Xavier Labour Relations Institute or XLRI is located at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, and XIM University Bhubaneswar is situated in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. For the year 2020, XLRI was ranked 9th by NIRF in the Management category. XIM University had a ranking of 31 in the Management category list of NIRF 2020. 

Fee Structure:

XLRI:

• The first-year fee for PGDBM is INR 11.8 Lakhs. The course duration is 1 year.
• The institute also offers PG Diploma for 1 year 3 months. The fee structure for the program is INR 20.95 Lakhs.

XIM University:

• The first-year fee for MBA is INR 8.6 Lakhs. The course duration is 2 years.
• The institute also offers EMBA for 1 year. The fee structure for the program is INR 3.6 Lakhs

Scholarships:

• In XLRI, students are offered scholarships of Rs. 1.75 LPA.
• In XIM University, scholarships are offered to SC/ST/Economically Backward/Minority with a 50% course tuition waiver and on the basis of merit.

Placement - 

• XLRI has an Alumni base of more than 16,000. 
• In the year 2020, the IT/ITES sector was the largest recruiter with 30% of the total offers., 90 XLRI students were placed in the year 2020. The highest international CTC was Rs. 58.22 LPA and the highest domestic CTC was Rs. 26 LPA.
• At XIM University, Accenture was one of the major recruiters, with over 29% of the eligible students placed. 

The table listed below gives a brief overview of the placement for the year 2020:

Campus Life

XLRI

• It has an Interdisciplinary Behavioral Lab, designed specifically for the study of human subjects. 
• There are many extracurricular societies and Interest groups like Dracula, SIGMA - Oikos, AXIOM, Bodhi tree, CEASE, etc. 

XIM University?

• It has the Bloomberg Terminal service for access to real-time data, news, and analytics. 
• There are many interest committees like EXEMPLAR, LITSOC, and XCUBATE. 

The decision for best college can be made with all the above available information, along with your perception of college branding and the ROI which is on an average 0.65:1 for XLRI and 0.93:1 for XIM University.

Amrita University Coimbatore was ranked 4th by NIRF in 2020. It is a UGC approved university and has been graded ‘A’ by NAAC. Amrita University Bangalore has also been graded ‘A’ by NAAC in their latest evaluation.

Admission:

Amrita University Coimbatore- It has a huge variety of offerings for M. Tech.

• Amrita University Coimbatore offers M. Tech in Cyber Security, Automotive Engineering, Communicative Systems, Computer Science and Engineering, Design and Manufacturing, and more.

• The average course fee remains around 3.57 Lakh and the common eligibility criteria is GATE score.

Amrita University Bangalore-

• It offers various M. Tech courses as well. Among the other ones, the major M. Tech courses that are offered include M. Tech in Data Science, Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Power Electronics, Thermal Science, and M. Tech in Embedded Systems.

• The average course fee remains around 2.5 Lakh for most of the courses.

Placement:

Amrita University Coimbatore-

• Top recruiters that offer various internship and job opportunities to the Amrita University students are Google, Amazon, Microsoft, TCS, CTS, and more.

• The highest salary package remains around 30 LPA and the average package is 5 LPA for the students.

Amrita University Bangalore-

• Top recruiters who offer jobs and internships to Amrita University Bangalore students are Accenture, Amazon, Cognizant, Blue Star, Nokia, Samsung, and many more.

• The highest, average and the lowest salary package for the students remain to be around 10 LPA-12 LPA, 9 LPA, and 3 LPA.

Infrastructure:

• When it comes to infrastructure, both the college campuses qualify to be excellent considering the high-quality classrooms, sports fields, hostel facilities, library services, and other services.

• Both the campuses try their best at providing the students with comfortable campus life.

• The average hostel rate remains to be around 1.70 Lakh. It varies as per the accommodation details.

These are some of the important factors that might be helpful for you to make the final call. When it comes to pursuing M. Tech, Amrita University presents a plethora of options to choose from. Therefore, it would be wise to do proper research according to your comfort and then make the decision for your future.

All the Colleges are considered to be among the best colleges to pursue Computer Science in India. NIT Surathkal, BITS-Hyderabad, DTU, and DA-IICT are ranked 13 (NIRF 2020), 47 (Jagran Josh), 36 (NIRF 2020), and 111 (NIRF 2020) respectively for BTech. All the Universities offer experienced faculties from subject backgrounds and have well-equipped full-fledged laboratories to carry out academic and research works.

Admission:

BITS-Hyderabad offers a BE program for CSE. Whereas, NIT Surathkal, DTU, and DAIICT offer BTech CSE. BITS-Hyderabad accepts admission based on BITSAT scores. NIT Surathkal, DTU, DAIICT accepts admission for BTech CSE through JEE Mains.

Cut off:

The required cutoff for CSE programs at these institutions according to previous years is as follows.

Fee Structure:

The total course fee at these institutes is as follows.

• BITS Hyderabad- 16.73 lakh

• NIT Surathkal- 3.95 lakh

• DTU- 7.80 lakh

• DAIICT- 6.88 lakh

Placement:

Students of CSE at these institutes pursue their careers in different sectors of IT like Software development & Testing, Database Management, Web Technology, etc. Top recruiters at these institutes for CSE graduates are Amazon.com, Accolite, Capital IQ, Ceat Limited, Samsung, SONY, Microsoft, etc. The placement statistics for CSE at BITS, NIT-S, DTU, DAIICT are as follows.

The Department of Computer Science & Engineering in NIT-Surathkal is actively involved in various research activities and has signed various academic collaborative projects such as MoU with IBM, Intel, Leeds Metropolitan University, and others.

All these institutes have their own pros and cons. So go through the information given above and choose according to your convenience.

Both the institutes guarantee top-notch placements with full opportunity to gain expertise in different streams.

IIM holds a better reputation in terms of education as well as recruitment mechanisms. IIM Shillong holds a favorable ranking in the list of entire institutions. IMI Delhi also gives an entire lookout for better opportunities. The better option among IIM Shillong and IMI Delhi can be done by looking into the descriptions below.

Ranking:

• IIM Shillong holds the 2nd ranking in the management category institutes all across the country. It also provides requisite financial assistance to students in the first and final years.

• It is the 7th IIM in the family of 20 IIM institutes across the nation.

• IMI Delhi is the only college that has set up a center of excellence in different fields of management. It holds 4th rank among the top B schools of the country.

Courses Offered:

• 6 courses are offered by IIM Shillong which is MBA, PGDM, FPM, PGPM, MDP, and Certification.

• IMI Delhi offers 4 courses which are PGDM, PGPM, Executive FPM, and FPM.

IIM Shillong offers fewer options for streams as compared to IMI Delhi.

Course Fees:

• IIM Shillong provides the course within a fee range of INR 10 Lakh in two variants of general & working.

• IMI Delhi provides courses within a fee structure of INR 17.15 Lakhs in 3 streams which are HRM, General, and Banking Services.

Eligibility:

• Both the institutes set eligible criteria as Graduation with CAT/GMAT score.

• The probable cut-off score required for admission is 90 in the CAT examination.

Placements:

IIM Shillong:

It provides a bright future ahead by giving a great range of options in consulting & strategy, sales & marketing, and finance.

• The highest range offered is INR 48.5 LPA, while an average package offered, is around INR 18.76 LPA.

• The top recruiters are Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, JP Morgan Chase & Co., PWC

IMI Delhi:

• It also provides decent packages with an average range of INR 13.07 LPA.

• The prominent sectors here also stand at IT/ ITES/ Manufacturing.

As for which option will be better for you, you should decide that based on your preference of course.