An analysis of official data from seven IITs, one NIT and a state institute (some of India’s best engineering colleges), shows that placements varied widely even within the IIT network. The following analysis also shows college-wise average salaries offered to BTech Electrical Engineering graduates.
An analysis of official data from seven IITs, one NIT and a state institute (some of India’s best engineering colleges), shows that placements varied widely even within the IIT network. The following analysis also shows college-wise average salaries offered to BTech Electrical Engineering graduates.
Out of the total enrolled Electrical Engineering (EE) students, who registered for placement in 2020-21 from some of the top engineering institutes of India, about 76 per cent of them landed with a job. The average annual salary offered was in seven figures. This information is based on the placement data of top 25 technical institutions (ranked by NIRF) in the country which offer electrical engineering specialisations. Careers360 obtained the data via RTIs.
Considering the rising power requirements and modulation, the demand for Electrical Engineers (EE) is sure to continue for a long time. Where data was unavailable or unclear, the institute was left out of the analysis. So here we present seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), one National Institute of Technology (NIT) and a state institution.
Among the nine colleges that shared complete data for the analysis, the placement percentage for EE ranged from 61 to 90 per cent. The highest placement took place at the state institute, Jadavpur University, beating even the best IITs and NITs.
The overall placement percentage, among the nine colleges, was 76.7 per cent out of the total registered for placement from EE branch. The EE branch performed better than most other branches of engineering in terms of placement as well as salary.
Out of the total 662 enrolled EE students, 61 students did not register for the placement programme while 201 were not placed.
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Nearly all the colleges included in the analysis reported an average placement rate of over 68 per cent. The EE branch of these colleges, except a few, showed a better placement percentage than the overall placement percentage of the college.
IIT Patna’s EE branch was the only department which showed a seven per cent point lower placement than the overall placement. While Jadavpur University’s EE branch showed a 14 per cent point higher placement.
BTech Placement: Electrical Engineering 2020-21 (In %)
Institution | Average Placement Rate (%) | Electrical Engineering Placement Rate (%) |
IIT Gandhinagar | 69 | 69 |
IIT Hyderabad | 69 | 78 |
IIT Madras | 73 | 74 |
IIT Patna | 68 | 61 |
IIT Ropar | 82 | 81 |
NIT Rourkela | 89 | 88 |
IIT ISM Dhanbad | 68 | 66 |
Jadavpur University | 75 | 89 |
IIT Roorkee | 74 | 76 |
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IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur had the best placement percentage out of the total students who sat for the placement programme. But the information shared by these colleges was not complete. They did not provide the total enrolled data and so it was not added in the analysis. But rest of the information from these colleges is mentioned in the table below.
BTech In EE Placement In Numbers
Institution | Enrolled | Registered | Placed | Placement Rate / Registered (In %) | Placement Rate / Enrolled (In %) |
IIT Gandhinagar | 33 | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 60.6 |
IIT Hyderabad | 51 | 49 | 38 | 77.6 | 74.5 |
IIT Madras | 54 | 39 | 29 | 74.4 | 53.7 |
IIT Patna | 59 | 57 | 35 | 61.4 | 59.3 |
IIT Ropar | 60 | 52 | 42 | 80.8 | 70.0 |
NIT Rourkela | 84 | 74 | 65 | 87.8 | 77.4 |
IIT ISM Dhanbad | 92 | 94 | 62 | 66.0 | 67.4 |
Jadavpur University | 109 | 93 | 83 | 89.2 | 76.1 |
IIT Roorkee | 120 | 114 | 87 | 76.3 | 72.5 |
IIT Delhi | - | 65 | 61 | 93.8 | - |
IIT Kanpur | - | 92 | 82 | 89.1 | - |
IIT Kharagpur | - | 64 | 64 | 100.0 | - |
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All the listed institute's EE departments were able to get the students a salary package way higher than the overall average salary package of the institute. Simply implying that graduates of EE get a better salary package than most other branches of engineering.
Electrical Engineering Salaries (In Lakh Per Annum)
Institution | Average Salary | Average salary- Electrical Engineering | Variance |
IIT Hyderabad | 19.98 | 21.92 | 9.7 |
IIT BHU | 17.64 | 24.24 | 37.4 |
IIT Kanpur | 20.19 | 27.34 | 35.4 |
IIT Madras | 17 | 18.49 | 8.8 |
IIT Ropar | 12 | 12.85 | 7.1 |
IIT ISM Dhanbad | 12 | 13.34 | 11.2 |
IIT Gandhinagar | 10.5 | 13.54 | 29 |
IIT Patna | 13 | 14.56 | 12 |
NIT Rourkela | 7.7 | 9.43 | 22.5 |
Jadavpur University | 8.3 | 9 | 8.4 |
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There was a vast difference in the salary packages received by students. Data shows that it was as low as nine lakhs at Jadavpur University and as high as 27 lakhs per annum at IIT Kanpur.
If only the IITs are compared, the difference in salary was almost 14.5 lakhs. The highest being from IIT Kanpur and the lowest was from IIT Ropar.
The salary information shared above is the average salary, which means the actual salary received by the students could be higher and in almost half of the cases lower too.
Few IITs, like Delhi, Kharagpur and Roorkee, did not share their salary details in the RTI responses. While few IITs choose not to disclose details on salary other than the averages as a matter of policy. Among the ones that did disclose, four IITs had the top maximum salary and the lowest minimum in the list was offered at NIT Rourkela.
BTech EE Placement: Maximum, Minimum Annual Salary
Institution | Maximum Salary (In Rs Lakh) | Minimum Salary (In Rs Lakh) |
IIT Madras | 45.03 | 6 |
IIT ISM Dhanbad | 45.03 | 4 |
IIT BHU | 45.03 | 7.2 |
IIT Hyderabad | 45.03 | 6 |
Jadavpur University | 43 | 3.6 |
NIT Rourkela | 33 | 3 |
IIT Patna | 32 | 5 |
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