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Indian Express
04-07-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
NIT Rourkela Vs IIIT Kalyani for Electronics & Communication Engineering: Which one you will choose?
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, 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: NIT Rourkela 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. 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. 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 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. 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 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.


Indian Express
02-07-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
NEET UG 2025: List of medical colleges in Telangana for MBBS admission
NEET UG 2025: The Directorate of Medical Education, Telangana, hosts the admissions and counselling process for the state medical colleges in Telangana. Some of the government medical colleges in Telangana are: Gandhi Medical College, Osmania Medical College, Kakatiya Medical College, Government Medical College, Nizamabad, Government Medical College, Suryapet, among others. On the other hand, private medical colleges include Bhaskar Medical College, Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, MNR Medical College & Hospital, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, and Mamata Medical College. As of 2021, there are 35 medical colleges and hospitals (12 government + 23 private) in Telangana with an intake capacity of 5240 MBBS seats and 2237 PG Seats. The data was tabled in the Lok Sabha by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on December 3, 2021. The government has also set up an AIIMS in Bibinagar. These are some of the medical colleges in the state that have secured a place in the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024. In the rankings 2024, only the government college, Osmania Medical College, was ranked and secured 48. Before applying to State College, students need to know the domicile rules of the medical colleges. Here are the rules that you must know before applying: –An applicant should have studied in a school/college in the local area for 4 consecutive years preceding the qualifying examination. –He or she must have resided in the local area for 4 consecutive years preceding the qualifying examination. –If someone isn't considered a local candidate, they can still be considered local if they've studied in the state for 7 consecutive years before applying for NEET UG admission. In this case, they'll be linked to the area where they studied the most or where they spent equal time studying. Alternatively, if they haven't studied in the state but have lived in a local area for 7 consecutive years, they'll be considered local to that area. 1. Resided in the state for 10 years (excluding study periods outside). 2. Parent(s) resided in the state for 10 years (excluding employment periods outside). 3. Parent(s) or spouse employed in the state or central government, public sector, or educational institutions. 1. Open to candidates nationwide with relevant subjects and qualifying marks. 2. For non-Telangana state candidates: – A'Certificate of Equivalence' from the Board of Intermediate Education, Telangana, is a must and should be attached to the application. 3. For international candidates: – A 'Certificate of Equivalence' from the Association of Indian Universities and the Board of Intermediate Education, Telangana is needed. For more information, students are requested to visit the official websites of their respective medical colleges and read the admission brochure carefully before submitting the application.