My cousin recently enrolled in NIT Hamirpur and definitely loves the state-of-the-art facilities. It provides and its modern infrastructure. It has excellent facilities in its 320 acres area which includes a computer centre, a library with over 100,000 books, an auditorium, a guest house, sports grounds, solar heaters, hostels, gym, and of course- lifts.

NIT Hamirpur has a lift facility in the departments which offer UG programs. Some more lifts have been added in some of the newly built hostels which are for students in the second year and beyond, much Iike NIT Nagpur has a lift in the new academic block and the new hostel.

Another point here, the New Hostels are for girls and boys in the first year, only.

My sister studied CSE from NIT Surathkal which is an excellently ranked Institute. It has excellent opportunities available for anyone in the CSE department. It is the best option in terms of placements because core ECE jobs do not pay well. The number of jobs available to CSE graduates is way more than those to ECE.

If you notice the trend, you will see that a huge number of new companies have surfaced in the last decade, a few of them who recruit CSE students are Flipkart, Swiggy, Zomato, and Paytm.

You won't find a single MNC for ECE students and if any does, it's the core companies whose number is less than 15 here in India. These days ECE companies are not investing in B.Tech students, they are more interested in Masters candidates.

Some startups have come up in core engineering but there's a high chance that it will merge with other prosperous companies. They don't even provide good pay.

If you look at the reputation and academic excellence of both the Institutes, then you will realize that they are good. It's always advisable to choose CSE because data is king, currently.

To secure a seat in the CS department at NIT Surathkal you will need a minimum score of around 235 in JEE Main. If you belong to some category then, you will need to score 180 or above to get a seat in CS.

In terms of rank, you should be safe if you have a rank of around 2500-3000. Here is the required cutoff for CS at NIT K in recent years.

Hope this gives you some idea of what to expect.

I know people from both NIT Allahabad and NIT Surathkal and based on the reviews I got from them, I will say the former is better. Choose Civil Engineering, only if you are genuinely interested in the branch. If you want placement after the completion of the course, you will have to work hard as there are not many core companies visiting the campus placement drive. However, the placement record for NIT Allahabad is better as compared to NIT Surathkal.

Here are some of the other reasons why you should give preference to NIT Allahabad.

• The academic environment at the campus is great. You will experience healthy competition among peers. Many students prepare for competitive examinations such as GATE, CAT, IES, UPSC, etc. Back in 2017, three students from the Civil engineering branch secured AIR 1, AIR 2, and AIR 3 in GATE.
• At NIT Allahabad, you can change your branch after the first year, if you maintain >7.5 CPI.
• It has an impressive placement record. Here are the recent placement statistics for the CIvil branch.

• The laboratories are well equipped.

However, before you decide on any college you should do your own research on the branch at both institutes.

NIT Surathkal is on the top when compared to other NITs. NIT Kurukshetra, moreover, is better than most new NITs of India. The reasons for it are as follows.

• It is located near cities such as Mangalore, Udipa, and more.
• It is also one of the best places to live since it is counted as a tourist spot.
• Among various others, it is the only institute that at present owns a private beach.

Here is a brief outline of NITK.

Among the IITs, IIT Hyderabad is mostly preferred over other because it is in close distance from the metro city and has all the necessary amenities. Although, you should research more about other IITs as well.

However, on grounds of comparison, NIT Kurukshetra is several steps ahead of IIT Hyderabad.