IIT Bhubaneswar - Indian Institute of Technology

Hi Abhinav,
You can check following link to now more about IIT Bhubaneswar:
https://www.shiksha.com/college/indian-institute-of-technology-bhubaneswar-32717/placement

You need to score above 600 in GATE for getting M.Tech in Mechanical System Design at IIT Bhubaneswar.

SC/ST/PWD
General Category
OBC
Climate Science and Technology
285- 295
425- 435
385- 395
Electronics & Communication Engineering
365- 375
545- 555
495- 505
Structural Engineering
385- 395
575- 585
520- 530
Power System Engineering
335- 345
495- 505
450- 460
Transportation Engineering
365- 375
545- 555
495- 505
Materials Science and Engineering
280- 290
460- 470
360- 370
Mechanical System Design
400- 410
595- 605
535- 545
Thermal Sciences and Engineering
400- 410
595- 605
535- 545.

Ask to your friend regarding his interest between Metallurgy and EEE, What he exactly like to do. IIT is brand name and its faculty members and Infrastructure are world class level and accepted globally. IIT-Bhubaneswar have NIRF ranking 17 among the top engineering institutes. IIT-Bhubaneswar have good placement record and last year 88.89% of MME students get placed in various companies. BITS Hyderabad have NIRF ranking 25 and NAAC A grade accreditation. This college is also have good placement record and the average CTC is above 10LPA. So its purely depends upon on your friend, he can switch over to any college as per his interest.

I don't think there is any placement till now in IIT Bhubaneswar because it's a new IIT.

Yes, if you will get more than 8.5 GPA, then you can.