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Hi aspirant!

JEE Main 2020 cutoff for NIT Rourkela will be the minimum ranks required by the candidates to get admission at the institute.

The cut-offs for CSE in NIT Rourkela are as follows:


Category Round Closing Rank

General (HS - Female-Only) 1 10364

General (HS - Gender-Neutral) 1 8420

General (OS - Female-Only) 1 4432

General (OS - Gender-Neutral) 1 2529

General PwD (HS - Gender-Neutral) 1 81

OBC-NCL (HS - Female-Only) 1 6660

OBC-NCL (HS - Gender-Neutral) 1 3653

OBC-NCL (OS - Female-Only) 1 1643

OBC-NCL (OS - Gender-Neutral) 1 888

OBC-NCL(PwD) (HS - Gender-Neutral) 1 176

OBC-NCL(PwD) (OS - Gender-Neutral) 1 30

SC (HS - Female-Only) 1 1700

SC (HS - Gender-Neutral) 1 1258

SC (OS - Female-Only) 1 595

SC (OS - Gender-Neutral) 1 291

SC PwD (HS - Gender-Neutral) 1 116

ST (HS - Gender-Neutral) 1 62

ST (OS - Female-Only) 1 332

ST (OS - Gender-Neutral) 1 118

Considering you are from general category, it is hard to get a seat there.

For more details view:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-nit-rourkela/amp

Hope this helps!

All the best!

Hello paidikalayesukrishna,

Well, NIT Calicut has total 96 students placed out of 107 registered students, and with Highest of 38 LPA pakage and average of 11.94 .

While in NIT Rourkela,

Branch Students Placed Min. Salary Highest Pakage Average Salary
Median Salary
Electronics and Communication Engineering 74 out of nearly 105 students 4.10 34.22 10.58 8.00

So, For ECE, NIT Calicut has a better reputation than NIT Rourkela, And No Doubt ! both are good for ECE, but as per your demand, NIT Calicut will be my recommendation...

for your reference , NIT Rourkela, Placements (https://www.nitrkl.ac.in/Placement/Placement-Statistics/Placement-Statistics.aspx?jfhjf=2019-20) and NIT Calicut, Placement (http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/2019-20PlacementDetailsFINAL.pdf) ...

(NOTE: All the data is of 2019-20, and based on statistics and approximation)

Hope this helps, and feel free to ask any further query...

Dear Student,

a good percentage of the students belonging to ECE branch are placed in NIT Rourkela, with some of the top recruiters approaching the college being,

  • Amazon
  • Accenture
  • Dell
  • Intel
  • Infosys
  • Hyundai
  • IBM

The median package offered to students is around INR 6 lakhs and the highest salary being offered around INR 39.1 lakhs.

For further details kindly visit the link given below.

https://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-rourkela/placement

National Institute of Technology Rourkela is among the top NITs of India. It has been ranked at 16th position By NIRF among top Engineering colleges of India in 2020. Not only this Careers360 has rated this college with AAAA Grade. Being one of the top notch Engineering colleges of India, the placement Statistics are really great. Last year i.e. for 2020 pass out batch, around 75 job offers were made in Electronics department while 85 to 87% students were placed in Top MNCs with an average package of 6 to 7 lacs per annum. Most of the placements were from software and IT based companies like Microsoft, Google, Goldman Sachs etc. You can read the students' reviews for more information http://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-rourkela/reviews

Hello paidikalayesukrishna,

Well, For, SC/ST/PH/Family income<1lakh (Tuition fee completely exempted). For, student’s having family income between 1lakh to 5lakh per annum: Tuition fee is one third of Actual Tuition fees .

And the fees waiver is not issued for 2020-21 but for your reference, you can visit to ( NIT Rourkela, Fees Waiver (https://nitrkl.ac.in/docs/Announcement/10072018175157830.pdf) ) for 2018 stats...

Hope this helps, and feel free to ask any further query...

Dear Aspirant,

The total fees of NIT in India is Rs 1,20,000 for a year. General category candidate need to pay the full fees while SC/ST category candidate do not need to pay the tution fees. For OBC category, the candidates whose family income is below than 1 lakh get half reimbursement in their tution fees while OBC category candidates whose family income is more than 1 lakh but less than 5 lakh get 2/3 rd reimbursement in their tution fees. Hostel fees which is approximately 30,000 Rs is compulsory to be paid by all category candidates.

Hope you got your answer.

Thank you

Dear Aspirant,

NIT Rourkela witnessed a high rise in placement in the year 2019-2020. Almost 499 job offers were grabbed by BTECH students of NIT Rourkela. The Highest package offered to an ECE engineer was 34.22 LPA, and the minimum package offered was 4.10 LPA and the average package offered was 10.58 LPA.

Therefore NIT Rourkela is considered one of the best engineering institute to pursue btech. NIT Rourkela is ranked 16 amongst all the NIT's in India by NIRF in the year 2019.

Hope you got your answer.

Thank you

Hello paidikalayesukrishna,

Well, the placement stats of 2019-20 were like:

Programme Job Offers CTC in LPA
Minimum Maximum Average Median
B.Tech. 499 3.50 42.00 9.03 6.53
Biotechnology and Medical Engineering 27 3.60 15.12 6.26 6.40
Civil Engineering 21 4.10 11.00 5.97 6.00
Chemical Engineering 31 3.60 22.00 6.58 6.00
Ceramic Engineering 23 3.60 11.00 6.21 6.00
Computer Science and Engineering 94 3.50 42.00 15.18 12.50
Electronics and Communication Engineering 74 4.10 34.22 10.58 8.00
Electrical Engineering 55 4.10 15.08 7.34 6.50

and many more...

NIT Rourkela is no doubt a very good Institute, and you will not regret going there...

you can refer to ( NIT Rourkela, Placements (https://www.nitrkl.ac.in/Placement/Placement-Statistics/Placement-Statistics.aspx?jfhjf=2019-20) ) for more details...

Hope this helps, and feel free to ask any further query...

National Institute of Technology Rourkela is among the top NITs of India. It has been ranked at 16th position By NIRF among top Engineering colleges of India in 2020. Not only this Careers360 has rated this college with AAAA Grade. Being one of the top notch Engineering colleges of India, the placement Statistics are really great. Students of NIT Rourkela are given Pre placement talk. Students also go through Group Discussions and mock Personal Interview rounds before the actual drives. Most of the students from Electronics and Communications branch are get placed in software companies like Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Larsen and Toubro, Amdocs and Amazon etc. Big companies like Google, Adobe also recruit students from here with an average package of 6 to 8 lacs per annum. You can surely go for Electronics and Communications in NIT Rourkela. For more information you can read the students reviews here http://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-rourkela/reviews
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