Students who get admission at PEC through spot round usually get branches like Production or Civil Engineering. It is true that classes at PEC Chandigarh begin before the spot-round selection. You will also miss the orientation program and which according to the students of the institutes are quite boring sometimes. So you may miss some of the lectures, but it is of the least concern because you will be easily able to cover up the portion that you missed out on. Your fellow classmates can help you out with the same, besides mostly introductions are done over that 1st week. 

After the manual counseling i.e. the spot round is over visit PEC for registration, after that you can start attending the classes.

I have two friends who are Electrical Engineering graduates from PEC and are currently working in a good IT company. One of them was also among the only two people who cracked directly written. 

Being from an electrical background, it can be tough to learn coding in your free time and also cope up with your syllabus and keep your grades high. But if you are persistent you can definitely do it. You might also need to study some CS/IT subjects like DBMS while learning to code. As many students of the institute suggest to secure a job in an IT company you have to take off-campus routes, as most of the top companies are not open for interviews for the Electrical branch at PEC Chandigarh. 

But yes, it is possible to land a job at an IT company even after completing ELE if you can learn to code properly and work hard enough to make yourself prepare for the job. 

One of my friends studied at PEC Chandigarh, so I am a little aware of his situation and how his experience was during his time there. 

Let me now discuss the various facilities available at PEC Chandigarh and how it was an educational institution.

• PEC's facilities are similar to those at IIT. Because PEC follows the same curriculum as the IITs, the atmosphere is also the same. There are numerous clubs and societies in college that help students develop their extracurricular interests.
• The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled. All basic amenities are available, such as library access, sports grounds, a newly introduced entrepreneur incubator cell, and a computer center, which provides free access to computer applications and the latest software.
• The college is eco-friendly and has a lovely campus. Few buildings are more than 60 years old. The campus spans 146 acres. The labs in the computer science and ECE departments are excellent.
• Mechanical, production, and electrical labs all need to be upgraded. The majority of the machines are quite old, and only a few new ones have been purchased. Practical exposure via labs is limited. The library is good and has three reading halls.
• A gym and a swimming pool are also available. The auditorium is small and out of date. The new classrooms are excellent, with a microphone and sound system. In each room, projectors are available.
• There are four hostels for boys and two hostels for girls. Mess food is good, and the fee for a year is around Rs. 50,000. There is no in-time for boys; however, it is 8:30 for girls.
• A nearby market has all food outlets and stationery stores, as well as two banks and three ATMs. Nescafé and CCD are also available on campus. The college has a dispensary, and there is also a residential doctor on campus.

These are the various facilities he received during his time at PEC Chandigarh. 

BIT Mesra, Ranchi ranks 85th among the private engineering colleges as per NIRF ranking 2020. It provides 80% placements every year in branded MNCs. 

On the other hand, PEC Chandigarh ranks 68th among the top engineering colleges as per NIRF ranking 2020. It maintains a proper placement record of 80% and is at the forefront of churning out software engineers with a high calibre.

Admission process:

BIT Mesra, Ranchi

• The candidates must have a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 with PCM and valid JEE Main score.
• The cutoff required is 2593 - 9207.
• The total seats allocated is 68.

PEC Chandigarh

• The candidates must have a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 with PCM and valid JEE Main score. 
• The cutoff required is 3282 - 7074.
• The course fee required is INR 96,750.

Placements:

Tabulated below are the placement statistics for the institutes:

The top recruiters are Cognizant, Infosys, Verizon, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, TATA, JP Morgan, Accenture, TCS, etc.

Faculty:

The faculties of both these colleges consisted of 60 members in each department with each of them being cooperative and helpful towards the students. 

Facilities:

• Hi-tech Laboratories with the latest computer technologies. 
• Regular 24×7 security system throughout the campus.
• Auditorium with an intake capacity of 2500 people.
• The institute consists of a central library having a collection of 1.19 books on various topics. 
• They have separate hostels for boys and girls. There are six hostels with four hostels for boys and two for girls.

Both these colleges are excellent in their standards. They provide quality education with decent placements every year. However, PEC is more preferred than BIT Mesra, Ranchi, as Chandigarh being closer to Delhi, offers higher education opportunities.

Yes, there is an option of branch sliding in PEC. You can change your branch after the second semester (i.e., first year). I know someone who upgraded from Metallurgy to IT. The upgrade is not a difficult task. 

Following are a few things that you should keep in mind.

• You can apply for branch change by filling up the Performa available in the Academic section on the mentioned date.
• You need to have an average commitment towards your preparation with no special preparation. Only consistent performance in mid-terms will be enough.
• There has been a change in the rule. Now, instead of two mid-term, there will be only one. So, it will be easy for you to score.

You can definitely go for changing branches in PEC by choosing a branch-like CSE, ECE, or any other of your interest. As for the choice of the branch you should choose the one that interests you.

PEC Chandigarh is a very good engineering college but somehow it lacks a reputation in the industry and this college is unable to produce any skilled engineers for a long time. 

• Colleges like DAIICT/LNMIIT are less popular colleges than PEC Chandigarh but it has much more recognition and reputation in the industry which attracts many companies to visit the college for campus placements. 
• An electronics engineer is the one who can make use of their command over the low-level computer programming languages and make the computers do whatever they want them to do. 
• There is also a high demand for skilled electronics engineers in the industry but sadly no major electronic engineering companies carry out campus placements at PEC Chandigarh. 
• Most of the degree holders from such colleges remain unemployed or have to look for other opportunities through off-campus interviews.

Hence, it is not preferable to do M.Tech in ECE from PEC Chandigarh as it has a low reputation in this branch and as a result, you might have to struggle to look for decent jobs or even remain unemployed.