A news article was published in 2018 which assured that there are a lot of chances that PEC shall be converted into IIT very soon.

Firstly, PEC is part of the University of Punjab. If it is converted into IIT, then it has to be turned into an autonomous institute first, which has not started yet. There is still not any confirmation regarding the conversion of PEC into IIT. It is a huge thing and these type of topics generally goes through a lot of controversies. 

If you are taking admission in PEC thinking that you will get a degree from IIT, then you are completely wrong. You will get a degree with a tag of PEC.

It will be better if you stop thinking about the IIT factor. This institute itself a reputed one and provides amazing placements to every one of its students. So, you must be focused on your hard work, career and future career perspectives without thinking about PEC is transformed into IIT.

Both NIT Jalandhar, as well as the PEC Chandigarh, provides full-time 4-year long UG courses for CSE and ECE. NIT Jalandhar has been ranked 52 by the NIRF rankings this year, while the PEC Chandigarh has been ranked 68 by the NIRF. The PEC Chandigarh is a Deemed University while NIT Jalandhar is a Government Institute.

Admission:-

NIT Jalandhar offers a B.Tech in CSE, while PEC Chandigarh offers a BE course in ECE.

• Both the Colleges consider the marks of JEE Mains and the 12th marks by creating the merit list.

• The minimum requirement for admission is 60% in-class 12th at PEC Chandigarh, and 75% at NIT Jalandhar.

• As both the colleges come under the government funding both of these have similar fee structures and there is no such big difference between them. The total course fee at NIT Jalandhar is 5 Lakhs, whereas the total course fee at PEC Chandigarh is 4.6 lakhs.

The cutoff rank for ECE and CS at these institutes are as follows.

Placements:-

The NIT Jalandhar has a great alumni network for the CSE department, while PEC is better in terms of placement for ECE due to the core companies visiting the campus every year.

NIT Jalandhar:

• According to the 2020 placement statistics the placement rate for the institute is 93%.

• The highest CTC and average CTC received by the CSE students are respectively 39.3 LPA and 13.12 LPA. Even two students from the institute got an off-campus placement of almost 65 LPA in Google last year.

• Almost 129 Companies visited the campus with Deloitte, Microsoft, Oracle, Adani Group, Kirloskar Oil Engines, Accenture, and Adobe Systems India Pvt Ltd included.

PEC Chandigarh:

• As far as the 2020 placement placements are concerned the placement rate was 83%.

• The highest CTC received was 17.3 LPA.

• The average CTC recorded was around 7 LPA.

• There were almost 56 participants in the campus placement with top recruiting companies like Deloitte, Amazon, JP Morgan, LinkedIn, Flipkart, Tech Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, Cleartrip, Intel, etc.

PEC Chandigarh is quite famous in North India, while NITs have great recognition all over the world so it can be said in terms of brand value NIT Jalandhar is ahead. Also as far as placements are concerned, the CSE has an edge over the ECE. In every aspect may it be the placements, the overall fee structure, the faculty, the infrastructure, or the overall brand value, choosing CSE at NIT Jalandhar over the ECE in PEC Chandigarh would be more preferable.

Well, there are two fresher's parties organized at PEC Chandigarh. One is the hostel fresher's where the dress code is based according to the theme of the party and they will tell you the dress code before a day or two. 

Another is the branch wise fresher's party where there is no such mandatory dress code and one can wear anything they like. Yes, many people tell that boys should wear western formals and girls should wear a western dress to the fresher's party, but these are all rumors and it is not compulsory at all. 

Many people prefer wearing formals but you can choose to wear whatever you are comfortable with. You can go to the party wearing party casuals and it is perfect wear as these clothes look good and are also comfortable too unlike formals. Some people even attend wearing casuals too.

It is completely your choice to choose your dress for the fresher's party and no one will judge you based on your clothes. 

The college orientation is generally a whole-day event in which seniors welcome the new batches. It generally happens for 3-4 days. This program informs you of each and everything required for the 4 years journey in the college.

• The first day of orientation is completely an official one. The Director of the college gives a speech, and other Functionaries perform their sessions by introducing PEC in front of the fresher students.
• On the 2nd day, the HOD of each department gives a speech, which is quite boring. After that, a session of PECFest starts, which is the biggest and the most interesting session of this institute. A departmental tour is happened, which familiarizes the newcomers with their respective departments. In the evening, several club functions are performed on the college campus.
• On the third day, the college secretaries give a speech about the extra-academics. They share various internship experiences with the freshers. 6th semester is known as the internship semester, as graduation completely depends on the internship report of students. 
• However, you will also get a chance to do internships in a foreign location called a dream internship. The best thing is that you will get an opportunity to interact with the US, the seniors of this institute.

Besides, the orientation program is entirely managed by the students of all semesters, which gives an insight considering the events of the orientation program of PEC. It also represents that the students are very hardworking here. 

You must attend the orientation program; it is just an awesome event.

A news article was published in 2018 which assured that there are a lot of chances that PEC shall be converted into IIT very soon.

