NIT Srinagar is ranked 201 for BTech and 39 for BTech by NIRF 2020 and India Today 2020 respectively, whereas NIT Manipur ranks 158th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It has a 300+ acres campus area. It has a faculty strength of 70 members most of them being highly qualified and PhD holders.

NIT Nagaland is an autonomous university recognized by AICTE and UGC. They have a total of 43 faculty members, 27 of them being PhD holders.

NIT Mizoram is an autonomous university affiliated by AICTE. They have a total intake of 190+ students in each department. 

NIT Sikkim is an autonomous university approved by UGC and AICTE. NIT Sikkim offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Categories	NIT Srinagar	NIT Manipur	NIT Nagaland	NIT Mizoram	NIT Sikkim
Cut Off	6359-37374	15342-19721	14369-18706	18025-19494	11780-16955
Placement Percentage	100%	61.90%	70%	88.89%	90%
Highest CTC	19.56 LPA	17.5 LPA	8.9 LPA	17.30 LPA	22 LPA
Average CTC	5-6 LPA	5.6 LPA	4.5 LPA	6.62 LPA	6 LPA

Recruiting Companies

• NIT Srinagar - TCS, L&T, HPCL, Infosys, IBM, etc.
• NIT Manipur - Microsoft, Wipro, Accenture, Infosys, IBM, Capgemini, Adobe, HSBC, TCS, Zolacode, Lamzing Infosystem, Virtusa, etc.
• NIT Nagaland - Infosys, IBM, L&T, Wipro, etc.
• NIT Mizoram - IBM, Johnson Control India, Infosys, Polaris, Wipro, TCS, etc.
• NIT Sikkim - Microsoft, National Instruments, Bosch, Virtusa, IBM, L&T, Polaris, Infosys, Wipro, Mu Sigma, TCS, Intellect, etc.

For ECE:

NIT Silchar is ranked 94th overall and 46th for BTech by NIRF 2020. They have a student strength of 3,001 students and a highly qualified faculty of 209 members most of them being PhD holders.

NIT Meghalaya ranks 61st for BTech by NIRF 2020. 104 students were placed in the 2018-2019 placement program conducted by the institute. It is accredited by AICTE.

Categories	NIT Silchar	NIT Meghalaya
Cut Off (closing rank)	17412	87987
Course Fee	1,47,640	1,48,250
Placement Percentage	97.25%	50%
Highest CTC	18 LPA	11-12 LPA
Average CTC	6.38 LPA	6-7 LPA

Placements 

NIT Silchar 

• Out of 112 students 89 were eligible to participate in the placement program.
• 87 students were placed and made 120 job offers.
• The top recruiting companies include Microsoft, Deloitte, Honeywell, Goldman Sachs, SAP, Vedanta, TCS, Wells Fargo, Sony, ITC, National Instruments, etc.

NIT Meghalaya

• 80 companies participated in the placement drive and made 103 offers.
• The top companies include Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, Bosch, Vedanta, Cortex, Sapient, Polaris, etc.

A CSE graduate can work as a System Database Administrator, Computer Programmer, Engineering Support Specialist, Data Warehouse Analyst, System Designer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Lecturer or Professor, Computer Operator and Research Analyst.

Students graduating with ECE can work as Electronics Engineer, Field Test Engineer, Network Planning Engineer, Electronics and Communications Consultant, Research and Development Software Engineer.

NIT Agartala ranks 75th for BTech by NIRF 2020. They have a strength of 3101 students and a strong and highly qualified faculty of 2450 members. 

NIT Mizoram has a faculty strength of 47 members and a student population of 406 students. It is an autonomous institute affiliated to AICTE.

NIT Nagaland is one of the 31 NITs in India. It has a faculty strength of 43 members, 27 of them being PhD holders.

NIT Manipur ranks 158th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It has a faculty strength of 72 members, 40 of them being PhD holders. 

