Generally, the only competitors of NITs will be IITs or other NITs. However, NIT Srinagar is not the most reputed NIT & IET Lucknow is a worthy competitor. Both of these are great colleges to pursue a course in CSE.

Admission & Eligibility:

• Admission to NIT Srinagar is through JEE main. Eligibility is a pass with a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 exams with maths, physics & chemistry.

• Admission to IET Lucknow is through UPSEE. Eligibility is a pass in 10+2 exams with maths, physics & chemistry.

Fee Structure:

• The first-year fee at NIT Srinagar amounts to INR 1.36 lakhs in total and the total fee for 4 years amounts to INR 5.46 lakhs. Hostel fees are extra.

• The total first-year fee that includes tuition, exam fees, and other fees amount to INR 89,775 at IET Lucknow. The total fee for 4 years comes at INR 3.44 lakhs.

Infrastructure:

• IET Lucknow has a fully equipped and air-conditioned computer centre with high-speed internet. Other facilities include separate hostels for girls and boys, a gym, a medical facility, and a bank inside the campus.

• NIT Srinagar, apart from being a scenic place, also has very good infrastructure for CSE students. Other facilities include separate hostels for girls and boys, a sports centre, and a healthcare facility inside the campus.

Placement:

IET Lucknow:

• More than 70 companies visited IET Lucknow this year to offer placement to students.

• The highest number of students that got placed was from the CSE department.

• IET Lucknow students get campus placement opportunities from Adobe, TCS, India Bulls, LAVA, Syntel, Anglo-Eastern, Global Logic, Zia Semiconductor

• The highest CTC package offered was to a CSE student by Byju’s (INR 14 LPA).

• The average CTC offered this year was around INR 7 LPA.

NIT Srinagar:

• NIT Srinagar CSE students usually receive almost 100% placement.

• Major IT companies visit the campus every year to recruit top CSE student talents.

• Some of the famous recruiters are Wipro, Infosys, Amazon, Oracle, Capgemini, Oxigen, Pinnacle, HP, etc.

• The average annual CTC offered is around INR 9 LPA.

• The highest CTC offered was around INR 17 LPA.

The infrastructure and placement rates are very good at either of these colleges. The fees are slightly higher in NIT Srinagar. But the final decision must be taken according to the interest of the student.

XLRI has been accredited by AMBA, AACSB, NBA and has been approved by AICTE. It has been ranked 9th by NIRF in the category Top B-Schools in India. The institute has tied up with various international universities for exchange programs. 

Course Details

The college offers 6 types of MBA courses with fees ranging between 12 LPA AND 26.44 LPA. The college ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd by The Week, Economic Times and Business Today respectively for MBA.

Admission 

• Students need to appear for XAT for admission in any of the specializations in MBA.
• Shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview on the basis of performance in XAT.
• The institute will also consider academic performance and work experience.

Placements

• The course has a perfect placement rate of approximately 100%. 
• Companies such as BCG, KPMG, McKinsey, PwC, and P&G are some of the top recruiters which visit the campus for the placement season. 
• The average salary offered is an impressive 20 LPA. 
• The highest package offered at the college is 50 LPA.

After completing CSE from VIT pursuing MBA from XLRI is a great choice. It gives you an insight into the business world while providing great knowledge, being a top-ranked MBA institute. Placements at XLRI are a good upgrade from those at VIT, with a 100% rate and whopping salary packages.

One of my friends was in a similar dilemma a few years back. There are several outlooks to consider when deciding which among both of these should be your choice. The points listed below will give you a fair idea to think about it,

• The NIT tag matters not just inside the boundaries of the nation, yet outside of it. That means, choosing NIT over PEC will give various international recruiters a solid reason for hiring you. 
• Other than that, the recruiters hiring in PEC Chandigarh are nearly the same as that of NIT Kurukshetra.
• PEC did come close to becoming an IIT but there is no such possibility anymore. 
• NITs have a more focused academic environment. 
• If you want to pursue any coaching for either UPSC or GATE, then you can opt for PEC.
• My sister was a student of NIT Kurukshetra herself and according to her the studies, curriculum, exposure are better at NIT than most of the newly established IITs.

NIT Kurukshetra does have a slight edge over PEC.

For B.Tech courses VIT has been ranked #15-300 in India for the year 2020 by NIRF rankings. In Tamil Nadu, the university was ranked #4th for courses in B.Tech. On the other hand, Manipal University was ranked #8-200 for top universities in India by NIRF rankings in the year 2020.

Admissions

• Manipal University, Manipal:

  • Completed his/ her 10+2 grade or equivalent from a recognized board With Physics, Mathematics, and English as the compulsory subjects with 50% marks.

  • The candidate taking admission should also qualify the Manipal Entrance Test (MET)- 2020.

  • 3.35 Lakhs is the total fee for the CSE course in the 1st year.

• VIT Vellore:

  • The candidate must have completed 10+2 with PCM or PCB as the subjects.

  • Minimum 60% marks should be obtained by the aspirant in 10+2.

  • The selections are done on the basis of counseling and marks obtained in the entrance texts i.e., VITEEE.

  • The total course fee for ECE in VIT is 1.98 Lakhs.

Placements

• Manipal University, Manipal:

  • 6.2 Lakhs was the median salary offered to CSE students in the University.

  • Top recruiting companies in Manipal are Forbes Marshall, Mercedes Benz, Hyundai, Cipla, Hero Moto Corp, Maruti Suzuki, INFOYSIS, Intel, etc.

• VIT Vellore:

  • 713+ companies visited the campus with a total of 705 dream offers.

  • The highest package offered was 41.60 LPA and 6.05 LPA was the average salary offered.

