SRM Easwari Engineering College is a reputed college of engineering in Chennai. The college ranked at the 200th position all over the country in the engineering colleges category according to NIRF in 2019.

Eligibility: It offers a BTech program in Information Technology.

• Students must score a minimum of 50% in 10+2 and have physics or mathematics as their core subjects compulsorily.

• Final admissions are based on the score obtained in the TNEA entrance test.

• In 2019 the closing cutoff for IT was 6132.

Fee structure:

The institute charges a fee of INR 55,000 for the first year of the course.

Faculty:

The faculty, particularly of the IT department is known to be well experienced and educated. Most professors have a Ph.D. degree while others have a qualified master’s degree.

Placements:

Placements of the institute are slightly more inclined in the favor of students pursuing IT degrees. Students are trained from the first year in order to get placed and get jobs after the degree.

• More than 309 different companies visit the campus every year.

• The highest pay package offered at the institute is INR 28 lakhs per annum.

• Some of the popular organizations recruiting students include IBM, Google, Mahindra, Accenture, Indian Navy, and various others.

With a good record of placements, a reasonable fee structure, and helpful faculty, students can expect quality education for IT from the institute.

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!

BP Poddar is affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) and is approved by AICTE. It is ranked 201 for BTech by NIRF 2020. Each department has a student intake of 120 students.

Asansol Engineering College is a self financed institute and is affiliated to MAKAUT. It is approved by AICTE. They have 3000 students and 200 faculty members and lab assistants. The faculty members are highly qualified in their respective fields.

Admission Requirements 

• Students should have 45-50% in their 10+2 to be eligible for application.
• Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics should be the compulsory subjects.
• Students have to take the WBJEE or JEE Main entrance examination.
• Selection will be merit based on the entrance examination.

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institutes:

Placements 

BP Poddar 

• • The college offers services like career exploration, work readiness, career planning, career counseling, skill development, identification of employment opportunities, job placements and ongoing support.
  • On site and In house training are also provided to students.

• The top recruiting companies for IT are Deloitte, Wipro, Infosys, IBM, TCS, Accenture, HCL, Adobe, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, etc.

Asansol Engineering College

• 350 job offers were made and a total of 165 students were placed.
• The top recruiting companies for IT are Deloitte, TCS, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Wipro, Infosys, IBM, Accenture, HCL, Adobe, etc.

Facilities 

BP Poddar 

• Their central facilities include a library, language lab, computer facilities, sports and games facilities, cafeteria and healthcare facilities.
• They have both AC and Non-AC hostels. 
• The boys hostel can accommodate 125 students and the girls hostel can accommodate 110 students.

Asansol Engineering College

• They have a central library and 6 departmental libraries.
• The college offers 3 boys and 2 girls hostels with basic amenities and recreational facilities.
• They have a Gym with Modern equipment and machines.
• They have a well maintained, hygienic and airy cafeteria.

Students graduating with IT can work as Cloud Architect, Cloud Consultant, Computer and Information Research Scientist, Computer Network Architect, Network Engineer, IT Analyst, Customer Support, IT Support, Date Quality Manager, Information Security Expert, Mobile App Developer, Programmer or Coder, Software Engineer, Frontend Developer and Web Developer. Both the colleges have good reputation among students and professionals.

PDPU ranks 55th in the engineering category according to NIRF. The B-Tech programmes in Computer Engineering and ICT (Information & Communication Technology) are two major courses offered under the IT department.

Course Structure:

• These two courses promise to provide a conducive learning experience developing technological research needs for the future. 
• The major focus is on programming skills and learning modern technologies like, machine learning, AI, IOT and other networking methodologies.

Infrastructure

• Engineering education needs relevant laboratories which are rightly equipped with experimentation. 
• The Power Electronics Lab, Production Technology Laboratory and Network Theory Lab at PDPU rightly pronounces the practical learning and future needs of engineers.

Placements

The average placement rate is around 70% while average CTC offered being 3.5-4 LPA. Other key highlights are given in the table below:

Faculty

• It includes Faculty members from esteemed institutions like IITs, who share their effervescent experience in terms of knowledge imparted. 
• The teacher to student ratio is 1:30. 
• Some teachers are also lauded with the highly esteemed Padma Vibhushan award.

These soft engineering courses, coupled with quality faculty and best learning experience make PDPU one of the best choices in Gujarat as it is also ranked 1st by NIRF in the state.