Categories	NIT Agartala	NIT Mizoram	NIT Nagaland	NIT Manipur
Course Fee	1,47,700	1,36,500	1,33,800	1,87,945
Placement Percentage	90%	80%	70%	20%
Highest CTC	36 LPA	17.30 LPA	9 LPA	10 LPA
Average CTC	4.5-5 LPA	6.62 LPA	4.5 LPA	9 LPA

Placements 

NIT Agartala - 

• 22 companies participated in the placement drive and 188 students were placed.
• The highest package offered to the students was 36 LPA.
• Other recruiters include Havells, Vedanta, Capgemini, Oracle, L&T, Future Group, etc.

NIT Mizoram

• They have a well structured placement cell.
• Pre-placement training is also conducted.
• The top recruiting companies include BEL, Infosys, IBM, BPCL and Capgemini.

NIT Nagaland

• 21 companies visited during the placement and made 69 offers.
• BTech EEE achieved the highest placement record with 26 students placed.
• The top recruiting companies include Bharat Electronics Limited, IBM, Johnson Controls, Mu Sigma, Polaris, Wipro, XL Dynamics, SAP, National Instruments, Mphasis, Infosys, Capital Via, etc.

NIT Manipur

• 20 companies visited and 50 students were placed.
• ZolaCode was the star recruiter.
• Other recruiters include Lamzing Infosystem, Microsoft, Virtusa, IBM, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Capgemini, Johnson Controls, BPCL, etc.

NIT Meghalaya is ranked 61st for BTech by NIRF 2020 and 42 for BTech by India Today 2020. NIT Meghalaya has a strength of 763 students and a highly qualified faculty with a majority of Ph.D holders. 

NIT Silchar is ranked 94 overall and 46 for BTech by NIRF 2020. It has a student population of 3001 students. They have a highly reputed faculty consisting of 209 members most of them being PhD holders.

NIT Sikkim is a well equipped and established autonomous university. It is recognized by UGC and approved by AICTE.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh has a highly qualified faculty with 74 members and a student population of 670. The institute is approved by AICTE. It is ranked 200 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Categories	NIT Meghalaya	NIT Silchar	NIT Sikkim	NIT Arunachal Pradesh
Course Fee	1,48,250	1,47,640	1,39,400	2,19,572
Placement Percentage	50%	86%	20%	61.18%
Highest CTC	11-12 LPA	32.5 LPA	22 LPA	13 LPA
Average CTC	6-7 LPA	6.29 LPA	6 LPA	6.6 LPA

Placements 

NIT Meghalaya 

• 103 companies participated in the placement program.
• The top recruiters include Bosch, IBM, Wipro, Infosys, HP, Havells, Capgemini, Polaris, Johnson Controls, Mphasis, Vedanta, SAP, Sapient, L&T, FIITJEE, etc.

NIT Silchar

• 461 students were eligible for the placement program.
• 397 students were placed.
• The top recruiting companies include Microsoft, Deloitte, Honeywell, Goldman Sachs, SAP, National Instruments, Vedanta, Wells Fargo, Reliance, ZS Associates, etc.

NIT Sikkim

• The median salary package offered is 6 LPA.
• The top recruiters include Capgemini, Wipro, Bosch, IBM, Infosys, DRDO, L&T, etc.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh 

• 21 companies visited.
• The CSE department has received the highest number of offers.
• The top recruiting companies include Wipro, IBM, TCS, Polaris, SmartTech, Zaloni, Nucleus Software, L&T, etc.

All the above mentioned NITs are equally good. Students can choose according to their preferences of location, affordability, faculty, environment and subject availability.

NIT Meghalaya is ranked 68th among the engineering colleges in India by NIRF Ranking 2019. The placement record of this institute is quite good by providing almost 90% placements every year. 

NIT Nagaland is one of the 30 NITs in India by having its campus and providing all its students’ requirements. The institute ranks 151 by NIRF Ranking and provides nearly 80% placements every year. 

Admission process:

NIT Meghalaya

• The minimum eligibility criteria to apply for BTech is 10+2 with a minimum aggregate of 75% marks. 
• The candidates have to pass the JEE Main exam followed by a JoSAA counselling to get admission.
• The cutoff required is 10930 - 29211.
• The fee required is INR 5.68 LPA. 
• The total intake is 646.

