I have friends at both IIIT Guwahati and LNMIIT and based on what I heard from them, I will recommend that you choose LNMIIT. Here are the reasons why.

• The campus life over there at LNMIIT was far better than any other college. In case you are someone from the North, you'll have difficulties adjusting to Guwahati. There isn't anything to find here be it a good social life, or cafes to chill at.
• In terms of placements, LNMIIT has so much to offer. 
• In recent years it has made tremendous strides, some even claim that it has become better than Thapar University.

Being said that you can go to IIIT Guwahati if the course fee is a matter of concern for you. It is better than taking student loans for LNMIIT. IIIT Guwahati is also a viable option. 

I know a few things about LNMIIT since I have few friends there. It is a public-private non-profitable college, located in Rajasthan. From what I heard from my friends, I will not recommend choosing this institute. 

• The main problem of this institute is the administration. There have been many misconducts by the management, in recent years.
• Scoring marks in college is very hard as the teachers usually give D and F grades to their students which makes their GPA < 6 and hence making it difficult for them to sit in the placements.
• There is nothing like supplementary exams which is common practice in IITs and NITs.

If you want to build upon your career, don’t choose LNMIIT. Mostly, half of the batch fails in the exams.

Finally, life is tough at LNMIIT, so don’t go for it. Look for other options.

Nirma University has been graded ‘A’ by NAAC. It has also ranked 13th for MBA by Outlook India in 2020. Apart from that, it has ranked 10th among the top private engineering colleges by Times in 2019 and 15th by India Today in 2019. LNMIIT is UGC approved and has ranked 36th among the best private engineering colleges by The Week in 2020.

Both these colleges are reputed and have several advantages of their own. However, when you are about to choose either one of them, there are some factors you should be taking into consideration.

Admission:

• Aspiring students who want to take admission at Nirma University for CSE have to qualify for JEE Main and GUJCET. The course fee remains around 7 Lakh.
• Aspiring students who are aiming at taking admission at LNMIIT, have to qualify for JEE Main and DASA UG. The total fee is 12 Lakh.

Placement:

Nirma University:

• Top recruiters who offer placements to Nirma University students include Dabur, Daikun, Essar, Ingram, Infosys, IBM, Saint Gobain, Sun Pharma, Samsung, Morgan Stanley, Reliance, and many more.
• More than 90% of students get placed every year from this institution.
• The highest and average salary package remains to be 14 LPA and 3 LPA.

LNMIIT:

• More than 94% of LNMIIT students get placed every year by several companies.
• The highest and the average packages that are usually offered remain to be 36 LPA and 10 LPA.
• Top recruiters are Adobe, Jugnoo, Amazon, Microsoft, OYO, Sapient, Goldman Sachs, Bosch, Adani, and more.

Infrastructure and Faculty: Both the institutions are well known for the quality of the education they provide their students with. Most of the faculty members are well experienced and helpful. As far as infrastructure is concerned, both the colleges offer more or less the same facilities to the students starting from spacious classrooms, hostel accommodations, lab facilities, and many more.

These are some of the essential factors that will help you further to make the decision in an easier way.

The LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT) is a Deemed University approved by All India Council for Technical Education and accredited with Grade A by NAAC. In 2019, The Week has ranked LNMIIT #4th in North Zone among Non-government Technical Universities, #7th in India among Non-government Technical Universities, and #35th in India among Universities.IIITDM Jabalpur is approved by University Grants Commission, furthermore, the NIRF has ranked IIITDM #75th among top engineering colleges in India.

Eligibility:

LNMIIT

• The eligibility for B.Tech CSE at LNMIIT is 60% marks in 10+2 with an aggregate of 60%. The selection criteria depend on the JEE Main scores.
• For M.Tech CSE, the applicant should qualify GATE or LNMIIT based written score followed by an interview and passed B.E/B.Tech with a minimum of 60%.

IIITDM

• For B.Tech ME admission, the candidate should be JEE Main qualified as well as passed 10+2 with Mathematics and Physics as compulsory subjects.
• Admission for M.Tech ME is based on GATE scores and eligibility criteria of having B.Tech with minimum 60% marks or CPI/CGPA 6.0.
• For Ph.D. in ME, the selection criteria are GATE and the applicant should have Master’s (M.A, MSc, M.Tech, etc) with minimum 60% marks or CPI/CGPA 6.0

Tabulated below is a brief fact about the institutes:

Placements:

IIITDM Jabalpur

• The students graduating from 2020 batch has already has received around 177 job offers which include 149 full-time offer and 28 pre-placement offers with the highest pay package of Rs 23 lakhs.
• Reliance Jio, Amazon, Microsoft, Yantriks, LensBricks, Samsung R&D, and 1mg is the giant corporate recruiters of the institute.

