IGIT Sarang is one of the best government colleges in Orissa. It is also only one government college of Orissa that is eligible to submit an Institutional Development Proposal. The admission process for Electrical Engineering is based on the results of JEE Main and Orissa-JEE. 

The NIRF ranking of VSSUT University is 119 all over India. Likewise in IGIT Sarang, the admission process for Production Engineering and Metallurgy is based on the results of JEE.

Tabulated below shows the difference among both institutions: 

Admission process

• The admission process is the same for all the courses. The application process is fully online. 
• Admissions are based on the results of JEE mains or OJEE valid rank followed by interviews and counseling. 
• With this students are also required to have at least 45% in 10+2 with required subjects(Physics and mathematics should be primary subjects). 

Placements

IGIT Sarang

• Companies like Ananda, Bhushan Steel, Infosys, Kanbay international, Larsen and Toubro, Satyam Computers, TATA Consultancy Services, Visa Steel, etc visit the campus every year in search of good placements. 
• The average salary offered to students is 4 lakhs and the highest salary package is up to 10 lakhs. 

VSSUT Burla

• Companies like Aricent, Ashok Leyland, Bosch Ltd, Cap Gemini, CSC, Cummins, HP, Jindal Steel, Maruti Suzuki, and so on visit campus every year. 
• The average salary offered to students for this course is 3.6 lakhs and the highest package is up to 10 lakhs. 

Infrastructural Facilities

IGIT Sarang

• The infrastructure of the college is really good. 
• Classrooms are nice, the library is open to all, medical facilities and equipped labs are also available in college. 
• Teachers are well qualified in their particular fields. 

VSSUT Burla

• The infrastructure and facilities of this university are really good. Air-conditioned classrooms, upgraded labs, medical facilities, sports facilities, gym, etc all available on campus. 
• The faculty is also well experienced. 

Both the universities are good choices for the above courses. Both courses have the same admission process among universities. The placement rate is quite better for IGIT Sarang than VSSUT Burla but if we talk about which one is affordable and has good quality teaching then VSSUT should be the choice.

Civil engineering is a more popular course than production engineering and has more scope. As for the colleges, NIT Agartala is an old NIT with a large alumni base compared to NIT Arunachal Pradesh. According to the NIRF Ranking of 2020, NIT Agartala and NIT Arunachal Pradesh are ranked in 75 and 200 in the engineering category.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh(Civil Engineering):

Admission-

• Admission to the BTech Civil Engineering is based on the performance of the students in JEE Main.

• The prerequisite for admission is 10+2.

• The closing cut-off of home state and other states for Civil Engineering in 2019 was 201859 and 40346 respectively.

• The first year fee at this college is 2.2 Lakhs. However, students get scholarships and fee waivers.

Placements- The college also has a good placement rate with several students placed in the topmost companies.

• The companies visiting the campus are IBM, Havells, Asahi India Glass, Bharat Technologies, Polaris, NOKIA, Huawei, Directi, Burning Glass Technologies, Infosys, Yodlee, and many more.

• The highest and average salary of the students is 11.68 LPA and 4.2 LPA.

NIT Agartala(Production engineering):

Admission-

Like NIT Arunachal Pradesh, NIT Agartala also enrolls students based on the JEE Main score.

• The eligibility for admission is 10+2 with at least 75%.

• The closing cutoff for Production Engineering in 2019 was 266626.

• The college also ensures good scholarship and fee waiver programs. The first year fee for this course is 1.48 lakhs.

Placements-

• The highest and average salary received by the students at this college is 36 LPA and 5 LPA respectively.

• The companies visiting the campus are Amazon, Samsung, IBM, Intel, Infosys, Ashok Leyland, Vedanta, Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank, Capgemini, L & T, Tata Motors, and many more.

Civil is a core engineering branch whereas Production Engineering is a specialization under Mechanical Engineering that’s why the former has wider scope in higher studies as well as in placements. However, Production Engineering has huge demand in the industry. So, go through the facts given above and choose the college that suits your requirements.

NIT Nagaland has a NIRF 2020 rank of 67 and NIT Agartala has a rank of 52 in the engineering category. NIT Nagaland is an autonomous institution recognized by AICTE and UGC whereas NIT Agartala is a government institute that is to be a deemed university.

Admission-

To be eligible for admission, students are expected to have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75% along with their JEE Main score.

• For NIT Agartala, for programs like B.Tech, the total fees are in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 6 lakhs.

