UPES B.Tech Admissions 2026
Ranked #43 among Engineering colleges in India by NIRF | Highest Package 1.3 CR , 100% Placements
Placement Report Of Mechanical Engineering Graduates
The salary package for B.Tech Mechanical Engineering ranged from Rs 54 LPA to Rs 6.50 LPA. As per the RTI data, the maximum CTC at IIT BHU stood at Rs LPA, making it one of the best-performing colleges among others. Rs 33.00 LPA has been offered to NIT Trichy students during the placement 2023-24 drive. Here are the details compiled for the IIT and NIT salary packages. Know about the highest CTC, average CTC and minimum CTC offered at most prestigious colleges in India.
LiveJEE Main 2026 Registration LIVE: NTA applications soon on jeemain.nta.nic.in; confusion on exam city resolvedOct 10, 2025 | 10:55 PM ISTRead More
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has yet to announce the official last date for JEE Main 2026 registration. Candidates will be able to check the JEE Main 2026 exam schedule soon on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in, once released by the testing agency.
Top IIT Colleges with BTech Mechanical Engineering Salary Packages 2023-24
Among the top engineering colleges in India, mechanical engineering showed promising placement rates of the main core branches. Careers360 analysed the placement data in detail of the BTech Mechanical batch of 2023-24 from reputed engineering colleges across the nation. The data was collected via the Right To Information (RTI) application and there were institutions which did not disclose or gave unclear data. Wherever such data was not found, those institutions were excluded from the analysis.
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering Salary Package at Top IIT Colleges
Institute Name | Maximum Annual Salary | Minimum Annual Salary | Average Annual Salary | Placement offers accepted by students | Students placed (in percentage) |
5,400,000 | 700,000 | 1,903,914 | 103 | 64.38% | |
1,810,000 | 700,000 | _ | 15 | 38.46% | |
2,700,000 | 500,000 | 1,200,000 | 50 | 94.30% | |
1,700,000 | 700,000 | 1,100,000 | 8 | 22.45% | |
| _ | _ | 1,552,000 | 25 | 59.52% | |
3,500,000 | 600,000 | 1,253,000 | 17 | 71% | |
4,795,000 | 4,795,000 | _ | 24 | 44.44% | |
5,103,000 | 700,000 | 1,408,000 | 63 | 60.58% | |
4,400,000 | 500,000 | _ | 22 | 70.97% | |
5,100,000 | 700,000 | 1,950,000 | 56 | 88.88% | |
2,000,000 | 600,000 | 33 | 62.50% | ||
1,887,000 | 300,000 | 751,000 | 75 | 81.52 | |
| _ | _ | _ | 33 | 57.89% | |
4,164,000 | 800,000 | 1,095,000 | 18 | 41.86% |
Top NIT Colleges with BTech Mechanical Engineering Salary Packages 2023-24
Institute Name | Maximum Annual Salary | Minimum Annual Salary | Average Annual Salary | Placement offers accepted by students | Students placed (in percentage) |
1,750,000 | 500,000 | 788,000 | 82 | 100.00% | |
2,700,000 | 450,000 | 1,009,000 | _ | 79.80769 | |
1,895,000 | 450,000 | 958,000 | 124 | 70.05% | |
750,000 | 500,000 | 650,000 | 5 | 21.70% | |
1,800,000 | 420,000 | 697,000 | 92 | 92.93 | |
2,400,000 | _ | 856,000 | _ | _ | |
_ | 500,000 | _ | 95 | 92.23% | |
1,700,000 | 500,000 | 935,000 | 85 | 49.42 | |
1,145,000 | 360,000 | 683,000 | 14 | 66.66 | |
1,450,000 | _ | 745,000 | 15 | 100% | |
1,887,000 | 300,000 | 751,000 | 75 | 81.52% | |
1,188,000 | 500,000 | 795,000 | 11 | 57.9 | |
1,948,000 | 500,000 | 993,000 | 77 | 78% | |
2,400,000 | _ | 856,000 | 16 | _ | |
856,000 | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
3,300,000 | 600,000 | 1,355,000 | 90.1 | ||
1,170,000 | 600,000 | _ | 8 | 47.06% |
Top Engineering Colleges with BTech ME Salary Packages 2021-22
IIT Patna and IIT Jammu are the best-performing colleges in India based on BTech Mechanical Engineering salary packages offered during the placement drive 2021-22. For more details, refer to the table below.