LNMIIT

• The highest package offered in 2020 was 58.99 lakhs/annum
• Students, in the past, have Internships and Placements at Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, etc.
• College offers Semester-Long Internship, Summer Internship, opportunities, LUSIP (LNMIIT Undergraduate Summer Internship Program)

Both LNMIIT and IIITDM Jabalpur offers many scholarships to the students. Scholarships offered by LNMIIT are merit-based Scholarship, Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship, and BPL Scholarship. On the other hand, IIITDM provides scholarships such as MCM to the students whose family income is less than 2,50,000 INR.

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) is one of the renowned private universities located in Gandhinagar. PDPU operates through four schools namely the School of petroleum engineering, the School of petroleum technology, the School of Technology, and the School of liberal studies. It offers a BTech in Electrical Engineering. The admission is through JEE Mains.

The LNMIIT Institute at Jaipur, Rajasthan was established with a single branch of communication and computer engineering. Now it has been converted into a deemed university in collaboration with the Government of Rajasthan. The admission to the BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering is through JEE Mains.

Course Fee:

• PDPU charges 9.73 lakhs for BTech Electrical Engineering.

• LNMIIT offers a BTech program with a course fee of 14 lakhs.

Faculty:

PDPU:

• The teaching quality is great at PDPU and the course curriculum is updated.

• Students get to learn about the recent advances in the field of technology from frequent industrial visits which is one of the advantages.

LNMIIT:

• The faculty and staff at LNMIIT are also good and possess deep knowledge of their respective fields.

• Latest teaching methods for teaching and respective lab sessions are also provided to students.

Placement:

PDPU:

• Top companies like Honeywell, UOP, L&T technology services, torrent Power, Jubilant life sciences, Byju's, torrent gas, Shell, Adani power, Coromandel international, and many more companies are some of the top recruiters to participate in PDPU’s placement.

• About 65% of the students got placed from the college with the highest salary INR 10 lacs per annum.

LNMIIT:

• LNMIIT has a very active training and placement cell that operates around the clock for finding internships and job opportunities for the students.

• In the 2020 placement session, 92% placement record was recorded with the highest salary package ranging around INR 58.9 lakh per annum and median salary package around INR 10 lacs per annum.

Infrastructure:

PDPU:

• Campus facilities at PDPU are GREAT. All labs are well equipped with Wi-Fi and well organized and updated.

• Indoor sports like chess and carrom are available for students interested in them.

LNMIIT:

• The infrastructure at LNMIIT is very good. Labs, lecture halls, and rooms are well-furnished with advanced technologies and are air-conditioned.

• All types of sports facilities are present on campus with their corresponding grounds and courts and equipment.

The details discussed above are going to assist you in making a wise decision for choosing your college.

Nirma University is a private university, recognized and approved by UGC, AIU, and has been accredited grade ‘A’ by NAAC. Admissions to the college are open through both offline and online modes. The college offers B.Tech in Chemical Engineering as a four-year full-time course at a fee of Rs7.24 Lakhs for the full period.

LNM Institute of Technology (LNMIIT) is a deemed university, has been recognized by UGC and approved by AICTE, ARIIA, and AISHE. It has been accredited ‘A’ grade by the NAAC. The college does not provide Electrical Engineering however it provides B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering as a four-year course at a fee of 12.36 lakhs.

Admission Procedure

Nirma University:

• The prerequisite for seeking admission to Chemical Engineering is scoring 55% and more in 10+2 examinations (PCM/B).
• Further, students are shortlisted on the basis of JEE Main or GUJCET scores.
• The course has a total of 60 seats available.

LNMIIT:

• The eligibility criteria for candidates for ECE is 60% marks in their 10+2 examinations.
• Candidates are further selected on the basis of their score in JEE Main.
• The college offers 150 seats for the course.

Infrastructure & Facilities

Nirma University:

• The college is built over a huge 115-acre campus.
• A well-equipped library is on-campus which houses over 1,20,000 books.
• The institute also provides separate hostels for boys and girls with adequate facilities.
• Other facilities such as laboratories, gym, cafeterias, medical facilities, Wi-Fi, air-conditioned classrooms and auditoriums are provided.

LNMIIT:

• The college is built over a massive 100-acre campus.
• The college library is home to a diverse collection of books and journals.
• The college provides in-campus hostels.
• Sporting facilities, laboratories for ECE, cafeterias, a gym, Wi-Fi facilities, recreation rooms, medical facilities students are provided by the institute.

