IIT Tirupati is the 3rd phase of IITs and it is mentored under IIT Madras. The campus has all the required facilities to cater to the needs of the students like classrooms, central library, and 2 computer labs equipped to perform soft-ware based experiment and programming.

• Faculty: Most of the faculty for the CS department have their own PhDs and are alumni of IISc Bangalore, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras, and other reputed institutes.
• Admission: The selection to the CS program is based on the JEE Advanced score and in 2019 the closing cutoff for CS for the institute was 2749-5700.
• Placement: The average salary package of 12 lakhs per annum was offered to the students of the CSE department. The top recruiters included JP Morgan, Qualcomm, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Barclays, Intel, etc.

The ECE department of IIT Bhubaneswar, the School of Electrical Science have good infrastructure and facilities. At present, there are 33 labs well-equipped to carry out any academic projects.

• Admission: The intake of the student to the ECE program is based on the JEE Advanced rank. In 2019 the closing cutoff for ECE at the institute was 2736-6844.
• Placement: The placement record of undergraduate students is about 90% in all streams for IIT Bhubaneswar. ECE has seen 86% placement percentage in 2019. The highest salary package offered was 39 lakhs per annum, whereas the average salary package was around 11 lakhs per annum. WIPRO, Tata Consultancy Services, Samsung, Microsoft, Deloitte, Amazon, Adobe, etc. were the top recruiters.

It is difficult to choose which is the better option as the branches are different. Between the branches, CS offers more opportunities. However, IIT Bhubaneswar has better infrastructure and recognition among the recruiting companies compared to IIT Tirupati. So, choose wisely according to the branch you are interested in.

The CSE duel degree course offered at IIT Bhubaneswar is good and have a decent placement record. The institute offers a dual degree course in CSE with a duration of 5 years/10 semesters. The essential eligibility criteria for taking admission in the CSE dual degree program is 60% marks in 10+2 PCM. The final selection is based on the performance of the candidate in the JEE Advanced examination. In 2019 the JEE Advanced cutoff for B.Tech+M.Tech in Computer Science Engineering was 2114-6517.

The School of Electrical Sciences which offers the CSE programs at the institute have good infrastructure with 33 well-equipped laboratories and a dedicated group of highly qualified faculty members.

According to the placement statistics of IIT Bhubaneswar in 2019 the CSE branch ad the highest placement rate. The average CTC offered was around 11.4 LPA.

Despite being one of the new generations of IITs, IIT Bhubaneswar is considered among the top engineering colleges in the country. NIRF has ranked IIT Bhubaneswar 17th among the engineering colleges in India.

Among the various engineering programs offered by the institute Civil, ME, EE, ECE, CSE, and Metallurgical Engineering are the most developed branches in IIT Bhubaneswar judging by the infrastructure and placement statistics of the programs.

According to the placement statistics of 2019-20 at IIT Bhubaneswar, 64% of the civil engineering students got placements. For EE the placement rate was 87%. Around 97% and 100% of the students from ECE and CSE got the placements in many top MNCs. Metallurgical engineering had a 90% placement rate. The highest domestic CTC offered was around INR 43.3 LPA and the average CTC was INR 15.8 LPA. MNCs like Honeywell, TCS, Adobe, Goldman Sachs, Wipro, Capgemini, Amazon, etc. have participated in the placement drive.

Hyderabad School of Chemistry

The university is accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ grade and approved by the AICTE and UGC. The eligibility criteria for MSc in chemistry is a BSc with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate with Chemistry as one of the subjects, preferably with a combination of Physics and Mathematics. The selection of the program is done based on the performance of the candidate in a test conducted by the institute. The fees required for this course are INR 10,710 for the first year.

There are around 33 highly qualified faculty members for the Department of Chemistry and the lab of the department is well-equipped with state-of-art sophisticated analytic instruments.

The university invites numerous companies for campus placements. Maximum students of MSc Chemistry chose to work in research labs and educational fields. Some also go for higher studies. The average package offered is around INR 6 LPA.

IIT Bhubaneswar

IIT Bhubaneswar intakes students into the MSc Chemistry programs based on their performance in IIT JAM and the minimum eligibility criteria is 55% marks in bachelor’s degrees. The course fee required is INR 84,460 for the first year.

The institute has a dedicated group of highly qualified faculty members and all of the faculty holds PhDs in their respective disciplines.

According to the placement statistics of 2019, a total of 70% of the students got placement from the PG courses. The average placement package offered to the students of MSc Chemistry was around 6.5 LPA. The recruiting companies were Amazon, Adobe, CapGemini, Oracle, Infosys, etc. The PSU’s like ISRO, IOCL, HPCL, NCCBM also participated in the campus placement drive.

Hyderabad University provides great exposer for research and future employment opportunities in various R&D and Government sectors. Between Hyderabad University and IIT Bhubaneswar, the former would be a better choice for pursuing a M.Sc in Chemistry.
 

At IIT Hyderabad, the department of CSE got an average CTC of 26.6 LPA in 2019 campus placement, while the highest CTC offered was 47 LPA. Companies like Adobe, Amazon, Microsoft, and Airtel hired CSE students. IIT Hyderabad being among the top 10 IITs in India, excels in placements and the students receive good packages in top MNCs.

On the other hand, IIT Bhubaneswar has 100% placements for the CSE department in 2019 campus placement. A total of 89 companies visited the campus namely Capgemini, Dell, Honeywell, Microsoft, Accenture, etc. The students of the CSE department received a handsome package of 10-35 LPA.

