Both the colleges, Nirma Law University and Symbiosis Law School are one of the renowned colleges for Law studies in India. Nirma Law College is ranked 8th for Law by Outlook in 2019. SLS Pune has ranked 7th as per the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) report 2019 by MHRD. A minimum of 45% aggregate is required for LLB admissions in both of the colleges. The total seats are 120 for both colleges in LLB. More details are mentioned below in the table below:

Placements:

Nirma University

• The University has a placement record of 70%, where the companies, law firms, and various Professional Advocates have hired students for their respective roles.
• The highest package that has been offered is 8 LPA and a median package is offered around 4 LPA.
• Top recruiters are BMR and Associates, DSK Legal, Fox Mandal, GNFC, GSPC, HDFC Bank, ICICI, Lombard, Khaitan & Co.
• The positions offered are of Legal advisory, Advocate, Associate, etc.

Symbiosis Law School

• It has a strong placement cell which has its criteria for internships and placement.
• The highest package offered is 12 LPA and the median package offered is 5 LPA.
• Students have been placed in some of India's top law firms like AZB Partners and Trilegal.

Faculty:

Nirma University

• The teachers of Nirma University are highly qualified in their respective fields and they have been imparting education very efficiently.
• The teachers use various techniques to teach the students and make them industry-ready.

Symbiosis Law School

• The faculty of Symbiosis is well-qualified and has extreme knowledge about the field.
• The teaching quality is excellent and they provide students with many international guest faculties who come from famous international universities and teach matters related to the stream.
• The main highlight of SLS is the Moot Court where professional trail practices are taken on real-life instances.

To conclude, it can be said that Nirma University is a good university for a moderate student providing all the needed facilities whereas Symbiosis has many international connections and amazing campus life. So, if one is interested in academics only Nirma University is a better option and for a good overall college experience, Symbiosis University is best.

It’s difficult to determine which institute is better as the courses in question are different. However, given below are information about the two courses which may help you make the decision.

• Though NIT Surathkal is among the oldest of the NIT’s, their IT department is comparatively new. IIT Bhubaneswar’s Mechanical Engineering department is popular and one of the core subjects.
• It is always better to study Mechanical engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar than IT from NIT Surathkal because core engineering will be preferred by recruiting companies than IT.
• NIT Surathkal has better placements than IIT Bhubaneswar due to its older and more noticeable connections with the recruiting companies.
• An IIT Bhubaneswar graduate will be offered less salary than an NIT graduate due to its reputation and popularity among recruiters. A graduate from NIT receives an average salary package of around 9 lakhs per annum.
• NIT Surathkal is ranked 5th in their Engineering category and IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 9th in their engineering category by Times Engineering Ranking 2019.
• The Cut off for IT in NIT is 2509-3321 and for Mechanical Engineering in IIT Bhubaneswar is 4003-12065.
• IIT (Bhubaneswar) as a brand that is much more popular than NIT (Surathkal) and is valued by both students and recruiters alike.

The final decision is up to the choice of a student and his/her preferred course of study.

IIIT Bhubaneswar comes under the listing of IIIT institutes of India. All institutes listed under IIT are funded as well as established by the government of India but this is not the case for institutes listed under IIIT. They are semi funded by the government and the other half is funded by private companies and firms.

When it comes down to comparing institutes based on the education offered by them, the quality of education offered by IITs is way ahead of those of NITs. The faculty of IIT is much more qualified and experienced than the faculty of NIT or IIIT. The approach of education and teaching methods used in IITs is way more effective as well. This doesn’t mean that the education offered at NIT is not good, both NIT and IIT are extremely good in providing education and producing good students but IIT still has an upper hand due to its high standard of studies. In this case, institutes listed under IIIT are the ones that lag behind all NITs and IITs.

IIIT Bhubaneswar, as an academic institute, offers a very student-friendly environment to its students. The coding environment of the institute is also very good and up to date. The placement rate offered by the institute lies between 90 to 100 percent. Though, students seeking admission in IIIT Bhubaneswar should reconsider their financial position as the fees demanded by this institute is quite high.

NIT Surathkal, formerly called Karnataka Regional Engineering College(KREC), located in Mangalore is an amalgamation of 13 departments, 1 school, 12 supporting centers, and 245 eminent dedicated faculty members. NIT Surathkal is ranked 13th in Engineering by and 33rd overall by NIRF 2020. MNNIT, Allahabad is a UGC and AICTE approved institute and has been ranked 14th by India Today 2020.

Admission to IT at NIT Surathkal and CSE at MNNIT is done through scores obtained in the JEE Mains entrance test and percentage in 10+2.

