Both IIIT Allahabad and BIT Mesra are excellent institutes offering top-quality education in various branches of engineering. But specifically for CS, IIIT Allahabad seems to be a better option. Had I been in your place I would have chosen IIIT Allahabad considering my strong passion for IT and CS
Addressing the elephant in the room, the placement statistics of IIIT Allahabad are much better than BIT Mesra. Look at the table below
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Particulars |
BIT Mesra |
IIIT Allahabad |
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Number of recruiters |
235 |
200+ |
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Highest CTC |
INR 58.33 LPA |
INR 1.4 CPA |
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Average CTC |
INR 13.01 LPA |
INR 19.57 LPA |
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Top Recruiters |
Hashed In, Persistent Systems, Cognizant, Daffodil Software |
Adobe, HSBC, Jio, Accenture |
As you can see from the above table, IIIT Allahabad has much better placement statistics and even records 100% placements every year. Ultimately, it can be said that IIIT Allahabad has an amazing IT environment and should be given preference if you are into IT else, BIT Mesra can be considered.
The average package for a mechanical engineering batch of 2019 was 7 LPA. A friend of mine considered the amount a good return on Investment and recommended BIT Mesra. In the 2019 placement season, about 63 mechanical engineering students bagged jobs in the campus recruitment program.
Here is an overview of the average pay scale of the last 3 years:
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2018 |
9.11 LPA |
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2019 |
10.34 LPA |
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2020 |
11.76 LPA |
Some of the top companies that visit the campus for recruitment include Caterpillar, Eicher Motors Ltd., Maruti Suzuki Ltd., Hero MotoCorp., Metalsa, Hindustan Motors, Suzuki Powertrain Ltd., Hyundai Motors, John Deere India (P) Ltd., Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., TVS Motor Co, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Blue Star, NRB Bearing, BPCL, NTPC, Crompton Greaves Ltd., Cummins India, Simplex Infrastructures, DVC, Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd., Electrosteel Castings Ltd, Essar Ltd., Tata Honeywell, Exide Industries, Tata Steel, etc.
My friend did his B.Tech ECE from NSIT. According to him, NSIT ECE is a better choice than BIT Mesra CSE. Here are the reasons for his preference for NSIT ECE-
Thus, I would suggest you choose NSIT ECE over BIT Mesra CSE.
BITS Mesra is a large campus spread across 980 acres of land. So technically speaking, it is not practical to give access to the wifi on the whole campus. But it is easily available in the main building, library, and hostels. BIT Mesra is technologically advanced, which is also reflected in its internet connectivity.
Unlimited wifi with good internet speed is available so that you can take advantage of it for both academic purposes and personal use.
My brother closely followed the internship recruitments at BIT Mesra and here are his insights about the recruitment criteria of some of the major IT firms-
Thus, to grab an on campus/off campus internship during your 3rd year CSE from BIT Mesra, you need to work very hard and sharpen your technical knowledge and coding skills.
I am an alumnus of BIT Mesra and pursued my B.E. in Production Engineering from this institution. In my opinion, Production Engineering at BIT Mesra is an excellent course.
BIT Mesra Production Engineering faculty is learned and supportive at the same time. If you want a job in the manufacturing/production industry, the curriculum over there is useful and interesting. However, a few topics in the curriculum are obsolete and an update is required with the advancement in technology and production practices.
Production Engineering at BIT Mesra has an almost negligible workload when compared to the other branches. The faculty is not as strict with quizzes and assignment submissions. With some effort, you will perform quite well academically.
Placement-wise, Production Engineering at BIT Mesra is not an ideal branch. However, the top 10-15 students have a great chance of getting placed during campus recruitment. Not a good number of firms and industries related to this branch show up during campus recruitments. However, your skills and hard work will also determine your fate. During 2022, the placements for Production Engineering were decent with 33 students getting out of 42 registered students (and 36 eligible students).
Thus, Production Engineering at BIT Mesra is a really good stream, but not an ideal one in terms of placements.
You should choose IIIT Allahabad. In terms of academics, infrastructure and placements, it is ahead of the other institutes mentioned here. IIIT Allahabad alumni network is huge. Alumni of the institute are working at the higher echelons of the industry. The networking opportunities are plenty.
IIIT Allahabad placements have been great in recent years. For placements 2022 the average CTC offered was INR 19 LPA.
Unlike most Engineering colleges, BIT Mesra follows the absolute grading system instead of the relative grading system. In the relative grading system, grading is done relative to the marks of the subject topper, who gets a 10 for that subject.
For a 10 CGPA in a subject at BIT Mesra, you must score 90 marks or above in it. It is a bit challenging to score marks in certain subjects. Getting a 9 CGPA is going to be tougher than you think. Only around 2 to 4 B.Tech students from a batch of around 700 are able to score that high.
However, you must not get disheartened or lose hope. If you study diligently and seek the guidance of your seniors and teachers, you can be one of those few high achievers.
It’s highly illogical to compare BIT Mesra with NIT Allahabad. MNNIT Allahabad belongs to a different league and is way better than BIT Mesra. Its CS and IT placements are surprisingly better than the new IITs too.
The best part about MNIT Allahabad is its extensive job opportunities. Companies coming for CS students allow IT and ECE students to sit for placements as well. So all you need to do is become proficient in coding and clear the interview smartly.
Here is a comparative analysis of the placement statistics of BIT Mesra CS and MNNIT Allahabad IT
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Particulars |
BIT Mesra CS |
MNNIT Allahabad |
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Number of students |
125 |
109 |
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Students placed |
113 |
105 |
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Highest CTC |
INR 19.27 LPA |
INR 21.33 LPA |
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Average CTC |
INR 58.33 LPA |
INR 54 LPA |
Hope this helped you!
IIEST Shibpur now enjoys the status of being an "Institute of National Importance" status with 160 years of Glorious Record of Producing "World Leaders in Engineering" and is nowhere near colleges like BIT Mesra and NIT Rourkela. The primary purpose behind the establishment of this institute was to combine IIT and IISc into a single body. It receives a high budget at par with most IITs and is a great choice for engineering aspirants.
The institute has successful alumni working in various fields across the globe. Some of them include Dr. Bimal K Bose USA World Leader in Power Electronics, Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan World's Greatest Structural Engineer Designer of the Tallest Tower in the USA, and Dr. Kajal Gupta Chief Technologist NASA USA. The institutes connect spreads across the globe and IIEST Shibpur has Chapters in the USA, London UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Europe, the Middle East, etc.
Even if IIEST is comparable to BIT Mesra and NIT Rourkela today, it will be way ahead of these institutes in the new future given its fast-paced development.