Having to know some people studying in both these colleges, I can say that they are equally good. You can opt for any one of them, their respective programs are also good. They are recognized as Centres of Excellence by MHRD, Govt of India.

The choice mainly depends on the individual and their preferences. You should go for the one you are enthusiastic about.

• NITIE offers 3 courses, where the selection is through GATE scores.
• These include Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering, Project Management, and Manufacturing Management.
• These courses are a mixture of technical and business management.
• IITs offer M.Tech through GATE exam scores. 
• It involves core specialization and nothing about industrial management.

So, the selection of the college and the course entirely depends on you. Go through them and then decide which will be a better option for your career.

To talk about M.Tech placement, the report of 2018 states that the institute saw around 60% placement. Companies that visited the campus for recruitment are Adobe, Amazon, Infosys, Accenture, KIIT, Affine Analytics, HCL, Go-jek, HPCL, Goldman Sachs

IOCL, ISRO, Ittiam to name a few. Highlights of placement report 2018 of IIT Bhubaneswar show that the highest number of jobs were offered in core industries.

• 39 Lakhs per annum is the Highest domestic CTC offered
• M.Tech saw close to 60% placement.
• A total of 69 students were interested out of which 40 students got placed
• 52 companies visited campus this year.
• The average salary offered was 11.15 lakhs per annum.
• The maximum job offers received were from core industries.
• ISRO, IOCL, HPCL, NCCBM are few PSU’s that participated in campus placement.
• To name few top recruiters- Goldman Sachs, Samsung, TCS, Adobe, Oracle, Renault Nissan etc.
• The internship offers tp 3rd-year students are in the core industry. A few of the interns are engaged in R&D organizations and Foreign universities.

Following is the sector-wise placement analysis for M.Tech at IIT Bhubaneshwar:

• Core- 53 %
• IT- 19 %
• Education- 10 %
• PSU- 8 %
• E-commerce – 5 %
• Analytics- 4 %
• NBFC- 1 %

The M.Tech course delivered at IIT Bhubaneswar is quite good. Besides being taught by experienced and renowned faculty, the institute offers many opportunities through placements to students who pursue their M.Tech. Around 65 percent of M.Tech students who got enrolled in the institute got placed in renowned companies like HCL, Infosys, Goldman Sachs, Accenture, including others in this year’s placement drive before the countrywide lockdown. Some have even managed to secure themselves in top PSUs like IOCL, HPCL, etc. Among 69 students in M.Tech who were interested in placements, 40 students got placed.

Besides the impressive placement scenario, you will get the opportunity to pursue your project under the guidance of venerated faculty. After the completion of the M.Tech course, most of the students opt for Ph.D. in renowned foreign institutes. Others, who prefer jobs, get recruited in reputed companies. Some have even been successful in setting up successful startups. So considering all aspects, M.Tech from IIT Bhubaneswar offers new avenues through placements as well as future studies.