  • Microsoft, Philips, HP, TCS, Wipro, Intel, Bank of America, Infosys, Deloitte, and Bosch among many others are top recruiters of the University.

Campus

• Manipal University, Manipal:

  • The campus is about 313 acres in the area.

  • Hospital facilities, sports facilities, and innovative centers are available for students, Wi-Fi facility is available everywhere across the campus, restaurants, libraries, hostel, labs, etc. are some of the facilities available on-campus.

• VIT Vellore:

  • The campus size is about 250 acres.

  • Clubs, library, sports facilities, hostel, health services, transport facilities, pollution friendly management projects such as liquid waste management, solid waste management, solar power, wind power, etc. are some of the facilities and activities going on in the campus.

If the subject is not the priority then VIT is a lot ahead of Manipal as it provides excellent placements and living environment to the students. But it all depends on the choice and interests of the aspirant seeking admissions.

IIT Tirupati and BITS Goa offer BTech program in CSE. Both the institutes are reputed and offer decent academics and placement opportunities for CSE students.

IIT Tirupati-

IIT Tirupati has been ranked 24 for Engineering by JEE cutoff 2019.

Admissions:

• Applicants must have 75% total aggregate in class 12th in PCM.

• The admissions in BTech is done by JEE mains and JEE advanced scores.

• The opening-closing rank for Computer Science and Engineering is 2741-3367 for males and 4568-5557 for females. The applicants are allocated based on the JoSAA Counselling.

The grand total fees for completing a Bachelor's degree in CSE is around 3 lacs.

Placement:

The maximum placement was registered from CSE.

• The highest placement offered at IIT Tirupati is 25 LPA and the average package offered at IIT Tirupati is 9 LPA for CSE.

• The average package of CSE was 12 LPA.

• The top recruiters were Honeywell, TCS, Bosch, Versa network, ZS associates, etc.

BITS Goa-

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa (BITS-Goa) is a renowned technical and science educational field located in Southern Goa.

Admissions:

• There are two criteria to be eligible for admissions to the B.E. program at BITS Goa- BITSAT and Direct Admission.

• The students should have passed 10+2 from a recognized State or Central Board with a minimum of 75% in PCM. State Board Toppers are offered direct admissions.

The grand total fees for completing a Bachelor's degree in CSE is around 14 lacs.

Placement:

• The highest placement offered at BITS Goa is 44 LPA and the average package offered at BITS Goa is 7 LPA for CSE.

• The average package of CSE was 16 LPA.

• The top recruiters were Dell, DE Shaw, Flipkart, Samsung, Reliance, IBM, etc.

Both BITS Goa and IIT Tirupati are good Engineering colleges. In the term of placements, BITS Goa provides better opportunities. On the other hand, in the terms of course fees, IIT Tirupati is more affordable.

MAIT is ranked 41st for BTech engineering by India Today, and Jamia is ranked 28th for engineering by the NIRF in 2020. The total seats for CSE in MAIT are 240 and Mechanical in Jamia has 70 seats. The yearly tuition fee at MAIT is 1.15 lakhs and Jamia is INR 12,000.

Admission:

• Candidates need to sit for the JEE Main examination for entrance into any of the colleges.

• For MAIT, students need to go through the GGSIPU counseling, and for Jamia, students need to go through the JMI Delhi counseling.

In 2019 the closing cut-off ranks for the institute were as follows.

Placements:

MAIT:

• The placement percentage of CSE at MAIT is 90%.

• The highest salary package is around 25 LPA, and the lowest is 3 LPA.

• The average salary package is 4-5 LPA.

• Reputed companies like TCS, Infosys, Amazon, Accenture, Microsoft, and Wipro come for recruitment.

JMI:

For mechanical, placements are quite good at Jamia.

• The mechanical department has a placement record of 70-80%.

• More than 40 companies come to recruit students each year.

• The average salary offered is around 5 LPA, and the highest salary that was offered in 2019 was around 12 LPA.

• The companies that come for recruitment are L&T, Supergas, Hero, Blue Star, TCS, Wipro, Saint Gobain, Cummins, Siemens, Maruti Suzuki, M and M, and Anglo-Eastern.

Infrastructure:

MAIT:

• At MAIT, the student to faculty ratio is around 70:1.

• The library is massive, having access to hundreds of volumes and papers.

• There are five canteens on campus, and the college has several sports facilities, including an indoor badminton court.

JMI:

• The mechanical department at Jamia has its library and well-equipped labs.

• The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled. Medical facilities are available 24*7.

• Each department organizes sports week, and the mechanical department also has separate canteens.

Although in terms of placements and infrastructure both the colleges are on par, there is a factor of affordability. Jamia has one of the lowest tuition fees in Delhi. However, the decision depends on the students who need to take everything from academics to cultural aspects of the colleges into consideration.

Among the above institutes, ABV-IIIT Gwalior is definitely the best choice for pursuing Computer Science.

The table below gives a brief comparison among the institutes.

Key highlights:

• IIITM Gwalior is the first IIIT to be established in India, thus having its own good reputation over the years.
• The campus is large (over 160 acres) consisting of a football ground, a cricket ground, a volleyball ground, a sports complex, a hospital, an academic block, an open-air theatre, and a lot of other things inside.
• It has a much better infrastructure than IIIT Sonepat.
• All faculties in IIIT Gwalior have a Ph.D., which is the minimum qualification. This makes it evident that the teaching capabilities are quite good.
• Placements are exceptionally well in IIIT Gwalior, with the highest package being 28 LPA to date.

So, IIITM Gwalior is the definite choice among the three IIITs mentioned, considering the overall facilities, placement, and infrastructure.