NIT Nagaland

• The admission process for BTech is a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 along with JEE Main.
• The final selection requires JoSAA counselling conducted by the institute. 
• The cutoff required for admission is 1338 - 3011.
• The fee required for admission is INR 4.8 LPA.
• The intake for admission is 205.

Placements:

NIT Nagaland hosted over 12 recruiters from various sectors of the industry. NIT Meghalaya witnessed the participation of 102 recruiters. 

Both these institutes offered 105 placement offers in top-quality companies. The department of CSE got the highest placement in both the institutes. 

Categories	NIT Meghalaya	NIT Nagaland
Placement rate	100%	80%
No.of students placed	104	70+
Highest package	INR 14-18 LPA	INR 13 LPA
Average package	INR 6.2 LPA	INR 5 LPA

The top recruiters are Infosys, L&T Infotech, Byjus, Qualcomm, Amazon, Wipro, IBM, Accenture, TCS, etc.

Faculty:

The faculties of both these institutes are always there for the students to clarify the doubts. They always motivate and inspire the students in all possible ways. NIT Meghalaya consists of 80 faculties while NIT Nagaland consists of 45 faculties. 

Campus life:

The library of NIT Meghalaya has a collection of 13000 books on various topics. There are 5 hostels for boys and 2 for girls with a capacity of 460 and 140 respectively. 

NIT Nagaland has six hostels with each having a capacity of 60 students.

Both NIT Meghalaya and NIT Nagaland provide above 80% placements like other NITs. Hence, it can rightly be said that both these NITs will be more than a right place for studies and placements for the students in the long run.

IIIT Naya Raipur has been ranked 75 for Engineering by JEE Cutoff 2019. NIT Nagaland has a NIRF 2020 rank of 67 in the engineering category. NIT Nagaland is an autonomous university recognized by AICTE and UGC whereas IIIT Naya Raipur is a public-private partnership affiliated by UGC.

Admission:

To be eligible for admission, students are expected to have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75% along with their JEE Main score.

• At IIIT Naya Raipur, for B.Tech, the total fees are in the range of Rs. 7 lakhs.

• At NIT Nagaland, the total fees for programs like B.Tech lie in the range of Rs. 4 lakhs.

Cutoff:

IIIT Naya Raipur -

• For the CSE branch, it was 8850 and 17471 as the opening and closing rank respectively for the General category.

• For reserved categories, the opening and closing ranks were 1874 and 6825 respectively.

NIT Nagaland -

• For the CSE branch, it was 14369 and 18706 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states.

• For reserved categories, the opening and closing ranks were 1338 and 5352 respectively for students from other states.

Placement:

IIIT Naya Raipur-

• For the year 2019, a total of 39 students were placed in IIIT Naya Raipur. 58% of the total no. of CSE students were placed.

• The major recruiters for IIIT Naya Raipur were Chhattisgarh infotech, TCS, Utopia Global, Carl Zeiss.

NIT Nagaland-

• NIT Nagaland conducted the 2019 placement drive wherein 22 students were recruited from various departments.

• The highest CTC worth Rs. 10.5 LPA was bagged by the CSE department students offered by Allstate.

• For NIT Nagaland, Allstate, Power Grid, Lakshaya, Vedanta, L&T, Toppers, Mphasis, were the top recruiters.

• At NIT Nagaland, the CSE department was offered the third-largest number of offers, which was 5. The salary packages offered were in the range of Rs. 3.75 LPA to Rs. 10.5 LPA.

For the year 2019, the placement statistics at these institutions are as follows.

Aspect	IIIT Naya Raipur	NIT Nagaland
Highest CTC	Rs. 28.3 LPA	Rs. 10.5 LPA
Average CTC	Rs. 8.2 LPA	Rs. 4.5 LPA

The better option among both institutes needs to be assessed by reviewing the above facts and your perception of the college brand along with the ROI which is on average 124% for IIIT Naya Raipur and 93% for NIT Nagaland.

NIT Nagaland has a NIRF 2020 rank of 67 in the engineering category whereas MMM Gorakhpur has a rank of 183. NIT Nagaland is an autonomous university recognized by AICTE and UGC whereas MMM Gorakhpur is a private university also approved by AICTE and UGC.

