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.

For VJTI’s CS department, you are required to be in the top 150 students in CET. Alongside those, the IT cutoff as seen in a specific year was around the ranking of 325. These as mentioned are for a general female or male candidate.

The candidates who are to appear must however have scored more than 50% in 10 + 2 examinations from a recognized board of education. The Selection Criteria will be Entrance Based (MHT - CET).

As far as the closing rank of KJ Somaiya is concerned, then for CS, it was considered to be around 3500 and for IT, the closing rank was known to be somewhere ranging between and around 6500. Besides, the rank mentioned latter is for non-minority candidates.

But, if you are anyhow a Gujrati minority, then being selected in the institute is not much of a hassle. For the department of CS, the cutoff was ranged to be around the ranking of 7000, and similarly, for IT, it was around the ranking of 14000.

From sometime in a particular year, KJ Somaiya is expected to initiate its own University. And it can drastically alter the above mentioned numbers and disproportionate it in any specific manner. Besides, it also is supposed to conduct its own entrance exam in sometime or might also have initiated, the notice of which will be denoted in the college section area.

National Institute of Technology, Suratkhal (NIT Suratkhal), offers a four-year bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication. With the 123 seat markup, the competition can get pretty competitive, as it yields towards high paying placement packages from a great program. 

VJTI, Mumbai also offers a similar 4-year program in computer engineering, with students getting placement offers from the company's consolidated campus drive. 

Students confused amongst the degrees can judge both by the lens of public demand and professional relevance.

Electronics and Communications, NITK, Surathkal

Course Outlook

• NITK offers a four-year bachelor's and a two-year master's degree in Electronics and Communications, with amazing lectures, practical training, and a guaranteed placement drive waiting at the end of each program.
• NIRF ranks its program at 33rd place, while India Today awards this particular bachelor's degree at 15th out of 30 colleges.

Infrastructure

• The college has some of the best infrastructures, with fully equipped labs, classrooms, and an added luxury of a great ambiance. 
• Students willing to opt for a hostel can do so comfortably, as it comes with a great many amenities. 

Computer Engineering, VJTI, Mumbai 

Course Outlook

• VJTI offers a four-year bachelor's course in computer engineering, focused on the design and development of computers and technological devices.
• NIRF ranks the course at 71st place out of the 300 eligible contenders, whereas THE Week ranks it at 26 places among 130 different colleges. 

Infrastructure

VJTI's campus is like no other, with its halls containing anything and everything required for modern technical education. 

Although there are many good points about both of these colleges, once you are settled on the course, the decision gets easier. Out of both options, a computer engineering degree at VJTI college is a far better program, yielding the best opportunities for fresh graduates in this challenging young world.

VJTI Mumbai's E&TC program saw a 97% placement rate in 2019 and COEP's Department of Instrumentation and Control has a placement rate of 85% - 90% in general. Students at COEP get opportunities of working with PSUs like HPCL or BPCL. The highest package has gone up to INR 37 LPA.

The table below highlights the two programs as well:

Admission: Students will be considered for VJTI Admissions and COEP Admissions if they have 50-55% marks in 10+2 and graduation; and MAH-CET/GATE score, as per requirement.

Faculty

VJTI:

• There are 20 faculty members for the E & TC program including 5 members for the Diploma level and 7 for the Degree level.

COEP:

• There are 11 faculty members in the Instrumentation and Control Department; most of them have a Ph.D. from well-known national and international universities like the University of St Louis; University of Washington Seattle, IITR, etc.

Infrastructure

VJTI Mumbai:

• Under the TEQIP program, it has procured equipment for Communication, Virtual Instrumentation
• The High Voltage lab is funded by Siemens Germany and AICTE. The latest addition to its labs is the VJTI- L&T Low Voltage Switchgear Laboratory.

COEP Pune:

• There are department labs in the COEP Instrumentation department like the Johnson Control Lab, Advanced lab, etc.

Placements

VJTI:

• Most students from the E&TC department get jobs in consultancy firms, the finance sector,s and in IT companies.
• There are only a few core placements with Reliance, Airtel, etc. The major recruiters over the years have been Airtel, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, etc.
• The highest package offered in 2018 was INR 24 LPA and the average salary was 6.5 LPA.

COEP Pune:

• In 2018, the maximum package offered at COEP for instrumentation and control was INR 18 LPA and the major recruiters were Barclays and HP.

Also, 85% of seats are reserved for Maharashtra candidates at VJTI. Students must keep the above-mentioned features in mind when choosing.

I have a few friends at VJTI and they are not happy with the Electrical Engineering program offered by the institute. Here are some of the things that they mentioned about the institute.

• In VJTI, there has been a lack of good faculties for ages. Most of the professors in VJTI lack sufficient experience to deliver proper lectures and provide proper practical exposure to students.
• Due to the lack of faculties in VJTI, there are walk-in interviews conducted by the institute to hire faculties. But, even in those interviews, there is no proper candidate with good enough experience. Some of the faculties are even from tier-3 colleges.
• There is no proper laboratory equipment available in VJTI, especially in the electrical engineering department. Almost 90% of the lab works are done through software simulations.
• The class timings in VJTI are not satisfactory for most students in the institute. On a usual day, classes start from 9 AM and continue till 5 PM, which most students think to be too long and hectic.

Considering the above disadvantages of VJTI, ECE at IIIT Nagpur is a much better choice for students. Here is a brief overview of the ECE course at IIIT Nagpur.

Hope this helps.