NIT Rourkela Vs IIIT Kalyani for ECE: Students who could not crack the JEE Advanced have to look for NITs and IIITs to pursue BTech and BE courses. As a part of this series, indianexpress.com will analyse Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) in NIT Rourkela and IIIT Kalyani on parameters like location, NIRF rankings, and placement report. Additionally, we will share courses beyond BTech. Take a look:
With 17 academic departments offering 21 undergraduate programs in the major disciplines of engineering, architecture, science, humanities and management, and postgraduate programmes in diversified fields of research areas, NIT Rourkela is established as an Institute of National importance. The admission to BTech happens through JoSAA counselling for CSAB.
IIIT Kalyani
In 2014, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Government of India, the Government of West Bengal, and industry partners (Coal India Limited, Rolta Foundation, and Webel) to establish IIIT Kalyani under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. IIIT Kalyani achieved the status of an Institute of National Importance in 2017.
NIRF Rankings
NIT Rourkela
In the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024, NIT Rourkela secured 34th position under the overall category. The Institute ranked at the 30th spot under the research category, 19th in the engineering category, and 9th under architecture. The rankings of NIT Rourkela remained under the top 40 for the year 2024.
The Institute also ranked in the QS World University Ranking 2024 and achieved a position of 291-300 under the Asia category, and 67 under the Southern Asia University category. On the other hand, in the TIMES Higher Education Ranking 2025, it got 189th slot among Asia universities ranking and in a rank band of 601-800, for Engineering and Technology (by subject).
IIIT Kalyani
Meanwhile, in the overall category, IIIT Kalyani did not appear in the 2024 list under the overall category. The Institute does not rank under the research, engineering or architecture category of the NIRF 2024 rankings.
Placement
NIT Rourkela
In the Odisha-based technology institute, the highest pay during the placement in BTech for the academic session 2023-24 was Rs 51.03 LPA. On the other hand, in 2022-2023, the highest pay was Rs 52.89 LPA. While in the academic year 2021-22, the highest pay was Rs 46.08 LPA. In 2023-24, 121 students registered for the placement, and the Institute received 130 job offers.
IIIT Kalyani
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In the case of IIIT Kalyani, companies like Wipro, TCS, Cognizant, IBM, PWC, Yellowclass, Samsung, Ericsson, Goldman Sachs, ShareChat, OLA, Mihup, TCG, Deloitte, Jio, Capgemini, MAQ Software, among others, have recruited students from the Institute, mentions the website.
The Institute does not mention ECE placement records for 2020-2024, as the ECE programme was introduced in the Institute in the year 2021. Therefore, no students were graduating in the time period aforementioned.
Beyond Courses
NIT Rourkela
There are various executive MBA programmes also, where the admissions are completed through CAT scores. For the two-year MBA and three-year Executive MBA, admissions are based on CAT or some other national-level management entrance exams. Admissions are also conducted through JAM, GATE, and DASA (for foreign students).
The MA programme of the NIT focuses on the intersection of the humanities and social sciences. With an MA in Development Studies, the Institute hosts PhD programmes in Anthropology, English, Psychology, Economics, Sociology, and Sanskrit.
IIIT Kalyani
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On the other hand, IIIT Kalyani has two programmes in engineering, ECE and CSE. It has an MTech course in AI and data science, and in advanced communication systems and signal processing.
