Nirma University is a private university, recognized and approved by UGC, AIU, and has been accredited grade ‘A’ by NAAC. Admissions to the college are open through both offline and online modes. The college offers B.Tech in Chemical Engineering as a four-year full-time course at a fee of Rs 7.24 Lakhs for the full period.

Vellore Institute of Technology is a private deemed university, accredited grade ‘A’ by NAAC. The college has been ranked 1st and 15th by QS Subject Ranking and NIRF rankings respectively in the category of Engineering. It offers B.Tech in Chemical Engineering as a four-year full-time course at a fee of Rs 6.95 lakhs for the full period.

Admission Procedure

Nirma University:

• The prerequisite for seeking admission to Chemical Engineering is scoring 55% and more in 10+2 examinations (PCM/B).
• Students are shortlisted on the basis of JEE Main or GUJCET scores. The course has a total of 60 seats available.

VIT Vellore:

• The prerequisite for seeking admission to Chemical Engineering is scoring 60% and more in 10+2 examinations (PCM/B).
• Students are shortlisted on the basis of VITEEE scores, which is the common entrance examination conducted by VIT. The course has a total of 120 seats available.

Facilities

Nirma University:

• The college is built over a huge 115-acre campus.
• A well-equipped library is on-campus which houses over 1,20,000 books.
• The institute also provides separate hostels for boys and girls with adequate facilities.
• Other facilities such as laboratories, gym, cafeterias, medical facilities, Wi-Fi, air-conditioned classrooms, and auditoriums are provided.

VIT Vellore:

• The college is built over a massive 372-acre campus.
• The college is home to a huge six-storey library.
• The institute also provides separate hostels for boys and girls with adequate facilities.
• The college has a wide range of sporting facilities and four gymnasiums.

Placements

• Nirma University:The course has a placement rate of 70%. Companies such as L&T, Reliance, and HUL come on-campus for placements. The package offered to students ranges between 2.5 LPA and 7 LPA
• VIT Vellore: ECE at the college has an 80% placement rate. Top recruiters at the college include Amazon, Cisco, and Vedanta. The lowest, average, and highest salary packages offered are approximately 3 LPA, 4.5 LPA, and 12 LPA respectively.

VIT, Vellore is a clear winner between the two colleges for Chemical Engineering. The college scores better on every parameter with lower fees, better campus & infrastructure, college ranking, and placement rate. With better facilities and return on investment, one should grab the opportunity at VIT with both hands provided he/she secures admission.

Both NIT Warangal and BITS Hyderabad/Goa are enormous and well-known colleges. If you choose either of them for a particular field it will be worth it. Just make sure of that in whichever college you are, give your best and you shall lead to success.

Both the colleges stand equally in terms of academics and placement statistics.

• In terms of exposure, opportunities, research and peer interaction in BITS specifically are much more than NIT Warangal.
• BITS embolden you to go for a long project for one semester in your final year in any part of the world. This is the main point of BITS that keeps it ahead of NIT.
• Otherwise, you can experience almost the same in both the colleges in terms of career.
• If you want to experience great college life, full of freedom, industrial exposure, and quality education, you can go for either of them.
• In case you are looking for a good return on your investment, you then have to take the benefits of a government institution.

Further, I would advise you for NIT as it has less fees so there will be less burden on you and your family. Faculties are good in NIT as well. You will get the NIT brand associated with you which is very prestigious.

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) is located in Gandhinagar, Gujrat. The university is a member of AIU and is NAAC accredited with an ‘A’ grade.

Department of Chemical Engineering:

It offers BTech, MTech, and Ph.D. courses.

• For BTech, students require a valid JEE Main score of around 3145. The course fee for BTech Chemical Engineering is 2.53 lakhs per annum.

• For MTech students require a valid GATE score. The course fee is around 1.54 lakhs/annum.

Faculty:

There are 9 faculty members at the Chemical Engineering department and all of them have their PhDs in their respective fields.

Laboratory facilities:

Currently, there are 8 laboratories to carry out the academic and research projects, i.e. Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab, Environmental Engineering Lab, Computer-Aided Process Design Lab, Fluid Flow Operation Lab, Mass Transfer Lab, Process Heat Transfer Lab, Solid Fluid Operations, Chemical Process Technology Lab.

Curriculum:

• The curriculum for Bachelor’s as well as Master’s courses consists of department-specific core subjects related to various aspects of chemical engineering, electives offered by the department to enhance their understanding in related fields.

• Humanities subjects are required to gauge an understanding of the world as well as other department’s electives which can be chosen by the student throughout their degree to understand other aspects of this course.

Institute-Industry Interaction:

The department takes various initiatives to keep the students updated with the latest industry trends. Many industry experts visit the campus from time to time for delivering talks. In recent years, some of the industries visited by the students are as follows.

• Gujarat Alkalies and Chemical Limited, Boroda

• Meghmani Dyes & Intermediates

• Reliance Industries

• Nirma Alindra Plant

Placements:

• PDPU is also famous for its placement with over 80% of students getting placed in top companies in the field.

• Some notable employers include Honeywell, UOP, L&T Technology Services, Torrent Power, Jubilant Life sciences, Byju’s, Torrent Gas, ExxonMobil, Welspun, etc.

• The average CTC offered at the institute is 6.75 LPA, whereas the highest CTC goes up to 16.6 LPA.

• It also provides placements in international petroleum companies in countries such as Abu Dhabi.

Chemical Engineering is definitely among the best courses offered by the institute. Thus, students need to decide for themselves if chemical engineering is their subject of interest. PDPU provides excellent learning opportunities as well as placements.