Placements

• Nirma University:The course has a placement rate of 70%. Companies such as L&T, Reliance, and HUL come on-campus for placements. The package offered to students ranges between 2.5LPA and 7LPA.

• LNMIIT:The course has a placement rate of around 85%. Top recruiters include Amazon, Adobe, and Cisco. The lowest package offered is around 4LPA, while the average package is approximately 6.5LPA. The highest package offered to a student may go up to a whopping 13.5LPA.

Both colleges are good choices, however, LNMIIT specializes in engineering courses making it a notch above the other. The college scores higher than Nirma on nearly all parameters. Placements at LNMIIT are far superior as compared to the latter. However, Nirma provides a similar campus at a much lower fee making its return on investment similar to LNMIIT. Making a choice between the two would depend on one's financial preferences.

Both NMIMS and LNMIIT are top-ranking colleges with a national rank of 43 and 67 by India Today’20. The total seats in NMIMS and LNMIIT are 180 and 240 respectively.

Admission:

• NMIMS-NPAT examination score is needed to qualify for NMIMS, and scores from DASA UG and JEE Main are considered for admission in LNMIIT.

• A minimum of 50% is needed in the 10+2 to be eligible for taking admission in any of these two colleges.

• The total fee for the CS branch in each college is almost the same being 12.46 lakhs and 12.36 lakhs, respectively.

Academics:

• The faculties at NMIMS are top-notch, and the course curriculum is updated to provide students with enough industry experience. Tutorials are organized by teachers every week for a better understanding of concepts.

• The course curriculum of LNMIIT is similar to that of IIT Kharagpur, and many of the faculties are from IIT or other Ivy League colleges.

Placements:

NMIMS- The CS branch of NMIMS has a placement record of 100%.

• The highest salary package offered is 12 LPA for domestic companies and 36 LPA for international companies.

• The lowest salary package offered is 2 LPA, and the average is around 4 LPA.

• The top recruiters of this college are Infosys, Capgemini, L&T, and PWC.

LNMIIT- The top position offered to the CS department in LNMIIT is of a developer. Around 90% of students got placed at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Oyo, Uber, and Samsung.

• The average salary as of 2020 is around 12 LPA.

• The highest salary is 59 LPA, and the lowest is 9 LPA.

Infrastructure:

• NMIMS has approximately 70 classrooms with a capacity of 65-70 students per classroom. There are 30 labs with 20 computers in each lab. NMIMS has all necessities of students on campus.

• LNMIIT also has all the facilities students need in a college starting from the canteen, Wi-Fi, libraries, updated libraries, sports complex to decent hostel facilities. Medical facilities are available at all times.

Both NMIMS and LNMIIT offer quality education for CSE and have a decent placement record. So, choose any of these two institutes according to your convenience.

NIRF has ranked Thapar University 29th in the Engineering category. Whereas, LNMIIT Jaipur has been ranked 194 for B.Tech by NIRF. As Thapar university is among the finest universities for CSE in North India and LNMIIT Jaipur is an emerging college in the field of IT, these colleges are compared often. Given below is a brief comparison between the two institutes.

CSE at Thapar University

• Established in 1956, the University also has a larger alumni network as compared to LNMIIT Jaipur.
• The course fee for CSE at Thapar is 17.08 lakhs. Admissions at Thapar University is based on JEE Mains scores. The minimum eligibility criteria are 10+2 with 70% aggregate in PCM.
• The CSE department of Thapar has excellent infrastructure. It also has a great coding culture. The department has many technical and non-technical societies that organize many coding competitions, hackathons, all year round.
• In 2019, Thapar University's Highest salary package reported was 43 LPA and the average salary package was approximately 7 LPA. The top recruiters included Amazon, Microsoft, DE Shaw, JP Morgan, Infosys, etc.

Thapar University final year students are required to spend a full six month semester in the industrial projects. It also arranges 6 weeks of summer training for students of various branches including CSE.

CSE at LNMIIT Jaipur

• Admissions at LNMIIT Jaipur is based on JEE Mains scores and direct admission is offered to Central & State Board toppers. The minimum eligibility criteria are standard 12th with 60% aggregate in PCM. The total course fee is 14.8 lakhs.
• According to reports as per 2019, LNMIIT Jaipur recorded the highest salary package as 36 LPA and the average salary package 10 LPA. The top recruiters included Amazon, Oyo, Microsoft, Sapient, Goldman Sachs, etc. Students also get selected for GSoC from LNMIIT.

LNMIIT Jaipur provides opportunities for extensive research work. It also provides Summer internship programs. The programs are attended by students from IITs and NITs.

Although LNMIIT Jaipur has a lower course fee, in terms of placements, alumni network, coding culture Thapar University is better for CSE.