Here’s a detailed comparison of VNIT Nagpur CSE and NITK Surathkal IT (often the two are compared as CSE vs IT, since both are in-demand IT branches at top NITs)
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Factor |
NITK Surathkal IT |
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Institute Reputation |
Well-established, but slightly below top NITs |
Among top 3 NITs (with NIT Warangal, NIT Trichy) |
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Branch Demand |
High demand, core software engineering. |
High demand, almost equivalent to CSE. |
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Faculty |
Experienced, research-oriented |
Highly reputed, strong research and industry links |
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Accommodation |
Good hostel facilities, campus life vibrant |
Excellent hostel facilities, vibrant campus life |
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Internships |
Good opportunities, major IT companies recruit |
Excellent, top companies like Oracle, Microsoft, Accenture visit |
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Placements |
12 lakhs, major recruiters: TCS, Infosys, Cognizant. |
15 lakhs, top recruiters: Oracle, Accenture, Wipro. |
When taking into account all of the important aspects, including professors, internships, placements, reputation, and housing, NITK Surathkal IT is widely regarded as a superior option to VNIT Nagpur CSE.
This is the Girls’ New Hostel building. It was constructed a few years back.

This is a single seater room that belongs to one of my friends-

The boys are also provided decent hostel rooms. Here is a picture of my friend’s room-


VNIT Nagpur hostels have decent rooms. Everything depends on the person who lives in them. It is the individual’s responsibility to arrange and maintain his/her own room.
As your choice, of course, is different it’s difficult to choose one institute over the other. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur is one of the oldest NITs with a good reputation. According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 VNIT ranks at 18 among all the engineering colleges of India. The placement highlights of 2018-19 at VNIT Nagpur show 68 students from Electrical Engineering got placed. The average salary package offered in the placement was around 7 LPA, while the highest package offered to students was 22 LPA. Top recruiters from this institute include Microsoft, MindTree, Raymond, Nokia, Sulzer, Siemens, and Symantec, etc.
Despite being a new IIT, Indian Institute Of Technology, Bhubaneswar is doing quite well both in academics and placement. According to NIRF Ranking, IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked at 26. The placement highlights from last year show 90% of students got a placement offer from this IIT. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive. The top recruiters were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, Adobe, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Trident Group, UnitedHealth Group, etc. ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC are the PSUs that also visited the campus for recruiting the students. The average CTC Offered was around 11.44 LPA, whereas 39 LPA was the highest CTC.
Both the institutes VNIT and IIT Bhubaneswar have their merits, so the decision comes down to your choice of course. So, first, choose which course you want to pursue and then choose the institute offering a better program for that specific course.