Is the mechanical department of IIT (BHU) comparable to IIT-K?
As a student of IIT BHU, I can confidently claim that our Mechanical Engineering department is as good as that of the top IITs. Even though IIT BHU received the IIT status much later, in 2012, it was originally founded in 1919 as the Benares Engineering College. Thus, it has a legacy much older than IIT Kanpur.
IIT BHU has a strong focus on research and publication. The IIT BHU professors have extensive industry and academic experience. Some of the prominent professors from the Mechanical department of IIT BHU are:
- Prof. Anil Kumar Agrawal (Area of Interest- Quality Control, Six Sigma, Optimization, Industrial Engineering, Operation Management, Supply Chain Management).
- Prof. Santosh Kumar (Area of Interest- Metal Forming, CAD-CAM-Additive manufacturing & Manufacturing Automation, Machine tools & Unconventional Manufacturing, Integrated Product Design & Development).
- Dr. Arakere Puttaswamy Harsha (Area of Interest- Tribology of Materials, Bio-Tribology, Machine Design).
- Prof. Sandeep Kumar (Area of interest- Computational Mechanics(Wavelets, FEM, Meshless)). Prof. Santosh Kumar is the HOD of the department.
IIT BHU has consistently recorded good placements for its Mechanical Engineering program. The department graduates are currently working in top companies across the globe.
Here is a comparison between IIT BHU and IIT Kanpur:
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Particulars |
IIT BHU Mechanical |
IIT KANPUR Mechanical |
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NIRF Ranking: Engineering |
15 |
4 |
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Average package |
INR 21.95 LPA (2023 figure) |
INR 19.7 LPA (2024, Phase-1 figure) |
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Recruiters |
Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, Hero,Tata, etc. |
TATA group, Siemens, Tesla, Godrej Groups, etc. |
Hence, there is no doubt that the Mechanical Department of IIT BHU is comparable to IIT Kanpur, and other top IITs.
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Both IIT BHU as well as IITK are reputed IIT’s.
The course curriculum at both colleges is nearly the same. In IIT BHU students can pursue courses other than academics such as Management, Foreign Languages, Finance, Personality Development as its part of BHU University. Academics at IITK is relatively tougher than IIT BHU with tough grading scheme. IIT BHU allows flexibility to its students so that they can manage both academics as well as learn extracurricular skills.
Research culture at IITK is better than IIT BHU with more no. of research papers being published every year and more students doing Ph.D. in the College. While infrastructure and labs are equally good at both the colleges. Both IIT BHU and IITK has one of the best faculties compared to top institutions.
Placements are roughly the same at both Colleges. IIT BHU being 100 Years old enjoys its vast alumni network due to which placement percentage is high. Students from both colleges get placed in well-known firms such as HUL, IOCL, GAIL, Maruti, Bajaj. Besides Core Engineering there are companies from other sectors like IT/Software, Consulting, Finance, Analytics, Management, etc. that offer jobs in both the Colleges. The average package of both the colleges is around 10-12 lacs CTC.
For the course curriculum and more research work, IITK has an edge over IIT BHU for Mechanical Engineering.
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