Ceramic Engineering Department :

• About the Department: The Department is pursuing research in the emerging areas of glass, glass ceramics, refractories, electronic ceramic, cement, pottery, and porcelain. Research papers are published in reputed national and international journals. Many R&D projects of this department were sponsored by AICTE, DST, CSIR, and UGC.
• Course Structure:Some specific properties of ceramic materials lay the foundation for many applications in electrical, chemical, and mechanical engineering.
• Placements:Placements are good as the average package is nearly 10 lakhs. Apart from core jobs, students go for jobs in non-core fields like analytics, Management, and Consultancy too. In the 2019 placement drive 43 students from the Ceramic department got placed.

Mining Engineering :

• About the Department:It is one of the oldest and comprehensive mining engineering departments in the country. It came into existence in 1923, as a section of the Department of Geology, Mining, and Metallurgy. This department was one of the first few departments in the country to receive UGC Assistance under COSIST and SAP Programme in 1984.
• Course Structure:The course structure of mining is a combination of courses from mechanical, electrical, electronics, earth sciences, and even computer science departments. Physics and machine knowledge is involved.
• Placements: Placements are usually good. Students are offered both core and non-core jobs. The non-core jobs are usually from finance, marketing, analyst, coding. 85 students got placement from Mining last year.

Pharmaceuticals :

• About the Department:The courses are designed to impart knowledge on various aspects of drug design, development, testing, and safe and effective use of drugs/medicines, including drug delivery systems.
• Course Structure:This program includes subjects like medical chemistry, biology, microbiology, biochemistry, jurisprudence, management, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, technology. The course is pervasive and makes one ready for advancing in the field of medicine despite being an engineer.
• Placements:Top recruiters from this branch include Dr.Reddy's laboratories, Matrix Laboratories, United Health, Evaluserve are regular visitors. Apart from that, students have a lot of options for non-core employment in marketing, finance, coding, analytic, etc. A total of 39 students got placed from Pharmaceutical Engineering.

First, you should decide which course you want to pursue mechanical or Mining as that would help in comparing institutes and choose the one with the better program.

NIT Durgapur is one of the top institutions of the country with a NIRF ranking of 13 for BTech. Whereas, NIT Durgapur is ranked 47th by NIRF 2020 for BTech.

Admission:

Both the NIT Durgapur and Surathkal offer BTech programs for Mechanical and Mining Engineering. The basic eligibility is that the student must have passed the 10+2 examination with 75% marks from any recognized board and the admission will be based on JEE Mains rank.

Cut off:

In 2019 the closing JEE Main cutoff at NIT Durgapur and NIT Surathkal was as follows.

• NIT Durgapur, Mechanical Engineering- 34273

• NIT Surathkal, Mining Engineering- 27212 (Other State), 38716 (Home State)

Fee Structure:

The total fee for B.tech in the mining program in NIT Surathkal is 5.39 lakh. On the other hand, the total fee for B.tech in mechanical engineering in NIT Durgapur is 5.39 lakhs.

Both NIT Durgapur and NIT Surathkal provide a research-oriented teaching-learning environment in the Institute with a focus on excellence and innovation.

Placement :

NIT-Durgapur is considered as an institute of National Importance and has excellent placement records. Some of the major recruiters at NIT Durgapur for the Mechanical Engineering branch are Wipro, TCS, Infosys, IBM, Ashok Leyland, Erricson, ITC, etc.

While on the other hand NIT Surathkal also has a good placement rate. The major companies visited the campus for recruitment were LnT, BPCL, HPCL, Total Environment, Technip, ExxonMobil, IRCON International.

NIT Durgapur's main objective is research-oriented teaching-learning which helps students to pursue creative research and develop new technologies in Mechanical Engineering. On the other hand, NIT Surathkal is among the top Mining Engineering Institutions in the country. You should choose the institute based on your choice of the branch.

Choosing one of the NITs can be really tricky sometimes considering the excellent education they provide across the country. However, a few things should be taken into consideration while making a decision. Some of the major elements are listed below.

Ranking: Ranking is a major thing for many students when it comes to choosing the proper college for your future.

• NIT Nagaland ranked 91st among the top engineering colleges in 2019 across the country.

• NIT Manipur ranked 89th among the top engineering colleges in 2019.

• NIT Mizoram ranked 90th in 2020 and NIT Raipur ranked 67th among the top most engineering colleges in 2020 by NIRF.

Placement:

• Top recruiters of NIT Nagaland are BSNL, BPCL, Wipro, Amazon, and so on. The highest and the average salary package for NIT Nagaland students remains to be around 9 LPA and 4.5 LPA.

• The highest package for NIT Mizoram students remains around 17 LPA and 17.5 LPA for NIT Manipur students. Top recruiters are IBM, BEL, Infosys, and more.

