It’s decent, but not at par with top NITs. Although , NIT (Jaipur , Bhopal , Kurukshetra etc. ) are ranked lower than NIT Rourkela but their CSE placements are much better .
Reasons – It does not have a good connectivity (Most IT giants don’t prefer ) .
Their alumini network (in IT firms) is not that strong .
But , placement of core branches at NIT Rourkela are on par with top 4 NITs.
CIL being the PSU recruits around (40–45 ) students every year. Few other PSUs also visit .
But , CSE and ECE placements are not that great .
Even , BIT Mesra placement (CSE /IT ) is much better than NIT Rourkela .