Brainware University is a private college situated in Kolkata. The University is approved by UGC, AIU, and DSIR and has been recognized by PCI, BCI, and WBNC. It has been ranked 67th based on faculty and placements. It offers B.Tech, B.Pharm, BA, B.Sc, BBA, BCA, and B.Com courses at the UG level. The total fees for this course are 350,000 total fees.

Admission Procedure:

• The basic eligibility criteria for admission to ECE at Brainware University 60% in class 10 examinations and 55% in class 12 examinations
• The selection criteria for B. Tech at this university are required to qualify the WBJEE examinations along with JEE Mains and must have secured 45% marks in PCM for the class 12th examination
• Also, the selections are made on the ranking that a student secures in the Brainware University Entrance Test.

Facilities:

• The college stands over a land of 9 acres. It is an eco-friendly campus that facilitates students with well-equipped computer labs, WiFi, and a library that has a rich collection of journals, magazines, research reports, and videos
• The university is equipped with an in-campus hostel facility. It has separate hostels for boys and girls
• It also offers a gym, recreation room, cafeterias, and shuttle services to students. The fees of the shuttle service on the distance of the college from your home.

Placement:

The Placement Cell at Brainware University is highly efficient as they help the students at every step of the placement process. They provide soft skill classes throughout the year to prepare for the interviews. 

• ECE has a placement record of 80%.
• Companies such as PwC, ICICI, TCS, Wipro Berger Paints, Capgemini, Nestle, and Reliance come for placements for ECE students
• The placement package offered by recruiting companies ranges between 3.5LPA and 12LPA.

The college is very well-known for its placement record as it has an active placement cell which strives to achieve a perfect placement rate, making it a go-to college for those interested in placements. If you are keen on studying in West Bengal this college is a good choice as it is ranked highly in the state.

GATE exam is a tough nut to crack. Around 8 lakh candidates apply every year for the exam to secure a seat in top IITs for a master’s degree or getting into PSUs.

If you are targeting the exam, it will be early to join coaching classes. As you are currently in your first year, it will be better to start focusing, reading, and learning about the core subjects in graduation. It will give you conceptual clarity. Also, the preparation will help you in placements too. 

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You can read these books as per the topics in each semester. Make notes thoroughly and solve previous years’ papers. Join test series at various coachings and try to solve as many problems as you can from different sources.

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Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT) is affiliated to the University of Mumbai, It is one of the best engineering colleges in the country providing high-quality education. It is ranked 125 for BTech by NIRF 2020. It offers degree program Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (ETC).

The Ramdeobaba College of Engineering ECE department was established in the year 2001. Its student intake is 120, this is preferred by central students. It is ranked 113 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Admission Requirements 

• Candidates should have 60% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics is compulsory.
• Final selection will be based on scores obtained in JEE Main and MHT-CET.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the institutes:

Placements 

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology 

• The median salary package offered includes 5.2 LPA.
• 171 placement offers were made.
• The top recruiting companies include Accenture, Amdocs, Deloitte, Credit Suisse, Texas Instruments, Philips Electronics, DRDO, ISRO, etc.

Ramdeobaba College of Engineering

• 105 companies participated in the placement program.
• 49 were core companies and 56 were IT firms.
• 1112 offers were made.
• The top recruiting companies are DMRC, Texas Instruments, Philips Electronics, DRDO, ISRO, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Accenture, HCL, Barclays, etc.

Highlights 

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology 

• The campus area is 47 acres.
• Udaan, a cultural festival is organized by the college.
• The entire campus is wifi enabled.
• They have a faculty strength of 120 members.
• They offer well furnished hostel facilities.
• The campus also includes a gym, healthcare centre, library, cafeteria and sports complex.

Ramdeobaba College of Engineering

• The library has a collection of national and international books, journals and newsletters.
• The security of the college is provided by Security and Intelligence Services (India) Limited. 
• They have separate boys and girls hostels.
• They have a cafeteria comfortable for sitting a huge number of students.
• They have a gym for both students and faculty members.

The choice of institution depends on the candidate. His or her performance in the entrance exams, preference of subject, location, fees, etc. all depend on the individual. The placement percentage is similar in both colleges and same companies visit during the placement program. So, it completely depends on the student and his or her preferences.

Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology (GRIET) provided the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) under the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) program. 300 seats are available for undergraduate students.

Admission Factors:

• Students wishing to enroll in this course are required to take the Engineering, Agriculture, and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) conducted by the State of Telangana.
• 70% of the seats are reserved for merit on the basis of EAMCET
• The duration of the course is four years and Rs. 1,22,000 is the annual tuition fee.

Placements:

• GRIET’s ECE program provided placement opportunities to 152 students in the 2017-18 year.
• The highest package of the college was approximately 41.6 LPA and the lowest package was around 5.05 LPA.
• Amazon, Deloitte, Infosys, Goldstone Infratech, Capgemini, Aizant Global Analytics, TCS are a few well-attributed companies hiring graduates from the ECE course of the institute.

Facilities:

• 16 different laboratories for academic research and practicals with respect to Electronic Communications are available specifically for the ECE course.

Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering And Technology (VNR VJIET) provides a specialization of Mechanical Engineering under B.Tech. Only 120 seats are available for this course.

Admission Factors:

• Students have to pass the EAMCET exam conducted by the Government of Telangana.
• The annual tuition fee of the college is 1.31 lakhs and the course is for 4 years.

Placements:

• VNR VJIET’s Mechanical Engineering program placed 109 students in the academic year of 2018.
• 28.75 LPA is the highest average package of the college and 5.83 LPA is the lowest package.
• In the year 2018, 7 lakhs was the highest salary amount of the Mechanical department while 1.20 lakhs was the lowest.
• Bluestar, Deloitte, ICICI, Capgemini, Tata AIG, Amazon, Media Mint, Sia Group, Intelli Crafts Infosolutions are some of the reputed companies that visit during the placement season.

