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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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