The NIRF ranking for both NIT Arunachal Pradesh and Burdwan University is 200 and 92 respectively. Both the colleges are best in their unique aspects. Listed below are a few aspects to analyze both institutes.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh(Electrical):

Admission-

• The college accepts students based on JEE Main performance and students should get at least 75% in their 10+2 to be eligible.

• The closing cut-off rankings for Electrical in 2019 were 34836 and 306853 for other states and home state students.

• The first year fee for this course is 2.2 lakhs. However, the college ensures several scholarships and fee waiver programs.

Faculty- The Electrical Engineering department has a dedicated group of well-qualified faculty.

Placements-

• The highest and average salary of the students is 11.68 LPA and 4.2 LPA respectively.

• Companies visiting the campus are Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Auto, Havelles, Infosys, Intel, Wipro, Polaris, NOKIA, Asahi India Glass, Bharat Electronics Limited, and many more.

Burdwan University(Electronics): It offers BE courses for Electronics and Communication Engineering, i.e. 4 years long BE and 3 years long BE (lateral entry).

Admission-

• The college accepts students based on the 10+2 score and WBJEE rankings.

• The overall fee of this course for 4 years is 2.72 lakhs and for 3 years is 1.69 lakhs. Like NIT Arunachal Pradesh, the students in this college also receive scholarships and fee waivers.

Faculty- Almost all faculty members hold MTech or Ph.D. in their respective fields.

Placement-

• The average salary package received by the students is 3,5 LPA and the highest is 7.6 LPA.

• Several companies visit the campus each year. The companies visiting the campus are IBM, L&T, Infotech, Intel, Mindtree, Cognizant, PG Group, Open Text, Cloud Kaptan, Tata Consultancies, Jaro Education, and many more.

Both NIT Arunachal Pradesh and Burdwan University are reputed institutes and offer decent placement. Although the NIT tag offers certain advantages. As for which institute to choose you should decide that based on the various aspects mentioned above.

NIT Tadepalligudem is located in Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh is the news NIT in India. The institute is recognized by AICTE and UGC. It offers a 4 year BTech course and 3 postgraduate courses along with BTech in Metallurgical and Material Engineering. 

The course curriculum for Metallurgical and Material Engineering involves the physical and chemical properties and behavior of metallic elements, compounds, and alloys.

Admission Requirements 

• Students who want to seek admission for BTech Metallurgical and Material Engineering at NIT Tadepalligudem should have 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
• JEE Main rank will be considered for selection. The final selection will be based on the entrance exam scores.

The table given below gives a brief overview of the institute:

Placement Highlights - 

Though Metallurgical and Material Engineering might not be as recognized as the other or core engineering fields, it still is one of the diverse interdisciplinary fields. Metallurgical Engineers can work in both PSU and MNCs.

• Students opting for Metallurgical Engineering can work as Process Metallurgist, Metallurgical Engineer, Chemical and Physical Metallurgist.

• More than 22 companies participated in the placement program.
• 154 students received job offers.
• The top recruiting companies include Tata, Usha Martin, Vedanta, JCAP, DRDO, Essar Steel, L&T Hydrocarbons, BHEL, Jindal Steel, Hindustan Copper Limited, NTPC, etc.

Faculty:

NIT Andhra Pradesh Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering has 5 faculty members and 4 of them have PhDs.

Facilities: 

• The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at NIT Andhra Pradesh has two well-equipped laboratories, i.e. Physical Metallurgy and Metallography Lab and Unit Processes In Extractive Metallurgy Lab.

• The institute also provides students with hostel facilities, library facilities, sports facilities, and transportation facilities.

NIT Tadepalligudem is one of the news NITs in India. It is mentored by NIT Warangal, and according to the JEE cutoff of 2019, the institute has been ranked 62 for engineering in India. 

