NIT Puducherry - National Institute of Technology

NITs are the best government colleges in India. Both NIT Puducherry and NIT Patna have their own strengths and weaknesses. 

However, based on some factors such as fees, placements, cut-off, reviews, seats, and courses, you can compare them and decide which one suits your preferences better.

NIT Patna has a higher rating (3.9/5) than NIT Puducherry (3.5/5) for the BTech CSE course.

NIT Patna also has a lower fee structure (INR 5.51 lakhs) than NIT Puducherry (INR 6.16 lakhs) for the same course.

Specialized courses are:

Computer Science and engineering

Communication systems

Power Electronics

Design Engineering

Disaster resilient infrastructure.

National Institute of Puducherry (NITPY) was established by the Government of India in 2010. NIT Puducherry is one of the ten new NITs. In addition, it is one among the 31 NITs acknowledged as Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. NIT Puducherry offers UG, PG and Doctoral programmes in the fields of Engineering, Technology, Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences. Some of the specialisations offered by NIT Puducherry are:

1. Civil engineering
2. Computer Science and engineering
3. Electrical and electronics engineering
4. Electronics and communication engineering 
5. Mechanical engineering 

NIT Puducherry’s campus is spread over 258 acres of lush green land near the Karaikal villages of Poovam and Thiruvettakudi. The campus of the institute includes a playground, a science building, a guest house, a director’s residence, and staff residences.

Boys’ and girls’ dormitories are located in different buildings at NIT Puducherry.

The institute offers a wide range of facilities to its students and faculty members.

It has a well- equipped library with several books covering various sectors of engineering and technology.

Courses offered at NIT Puducherry are:

B.Tech courses offered:

• Civil engineering
• Computer Science and engineering
• Electrical and electronics engineering
• Electronics and communication engineering
• Mechanical engineering

M.Tech courses offered:

• computer Science and engineering
• Communication systems
• Power electronics
• Design engineering
• Disaster resilient infrastructure

M.Sc courses offered:

• chemistry
• Mathematics
• Physics

Ph.D courses offered:

• chemistry
• Civil engineering
• Computer Science and engineering
• Electrical and electronics engineering
• Electronics and communication engineering
• English
• Mathematics
• Mechanical engineering
• Physics 

The highest package offfered at NIT PUDUCHERRY is:

• As per the 2022-23 placement statistics, the highest package offered at NIT Puducherry last year (2022) was INR 42.5LPA.
• As per the 2021-22 placement statistics, B.Tech in chemical engineering branch had the highest placement success rate with 100% job offers. The lowest package offered was INR12.43 LPA and the highest being INR 64 LPA.

Documents required during NIT Puducherry BTech application process are listed below:

• An active email address and mobile number is mandatory to receive confirmation and verification messages from NTA, .
• Class 10 and Class 12 marksheets & certificates.
• Aadhar card
• Scanned photograph and signature of the candidate.
• Scanned copy of the category certificate (if applicable).
• Scanned copy of PwD certificate (if applicable).
• Details for paying the application fee using net banking, credit card, debit card, or UPI.

Candidates seeking admission to NIT Puducherry have to apply and appear for JEE Mains followed by seat allotment process via JoSAA/ CSAB. The process to apply is given below:

1. Visit the official website of JEE Mains
2. Click on Registration for JEE (Main) 2023
3. Fill out the application form with all the necessary details
4. Upload the scanned copied of the required documents
5. Pay the application fee, after successful payment of application fee, the application form will be submitted automatically

For more details, visit: JEE Mains Applications 2023

The average package offered at NIT Puducherry was INR 8.42 LPA during NIT Puducherry BTech Placement drive 2022 and the highest package was INR 42 LPA. Specialisation wise job offers recieved is showcased in the below table:

Note: 4, 3, 5 and 4 students from CSE, ECE, EEE and Mechanical respectively, opted for higher studies.