While all three institutes are equally well established, VJTI is accredited by AICTE, Sardar Patel College of Engineering is NBA, UGC as well as AICTE approved. Lastly, IIIT Vadodra is approved by MHRD. When making a choice between the three, students can consider placements, fees, and eligibility as well as course curriculum at all three institutes. 

The following points highlight the same:

Fee structure and eligibility:

Course Curriculum:

IIIT Vadodra, CSE:

• Students will have core subjects as well as an option to choose between a variety of elective subjects including business, finance, data analytics, etc.
• Various programming languages and methods including arrays, file pointers, data structures, and paradigms are taught in the course.

VJTI Mumbai, Civil Engineering:

• The course includes topics of structural analysis, geotechnical engineering, building and drawing services, and water resource engineering.
• Choices in course electives range from geographic information system, advanced hydrology to soil dynamics, and machine foundation.

Sardar Patel College Mumbai, Civil Engineering:

• The course includes topics like communication skills, applied chemistry, engineering graphics, and applied physics.
• Students will also learn calculus, electronic devices, diode applications as well as various regulators.

Placements:

IIIT Vadodra, CSE:

• Top recruiters at the institute include Adobe, Siemens, Mathworks, Zolo, etc.
• 100% of students were placed for B. Tech CSE and an average salary of INR 6 lakhs per annum.

VJTI Mumbai, Civil Engineering:

• As of 2018, the civil engineering branch had a placement rate of 88%.
• The average salary offered is INR 7.7 lakhs per annum with top recruiters including Blue Star, Deloitte Consulting, Bajaj, etc.

Sardar Patel College Mumbai, Civil Engineering:

• 93% of students were placed as of 2019 from the civil engineering department.
• The average package offered at the institute was INR 4.2 lakhs per annum with top recruiters including Hindustan Unilever, L&T, Lodha, etc.

Placement wise, VJTI is quite well established. Students can also consider the fee parameter when it comes to making a choice between the three institutes and their interest in either course.

According to one of my friends' experiences, preparing for M.Tech along with your studies is very difficult. Often you do not get stipulated time to prepare for ESE due to the mini-projects and assignments that you get very frequently. 

Also, you need to especially take care of your CGPA, but if you are not worried about the CGPA you can go ahead with preparing at the full pace like few other students who do the same.

Thus, we can conclude that preparing for ESE simultaneously is really a very big task. If you have the caliber of doing the same, you can follow your will and start accordingly.

NIRF ranked GITAM institute for B.Tech as 101 out of 200 in India for the year 2020. On the other hand, according to The Week, Malla Reddy was ranked 151 for B.Tech in India 2020.

Faculty:

The faculty of ECE and ME department of GITAM and Malla Reddy is quite good as per the reviews of the students. They are well-qualified and have years of experience.

Course details:

The course details for ECE and ME at both these institutions are given below.

Admissions:

GITAM Vizag:

• The candidate must have completed 10+2 from a recognized board.

• 60% is the minimum marks required for the admissions in the institute.

• You should also achieve a 1st class or equivalent grade, which is the qualifying criteria.

Malla Reddy:

• The prerequisite for admission is 10+2 with PCM.

• The spirant seeking admissions must have got a minimum of 45% marks.

• The institute accepts JEE scores or EAMCET for the qualifying round.

Placements:

Both the institutes have a separate training cell, which specifically pays attention to the placements.

GITAM Vizag:

• Recently 300 companies visited the campus for selections.

• Out of 2900, 1921 students got placed on-campus and 212 got placed off-campus.

Malla Reddy:

• Some top recruits of 2020 were: Amazon, Microsoft, TCS, INFOSYS, Samsung, Tech Mahindra, NCR, EA Sports, etc.

• The highest package offered was INR 14 LPA and the average salary package offered was INR 4 LPA.

The institute organizes training programs for their students to develop interview and soft skills. The placement cell has collaborated with various industries for industrial training, on-campus and off-campus placements.

Facilities:

Malla Reddy Engineering College:

• Well developed modern library on the campus has all the facilities required for a student.

• Laboratories and computer systems are well connected with Wi-Fi facilities and updated with the latest versions.

• Other facilities like hostels, Sports facilities, canteens, auditoriums, hospitals, and transport facilities are also provided for the students.

GITAM:

• Campus facilities like housing, student clubs, auditorium, student’s chapters, bus service, and sports facilities are available.

• Health and Wellness programs are also there on the campus.

In most of the institutes, ECE has more placements scopes as compared to ME. On comparing the above data the aspirant can decide which is better for them.

Both the branches, whether CST in IIEST Shibpur or ETCE in Jadavpur University is worth their name. Still, there are many factors regarding Rankings, Admission Process, Fees, Scholarships, and Placements that differentiates them.Jadavpur University acquires a spot as 17th college in BTech amongst 300 in India 2020.IIEST Shibpur, on the other hand, stands firm with 21st ranking amongst Engineering institutes, as per NIRF Ranking 2020.

Admission:

Jadavpur University:

• To be eligible for the JU admission process, a student must have 10+2 with 45% and scores of WBJEE. Later, a counseling process takes place.
• 90% of seats at JU are for domicile General Category and 10% for all Indian students.
• Last year, the cut off for the general category ranged from 110-114,

IIEST Shibpur:

• IIEST Shibpur accepts students after they have their 10+2 scores with at least 45% and a minimum of 30% in English. The entrance for admissions is JEE Mains (Paper 1) scores.
• After a student passes the cutoff, admissions are given through JoSAA Counselling and CSAB Board.
• The cut off for general quota ranged from 4978-9379.

Fees:

• The overall fees of BTech in JU is far less in comparison to IIEST Shibpur. A student has to pay a minimum fee of INR 9,600 for the whole course whereas, a student from IIEST has to pay INR 1.37 lakhs per year.
• Apart from this, JU offers scholarships to meritorious students. A few are SN Scholarship and DAAD Scholarship.

PLACEMENTS:

Jadavpur University:

• According to the latest data, there was a 100% placement rate from JU. The highest annual package was INR 58 lakhs.
• The total number of eligible students from ETCE was 55, and 51 got placements.
• The average annual package for ETCE was INR 9 lakhs, and the highest was INR 39 lakhs.
• These students got into software and core companies. The top recruiters were Amazon, Synopsis, TATA Consultancy Services, HPCL, and Goldman Sachs.
• Some students even went for higher studies from this branch into IITs, IIMs, etc.

IIEST Shibpur:

• A drop in placements is visible from the past consecutive years in IIEST Shibpur. In 2017 it was 85.71%, 81.82% in 2018 and 72% in 2019.
• The average annual package of a CST student is INR 9 lakhs whereas the highest salary was INR 39.12 lakhs.
• 90 reputed companies came for final placement and made 462 offers.
• The top recruiters were Cognizant, Infinity Infosys Parks, Capgemini, etc.

Looking into the above factors, ETCE from JU proves to be a better option than CST in IIEST Shibpur in rankings, fees, placements criteria.