Courses Offered:

• The popular courses offered at the NIT are BTech and Ph.D. 
• The institute offers BTech in eight branches of engineering with a total intake of 480 seats. 
• Apart from BTech and Ph.D. courses, it also offers MTech and MS (By Research).

Admission Requirements:

• The candidates must secure 45% marks for admission in BTech. The selection of the candidates is based on the marks secured in JEE Main.
• For MTech courses, students require a valid GATE score. 
• The institute conducts written examinations and interviews in order to select students for Ph.D. and MS courses.

• Faculty:
  The institute has recruited 27 regular faculties to strengthen the teaching process and education quality. 
• NIT Tadepalligudem also recruited 72 regular non-teaching staff in 2019. 

Placements:

The institute has a robust placement department. It acts as a bridge between the college and companies and maintains a purposeful relationship with the industries. 

The top recruiting companies are TCS, Wipro, Vedanta, Amazon, Deloitte, JustDial, Tata Products, Accenture, BSCPL, Microsoft, etc. 

Infrastructure:

• The institute has 100% residential accommodation facilities available for male and female students with well-furnished rooms and necessary provisions.
• A well-stocked library with a good collection of books, journals, and digital reading material. 
• The college also offers spacious sports grounds along with a transport facility.

Hence NIT Tadepalligudem has a delightful campus where 75% of the students have been placed. 70% of the faculties are permanent, and also the institute provides the platform to encourage the students’ talent.

NIT Andhra Pradesh offers a 4 year BTech course in Biotechnology. The program focuses on biological sciences like microbiology, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, etc as well as the engineering aspects of it like bioprocess engineering, biochemical engineering, thermodynamics, mass transfer, etc. It is approved by AICTE and recognized by UGC. 

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

Admission Requirements 

• Students should have 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are compulsory.
• JEE Main rank will be considered.
• The final selection will be based on the entrance exam.

Placements 

• More than 22 companies participated in the placement program.
• 154 students received job offers overall.
• The top recruiting companies include Biocon, GlaxoSmithKline, Cadila Healthcare, Reliance Life Sciences, NEERI, NCL, etc.
• Students can also opt for further studying for research purposes in IITs, JNU, DU, etc.

Facilities 

• Students have 100% accommodation facilities as hostels including daily necessary items.
• The library has both books and digital reading materials.
• They have sports grounds and equipment.
• Transportation facilities are also provided to local students.
• They have a faculty strength of 99 members.

Unlike the IT and management sectors Biotechnology in India is still developing. They might not have the same job opportunities or salary packages as the IT or Management department. Students can receive job offers from Pharmaceutical companies, research labs and academic institutions.

Biotechnology unlike other engineering courses is a highly research oriented, vast and diverse field. Students after graduating can opt for higher studies for further research into the subject which will eventually lead them to better job offers.

Both Mechanical engineering and computer science engineering are two different fields of study so it’s difficult to select an institute over the other.

On the basis of NIRF (National institution ranking framework score) Rankings, IIT Bhubaneswar comes under the top 20 IITs in India. There are more than 15 faculty members for mechanical engineering and their syllabus emphasizes both the technical and communication teamwork. The school of mechanical sciences offers B.Tech in mechanical engineering, a dual degree (M.Tech- M.Tech) and M.Tech in mechanical system design and thermal sciences. Every year it also provides short-term courses, national and international conferences, workshops, project work, and many more extracurriculars. The laboratories are well equipped with 30 computational workstations and other facilities such as Material testing lab instrumentation lab etc. Moving on to placement, various reputed companies visit the campus to recruit students with an average salary package of 11.15 lakh per annum.

Whereas in NIT Andhra, there are less than 15 faculty members but the infrastructure is quite good. The laboratories for CSE are also pretty good which consist of Artificial intelligence lab, data analytics lab, and Enterprise app development lab. Top companies like Amazon, Wipro, Deloitte, etc. visit during campus placement and offers an average salary package up to 5.87 lakh per annum.