Both of these two colleges are tier-1 colleges. You can’t go wrong with either of them. One of my relatives who used to be a student of MANIT Bhopal speaks highly of the institution. According to her, you should prefer MANIT Bhopal to any other institution any day including BIT Mesra too.

Don’t take an educational loan to go to BIT Mesra, if you are getting MANIT Bhopal CSE. You can easily get an income-based scholarship at MANIT Bhopal. 

At MANIT placement percentage as well as the highest package, both are pretty high. At MANIT Bhopal, the placement percentage goes as high as 98% and the highest package offered this year was around 42 LPA. 

Hance, MANIT Bhopal is definitely is a better alternative.

It is not easy to explicitly mention the average package of the CSE branch because the institute does not provide the placement report which mentions the average package of every branch. However, I will try to help you out with my little knowledge about it.

2019-20 placement drive:

The Campus Recruitment Program maintained its strong position with visits from 120 recruiters (FTE+ internship) across all campuses and by achieving an overall target of 831 job offers. The highest package offered was INR 49.76 Lakhs per annum while the average package stood at INR 11.76 Lakhs per annum. Some of the companies that hired students from the CSE branch were:

• Accenture
• ADROSONIC IT Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Amdocs
• GEP
• Goldman Sachs
• IBM

The highest number of CSE students were recruited by Samsung R and D Bangalore.

BIT Mesra, Ranchi ranks 85th among the private engineering colleges as per NIRF ranking 2020. It provides 80% placements every year in branded MNCs. 

On the other hand, PEC Chandigarh ranks 68th among the top engineering colleges as per NIRF ranking 2020. It maintains a proper placement record of 80% and is at the forefront of churning out software engineers with a high calibre.

Admission process:

BIT Mesra, Ranchi

• The candidates must have a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 with PCM and valid JEE Main score.
• The cutoff required is 2593 - 9207.
• The total seats allocated is 68.

PEC Chandigarh

• The candidates must have a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 with PCM and valid JEE Main score. 
• The cutoff required is 3282 - 7074.
• The course fee required is INR 96,750.

Placements:

Tabulated below are the placement statistics for the institutes:

The top recruiters are Cognizant, Infosys, Verizon, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, TATA, JP Morgan, Accenture, TCS, etc.

Faculty:

The faculties of both these colleges consisted of 60 members in each department with each of them being cooperative and helpful towards the students. 

Facilities:

• Hi-tech Laboratories with the latest computer technologies. 
• Regular 24×7 security system throughout the campus.
• Auditorium with an intake capacity of 2500 people.
• The institute consists of a central library having a collection of 1.19 books on various topics. 
• They have separate hostels for boys and girls. There are six hostels with four hostels for boys and two for girls.

Both these colleges are excellent in their standards. They provide quality education with decent placements every year. However, PEC is more preferred than BIT Mesra, Ranchi, as Chandigarh being closer to Delhi, offers higher education opportunities.

BIT Mesra offers good placements to CSE/IT students. 

2020 Placement Statistics:

• The average package for this particular branch is 10 LPA. 
• The highest package offered to the students of CSE/IT students was around 49 LPA.
• The primary recruiters here are the IT-based big giants such as Wipro, TCS, Infosys, etc. 
• A couple of tier 2 software companies offer 4-9 LPA (Oracle, SAP Labs, MuSigma).
• The placement average for this branch is around 80% and almost 30% of students get internship offers after completing their 3rd year. 

Apart from the good placement statistics, there are a number of other benefits of pursuing CSE/IT at BIT Mesra such as online/virtual coding competitions held every day, internships from the second year itself, paid internships in the third year too, and a strong alumni base.

IT In IIIT- Allahabad is a great choice. It is one of the best colleges in India for this field and branch. The course structure is amazing and polished and focuses more on topics related to IT. The course emphasizes practical applications. There are almost no courses that are out of the sphere of field.

The labs and infrastructure are one of a kind and the student culture in IT is very motivated. Most of the students start taking part in competitive programming right from the 1st or 2nd year. If you find coding really interesting and see it as a career, then you should definitely go for IIIT-Allahabad. The coding culture is awesome and people praise it a lot. You will love the college for its study environment. If you feel the passion and love for hardware-oriented work, you should definitely go for ECE.

Placements:

• The placements for IT are really good. They have top IT companies or firms visiting the campus. 
• Some of the top companies are Microsoft, Facebook, Adobe, Flipkart, Amazon, Directi, etc. offers a great package. 
• 2020 batch received the highest package of 43 LPA and an average package of 20.83 LPA. 
• The college’s reputation is growing significantly year by year.

Seeing the wonderful coding culture, the growing alumni base of brilliant minds, and therefore the previous records of placements from IIIT- Allahabad, there’s no lookout for any other college if you intend to be a part of this one.

Talking about the disadvantages, the campus doesn’t lie in the proximity area of any big city or town. The proximity to a metro city nearby is a huge problem. Though BIT Mesra has the same issue, hence I feel that both the colleges are even. A journey to Delhi by train takes a lot of time, probably a one-night trip.

Well, one of my friends is studying at BIT Mesra and according to him, it is a very good college especially for CSE. 

• The teachers here are very good and experienced in their subjects. Professors like Arun Sir and Mustafi Sir are great and helps the students a lot in completing their projects. They are always ready to help anyone irrespective of their branch or year. 
• There are coding matches held every Saturday at the campus and many workshops are also conducted by ACM which turns out to be very profitable for the students. These are great interactive ways to learn and practice new things.
• The placements are also amazing as top companies like Flipkart, Amazon, Practo, Coupon Dunia, Goldman Sachs, Snapdeal visit the campus for interviews, and offer packages more than 10 LPA. 
• Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs also hire interns from the CSE branch.

If you want to know about PEC Chandigarh, then ask someone who belongs to that college like a college alumnus or a student studying there. They can provide you genuine information about the college.