Study in iit at ece

2014: ECE will rise when services industry slows down and manufacturing industry picks up in India. Such kind of change cannot happen in just 4 years. 

Another problem with ECE is, the syllabus is usually too outdated or too restrictive to be of much use in current industry.

Time passes by.... Its 2016 now. (I am going to elaborate in case some students see this thread and want to decide on their future)

ECE has picked up in recent time, not because of choice of students, but because of some govt policies and promises that there will be huge funding in startups. I was expecting this even while writing my answer in 2014.

However ece is still lagging and cse is still ahead. 

1. One reason is its easy to innovate in computer programming. Every individual with a computer is more empowered to monitize his innovation. But innovation on ECE side seems to be slow, a cycle from prototype to product requires lot of time and money. 
2. Electronics requires more labour force, even if there is a boom in electronics, expect to see only a small increase in ECE demands. Although electronics scientists are expected to be paid way more than software engineer.
3. Another reason is one innovation in ECE fuels more innovation in computer sc. For eg. 1 novel innovation ie. bluetooth enabled bulb can have 20 different ways to monitize. Google nest IoT devices are encouraging 1000s of software developers to write apps for.
4. Another reason is consumer perspective. We are more inclined to try out new softwares or services even from little known source mobile app wallets,. But when it comes to buying hardware we tend to buy only known brands. (This will change by 2020 we will be open to new cheap hardware).

Electronics industry might see a boom by 2020, demand of ECE students are increasing. Demand for high quality ECE scientists will increase several folds. Demand for CSE will still be ahead of ECE but salary on average will decline.