Placement:

NIT Surathkal:

It witnessed 100% placement in B.Tech and 79% in M.Tech during the batch of 2019.

• The highest package offered in the B.Tech program was 39 LPA while at M.Tech it was 18.75LPA.

• In the year 2018, more than 92% of the students were placed with the participation of more than 250 companies in the placement drive.

• Top recruiters at NIT Surathkal are Amazon, Honeywell, Axis Bank, Philips, Qualcomm, Bajaj, Samsung, Dell, Deloitte, Caterpillar, etc.

MNNIT Allahabad:

In the 2019 placement drive at MNNIT Allahabad, 1174 students participated out of which 792 students were placed.

• The highest CTC offered was 36 LPA with Accenture being the prominent recruiter.

• At MNNIT Allahabad, the B.Tech CSE batch of 2019 witnessed the highest recruitment with 163 students being placed out of 167. In terms of M.Tech, 84 students were placed out of 320 who participated in the placement drive.

• Some of the major recruiters at MNNIT Allahabad are Adobe, American Express, DRDO, Berger Paints, Coal India, CISCO, Bajaj Auto, eBay, etc.

Environment:

Both the institutes offer decent academic environments.

NIT Surathkal:

• IT laboratory at NIT Surathkal is equipped with 150 High-End Desktops with i7 processor, 50 Pentium IV Computers, 43 Workstations, 15 IBM and 35 HP Pentium III Desktops, IBM Power 7 Virtualization Server, 2 CUDA Servers for High-Performance Computing, Rational Rose Suite, Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360, MEMSIC Wireless Sensor Network, etc.

MNNIT Allahabad:

CSE department of MNNIT is equipped with internet connectivity of 10.5 Gbps supported through Optical fiber, 104 HP Compaq Elite 8300, 2 IBM Blade Server, 48 HP 406 G1 MT Business PCs, IBM SAN Storage, etc.

Both the universities are of high repute, offering quality education and high placement drive.

Among the above two institutes, IIIT Sri City is the better option, considering several factors like placement and overall development of students in the institute. The table below gives a brief level of comparison among the two institutes.

Key highlights:

• If you are interested in coding and computer science-related subjects, IIIT Sri City is definitely a better option.
• Although IIIT Sri City is also a new institute, the rate of growth of the institute is quite high in terms of infrastructure, placement, etc.
• The mentor cum director of IIIT Sri City is Prof. U.B. Desai, who is also the director of IIT Hyderabad. He is a man with a lot of knowledge and works best towards the advancement of the institute.
• Comparing these IIITs with VIT, they are better than VIT in many aspects other than the campus. Within the next 2-3 years, these IIITs will surely surpass VIT in every aspect.

Therefore, you should prefer IIIT Sri City as their first option, following with IIIT Guwahati for a B.Tech degree in CSE.

With the well-versed diversity and well-facilitated campus, both the colleges are in a league of its own. There are very few management institutes that offer specialization in financial studies as a separate course. NIBM and KJ are placed in top among these few Institutes.

Ranking:

• KJ is considered one of the best colleges in India with a 56 NIRF 2020 rank and 5th rank by the Times 2020.

• NIBM is also one of the best in India and is ranked above 100 by NIRF.

Admission:

KJ:

• Admission for the courses is done based on the score for CAT/CMAT/GMAT/XAT with a 50% graduation score.

• The cutoff score of GMAT is 95+ percentile, cut off score of CMAT is 95+ percentile, and cut off score of CAT is 85 percentile.

NIBM:

• Admission for the courses is done based on the score for CAT/CMAT.

• NIBM Pune also accepts the MAT score. The cutoff score of MAT is 94+ percentile, cut off score of CMAT is 94+ percentile, cut off score of CAT is 80 percentile.

• The final selection is done by the university based on the written ability test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI).

Courses Offered:

NIBM:

• NIBM offers a full-time PG Diploma in Management program (PGDM) in Banking and finance and one course in MBA.

• The total fee for the MBA course is about 7 Lakhs.

KJ:

• KJ offers a full-time PG Diploma in Management program (PGDM) in Banking along with finance and 12 different courses in MBA.

• The course fee is about 15 Lakhs.

Placement:

NIBM:

• NIBM Pune has a 100% placement record.

• They provide many internships and social development projects for students to avail of a better job opportunity.

• The highest salary offered was 14.5 LPA with an average salary of 9.44 LPA.

KJ:

• KJ also has a 100% placement record.

• The highest salary offered was 27 LPA with an average salary of 9.50 LPA.

The Faculty is considered better in KJ than in NIBM due to its better ranking. Also, the placement and internship opportunities are more in KJ than in NIBM. So, considering the statistics it can be said KJ is better than NIBM in a few aspects.