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it depends. but the answer will be yes. just because it is IIT people assume that it is better that NITs but NIT rourkela is better than some IITs as it is In the year 2020, NIRF has NIT Rourkela ranked 19 and IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 26. As a result, NIT Rourkela is ranked higher than IIT Bhubaneswar.

NIT Rourkela has improved infrastructure, overall development, exposure, and curriculum, and now that it is one of three NITs, there is even more to look forward to.

hence, NIT Rourkela is better than some IITs.

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