PEC Chandigarh, Chandigarh Comparison

PEC is one of the oldest and most reputed institutes in India when compared with NIT Silchar. They had an excellent peer culture and provided a better opening and closing rank in JEE Main than NIT Silchar. PEC has an effective academic structure and infrastructure facilities. The placement statistics of both institutes are given below in tabular form.

NIT Silchar

PEC

Thus, PEC is a better option than NIT Silchar. 

I will advise you not to compare colleges solely on the basis of rankings and placements because these are too trivial criteria to be considered while choosing your college. One must look at the bigger picture. NIT Delhi, despite being a new institute, has already laid its strong foundation and you can expect excellent placements in the near future. 

Here are a few highlights of the institute:

• Placements: NIT Delhi has an active placement cell that ensures that every student has at least one offer by the end of the placement drive.
• Campus: The campus has limited facilities but provides enough facilities to ensure good quality education. Students have access to wifi facilities 24/7.
• Ranking: Don’t let the low rankings mislead you. These ranking bodies consider criteria like campus, branches, alumni, etc which NIT Delhi definitely lacks in because it's new.

Overall, NIT Delhi offers good quality education and a NIT tag that will up your game in higher education.

In terms of NIRF 2023 rankings, NIT Hamirpur is placed 127th while PEC is placed 138th among Engineering colleges in India. 

 Keeping the rankings apart, your choice of college should be based on two factors-

• Branch- If you have a particular interest in one of these branches, I would recommend you choose your college according to that. Both these branches offer good placements, though CSE students end up grabbing the highest packages. Both the colleges offer decent placements. 

During the 2023 placement season, the median package for ECE branch at PEC stood at INR 18.40 LPA. Last year, the CSE branch at NIT Hamirpur recorded 96.81% placements. 139 offers were received in total, and the highest salary stood at INR 1.12 CPA.

• Brand name- Both the colleges are at par with one another, but NIT Hamirpur carries the much-valued ‘NIT’ tag. It has a good infrastructure and a beautiful campus. The surroundings are serene and close to nature. If you have an interest in traveling, photography, and trekking, Hamirpur is more suitable to explore these interests. PEC definitely offers more exposure, being based out of Chandigarh.

 Based on your personal preference, you can choose either of the two options. 

One of my cousins left NIT Hamirpurfor PEC and no one could answer this question better. Here is what he stated

• The crowd quality is much better at PEC. The seniors are very helpful and your peers are highly intellectual thus motivating you to perform better. NIT Hamirpur on the other hand has some cases of ragging.
• NIT Hamirpur is located remotely although its campus is very serene and beautiful. PEC on the other hand is situated amidst the hustle and bustle of the city with every service available at doorstep.
• NIT Hamirpur has better faculty but this does not matter because, in the end, you have to resort to self-studying.
• NIT Hamirpur being a government college has an amazing infrastructure while PEC is way behind.
• PEC has a better placement scenario that NIT Hamirpur which can further be understood by the table below

Hope this helps you!