Although NIT Agarta holds a bigger brand name, it is still a growing NIT. On the other hand, PEC has an older history of about 100 years and continues to flourish. 

Here are some insights into the PEC according to my friends who completed their B.Tech from there.

• Faculty: PEC has some of the best-experienced faculties and many research scholars. On the other hand, NIT struggles to have enough experienced professors as the NIT is newly established.
• Location: Chandigarh is at advantage any day because of its easy proximity and being an education hub. It is better in terms of facilities and coaching centers too. Whereas, Agartala is at a huge disadvantage due to accessibility and opportunities.
• Quality of students: You can see a huge difference in the cutoff trend of JEE Mains rank for both the colleges. In the case of NIT Agartala, about 50% of the total seats are reserved for home-state candidates in the range of 90k to 1.5 lakh. Whereas the cutoff trend is much lower at PEC with just over 60 K for branches like metallurgy!
• Clubs: You can choose over various clubs at PEC Chandigarh. Theseclubs are well renowned and they have even gained respect in IITs during fests and events.

All in all, it is recommended to choose PEC Chandigarh any day over NIT Agartala. PEC definitely belongs to the league with NIT Surat, Allahabad, and others. However, if the NIT tag is all that you are looking for, then go for NIT Agartala.

The cutoffs are released after the spot round. So, it’s difficult to say what is the required cutoff for Electrical branch in the spot round at PEC Chandigarh. 

But assuming that you are from the open/general category, these are the starting cut-off ranks for recent years.

Since the number of seats in PEC is the same as last year (no increase or decrease) you can expect fairly the same ranks this year too. So, work hard and make sure you get in the rank range.

Civil engineering is one of the major B.tech. Degree, provided by the Punjab Engineering College.Admission to the four-year program is made on the basis of marks scored by the candidate in Jee Main(Joint Entrance Exam Main). For civil up to20thousand rank is required.

CSE is the major B.tech. Degree, provided by Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (MAIT).Admission to the four-year program is made on the basis of marks scored by the candidate in Jee Main(Joint Entrance Exam Main)and also on the basis of theIPU CET exam, conducted by the university.

Tabulated below is an overview of the courses in both colleges:

Placement Statistics:

Civil placements in PEC

1. During PEC Chandigarh placements 2020, a total of 143 companies visited the campus to hire students.
2. A total of 80% of students got placed from civil engineering with the highest package of INR 42 LPA. The lowest salary recorded in the college was INR 3-4 LPA.
3. The stipendvaries from 1lac-25kincivil engineering.

CSE in MAIT(IPU)

1. 75% of the CSEstudentsat MAIT are placedin reputed companies like Moody's, HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank, and other reputedinternationalcompaniesAccenture, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, Amazon, etc..
2. In 2019, 42 companies visited the campusand 808 students were placed on campus. For the session 2017 – 2018, 679 students were placed, out of which the CSE branch had the most students being placed.
3. The highest package offered is around 28LPAwhilethe average package offered is around 3.5LPA.
4. There is no attendance issue inMAIT which provides the students withample amount oftime to work ontheirskills.

Based on what I learned from my friends at these two institutes, I will recommend that you choose MIT Manipal. Many students and faculty in the industry argue that MIT graduates are doing much better than many of their IIT and NIT peers. The reason behind this is the well-rounded personality development you get to experience at MIT Manipal.

• Campus Life: The campus life is hassle-free, unlike many other private colleges, there are no base-less rules in place. The infrastructure at MIT is great. The sports facilities offered at MARENA Manipal are one of the best in the locality. The hostel and mess facilities offered are quite good too. 
• Coding Culture: The institute has a great coding culture. There are various clubs like ACM Manipal, IECSE, MIST, LUG that helps you develop coding skills. Many coding competitions, hackathons, are organized around the academic year, some of these include Microsoft Code Fun Do, AngelHack, etc. The institute also witnessed the launch of many start-ups.
• Projects: Various student projects like Parikshit (student satellite team), MRM (Mars Rover Manipal), RoboManipal, AeroMIT, SolarMobil are doing quite well and are considered among the top 5 university team in the world. 
• Placements: The institute is witnessing an upward placement curve with reputed MNCs like Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Dell, Seagate visiting the campus. 
• Higher Studies: You can easily spot MIT alumni pursuing higher studies at reputed universities like MIT Boston, Harvard, UCLA, Stanford, Cornell, etc. Manipal has various coaching centers for GRE/GMAT preparations. 
• Alumni: The institute boasts of successful alumni. Satya Nadella, Rajeev Suri are some of the names worth mentioning. 
• Branch Strength: The total branch strength of the first year for MIT is around 2000. The compact branch size is another plus point for MIT.
• No Management Quota: Another important aspect that makes MIT stand out among other institutes is the lack of management quota. 95% of the admission at MIT is done based on merit and the other 5% is through the NRI quota. So, you will have a better peer group. 

Going by the above factors it is safe to say that MIT Manipal is a great choice for an engineering degree. 

PEC Chandigarh and NIT Meghalaya, neither of them are good colleges as of now due to some major reasons. 

NIT Meghalaya:

• NIT Meghalaya is situated in the northeastern part of India and it is a newly built NIT. 
• It now comes at the bottom among all the NITs of our country. This is because of the poor and temporary management faculty and it doesn't even have a campus of its own. 
• The placements here are currently very poor as this college is newly built. It will take its time to get exposure and recognition which can attract top companies to visit for campus placements. 

PEC Chandigarh:

• PEC Chandigarh is not a great college as students scoring lower ranks like 40k or more can also get admission at PEC.
• The placement records are also very poor here. And being at PEC Chandigarh you will also not get the NITian tag which can be very helpful while looking for jobs. 

It is suggested to take a year drop and start preparing for JEE Main properly and aim to score higher marks. Appear for the January exam and not the April exam as almost every student targets for it and it can be very difficult to score higher rankings as competition will get very tough. January exam will have less competition and it will be easy to get higher rankings which can indeed open possibilities to get admission in one of the top IITs or NITs. 

Both IGDTUW Delhi and PEC Chandigarh are reputed colleges and are equally good but both these courses are very different from each other. 

If you are interested in higher studies and want to do M.Tech or Ph.D., then only opt for PEC civil. The pressure for studies would be less. You also have no restrictions in doing extracurricular activities. Here you can focus on other things besides studies, like on your hobbies or learning and developing a new skill or a new language which can be helpful in your career. 

Here’s a brief overview of the courses mentioned in the question. 

Hope this answer clears some of your doubts.