What is the best career between a B. Tech in agriculture at PAU and a B. Tech in metallurgy at IGIT Sarang?

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IGIT Sarang is one of the best government colleges in Orissa. It is also only one government college of Orissa that is eligible to submit an Institutional Development Proposal. The admission process for Electrical Engineering is based on the results of JEE mains and Orissa-JEE.

Punjab Agriculture University holds #51 rank among universities in India issued by NIRF ranking, 2019. Admission for B. Tech in agriculture is wholly based on the results of JEE mains followed by interviews and counseling. The placement rate is also good for this university.

Tabulated below gives a brief overview of both institutions:

Particulars	IGIT Sarang	PAU
Total course fee	2.89 lakhs	2.67 lakhs
Total seats	120	8
Top recruiters	Ananda, Bhushan Steel, Infosys, Kanbay international, Larsen, and Toubro	Aries Agro, Chambal Fertilizers, CMC, IFFC, Nestle
Average salary	4 lakhs	4.2 lakhs

Admission process

B.Tech in Metallurgy at IGIT Sarang

Admissions are based on the results of JEE mains or OJEE valid rank followed by interviews and counseling.
With this students are also required to have at least 45% in 10+2 with required subjects(Physics and mathematics should be primary subjects).

B.Tech in Agriculture at PAU

The application process is fully online with an application fee of 610 INR.
Admissions for Agricultural Engineering are only based on the rank of JEE mains followed by interviews and counseling.

Placements

IGIT Sarang

Companies like Ananda, Bhushan Steel, Infosys, Kanbay international, Larsen and Toubro, Satyam Computers, TATA Consultancy Services, Visa Steel, etc visit the campus every year in search of good placements.
The average salary offered to students is 4 lakhs and the highest salary package is up to 10 lakhs.

Punjab Agricultural University

Companies like Aries Agro, Chambal Fertilizers, CMC, IFFCO, Jain irrigation, Kirloskar, Nestle, New Holland, NSM, etc visit every year for placements.
The average package offered for this course is 4.2 lakhs and the highest is up to 7 lakhs.

Both IGIT SARANG and Punjab agricultural university are equally good for both the courses. Both have good teaching facilities and good infrastructure. The environment of both Institutes is very friendly and engaging. Placements are available. But if we talk about the university in which we can get admission easily then IGIT Sarang is there as about 120 seats are available for this course and if we see the Punjab university then there are only 8 seats available.