According to my friends studying at IET Lucknow,Electronics & Instrumentation (EI) Engineering is not a core engineering branch at all while Chemical Engineering is close to being called a core engineering branch.

Now coming to the placement scenario –

• Civil Engineering – Only 1 company visited and paid a salary of INR 4 LPA
• Mechanical Engineering – Only 1 company came and probably it was open for other colleges as well. It took 2 students in total
• EI Engineering – Only 1 company came which was also not a major company and it also took only 2 students
• Chemical Engineering – No company visited the campus

The placements happen in good numbers only for CSE and IT departments. But the placement packages are still less. So most of the students focus on clearing competitive exams such as GATE, IES, CAT, and others.

The harsh reality of IET Lucknow is that you may not even get a single interview experience if you are from the above-mentioned branches. The college is improving under the leadership of the new director but still, there is a long way to go.

If you talk of GATE performance, then EI and chemical engineering always perform much better than other branches.