Admission -

To be eligible for admission, students are expected to have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75% (NIT Nagaland) and 55% (MMM Gorakhpur) along with their JEE Main score.

• At MMM Gorakhpur, for programs like B.Tech, the total fees are in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 4 lakhs.

• At NIT Nagaland, the total fees for programs like B.Tech lie in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 4 lakhs respectively.

Placement -

• For the year 2019, a total of 135 students were placed in MMM Gorakhpur. The highest CTC was Rs. 8 LPA offered by Juspay Technologies.

• NIT Nagaland conducted the 2019 placement drive wherein 22 students were recruited from various departments. The highest CTC worth Rs. 10.5 LPA was bagged by the CSE department students.

• The major recruiters for MMM Gorakhpur were Wipro, Global logic, Juspay, NIIT Technologies, Nagarro, TCS.

• For NIT Nagaland, Allstate, Power Grid, Lakshaya, Vedanta, L&T, Toppers, Mphasis, were the top recruiters.

For the year 2019, the placement details at the institute were as follows.

Aspect	NIT Nagaland	MMM Gorakhpur
No. of recruiters	12	8
Highest CTC	Rs. 10.5 LPA	Rs. 8 LPA
Average CTC	Rs. 4.5 LPA	Rs. 3.35 LPA

Campus life -

• The annual Techno-Cultural festival of NIT Nagaland is called Ekarithin.

• MMM Gorakhpur has many professional societies like the Society of Automotive Engineers(SAE), the IEEE student branch, and the Computer Engineering Society(CES).

You need to make an informed decision by reviewing the above facts and your perception of the college brand along with the ROI which is on average 124% for IIIT Naya Raipur and 93% for NIT Nagaland.

NIT Nagaland has a NIRF 2020 rank of 67 and NIT Rourkela has a rank of 19 in the engineering category. NIT Nagaland is an autonomous institution recognized by AICTE and UGC whereas NIT Rourkela is a government institute and a deemed university.

Admission-

To be eligible for admission, students are expected to have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75% along with their JEE Main score.

• For NIT Rourkela, for programs like B.Tech, the total fees are in the range of Rs. 3 Lakhs to Rs. 9 lakhs.

• At NIT Nagaland, the total fees for programs like B.Tech lie in the range of Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 4 lakhs respectively.

JEE Main cutoff 2019 -

• NIT Rourkela - For the PE branch it was 6540 and 9210 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states. For reserved categories, the opening and closing ranks were 923 and 3148 respectively.

• NIT Nagaland - For the CSE branch it was 14369 and 18706 as the opening and closing rank respectively for General category students from other states. For reserved categories, the opening and closing ranks were 1338 and 5352 respectively for students from other states.

Placement -

• For the year 2019, a total of 909 students were placed in NIT Rourkela.

• NIT Nagaland conducted the 2019 placement drive wherein 22 students were recruited from various departments. The highest CTC worth Rs. 10.5 LPA was bagged by the CSE department students offered by Allstate.

• For NIT Nagaland, Allstate, Power Grid, Lakshaya, Vedanta, L&T, Toppers, Mphasis, were the top recruiters.

• The major recruiters for NIT Rourkela were Amazon, Bajaj, Microsoft, Ford, Larsen and Toubro, Pepsico, Wipro, Tata Steel.

For the year 2019, the placement statistics for the two institutes were as follows.

Aspect	NIT Rourkela	NIT Nagaland
Highest CTC	Rs. 40.63 LPA	Rs. 10.5 LPA
Average CTC	Rs. 7.66 LPA	Rs. 4.5 LPA

• At NIT Rourkela, the PE department got a total of 80 job offers. With the highest CTC of Rs. 11 LPA and the average CTC was Rs. 6.53 LPA.

• At NIT Nagaland, the CSE department was offered the third-largest number of offers, which was 5. The salary packages offered were in the range of Rs. 3.75 LPA to Rs. 10.5 LPA.

An informed choice needs to be made by reviewing the above facts and your perception of the college brand along with the ROI which is on average 93% for NIT Rourkela, and 191% for NIT Nagaland.