Petroleum Engineering

The definition of better varies from person to person and is influenced by personal inclinations and ones strength for e.g. some people might to go with regular stream like CS, mechanical, Electronics and some might go with not so common branches like Robotics, petroleum, mining.
Opt for the engineering branch that you love the most and are most passionate about and analyze the future work conditions, scope and growth prospects before taking admission.
You can also opt for psychometric test comprising of Aptitude, personality and career interest to clear confusion.
In my opinion, petroleum engineering can get a major setback as the entire world is moving towards clean energy. Hence, choose the stream very wisely.

If you look at the statistics, you will find that UPES has been a better college in terms of placement than PDPU. Placements of Petroleum (Upstream and Downstream) is among the top branches of UPES. The average package from UPSTREAM is approximately Rs 6.7 Lacs to Rs 8.96 Lacs per annum and from downstream is approximately Rs 3.56 Lacs to Rs 6.56 or Rs 6.79 lacs per annum. The highest package from gas is around Rs 18 Lacs. The highest package from upstream is around Rs 33 Lacs (had been offered once by Schlumberger). The top recruiters are Schlumberger Asia Services Ltd., Reliance Industries Limited, ONGC, Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, QuEST Global Engineering, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited etc. UPES succeeds in placing 83%, 79%, 86% and this year around 88.6% students of the branch which in turn out to be the best placement structure for oil and gas field in India.