Greetings Kamal!

Hope you're doing great.

The two stream which you have mention Machine Design and Industrial Engineering Management are both have decent job opportunities according to the current market. Let's directly compare the courses offered by both the colleges.

Machine Design at NIT Calicut: The next big thing in the campus after CSE/IT students is Mechanical branch. The faculty is very responsive and organise guest faculties from industrial experience. The college curriculum is top notch and extracurricular activities take place on a regular basis.

Eligibility: Mandatory Courses: B.Arch, B.E. / B.Tech, The candidate must have passed B.Tech./ B.E./ B.Arch. from recognized institute or university with the above-mentioned eligibility.

Infrastructure: It is a well-established college. Hence, it has very nice infrastructure for each department. Being the Institute of National Importance, funds come regularly to improve the facilities within the campus. We have a nice swimming pool. Sports grounds are also well-maintained.

Placements: For M.Tech mechanical are very poor. Only 10-13 students got placed in our batch and no one in the core industry. People got placed in coding companies and in teaching fields. Placements for B.Tech mechanical is around 60-70%. Placements for coding branches is more than 100% for all M.Tech, MCA and B.Tech degrees.

Industrial Engineering and Management at NIT Trichy: The quality of education offered at all the NITs is more or less similar. However, the teaching faculty att NIT Trichy for Industrial Management course is of par excellence.

Infrastructure: The college has the old infrastructure as well as the newly developed infrastructure. The classrooms are nice with new facilities. The library gives exposure to a wide range of sources.

Placements: You can sit for almost all companies which open up for Mechanical/Production specializations. Apart from that, placements come for Management related profiles exclusively for IEM. Data/Business Analytics, Simulation, Supply Chain are some core IE profiles which do open only for IEM. Overall the placement is quite nice. The highest and the lowest salary package offered are 9 LPA and 4 LPA. The internships are also offered and the stipend offered is about Rs. 20,000 to 30,000 per month. We have the placement cell, and it helps the students a lot.

Hope this will clear out things. Do reach out in the comment section below if you need any help.

All the best!