BTech ME Salary Package at Top Engineering Colleges
Institute Name | Maximum Annual Salary in lakhs | Minimum Annual Salary in lakhs | Average Annual Salary in lakhs | Placement Offer Accepted by Students |
IIT Patna | 54.57 | 6.00 | 16.97 | 52 |
IIT Jammu | 52.00 | 6.00 | 15.12 | 13 |
IIT Jodhpur | 51 | 7 | 19 | 34 |
IIT BHU | 48.75 | 9.00 | 20.46 | 109 |
IIT Bhilai | 41.78 | 8.50 | 14.72 | 28 |
IIT Dhanbad | 36.50 | 7.00 | 14.25 | 93 |
NIT H | 35.00 | 5.00 | 8.17 | 77 |
NIT Raipur | 21.84 | 3.6 | 7.56 | _ |
IIT Dharwad | 21.7 | 7.5 | 14 | 22 |
IIT Palakkad | 19 | 6 | 12.86 | 17 |
NIT Rourkela | 19 | 3.6 | 9.71 | 91 |
VNIT Nagpur | 18.95 | 3.37 | 9.4 | 114 |
IIT Goa | 16 | 4 | 12.27 | _ |
NIT Meghalaya | 12 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 16 |
NIT Puducherry | 10.1 | 4.32 | 6.68 | 22 |
NIT Sikkim | 10 | _ | 6.69 | 21 |
Mechanical Engineering: Jobs Data
As per the previous year data, fourteen premier engineering colleges in the country together averaged a placement rate of about 76 per cent for their BTech in Mechanical Engineering graduates who registered for placement in 2020-21. All 14 are among the top 25 public technical institutions in the country, as ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF 2021). IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur and NIT Surathkal did not share the total enrolled students data in the RTIs and so these institutes were removed from the analysis for the graph below.
Mechanical Engineerig: Overall Placement Performance
JEE Main Syllabus: Subjects & Chapters
Select your preferred subject to view the chapters
Mechanical Engineering Placement Rate
More than half of the colleges have a better placement percentage in the mechanical branch as compared to the overall average placement percentage of the colleges.
In 2020-21, the best placement rate for Mechanical Engineering was at NIT Surathkal Karnataka (NITK) which beat even the top IITs. Equally surprisingly, was the fact that Jadavpur University, a state university in West Bengal stood second.
BTech Placement: Mechanical Engineering 2020-21 (In %)
Institution | Overall Average Placement Rate | Mechanical Engineering Placement Rate |
IIT Kharagpur | 85.79 | 82.26 |
IIT Delhi | 85.76 | 90.57 |
IIT Ropar | 82 | 73.58 |
IIT Kanpur | 81.22 | 81.67 |
IIT Guwahati | 77.91 | 81.69 |
IIT Madras | 73 | 76.92 |
IIT Gandhinagar | 69 | 85.71 |
IIT Hyderabad | 69 | 60 |
IIT ISM Dhanbad | 68 | 61.95 |
IIT Patna | 68 | 60.87 |
NIT Surathkal | 91.98 | 94.35 |
NIT Rourkela | 89 | 84.42 |
NIT Calicut | 87.3 | 79.38 |
Jadavpur University | 75 | 92.86 |
JEE Main 2026: Preparation Tips & Study Plan
Download the JEE Main 2026 Preparation Tips PDF to boost your exam strategy. Get expert insights on managing study material, focusing on key topics and high-weightage chapters.
Download EBookAbout 23 per cent of mechanical engineering graduates from one of the top engineering colleges in India, IIT Madras, could not secure a placement. It wasn’t only other IITs or NITs that performed better in placing their graduates, but even Jadavpur University, which is a state university, did better than IIT Madras.
BTech In Mechanical Placement In Numbers
Institution | Enrolled | Registered | Placed | Placement Rate / Registered (In %) | Placement Rate / Enrolled (In %) |
IIT Delhi | - | 53 | 48 | 90.57 | - |
IIT Gandhinagar | 33 | 28 | 24 | 85.71 | 72.73 |
IIT Guwahati | 86 | 71 | 58 | 81.69 | 67.44 |
IIT Hyderabad | 48 | 45 | 27 | 60 | 56.25 |
IIT ISM Dhanbad | 117 | 113 | 70 | 61.95 | 59.83 |
IIT Kanpur | - | 60 | 49 | 81.67 | - |
IIT Kharagpur | - | 62 | 51 | 82.26 | - |
IIT Madras | 59 | 52 | 40 | 76.92 | 67.8 |
IIT Patna | 50 | 46 | 28 | 60.87 | 56 |
IIT Ropar | 68 | 53 | 39 | 73.58 | 57.35 |
NIT Calicut | 142 | 97 | 77 | 79.38 | 54.23 |
NIT Rourkela | 94 | 77 | 65 | 84.42 | 69.15 |
NIT Surathkal | - | 124 | 117 | 94.35 | - |
Jadavpur University | 105 | 84 | 78 | 92.86 | 74.29 |
Mechanical Engineering Jobs: Average Salary
The data was available for all four core branches- chemical, civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. The mechanical branch had an average salary of around 11.21 per cent per lakh per annum and it had the lowest average salary among these core engineering branches. All the below-mentioned mechanical engineering institutes have lower salary packages than the overall average salary package of the institute.
IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur couldn’t disclose this data in the RTI response, so this analysis did not include the salary details of these two institutes.