The institution prepares its students for the placement process. There are many internships offered to the students by the college.

Highlights

• The institution has a 61.90% placement rate for Chemical Engineering.
• 26 out of 42 students were placed in the placement process.
• 31 jobs were offered to the students of Chemical branch.
• The highest CTC offered was INR 8.91 LPA.

Placement procedure at NIT Hamirpur

Following are steps followed by the institution for placements:

• Invitations are sent to the companies for the placement process.
• Then the companies share the JNF Form.
• The database of the students is shared for eligibility criteria by the institution.
• Students are shortlisted by the companies based on their requirements.
• Then the companies visit the campus for the recruitments.
• The recruitment process includes an Introductory Presentation by Company Executives, Online Exam or Paper-Pen test, Group Discussion, and Final Interviews.

Students reviews from Chemical Engineering branch

• According to most of the reviews given by the students who have completed their B.Tech degree from Chemical Engineering branch the institution provides good placement opportunities.
• They say that at the end of the day it the students’ hard work and determination that matters.
• The institution leaves no scope from their side and provides the best of all to their students.
• Internship opportunities are also provided in the middle of the semesters i.e., semester breaks.
• 6.5 CGPA is the minimum requirement for the students to take part in the placement process.

The students are given training for the placements. They are prepared beforehand about the type of questions they will be asked, how the procedure takes place, what all qualities are required to crack the placement process, etc.

Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore is a private institute which is a deemed university. It has been ranked as the number 1 private engineering and technology university in India based on its track records and educational standards.

Institute of Chemical Technology has received an A++ accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. It has been claimed to be the 18th best institute for Engineering by NIRF rankings.

Courses:

• The Computer science course at VIT provides insights into computer applications, programming languages, cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, and a number of other related fields. It involves intensive course work and projects throughout the 4 years of course duration.

• Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai provides a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and a Master of Chemical Engineering.

Admissions:

• VIT is relatively flexible with its admission criteria. It considers a number of exams like VITEEE, JEE mains, and SAT for admission to undergraduate courses.

• ICT, Mumbai provides the provision for online as well as offline admission. B.tech admissions are done on the basis of MHT CET or JEE mains score. M.Tech admissions are conducted on the basis of GATE score or other relevant scores.

Campus:

VIT, Vellore:

• It is famous for its large and sprawling campus. It has a number of institute buildings, hostel buildings, state-of-the-art infrastructure, and curated labs for research.

• They also have a well-known cafeteria and many other recreation facilities on-campus.

• Their classrooms have especially upgraded features that allow students to learn better and their library has online as well as offline features.

ICT Mumbai:

ICT has 3 campuses and each campus is 16 acres each. It provides a feel of the corporate world to the students and provides all facilities in their few buildings.

Placements:

VIT, Vellore:
It is the most successful private engineering university in providing placements to its students.

• Over 90% of students get placed in one of the top companies of India including Amazon, Flipkart, Accenture, IBM, Asian Paints, TCS, Hindustan Unilever, etc.

• The highest salary package goes up to 60 LPA while the average salary packages are around 5-6 LPA.

ICT Mumbai:

• It has a placement record of 90% placements.

• Major employers include BPCL, Pidilite industries, Johnson & Johnson, TATA Power, Nerolac, etc.

• The highest package offered was 18 LPA with the average being 5 LPA.

Thus it completely depends on the students which institute they want to choose for their studies.

Nirma University is UGC recognized and is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. NIT Surat, formerly known as the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), is one of the thirty NITs recognized by the Indian government. The institute is home to the World Bank's 'Center of Excellence,' which studies flood control and water supplies. Nirma University is ranked 136th and SVNIT is ranked 54th by NIRF 2020 in Engineering.

Admission:

Nirma University-

• Admission to B.Tech programs is through JEE mains or GUJCET and ACPC, Gujrat. While for B. Arch programs, students need a NATA score.

• Admission to M.tech programs is through the GATE score.

• For MBA programs at NIRMA University, students require a valid CAT score.

• Admission to doctoral programs is done through scores obtained in national entrance tests such as GATE/NET/JRF and SET.

NIT Surat- It currently offers 6 undergraduate and 18 graduate programs and 3 integrated five-year degree courses for MSc along with doctoral programs.

• Admission to BTech courses is through JEE Mains or JEE Advanced.

• MTech admission is done through GATE.

• For Ph.D. students, UGC- NET/JRF/GATE scores are considered.

Alumni:

• Notable alumni of Nirma University include Jay Shah- Indian Businessman and Cricket Administrator, Minal Rohit who is a Scientist at ISRO and helped send the Mangalyaan probe to Mars, and Boni Satani who is Head of Marketing at Zestard Technologies.

• Notable alumni of SVNIT Jalaj Srivastava- Chief Financial Officer of Finolution Inc.

Facilities:

• The library at NIRMA University has over 55,000 books, 4409 bound volumes, 243 current journals, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, 2020 standards, and 700 ASCE, IEEE / IET, ACM, etc. e-journals.

• The Library of SVNIT is 49 years old and accommodates the needs of large groups of users including more than 2000 students, 200 faculty, 150 research scholars. It uses state-of-the-art technology and has been subscribed to access INDEST by MHRD.

Placement:

Cognizant, iFlex, Syntel, Cypress Semiconductor, Juniper, ARM, Deutsche Bank, Amazon, Tata Motors, etc. are the top recruiters at these institutes.

Both departments are top notch and of high repute. It lies in the interest of the beholder to discriminate the two, keeping their choice of interest into consideration.