HII AYUSH KUMAR

it's tough to decide. Both are equally beautiful.

Proximity to the city and other modern facilities, Ropar certainly has an upper hand. Also, given that Chandigarh is less than one hour’s distance, people may prefer ropar over mandi. As with academics, I do not see any difference. Both the institutes' house excellent faculty.

ALL THE BEST

Dear Ayush,



The obvious answer to this question will be IIT Ropar.



The following are some reasons for this

• Connectivity-IIT Ropar is located close to chandigarh and Mohali which have their own international airports. Also, it is very well connected to Delhi, Jalandhar, amritsar, Shimla and almost all of the northern India. Location wise and connectivity wise, IIT Ropar is much better than IIT Mandi and connectivity and location of an institute matters a lot while choosing a college. (This is the main reason why people prefer Indore above Ropar)
• Placements. The placements of the electrical department generally remains in the range of 75 to 80 percent (others prefer to go for higher studies). The avg in the Electrical department remains around 11 to 12 Lpa which is more than for Mandi. In 2016, a large number of students were offered a package of more than 20 Lpa in Amazon, De shaw, Samsung and many other companies. Also, some students were selected in ISRO.
• Rankings - IIT Ropar was ranked as the 3rd best IIT of 2008 in the 2016 and 2017 national NIRT rankings. The following are the rankings of new IITs according to the 2017 national rankings- IIT Indore (24th), IIT Hyd (26th), IIT Ropar (32nd), IIT Mandi (37th), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (53rd), IIT Bhubaneswar (66th), IIT BHU (70th), IIT Gandhinagar (78th), IIT Patna (83rd). Link-MHRD, National Institute Ranking framework NIRF) So according to these rankings, Ropar is better than Mandi. These rankings also show that IIT Ropar recieves a huge amount of funding for its researches and projects as compared to IIT Mandi.
• Course Curriculum- The best part about IIT Ropar is its new curriculum. The new curriculum of IIT Ropar is based according to International Standards and is designed by experts all across the world(Just to inform, the present Director of IIT Ropar was a MIT Professor). The curriculum offers specialization to the students to pursue in different branches as well. The new curriculum provides  specialisation or minor in the field of cs, electrical, mechanical, physics, chemistry, bio medical and humanities along with the Btech degree. The new curriculum has more number of labs including Tinkering Labs. Also, the courses like Data Structures and working with Arduino as a part of a course is made compulsory for everyone. Such curriculum is one of a kind curriculum in India.
• Campus-IIT Mandi has already shifted to its permanent campus. IIT Ropar will shift to its permanent campus in 2017. The current campus of IIT Ropar has all the necessar facilities including all the laboratories and sports facilities. So, if someone suggests that IIT Mandi has a better infra structure than Ropar then he or she does not have any idea about the campus and facilities of IIT Ropar.
• Research and Faculty-IIT Mandi and IIT Ropar are almost similar in terms of faculty. Both of them have a similar faculty student ratio of around 1:8 which is best as compared to any other IIT. In terms of research, IIT Ropar is ahead of Mandi. Ropar recieves more funding from the government than Mandi Also, Ropar has a large no. of tie ups and collaborations with foreign universities and organisations so the number of students going for foreign internships, studies and Jobs are relatively high at Ropar.

The above 7 points will be sufficient to prove which one will be a better choice. Also, refer to the following answers for details about IIT Ropar.



Hope I have made my self clear.

Best Wishes!

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