IGIT Sarang is one of the best government colleges in Orissa. It is also only one government college of Orissa that is eligible to submit an Institutional Development Proposal. The admission process for Electrical Engineering is based on the results of JEE Main and Orissa-JEE. 

The NIRF ranking of VSSUT University is 119 all over India. Likewise in IGIT Sarang, the admission process for Production Engineering and Metallurgy is based on the results of JEE.

Tabulated below shows the difference among both institutions: 

Admission process

• The admission process is the same for all the courses. The application process is fully online. 
• Admissions are based on the results of JEE mains or OJEE valid rank followed by interviews and counseling. 
• With this students are also required to have at least 45% in 10+2 with required subjects(Physics and mathematics should be primary subjects). 

Placements

IGIT Sarang

• Companies like Ananda, Bhushan Steel, Infosys, Kanbay international, Larsen and Toubro, Satyam Computers, TATA Consultancy Services, Visa Steel, etc visit the campus every year in search of good placements. 
• The average salary offered to students is 4 lakhs and the highest salary package is up to 10 lakhs. 

VSSUT Burla

• Companies like Aricent, Ashok Leyland, Bosch Ltd, Cap Gemini, CSC, Cummins, HP, Jindal Steel, Maruti Suzuki, and so on visit campus every year. 
• The average salary offered to students for this course is 3.6 lakhs and the highest package is up to 10 lakhs. 

Infrastructural Facilities

IGIT Sarang

• The infrastructure of the college is really good. 
• Classrooms are nice, the library is open to all, medical facilities and equipped labs are also available in college. 
• Teachers are well qualified in their particular fields. 

VSSUT Burla

• The infrastructure and facilities of this university are really good. Air-conditioned classrooms, upgraded labs, medical facilities, sports facilities, gym, etc all available on campus. 
• The faculty is also well experienced. 

Both the universities are good choices for the above courses. Both courses have the same admission process among universities. The placement rate is quite better for IGIT Sarang than VSSUT Burla but if we talk about which one is affordable and has good quality teaching then VSSUT should be the choice.

The Electrical branch at Asansol Engineering College offers BTech and MTech programs under the aegis of R Sarkar with 18 years of experience in the teaching field. Similarly, over 75% of faculty members in the Electrical Engineering department at B.P. Poddar Institute of Management has more than 10 years of experience. The faculty members at AEC regularly go through Faculty Development Programs, Conferences, Workshops, and Research initiatives.

Here's a tabular overview of both the institutes:

Other important factors to be considered are as follows:

Admission Requirements

• Candidates seeking admission to the B-Tech Degree at Asansol Engineering College should have a minimum aggregate of 45% marks in Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry.
• A suitable rank in WB JEE or JEE Mains must be submitted as well.
• Candidates seeking admission to the 1st year MTech should have completed B.Tech or M.Sc and qualified the WBUT PGET as well.
• Students at BP Poddar Institute of Management need to submit 50% marks in 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Maths and should also qualify the WBJEE or JEE Main with the score required.

Infrastructure

• The electrical branch at BP Poddar Institute of Management has 10 equipped labs including the Power System Lab; Electrical and Electronics Lab; and the Electrical Machine Lab.
• Industrial visits have been organized in 2020 by L&T Switch Gear Training Centre; CESC Ltd, and CTS on Marketing in COVID 19 World, Logistics, and Supply chain management in Corona Era, Industry and International Faculty Development program, etc.
• Asansol Engineering College has a Central Library, 3 seminar rooms, and a computation lab with 30 computers.

Placement facts

• In 2019, the highest package of INR 6.5 LPA was offered by Persistent Systems to BTech students.
• The top recruiters from the Electrical Branch at BP Poddar Institute are Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, BYJU's, etc.
• In 2019, the average placement rate of the department was 80% with the highest salary offered to be INR 10 LPA. In 2017, placements were held at Techno lake Kolkata.

Both the colleges have a good placement rate of their Electrical branches and have all contemporary infrastructural facilities available as labs and industry-oriented workshop spaces. Students may choose according to resource utilization and future prospects.

IIT Ropar is ranked 29 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and it was featured in QS World University ranking in 2018 for the first time. In the 2019 placement drive, the average salary package offered in this IIT was 14.56 lakh p.a. and the placement percentage in Electrical Engineering was 85.19%.

Among all the engineering colleges in India, IIT Mandi is ranked 20th by NIRF (2019). The 2019 placement statistics suggest the highest package that’s offered at this IIT was 40 lakh p.a. and the average package offered was 13.5 lakh p.a.

Talking about IIT Patna, it is ranked 22nd by NIRF and 34th by QS University ranking in 2019. In the academic year 2018-2019, 27 students got placed from Electrical Engineering with an average CTC 11.49 LPA. Microsoft offered a package of 38 lakh p.a. which brought the whole average salary package to INR 13.05 lakh p.a.

IIT Dhanbad is ranked at 15th in the engineering category by NIRF and 42nd by QS ranking in 2019. A total of 75.70% of students from Electrical Engineering got placed with an average CTC 15.5 LPA.