Facilities:

• Computer labs with 93 workstations and 9 different laboratories are equipped with paraphernalia related to the course.

Choosing which college is superior is challenging. Mechanical engineering is a key subject, so you'll be offered multiple opportunities in your career to choose. However, with an Electronics and Communication Engineering students can shift from hardware to software field if they wish to. So choose according to your convenience.

Ujjain Engineering College (UEC) ranks 10th among the top engineering colleges by NIRF ranking. They have highly supportive ten faculty members who are always motivating the students in all aspects. 

ECE from UIT RGPV Bhopal is one of the fastest-growing fields of engineering courses. 

The overall placement rate in this institute is approximately 89% every year. 

Admission:

UEC:-

• The candidates must have passed 10+2 having physics, chemistry, and mathematics as compulsory subjects. 
• Selection is based on the marks obtained in JEE Main.
• The cutoff required is 53997 - 70050.
• The fees required is INR 25,151.
• The seats allocated for this course are 60.

UIT RGPV:-

• A minimum of 45% marks in 10+2 with physics, chemistry and mathematics as primary subjects. 
• JEE Main is necessary for the admission in B.Tech Automobile engineering.
• The cutoff required is 56950 - 67302.
• The program fee required is INR 23,920.
• The institute houses a total intake of 60 students.

Placements:

UEC provides moderate placement to the students. Many companies visit the college but mostly CSE and ECE students get the most placement with an average salary of INR 4 LPA. 

UIT RGPV organises both on-campus and off-campus placement drives so that the students get placed in reputed companies. 

Tabulated below are the placement statistics of both institutions:

The top companies are Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Cognizant, Accenture, Capgemini, HCL, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Atos, etc. 

Campus life

• The hostels of both these provide all the basic amenities and consist of an accommodation of 200 students in each hostel.
• Both of these colleges have well-equipped laboratories and have a rich collection of books over different topics.
• The college has abundant facilities that can be availed by the students in all spheres of academic and nonacademic life.

Mechanical engineering is considered as one of the best in Madhya Pradesh. However, ECE has a phenomenal future in India, and so many students prefer it than mechanical engineering.

All the programs in Electronics and Instrumentation are accredited by NAAC and NBA. The avant-garde laboratories are DST-FIST, DST-PURSE, or TEQIP funded. The department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering was recognized by AICTE as MINOR-QIP for offering Ph.D./PG programs. SASTRA has eight colleges, two centers, and a distance education directorate providing science, engineering, medicine, law, and management undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs.

Admission process at MIT Chennai & SASTRA University

• For admission into B.E/B. Tech 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.

• Based on the JEE Main level, 70 percent of the total seats are filled for B.Tech admissions, and 30 percent rest based on Class 12 merit in SASTRA.

• Students with 50% in B.E/B. Tech and having a relevant GATE score can apply for M.Tech programs at both universities.

Alumni

MIT Chennai:

• One 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.

SASTRA University:

• Some of the notable alumni of SASTRA include Girish Mathrubootham, C.E.O of Freshdesk.

• Other notable alumni include Abinaya Selvam who is co-founder of Uptown Ideas.

Faculty:

The faculty are grouped into teaching staff, non-teaching staff, and central non-teaching staff. The teaching staff includes eminent faculties with doctoral degrees, with Professor Emeritus.

Facilities

• MIT has a well-equipped library that harbors 82,923 volumes of books of choice in engineering and basic sciences subjects. 100 periodicals are subscribed to the library.

• The central library of SASTRA contains over 1,02,600 books, and the library also subscribes to 290 administrative, scientific, law-related journals.

Placement

Tabulated below are the placement statistics of both the institutions:

More than 60% of students got internships in companies like TCS Digital, Zoho, Amazon, etc.

Both the departments are the finest in India, with bulk placement and top-notch education standards. While choosing between the two, it becomes essential that students follow their choice of interest and thereby discriminate both.

Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology as well as Bharati Vidhyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune, are both excellent institutes to pursue Engineering courses. NIET is a public university whereas BVPCOEP is a private university in Pune. Both of them differ in significant parameters.

Course:

• Electronics and telecommunication at BVPCOEP are one of the newest departments and since the university has better infrastructure, it provides all the labs and equipment necessary to complete necessary. It also has a systematically designed syllabus which was curated by one of the best professionals who teach at the university.
• Computer Science Engineering at NIET is a very reputed course among recruiters. It provides multiple opportunities for students to learn the diversity in Computer application and also provide a strong base. The degree of CS from NIET holds value among companies established around Delhi NCR.

Faculty:

• BVPCOEP has a practical research-based faculty. Since it is a private university, the faculty can decide upon the syllabus and method of teaching. They are mostly professionals with industrial as well as research experience who aim at guiding students through their careers as well.
• NIET has a research-based faculty with most professors as established research journalists. Many of them have received grants from the government in the past few years to conduct further researches in which they aim to employ students as well.

Placements:

• Even though NIET has relatively low placements, the computer science department attracts the maximum number of placements throughout the year by various IT companies. The department has a placement record of 70% of students being placed through on-campus recruitment. More often than not, the highest salary package is offered to CS students.
• BVPCOEP provides easy placements to students through their industry contacts. The overall placement for the year 2019 was 86.53%. In these terms, the campus recruiters and salary packages are better at Bharathi Vidhyapeeth University College of Engineering Pune.

The table given below gives a brief overview of both the institutes:

Thus, it completely depends on the student to decide which city and ranking they fit into. JEE rankings, financial stability, and hostel conditions are other important factors to look at before choosing one of the universities.