Which branch should I choose at IIT Kharagpur? Are the placements better than other similarly ranked IITs?

<p dir="ltr">IIT Kharagpur, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati are three similarly-ranked Engineering institutes in India that are closely ranked by the NIRF Ranking Institution. Needless to say, these institutes have outstanding academic and placement achievements. Students look for informed decisions while choosing between the three.&nbsp;<em><strong>In</strong></em> <em><strong>NIRF Engineering ranking 2023</strong>,<strong> IIT Kharagpur stands at 6th position, whereas, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad are ranked at 7th and 8th position, respectively</strong></em>. Thus, indicating a close competition between the three.</p><p dir="ltr">IIT Kharagpur outshines IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati for having the largest campus area and being the oldest IIT. IIT Kharagpur came into existence in 1951, whereas, IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad were established in 1994 and 2008, respectively. Comparing the institutes on academic grounds, IIT Kharagpur (108) offers a larger number of full-time courses than IIT Hyderabad and IIT Guwahati.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">In terms of placements, IIT Guwahati has released the overall statistics for BTech. IIT Kharagpur wins the race with the highest package of INR 2.40 crore per annum. The second slot is taken by IIT Guwahati with the highest package of INR 1.20 crore per annum. Then comes, IIT Hyderabad highest package of INR 90 LPA. The table below represents the IIT Kharagpur highest package comparison with other closely ranked IITs for the BTech placements:</p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 99.9746%;" border="1"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"><col style="width: 50%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>IIT Name</th><th>BTech (Highest Package)</th></tr><tr><td>IIT Kharagpur</td><td>INR 2.40 crore per annum</td></tr><tr><td>IIT Guwahati</td><td><p>- INR 1.20 crore per annum (domestic)</p><p>- INR 72 LPA (international)</p></td></tr><tr><td>IIT Hyderabad</td><td>INR 90 LPA</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Students looking for more elaborated branch-wise placement information can read the below section comparing IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad. The highest package grabbed by the CE batch 2022 during the IIT Kharagpur phase-I placements was INR 55 LPA. The IIT Hyderabad CE highest package was very close and stood at INR 52 LPA. For other branches, such as CH, CS, EE, and ME, IIT Kharagpur beats IIT Hyderabad in terms of the highest package offered. The table below compares some of the common branches of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Hyderabad for placements 2022:</p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 67.4554%;" border="1"><colgroup><col style="width: 33.1046%;"><col style="width: 34.4043%;"><col style="width: 32.4499%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th valign="top" width="123"><p><strong>BTech Branch</strong></p></th><th>IIT Kharagpur (Highest Package)</th><th>IIT Hyderabad (Highest Package)</th></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="123"><p>CE</p></td><td>INR 55 LPA</td><td>INR 52 LPA</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="123"><p>CH</p></td><td>INR 58.45 LPA</td><td>INR 51.03 LPA</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="123"><p>CS</p></td><td>INR 160 LPA</td><td>INR 90 LPA</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="123"><p>EE</p></td><td>INR 60.72 LPA</td><td>INR 51.03 LPA</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="123"><p>ME</p></td><td>INR 82.69 LPA</td><td>INR 47.95 LPA</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="123"><p>MS</p></td><td>INR 16 LPA</td><td>INR 36 LPA</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Now let's compare the branch-wise median packages of the two institutes. CS emerged as the top branch in IIT Hyderabad and IIT Kharagpur with the highest median package of INR 28.48 LPA and INR 29.21 LPA, respectively. For more elaborated details refer to the table below:</p><table style="width: 67.5652%;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><th style="width: 35.8155%;" valign="top" width="123"><p><strong>BTech Branch</strong></p></th><th style="width: 32.0711%;" valign="top" width="172"><p><strong>IIT Kharagpur (Median Package)</strong></p></th><th style="width: 32.0711%;"><p><strong>IIT Hyderabad (Median Package)</strong></p></th></tr><tr><td style="width: 35.8155%;" valign="top" width="123"><p>CE</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;" valign="top" width="172"><p>INR 15 LPA</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;"><p>INR 11 LPA</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 35.8155%;" valign="top" width="123"><p>CH</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;" valign="top" width="172"><p>INR 16 LPA</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;"><p>INR 18 LPA</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 35.8155%;" valign="top" width="123"><p>CS</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;" valign="top" width="172"><p>INR 29.21 LPA</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;"><p>INR 28.48 LPA</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 35.8155%;" valign="top" width="123"><p>EE</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;" valign="top" width="172"><p>INR 21.28 LPA</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;"><p>INR 23.50 LPA</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 35.8155%;" valign="top" width="123"><p>ME</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;" valign="top" width="172"><p>INR 16 LPA</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;"><p>INR 18.25 LPA</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 35.8155%;" valign="top" width="123"><p>MS</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;" valign="top" width="172"><p>INR 15 LPA</p></td><td style="width: 32.0711%;"><p>INR 15.84 LPA</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong>NOTE: </strong><em>The statistics mentioned against IIT Kharagpur are for combined details for BTech and MTech and are for Phase-I placements.</em></p>

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