A few cousins of mine have completed their B.Tech from VIT Vellore with different branches. With them being successfully placed, their experience says you must choose VIT among both of these. Here’s why:

• Mechanical engineering at VIT Vellore is far better as you will get better exposure there. There is a huge emphasis on students coming up with their innovations and technology.

• The quality of students at VIT can be easily compared with that of top NITs, as there is no caste-based reservation at VIT unlike PEC, Chandigarh.

In the end, it is best recommended to choose VIT Vellore for Mechanical engineering as it offers better exposure and opportunities. However, PEC is also a good college and its fee structure is quite nominal as compared to VIT. In case of budget constraints, go for PEC.

National Institute of Technology, Mizoram is an autonomous college, affiliated to the All Indian Council for Technical Education. The college ranks 90th for engineering in India by JEE Cut-off 2019. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. courses.

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private university, approved by UGC and accredited grade ‘A’ by NAAC. The institute has over 300 international collaborations. It also collaborated with companies such as TCS, Wipro, and Cognizant. It offers 101 courses across 10 streams with its flagship course being B.Tech. The college has been ranked 15th, 16th, and 28th in the category of Engineering, University, and Overall respectively by the NIRF rankings 2020.

Admission:

NIT:

• The minimum eligibility criteria for admission to B.Tech and M.Tech is having cleared 10+2 examinations and graduation with 60% marks respectively.

• Further students are shortlisted on the basis of JEE Main scores for B.Tech and GATE scores for M.Tech.

• Admission to Ph.D. is given on the basis of an entrance exam and personal interview conducted by the college.

VIT:

• Admission is given to undergraduate courses on the basis of marks in 10+2 examinations and scores in VITEEE or other national level entrance examinations. Some courses also have a personal interview round.

• Admission to postgraduate courses is given on the basis of marks in graduation or through entrance tests such as GATE, CAT, GMAT, etc.

Infrastructure:

NIT: The college is built over a massive 190-acre campus.

• It is home to a huge library which has over 7000 educational books and various other e-resources.

• The college has 3 boys hostels and one girl’s hostel.

• Sports facilities such as cricket ground and volleyball court.

• Other facilities such as the gym, cafeterias, medical facilities, laboratories, and shuttle service are also available.

VIT: The college is built over a massive 192-acre campus.

• A well-equipped library is located on-campus which houses both books and e-learning facilities.

• There are hostel facilities available on campus.

• Students also have access to sports and cultural facilities.

• Other facilities such as laboratories dedicated to the course, gym, cafeterias, medical facilities, Wi-Fi, convenience store, and auditoriums are provided.

• The college also runs a shuttle service for its students.

Placements:

NIT: The college has a placement rate of 62%.

• Top recruiters at the college are BEL, BPCL, Capgemini, Infosys and IBM.

• The median salary offered is 5 LPA, while the average salary package offered is 6.62 LPA.

• The highest package offered is 17.30 LPA.

VIT: A total of 7027 placement offers were made and 1926 internship offers were received in 2019.

• 544 companies came for placements which include top companies such as Microsoft, Philips, HP, TCS, and Bosch.

• The average package offered at the college is 7.25 LPA, whilst the highest package goes up to 41.6LPA.

VIT college has an edge over NIT among most parameters. The college has a superior All-India rank. The college offers much better placements in comparison to NIT too, with a higher average and top package offered.