NIT Surathkal - National Institute of Technology

As far as i know, salary in mechanical is not usually very high keeping the average around Rs.5-6 lakhs a year in NITK, but percentage of placement is descent enough, that is approximately 110 students out of 140. And you gain more pay with experience. Basically a mechanical engineering pass-out won't be that much of a help to the company so they give you less pay till you become experienced and can actually generate significant revenue for the firm. If you work hard and learn fast you can expect you pay to go upto Rs.20-25 lakhs in 4-5 years. But in very rare cases, people get very high package right after the completion of B.Tech.
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In terms of teaching, all the branches are same. Any branch you go for will have a combination of conceptual and "mugging up" topics. Amount of each may vary with the branch little bit. For placements there are different criteria. For we know coding jobs pay you high starting salaries. Where as core branches have lower packages comparatively. But more or less it depends on your talent and knowledge. If had to, i would rank branches in decreasing order of starting salaries CSE, IT, ECE, EEE, MECH, rest. And in decreasing order of percentage of placements CSE, (IT - MECH), (ECE - EEE), rest. Of course this is the scenario I am familiar with which may vary with college.