IMU Chennai Indian Maritime University (IMUC)

Hello Gangu,
Yes, 12th by NIOS is same as 12th by any board. Hence I see no difficulty for you in getting admission for marine engineering based on 12th by NIOS. However other eligibility criteria remain and you will have clear these.

Hi,
All you need is to choose your passion. Both the stream is excellent in today's era. According to my experience IEM is a very good college for engineering. If you are interested in marine, you can apply there. Hence, CS is also better. Based on your interest, choose your stream. All the best.

If you are getting petroleum engineering in UPES, Dehradun, then it will be great for you because UPES provides the best placements for petroleum engineering. And if we talk about the academics of UPES, then that is also good. It has a different pattern.
If we talk about other branches, the placement is above average for them too. For CSE, many good companies visit UPES, like Microsoft, VM Ware, Dell, LnT, IBM, etc.

Admission depends on your IMUCET rank.
However, placements depend on your PCM marks (70%). In English, 80% is required by most of the companies.

No there isn't any fees concession for OBC candidates. Only girl cadets are given a concession in fee.