• At NIT Nagaland, the total fees for programs like B.Tech lie in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 4 lakhs respectively.

JEE Main cutoff 2019 -

• NIT Agartala - For the PE branch it was 28827 and 33637 as the opening and closing rank respectively for the General category. For reserved categories, the opening and closing ranks were 2763 and 11083 respectively.

• NIT Nagaland - For the ME branch it was 27146 and 29838 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states. For reserved categories, the opening and closing ranks were 1896 and 7826 respectively for students from other states.

Placement -

• For NIT Agartala, the median CTC was Rs. 5.5 LPA and saw 188 students being placed overall. The highest offered CTC was from Works Applications.

• For NIT Nagaland, Allstate, Power Grid, Lakshaya, Vedanta, L&T, Toppers, Mphasis, were the top recruiters.

• The major recruiters for NIT Agartala were L&T Infotech, Vedanta, Future Group, Havells, Axis Bank, ABB Limited, Samsung.

For the year 2019, the placement details for the two institutes are as follows.

• NIT Nagaland conducted the 2019 placement drive wherein 22 students were recruited from various departments. The highest CTC worth Rs. 10.5 LPA was offered by Allstate.

• At NIT Agartala, the total no. of offers to PE students was 11.

Which is the better option that needs to be assessed by reviewing the above facts and your perception of the college brand along with the ROI which is on average 93% for NIT Agartala and 112% for NIT Nagaland.

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the Institute with Grade 'A.' In the past, MIT has produced great scientists such as Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.

The Production Engineering Department at MIT has been accredited with A5 Grade for 5 simultaneous years. On the other hand, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering is a private engineering college which is affiliated to Anna University. The college offers mainly engineering and technology degree programs.

Admission process of MIT Chennai and SVCE

• For admission into B.E/B. Tech program 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.ersities.

• Students with 55% marks during their masters can apply for doctoral programs at MIT Chennai.

• SVCE offers B.E/B. Tech programs, students with 50% in 10+2 are eligible to apply. Admission is done through TANEA.

• Students obtain 50% in B.E/B. Tech and having a relevant GATE score can apply for M.Tech programs of both the Universities.

Alumni

MIT Chennai:

• Some 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.

SVCE:

• Some of the renowned alumni from SVCE includ Ananth Narayanan- CEO & Co-founder of Medlife.

• Other notable alumni include Balaji Gopalakrishnan who is Director of Sanmina and Israel Jebasingh who is currently the director of Officers IAS Academy.

Facilities:

• MIT is equipped with a library that harbors 82,923 volumes of books of choice in engineering and basic sciences subjects. The library also has 10,500 bound volumes of journals and 10,000 norms.

• The College of Engineering library of Sri Venkateswara consists of a total of 1,00,379 books, 1010 newspapers, 9636 back volumes of newspapers, and 2200 CDs.

Placement:

Tabulated below are the placement statistics of both the institutions:

The two courses come with their own merits and demerits, it’s important that students follow their choice of interest and scrutinize both keeping interest into consideration.

Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Pune was ranked as 10th in region-wise ranking west zone and was also ranked as 16th in research capabilities. It is also ranked 99th among the engineering colleges in India by NIRF 2020. The production engineering course at Bharati Vidyapeeth University is considered as a good option.

Admission:

Production Engineering is closely related to mechanical engineering, it is basically a subset of mechanical engineering. The college provides a 4-year long BTech program for Production Engineering and it is approved by AICTE. There are 60 seats for the program.

• Students need to pass 10+2 with PCM in order to be eligible for admission.

• The admission is entrance based and All India CET scores are considered for admission.

The Btech Production Engineering costs around 5 lakhs.

The institute is one of the oldest colleges for production engineering all over India. The course structure is also at par with the leading NIT’s.

Faculty:

The department has a dedicated group of well-qualified faculty with years of experience in teaching. The teaching staff of the college is very helpful, in case a student is unable to attend a lecture the faculty provides an online portal so that the students can attend the recorded lecture online.

Placements:

Production engineering he/she will be also eligible for any job relating to mechanical engineering. Students who have experience in production engineering can also be compatible for production manufacturing, automobile design, and industrial engineering.

• The highest package that was offered to Production Engineering students in 2019 was INR 10 LPA and the lowest package offered was 1.8 LPA.

• Top recruiting companies include Infosys, LTI, TCS, Byju’s, Amdocs, and Jaro.

In conclusion, Production engineering in Bharati Vidyapeeth is a viable option and one can choose it. The college also has average placement records for the course.