• For NIT Raipur students, the highest package is around 36 LPA and the average package is 9 LPA. Top recruiters are Capgemini, Cognizant, Infoedge, Reliance, and more.

• More than 90% of students get placed every year by these companies according to the reports.

Fees and eligibility

• Students who are aiming at enrolling themselves for a B. Tech in Mining Engineering in NIT Raipur have to qualify in the JEE Main examination. \

• In order to pursue B. Tech in NIT Nagaland, students have to pass the same examination as well.

• However, in order to pursue an M. Tech, students must qualify the GATE exam before applying. The same criteria apply for both NIT Manipur and NIT Mizoram as well.

Other facilities:

Apart from these factors, all the NITs have good infrastructure and the quality of education is unquestionable in all the NITs. All faculty members are extremely well educated and helpful. Hostel facilities are also available at reasonable rates inside all the campuses.

No matter how difficult it gets while choosing your proper engineering stream and the perfect college for your higher studies, make no mistake to do sufficient research about it beforehand. Your passion and expertise should be taken into consideration while choosing your stream since it will help you evolve as an expert in your field in the future.

The Mining Engineering Department of NIT Surathkal has produced more than 826 undergraduates as of now. The department also offers a research program in Rock Excavation Technology and Management. Projects in the Mining Engineering department are funded by the Hutti Gold Mines Company, Uranium Corporation of India and Neyveli Lignite Corporation, etc. NIT Surathkal was ranked 13th and 11th for Engineering by NIRF 2020 and The Week 2020.

Admission:

• Admission to B.Tech programs is done through score obtained in JEE Mains and percentage in 10+2, while admission to M.Tech is done on the basis of GATE score.

• Total fees for the four years BTech program is 5.39 Lakh with an intake capacity of 63.

Facilities:

• Basic Facilities include Model Mine, Gas Testing Facilities, Conference Hall, and Innovation Chamber.

• The Mining Engineering also hosts state-of-art laboratories and includes, Rock Mechanics, Rock Drilling, Rock Blasting, Mine Environmental Engineering, Mineral Processing, Mine Planning and Design, and Mine Surveying Laboratory.

Placements:

The placement statistics for the Mining branch are as follows.

Major Recruiters include Coal India, IOCL, Vedanta, Credit Suisse, Code Nation, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Alumni:

Notable alumni of NIT Surathkal include K.V.Kamath who is the former chief of New Development Bank of BRICS Countries and Rajeev Madhavan, Founder of Magma Design Automation.

The Mining Engineering department conducted 1st SME NITK CONVENTION from 6th-7th March 2020. Workshops, Certificate Courses, and Seminars are an integral part of their pedagogy.

IIEST Shibpur holds rank #21 in India by NIRF Rankings in 2020. In all courses, 50% of the seats are reserved for students from other states and 50% are reserved for the students of West Bengal. Admission is based on the results of JEE Mainand for admission in M.Tech, a valid score in GATE is required.

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela holds #16 rank nationally according to NIRF rankings for 2020. The total seats reserved for B-tech mining is 42. One must have secured 75% marks in 12th standard along with a valid score in JEE Main.

Admission process:

IIEST Shibpur

• The admissionprocess is fully based on the results of JEE Main.With this, students are also required to complete 12th with at least 75%.
• The application fee for general is 1,500 and for reserved students, it is 1,000 INR.
• 3% seats are reserved for physically challenged students and 3 seats are also reserved under defense quota.
• This Institute conducts a separate entrance test and interview for Ph.D. students.

NITRourkela

• The application process is fully online. The application fee is 1,000 INR.
• Same as in IIEST Shibpur, admission eligibility for NIT Rourkela is also fully based on the JEE Main.
• With this, at least 75% marks are also required in 10+2 withMaths, Physics and Chemistry are required as compulsory subjects.

Placements:

IIEST Shibpur

• The highest package offered to the students is 39.12 lakhs while the average package is 6.5 lakhs.
• Last year, this Institute break its own record in terms of placements. A total of462 offers were made to students and out of them, about 311 got placements.
• Companies like Microsoft, Maruti, HSBC Technologies, TCS, and so on visit campus every year.

NIT Rourkela

• The highest package offered to students in the mining department was 18 Lakhs by TATA whereas, the average package was 7 lakhs.
• Various big companies like Microsoft, Tata Steel, Myntra, Bajaj, and so on visitsthe Institute every year for placements.
• Last year about 206 companies visited the campus and almost more than 700 students got placements.

Both the Institutes are good for mining with excellentfacilities like Wi-Fi, air-conditioned classrooms, laboratory facilities. Faculty members are also best, almost all the teachers are holding a Ph.D.So in short, the education facility as a whole is quite amazing and satisfactory for both the Institute.