Whereas according to NIRF ranking 2019, IIT Jodhpur is ranked 50th nationally in the engineering category. In the academic year 2018-2019, the overall placement percentage for Electrical Engineering was 84%. The average CTC offered was 16.73 LPA.

NIRF ranked IIT Gandhinagar at 24th in 2019. The median salary package offered in the academic year 2019 was 8.29 lakh p.a.

IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked 17th in the engineering category by NIRF and it was able to place itself at 21st position by QS ranking in 2019. The highest and average package offered was 39 lakh p.a. and 11.44 lakh p.a. respectively and the placement percentage was 86% for Electrical Engineering.

Although placement is an important aspect, the ranking is done by covering all the important aspects like academics, faculty, and facilities provided, campus, events, etc. So the preferred order can be:

IIT Dhanbad> IIT Bhubaneswar>IIT Mandi>IIT Patna>IIT Gandhinagar>IIT Ropar> IIT Jodhpur

PEC is one of the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab and ranks 68 among the top engineering colleges per NIRF ranking 2020. It maintains a standard placement record of 80% by providing jobs in top quality MNCs. 

UIET Chandigarh ranks 54 among the private engineering colleges by NIRF ranking and maintains a placement record of 80%. 

Admission Process 

PEC Chandigarh:-

• The minimum marks required is 75% marks in 10+2 along with a valid score in JEE Main.
• The seats for electrical engineering are 48. 
• The course fee is INR 3.45 LPA.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 12781-17622.

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The course fee is INR 3.25 LPA.
• The seats for CSE in UIET Chandigarh are 40.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 24265-35348.

Placements:-

The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. The average package offered by the institutes is 5% more than last year. 

The top recruiters are IBM, Samsung, Tata, Microsoft, Deloitte, Infosys, Amazon, KPMG, Accenture, Wipro, etc.

Facilities:

• The central library of PEC Chandigarh has a collection of 1 lakh volumes of books and research papers. 
• There are six hostels in the campus, four of them are for boys and two for girls. 
• A 120 capacity of air-conditioned hall in UIET Chandigarh for holding presentations and interactive sessions.
• The university library of UIET Chandigarh has an inflibnet network which allows them to connect through the digital facilities. 

PEC is a better option and has an excellent reputation than UIET Chandigarh. The placements at PEC are better than UIET Chandigarh. The average package offered every year for electrical and computer engineering is around INR 7-11 LPA, which is more than UIET Chandigarh. PEC Chandigarh is a better choice for pursuing electrical than UIET Chandigarh for CSE. 

However, both these colleges are some of the finest universities in the country with diverse cultures. Hence pursuing a course from any of these universities will land you into success.

It depends on how passionate you are in the electrical and IT field. If you are inclined towards electrical then you cannot go wrong with NIT KKR. Being ranked 40th for engineering by NIRF,2020. The electrical branch at NIT has an amazing faculty-student ratio of 1:4 with highly qualified and experienced professors.

If your interest lies in the IT field, IIITM Gwalior must be your priority. Ranked 100 for engineering by NIRF in 2020, IITM offers IT as its flagship course. IIITM Gwalior is one of the 3 institutions in India with 100% Ph.D. faculties.

Admission:

NIT KKR:

• JEE Mains ranking is considered for admission at NIT KKR

• Ranking within 9454-16273 in JEE Main can secure the seat for the electrical branch at NIT Kurukshetra in the first round.

• OBC(non-creamy layer) and General students must have a rank of 4300-6210.

• Electrical branch at NIT KKR offers 120 seats with a fee of 83,600 /year.

IIITM Gwalior:?

• Securing the rank within 9713-14442 in JEE mains will fetch admission in the IT department of IIITM Gwalior.

• The cutoff goes down to 3,800-6,300 for aspirants who belong to OBC(non-creamy layer) and general category

• Admission process is carried through JoSAA Counselling and CSAB Special Round.

• IIITM Gwalior offers 262 IT seats with a yearly tuition fee of 84,325.??????

Placement statistics:

NIT KKR:

• NIT Kurukshetra has an overall placement rate of 88.85%; the electrical branch has the placement rate of 79.44%

• In 2019 highest CTC offered for the Electrical Engineering branch is 17.30 LPA with the average CTC being 6.97LPA.

• 200+ large to medium-sized companies participated in the recruitment process in 2019

• Top recruiters include Amazon, Nestle, Bharat Petroleum, Honda, Coca Cola, Indian Oil, Mahindra.

IIITM Gwalior:

• 400+ companies participate in the recruitment process every year. Top recruiters include Amazon, Expedia, IBM, TCS, HCL, DELL, Paytm, Myntra.

• 90% of the students get placed at top companies with an average salary of 14.58 LPA.

• The highest domestic CTC offered in 2020 is 42 LPA.

• 150+ students were recruited on campus in 2020, with Infosys and Cognizant offering the maximum offers.

• IT and CSE department hold the record of maximum students being placed every year in IIITM Gwalior.

Electrical at NIT KKR is as good as an IT course at IIITM Gwalior. With their amazing curriculum, faculties, and student exposure one can easily ace in the subjects at respective institutes. If your heart and soul lie in Electrical then you must go for NIT KKR or the other way around!