Firstly, PEC is part of the University of Punjab. If it is converted into IIT, then it has to be turned into an autonomous institute first, which has not started yet. There is still not any confirmation regarding the conversion of PEC into IIT. It is a huge thing and these type of topics generally goes through a lot of controversies. 

If you are taking admission in PEC thinking that you will get a degree from IIT, then you are completely wrong. You will get a degree with a tag of PEC.

It will be better if you stop thinking about the IIT factor. This institute itself a reputed one and provides amazing placements to every one of its students. So, you must be focused on your hard work, career and future career perspectives without thinking about PEC is transformed into IIT.

One of my friends lives in the PEC Chandigarh hostel, so I can give you basic information every hostler there may know. 

1. Locals: If you are local, then you have to wait a bit to get a hostel. Approximately it takes 2 weeks of time to allot rooms to locals. You also have to submit a written application to DSA with attached address proof. 
2. Room: Every first-year student has to share his room with another fresher. After the first year, students are eligible to stay in a single room.
3. Mess: The food quality of the hostel mess is not worth the fees you pay for it. On special days or occasions, special meals are served to the students, which is of good quality as compared to normal days.
4. Electricity and Water: Hostel has a good supply of electricity and water. So, students don’t have to worry about it.
5. Hostel Timings: There is no restriction of timing in the hostel. You can go out of the hostel and can come back at any time. 
6. Laundry: Every student gets laundry service at the hostel. But laundry allowance is not included in hostel fees, so students have to pay separately for it. Also, avoid giving expensive clothes in the laundry, as it might get ruined. 
7. Wifi: The campus has Wifi connectivity around the campus. It faces some network problems, but its speed is good.
8. Cleanness: Hostels are not clean and tidy, neither the washrooms and toilets. Except, the newly constructed building, Shivalik C Block, which is clean. It is better that you keep your room clean, though. 
9. Ragging: There is no ragging at the hostel campus. You will have an introductory session with seniors both in college and a hostel. The introduction is done with a few fun activities so that freshers easily get to mingle with seniors. 

Therefore, hostel life at Punjab Engineering College is overall good. Apart from this, freshers also get hostel parties besides college fresher’s parties. So, the overall experience of PEC is good.

NIT Jalandhar is an autonomous university approved by AICTE and UGC. It is ranked 52nd for BTech by NIRF 2020, 33rd for BTech by India Today 2020 and 31st for BTech by The Week 2020.

PEC Chandigarh is one the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab. It is ranked 68th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It is deemed to be a university approved by AICTE.

The table given below shows a brief overview of both institutions:

Admission Details - 

• Students should at least have 70-75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam.
• The admission will be based on the entrance exams.
• NIT Jalandhar will conduct a JoSAA counselling session for BTech students and CCMT counselling for MTech students.
• JEE and GATE scores are mandatory for the admission of BTech and MTech students.

Placements

NIT Jalandhar 

• 561 students are placed in the 2018-2019 placement program.

• • The institute recorded a total of 94.87% placement rate.
  • The highest salary offered to students was 39.12 LPA while the average salary was 7.53 LPA.

• The toprecruiting companies include Adobe, Microsoft, Capgemini, Vedanta, ZS Associates, Trident Group, etc.

PEC Chandigarh

• The toprecruiting companies include Microsoft, ITC, Infosys, TATA, JP Morgan, Mu Sigma, Arcesium, etc.
• A total of 60% placement rate was recorded in the recent placement drive.
• The students were offered the highest salary package of 17 LPA whereas the average salary was 5 LPA.

Facilities

NIT Jalandhar 

• The institute has 10 boys hostel and 3 girls hostel.
• They have a post office, shopping centre, banks, seminar hall, gym, computer centre and a library.

PEC University 

• With 146 acres, the institute provides facilities like Medical Facility and Graduate Research Project Award. 
• They have 6 hostels, 4 for boys and 2 for girls.
• They have a library consisting of 1,19,830 books.
• The university also has clubs for social gathering and recreational activities.

Both the colleges are equally good but if you get an opportunity to study ECE at NIT Jalandhar you should give that a chance due to its better placement record with better salary packages. ECE deals with manufacturing of communication and broadcasting, analogue transmission, basic electronics, microprocessors, digital communication, integrated circuits, satellite communication and many more.

One of my friends attended the Punjab Engineering College below is his first-day experience.

• In the morning he was all set to go to the hostel of PEC. He had his breakfast after that he went straight in front of the auditorium where his registration was to take place. He saw there was a big flex upon which the pictures of the famous alumni of the college rested. 
• He sat in the auditorium waiting for the registration. He met his first good friend from Patiala, in front of the auditorium. 
• After registration, they went to see the hostel completed all the formalities over there, and went to the room. He met his roommates and chose his bed, kept his luggage, and then went back for the orientation program. 
• In orientation, students were shown many videos related to the college, and the rank openers were awarded. 
• The bonding which the seniors had amongst themselves at that time was the first thing that caught his interest. He liked his seniors as they all introduced themselves in such a friendly manner. 

After the interaction, they were made free to leave for their respective hostels. So this was all about the first day in PEC.