Mechanical Engineering Salaries (In Lakh Per Annum)
Branch wise Average Salary | Overall Average Salary | ME Average Salary | Variance (In %) |
IIT BHU | 17.64 | 14.11 | 20.01 |
IIT Gandhinagar | 10.5 | 8.35 | 20.48 |
IIT Guwahati | 19.35 | 16.24 | 16.07 |
IIT Hyderabad | 19.98 | 17.13 | 14.26 |
IIT ISM Dhanbad | 12 | 8.72 | 27.33 |
IIT Kanpur | 20.19 | 17 | 15.8 |
IIT Madras | 17 | 13.36 | 21.41 |
IIT Ropar | 12 | 10.2 | 15 |
NIT Calicut | 8.51 | 6.64 | 21.97 |
NIT Rourkela | 7.7 | 6.86 | 10.91 |
NIT Surathkal | 11.67 | 9.4 | 19.45 |
Jadavpur University | 8.3 | 6.52 | 21.45 |
Mechanical Engineering: Maximum, Minimum Salary
IIT Delhi, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Ropar, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur were not included in the analysis as these institutions could not share their maximum and minimum salary details.
IIT ISM Dhanbad was in the top place in terms of maximum salary. NIT Rourkela and Calicut had the lowest salary among all the institutes.
Mechanical: Maximum and Minimum Annual Salary (In Rs Lakh)
Branch wise | Minimum Salary | Maximum Salary |
IIT Guwahati | 7 | 34 |
IIT Hyderabad | 6 | 29.53 |
IIT Indore | 4.2 | 31.5 |
IIT ISM Dhanbad | 4.5 | 45.03 |
IIT Madras | 7.5 | 28 |
IIT Patna | 6.5 | 33.5 |
NIT Calicut | 3.5 | 27.51 |
NIT Rourkela | 3.5 | 15 |
NIT Surathkal | 3.75 | 23.25 |
Jadavpur Uni | 3.6 | 17 |
Among the four core branches of engineering, Mechanical engineering showed the best placement but the lowest annual salary package in 2020-21 placement program
Articles
Related Stories
|
Upcoming Engineering Exams
Certifications By Top Providers
Explore Top Universities Across Globe
Popular Courses and Specializations
List of colleges accepting JEE Main
Browse Engineering Colleges by State
Questions related to JEE Main
On Question asked by student community
Have a question related to JEE Main ?
Hello
Here is the short guidance for you to score well and prepare for JEE
-
Stick to a smart routine – Prioritize high-weightage topics and revise daily with a focused timetable.
-
Solve PYQs & mock tests – Practice like it’s the real thing; analyze mistakes without panic.
-
Quality over quantity – Understand concepts deeply rather than rushing through chapters.
-
Stay healthy & rested – Your brain needs sleep, water, and breaks to perform at its best.
-
Trust your journey – Stay calm, believe in your preparation, and avoid comparing with others.
Hello
Since you’re reappearing for your Class 12 boards in 2026, that will be counted as your official passing year. So, you will be eligible to write JEE Advanced in 2026 and 2027. Although you submitted the boards in 2025, that attempt won’t be considered due to the compartment. JEE Advanced rules allow 2 attempts in 2 consecutive years after passing 12th. So you still have both chances left, which is great! Just make sure you meet the other eligibility conditions too. Keep your focus strong, you’ve got this!
Hello aspirant,
Like all competitive exams, JEE MAINS requires careful preparation and strategy to pass. The JEE Main exam is extremely competitive, so it's critical to carefully plan and strategy. Students can increase their speed, accuracy, and confidence by adhering to a systematic study schedule and practicing frequently.
To know complete preparation tips, you can visit our site through following link:
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-preparation-tips
Thank you
Hello aspirant,
Start with NCERT in every subject for JEE Main. For physics, use H.C. Verma and D.C. Pandey; for chemistry, use R.C. Mukherjee and O.P. Tandon; and for mathematics, use R.D. Sharma or Cengage. J.D. Lee assists with inorganic chemistry, while Morrison & Boyd assists with organic chemistry. Practice chapter-by-chapter Arihant or MTG past year's papers. For efficient preparation, concentrate on clear concepts, frequent revision, and passing practice exams.
Thank you
Hello,
Generally an income certificate isn't required for the JEE Main registration, but if you want to claim the EWS quota, then you need this. You must provide the certificate, issued by a government authority, as proof of your family's income being below the specified limit for the reservation category you wish to apply under.
I hope it will clear your query!!
Study Resources, Applications and Opportunities
UPES B.Tech Admissions 2026
ApplyRanked #43 among Engineering colleges in India by NIRF | Highest Package 1.3 CR , 100% Placements
IITs- A Complete Guide
Get nowDive into everything you need to know about IITs—from eligibility and cutoffs to fees and placements.
Presidency University B.Tech Admissions 2025
ApplyRanked #5 among Top Emerging Engineering Institutes | Key Recruiters : Amazon, Accenture, KPMG, EY, Capgemini etc
Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Admissions 2025
ApplyNAAC A+ Grade | Among top 100 universities of India (NIRF 2024) | 40 crore+ scholarships distributed
Atlas SkillTech University | B.Tech Admissions
ApplyHands on Mentoring and Code Coaching | Cutting Edge Curriculum with Real World Application
Pimpri Chinchwad University B.Tech Admissions
Apply1000+ Recruiters | 450+ Patents | 50000+ Alumni network
JEE Main Notifications
Explore Career Options
By IndustryNever miss an JEE Main update
Get timely JEE Main updates directly to your inbox. Stay informed!