

Placements:

Both the institutes have a separate training cell, which specifically pays attention to the placements.

GITAM Vizag:

• Recently 300 companies visited the campus for selections.

• Out of 2900, 1921 students got placed on-campus and 212 got placed off-campus.

Malla Reddy:

• Some top recruits of 2020 were: Amazon, Microsoft, TCS, INFOSYS, Samsung, Tech Mahindra, NCR, EA Sports, etc.

• The highest package offered was INR 14 LPA and the average salary package offered was INR 4 LPA.

The institute organizes training programs for their students to develop interview and soft skills. The placement cell has collaborated with various industries for industrial training, on-campus and off-campus placements.

Facilities:

Malla Reddy Engineering College:

• Well developed modern library on the campus has all the facilities required for a student.

• Laboratories and computer systems are well connected with Wi-Fi facilities and updated with the latest versions.

• Other facilities like hostels, Sports facilities, canteens, auditoriums, hospitals, and transport facilities are also provided for the students.

GITAM:

• Campus facilities like housing, student clubs, auditorium, student’s chapters, bus service, and sports facilities are available.

• Health and Wellness programs are also there on the campus.

In most of the institutes, ECE has more placements scopes as compared to ME. On comparing the above data the aspirant can decide which is better for them.