VJTI Bombay is one of the oldest institutes in Mumbai. It offers a number of courses and has a legacy of highly placed and reputed alumni. Their course structure has undergone many transformations in recent years and they have also adopted the latest technology for IT and CS courses.

• The B.Tech course at VJTI can be considered a well-reputed course as they receive hundreds of applications every year.
• They are an autonomous college and allow students to take up interdisciplinary courses, irrespective of their graduation specialization.
• VJTI allows students to take up more research and experience-based projects to add to their portfolio value and the overall student experience is motivating and challenging for students to achieve new heights in their careers.

The integrated course at IIITM Gwalior has two formats: B.Tech + MBA and B.Tech + M.Tech.

• Students can choose their specialization of whether to do an MBA or M.Tech in their 3rd year.
• Their course structure at IIITM Gwalior is famous among engineering colleges and their placement rates are very high.
• IIITM has one of the best research faculties and integrated program students are mostly taken up by P.hD level professors.
• Pursuing an integrated degree allows students to save one entire year of Master’s education which they can then use to increase their productivity in the job market or prepare for further competitive exams.
• One potential drawback could be that an integrated program does not grant you a specific specialization. Students are only awarded an M.Tech degree. However, this factor does not affect placements and dual degree alumni get the same placement offers as mainstream master’s degree students do.
• The student-faculty ratio in the dual degree program is also high which allows students to get personalized attention by the best research faculty on the campus.

Analyzing comparatively, VJTI has a century-old legacy to offer with hundreds of students either going for placements or mostly, further education. IIITM Gwalior is not so famous but does provide placement assurance and modern technological facilities. It completely depends on the student on what kind of career are they looking for and what kind of degree do they want to pursue.

If you are an average student then your previous experience, CV, and performance in GD/PI would matter the most in final placements.

Experience: If you have any experience then companies are likely to pick them for similar roles during summers and final placements.

CV: Focus on the matters the most, CV construction and articulation. There are plenty of sites on the internet to help. A good CV will help you to get many more interviews than other batchmates. One should put a lot of effort into that.

GD/PI: Preparation for Group Discussion and the Personal Interview should be a mixture of personal questions, current affairs, academic questions, industry or sector, company in that order. 

• Employers don't expect deep insights but expect high levels of awareness from you and cultural fit is a must. 
• If you are highly ambitious then the foreign banks will prefer you. 
• If you are hardworking and can demonstrate that, the local banks will prefer you. 
• If you are not afraid of rolling up your sleeves and happy working with small shops, rural areas, the FMCG may select you.

You should be able to articulate your interview to be able to demonstrate these attributes. The interviewers are usually experienced enough to see through the lies of the students.

Manipal University has been ranked 12th for MBA courses by Times Higher Education. Here MBA course is offered in 3 streams. They are Health Care Management, Global Business Management, and General.

Admission :

Admission requirements are the same for all the three streams.

• The aspirant must have completed a bachelor’s degree (in any stream).

• 50% is the minimum percentage required for admissions.

• Must have a valid score in CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT.

The fees for all three specializations are as follows.

Facilities:

• The size of the campus is about 313 acres.

• Wi-Fi facilities are available everywhere throughout the campus.

• Restaurants, libraries, hostels, labs, hospital facilities, sports facilities, and innovative centers are some of the on-campus facilities.

• Rain-water harvesting structures, solid-waste, and wastewater management systems are practiced.

• There are many activities that take place on-campus.

• The university helps develop the personality of the students in all aspects.

• The faculties here are quite good and have industry experience.

Placements:

• The highest package offered was INR 27 LPA, whereas the median salary was INR 6.2 LPA.

• 80-85% is the placement rate of the University.

• Some of the top recruits are Forbes Marshall, Mercedes Benz, Hyundai, Cipla, Hero Moto Corp, Maruti Suzuki, INFOSYS, Intel, etc.

The city life of Manipal is quite students friendly. Manipal University is one of the highly reputed Universities in India for its teaching standards, quality education, course structure, placements, campus life, etc.