Hyderabad is better than other new IITs and the placements and other facilities at IIT Hyderabad is much better than IIT Bhubaneswar, so CSE at IIT Hyderabad would be the better choice.

IIT Gandhinagar is ranked at 20th place in the engineering department by India Today in the year 2017. The qualification criteria for B.Tech course is 10+2 with 75% and a score in JEE Advance. The student intake is 180 every year for the department of the computer science department. The median salary during the academic year 2017 was 7.75 lakh p.a. With the bachelor program in computer science, the institute aims to promote critical thinking and it has recognized strength in algorithms and theoretical computer science, cryptography, data mining, machine learning and is committed to developing in other regions of computing.

On the other hand, India Today positioned IIT Bhubaneswar at 9th place in the engineering department in the year 2019. The eligibility criteria of IIT Bhubaneswar are similar to that of IIT Gandhinagar. The institute offers B.Tech in computer science with a student strength of 40 in the discipline. The overall placement of the institute is 90%, and 100% in the computer science department which is far better than that of IIT Gandhinagar. The highest and average salary offered in 2019 was 39 lakh and 11.44 lakh p.a. respectively. The program is outlined such that it donate a solid foundation of theoretical and practical knowledge in the stream. The students are exposed to application-oriented and fundamental research activities at different stages of their studies at IIT Bhubaneswar.

Drawing a conclusion, IIT Bhubaneswar is better when compared to IIT Gandhinagar, as it has a better placement record and it is ranked in the top 10 institutes in the engineering department by India Today. IIT Bhubaneswar has tuition fees around 2 lakhs p.a. whereas at IIT Gandhinagar the students will have to pay a tuition fee of 2,60,000 p.a.

The placement scenario for a dual degree in civil engineering is different from other branches in IIT Bhubaneswar. Nowadays, students of civil engineering prefer non-core jobs over core jobs. The reason being higher initial pay in non-core jobs and the unavailability of core job in civil engineering. But for civil engineering in an IIT, a lot of students prefer dual degree courses over BTech. The advantage of a dual degree student is that one gets the opportunity to work on a project in 2nd year holidays, and intern in the 3rd year and 4th year. In 3rd year, the BTech student changes from BTech to Dual degree student.

The placements for civil engineering students’ weather in the dual degrees or in B.Tech are not up to the expectations, whether you graduate from IIT-Bhubaneswar or any other IIT. This is the reason why most of the students indulge in coding and switch to non-core companies. Few students go for their own start-up, while some opt for pursuing a Ph.D. and some go for PSUs. Although a handful of big firms such as L&T constructions, Marvel Realtors, etc. come to campus for recruitment. A student must have good practical knowledge and experience. These firms mostly go for experience (unlike other branches). They hire students as trainees and once the students have completed the tenure as trainees while gaining experience simultaneously, their pay increases satisfactorily and exponentially. The average package is about 7-9 lakhs (approximately). The percentage of students from civil engineering getting placed in core companies is less than the students from other core branches (changes year to year). But overall, the placements for Civil Engineering are not as good as other core branches in most of the IITs and it’s the same for IIT Bhubaneswar.

IIT & NIT are different in a number of ways and judging on the placement figures, one should not make any decisions. Although old NITs may offer better placement as compared to the IIT Bhubaneswar, there are few factors that make IIT Bhubaneswar a worthy choice. IITs have a brand value that is globally recognized however NITs as a brand don’t offer the same. They demand higher cut off marks during selection as compared to NITs. This results in a better quality of students and in turn better placements.

IITs offer better engineering faculties, however being a new IIT, it still does not have the required number of faculty members. IIT Bhubaneswar collaborates with esteemed institutions like ISRO, DRDO, BARC, etc. Students of IIT Bhubaneswar receive cushy internship offers from some of the globally renowned organizations like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. NITs research work is not at the same level. With a spacious campus and state-of-the-art research labs, IIT Bhubaneswar provides good infrastructure. Past placement records from NITs indicate that the average pay package offered to the students (B.Tech) is somewhere between Rs 40,000 and 42,000 monthly. Whereas, the average CTC Offered at IIT Bhubaneswar was around 11.44 LPA. 39 LPA was the highest CTC. PSUs like ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC visited the campus for recruitment. Other top recruiters were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, Adobe, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Trident Group, UnitedHealth Group, etc. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive. Although, variance among the salary packages depends on the ability of candidates and academic performances. All institutes have their pros and cons, so choose an institute based on which course you are interested in and how good is that specific course in that institute.

IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 17th in the engineering category by NIRF 2019. It is one of the newer IITs established in 2008. It has fully well-equipped kitchens, hostels, Sports grounds, entertainment rooms, etc. The hostels have internet, water coolers, ACs, etc. The Core engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar is good.

In the year 2019, the department witnessed 89% placement with an average salary package of 11 lakhs per annum, the highest being 39 lakhs per annum. Civil Engineering specializations include structural mechanics, structural analysis, structural dynamics, concrete technology, soil-structure interaction, earthquake engineering, and seismic design of structures.

Students graduating from this department can apply for jobs like Engineering Project Managers and Senior Civil Engineers. Other Civil Engineering jobs are CAD Technicians, Consulting Civil Engineers, Design Engineer, Site Engineer, Estimator, etc. their salary ranges from 5-8 lakhs per annum.