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What RTI Data Shows About Electrical Engineering Placements

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Bhanu PratapUpdated on 23 Jan 2026, 03:15 PM IST

Electrical Engineering is often considered as a reliable branch of engineering when it comes to placements, but the truth is that the placement outcomes are often misinterpreted. Reason being, that headlines often focus on a few high salaries and ignore key factors such as intake size, participation and average salaries.

This Story also Contains

  1. Why This Data Matters
  2. Electrical Engineering Placements in IITs
  3. Electrical Engineering Placements in NITs
  4. Electrical Engg v/s CSE
  5. Takeaway for Aspirants and Parents
What RTI Data Shows About Electrical Engineering Placements
What RTI Data Shows About Electrical Engineering Placements

In this article, we have compiled RTI data from 11 IITs and 5 NITs, which will help students and parents determine the actual placement outcome based on all the important factors.

Why This Data Matters

The data examines the key steps in a student’s placement journey: student intake, how many students registered for placements, and how many accepted the offer.

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When we consider these stages together, it gives us a clearer picture of the placement situation in a particular institute. Consequently, this helps students and parents to avoid considering only the highest CTCs, as they are often mentioned for marketing purposes. This gives a more well-rounded final placement picture.

Electrical Engineering Placements in IITs

Placement outcomes for electrical engineering across IITs differ across campuses. This difference can be due to batch size and participation. Newer IITs display increased volatility, and on the other hand, legacy IITs have steady placement outcomes.

One also needs to keep in mind that a significant number of electrical engineering students opt out of campus placements to pursue roles in PSUs, or higher studies. These factors might not portray realistic placement statistics.

InstituteIntake 2021-22Students Registered

for Placements 2024-25


Placement Offer Accepted by Students 2024-25

Placement % (Intake)Placement % (Registered)

Max CTC


Average CTC

IIT Bhubaneswar

62

59

54

87.10%

91.53%

-

-

IIT Kanpur

153

154

142

92.81%

92.21%

-

34.60

IIT Palakkad

39

32

25

64.10%

78.13%

52.00

16.65

IIT Ropar

72

77

63

87.50%

81.82%

-

-

IIT Gandhinagar

37

35

29

78.38%

82.86%

-

23.13

IIT Goa

34

27

20

58.82%

74.07%

-

-

IIT Jammu

40

34

27

67.50%

79.41%

-

12.77

IIT Jodhpur

78

67

59

75.64%

88.06%

53.00

15.98

IIT Dhanbad

114

102

87

76.32%

85.29%

52.30

20.07

IIT Roorkee

150

143

137

91.33%

95.80%

-

-

IIT Tirupati

50

41

38

76.00%

92.68%

38.85

17.14


Observation: IITs such as IIT Goa, Pallakkad, Gandhinagar, and Tirupati have a greater percentage difference due to small batch size. On the other hand, IITs such as IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee have stable placement outcomes even though the batch size is large. Even though there are some placement outcomes on average, an electrical engineering graduate earns between Rs. 15 LPA - Rs. 20 LPA. A single high package should not be indicative of the entire batch.

Electrical Engineering Placements in NITs

Batch size for electrical engineering is larger than the ones at IITs. This also changes how placement percentage should be calculated. Against here too, the participation behaviour has a more important role than the highest salary numbers.

Institute

Intake

2021-22

Students Registered

for Placements

2024-25

Placement Offer

Accepted by

Students 2024-25

Placement %

(Intake)

Placement %

(Registered )


Max CTC

Average CTC

NIT Durgapur

100

81

68

68.00%

83.95%

36.40

11.00

NIT Rourkela

134

127

102

76.12%

80.31%

46.38

14.82

NIT Hamirpur

125

98

96

76.80%

97.96%

30.00

7.91

MNIT Jaipur

117

106

80

68.38%

75.47%

51.00

14.73

VNIT Nagpur

115

94

87

75.65%

92.55%

51.52

9.99


Observation: High registered-placement percentages often hide lower participation levels, hence do not show the picture of the entire batch but only of those who have registered for the placements. If we look at the average salaries, they are lower than at IITs. There are also some other reasons why the placement outcome is different than the one at IITs.

Electrical Engg v/s CSE

Parameter

CSE

Electrical Engineering

No. of Institutes

23

16

Approved Intake (2021–22)

2332

1420

Students Registered

for Placements (2024–25)

2188

1277

Placement Offers Accepted (2024–25)

1892

1114

Placement % (Registered)

86.47%

87.24%

Placement % (Intake)

81.13%

78.45%

Average CTC

20.35

16.57


Across instittues electrical engineering has registered placement percentages that nearly match Computer Science Engineering, even though average salaries are lower. The reason being in CSE placements are limited to a limited number of high-paying software roles, due to which the average salaries increase, making the outcome uneven. Electrical engineering, on the other hand, has a wider variety of roles in core engineering, electronics, energy, analytics, and interdisciplinary positions. Due to this, the placement outcomes are more consistent.

What students need to understand is that electrical engineering is a long-term career choice. Growth depends on skills and role progression rather than securing a high starting salary. Students need to understand that electrical engineering is not fall back branch; it has quite a distinct career path from a high-paying branch such as CSE.

Takeaway for Aspirants and Parents

Electrical engineering provides reliable placement outcomes if the data is read carefully and interpreted in the proper context.

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Comparing the intake with placed students, placement registration, and land, looking at average CTC rather than just high CTC will give a clearer picture than marketing-driven placement numbers.

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