Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Computer Science and Engineering) From IIT Mandi, Mandi

IIT Indore is a good choice among the three options for computer science and engineering (CSE). The reasons for the same are as follows.

• It has a good coding culture and has grown tremendously in this regard. The students proved this in the international ACM ICPC contest.
• Indore is not only a good city, but it is also a local IT hub with a reasonable number of good companies in the vicinity as compared to Dhanbad or Mandi.
• The placements are more or less equal for the three institutes. So, it cannot be the deciding factor.
• The overall growth of the institute is also very impressive.

So on a preference, IIT Indore will come first followed by IIT Mandi and ISM Dhanbad.

IIT Mandi has an excellent placement history and is one of the best colleges in India. The average package offered at IIT Mandi is 13.5 LPA.

The following table shows the statistics more clearly for CSE:

The top recruiters of IIT Mandi in the year 2020 include - Microsoft, who became the star recruiter this year offering over 11 placement opportunities followed by L&T ECC. Amongst others, Microsoft (11 PPOs), Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Robert Bosch, Optum, SMS Datatech and Tonichi Insatsu were among the companies that offered decent placement for the batch 2019-20.

Around 9 new recruiters arrived for the placement cell, some of them were Marvell, Razorpay, 1mg, GMO research, Sprinklr, and many more.

Many students go through this dilemma after clearing their JEE Advance whether to choose Computer Science in a new IIT or to choose any lower branch in the old IITs. Following information can help you in taking the decision better:

• In case if Computer Science is your passion and you feel joy by solving logical problems patiently, then without any second thought, you should go for CS at IIT Mandi. You can easily get a good placement there or even pursue your research work there.

• If you are not well acquainted with coding then it is highly advisable to get exposed to it and then decide whether you genuinely enjoy it or not.

• IIT Kharagpur is a good choice if you go for Chemical Engineering as it is one of the most reputed institutes of India. CE is in great demand and will also be in the coming years. The course of CE at IIT Kharagpur is vivid, meeting the industry standards. The curriculum of CE is easier as compared to other branches like Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• You will have enough time and freedom to enjoy the college life and sharpen your other skills side by side which will eventually help you in getting jobs in the companies. Most companies call CE students for interviews and internships.
• IIT Kharagpur has a better ranking than IIT Mandi, because of which, if you plan to pursue MBA abroad after your B.Tech, you will definitely be getting an edge.

• The best part is that IIT Kharagpur allows you to change your branch at the end of one year. You can go for this option if you have scored a good CGPA in your first year but your change in choice should not be the sole purpose to join the college or the branch.

In short, I have discussed both the colleges (here IIT Kharagpur wins) and both the branches (here Computer Science wins). So, it solely depends upon the interests and priorities of the student whether to choose Chemical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur or CS at IIT Mandi. If you do not enjoy working with codes, then IIT Kharagpur will be the best option for you.

This might be a hard choice. You have to think deeply and make a tough decision while choosing between any of these colleges.

IIT Mandi

• It is an IIT Brand for which you have worked hard and studied for around 2 years to be known as an IITian.
• All the faculty at IIT Mandi are themselves from IIT with a Ph.D. degree.
• The infrastructure of IIT Mandi is excellent.
• Also, the hostel life is quite good with a standard living lifestyle.

BITS Pilani

• It is one of the excellent colleges in India with developed culture and with a good environmental reputation
• The alumni are quite good
• Many reputed companies visit the campus for placement drives.
• The college provides a decent and a good salary average of 12 LPA, especially for the department of CSE.

Even if you intend to further research and hold the IIT tag, Mandi is a good alternative. Anyway, BITS is a decent choice, but for the rest of your life, you will miss the IIT tag. In the end, it will be your decision which college you want to opt for or go with.

IIT Mandi completed the placement drive for 2019 with 82% of students successfully placed in the top companies. The institute also witnessed a 50% increase in the average salary offered to the students. A total of 45 companies took part in the 2019 placement drive with the CSE department getting 90% placement. The top recruiters were Wipro, Microsoft, Cortex, Amazon with an average salary of 13.5 LPA. Overall the placement in IIT Mandi is good for the CSE department and the number is slowly increasing every year.

IIT Bhubaneswar witnessed a huge increase in their placement trends. In 2019, around 89 companies visited the campus and 90% of the students got the placements. The CSE department got the 100% placement with an average salary of 10-35 LPA. The top recruiters that participated were Google, Accenture, Amazon, Adobe, Dell, Capgemini, etc. In IIT Bhubaneswar, the CSE department placement from the previous years is good and the placement rate is slowly increasing at a gradual rate.

IIT Jodhpur also released their placement report for 2019. Around 75% of the students got the placement with the CSE department getting the highest placement of 100%. The top companies participated in the campus placements were Microsoft, Google, IBM, Morgan Stanley, etc. The average salary offered to the students was 16 lakhs.

Despite being new IITs, these three IITs are good in terms of placements and academics for CSE. Before choosing among these IITs, you should take advice from the seniors at these institutes, explore different aspects and then choose accordingly.