In terms of academics, infrastructure, and placements, IIIT Sri City is average at best.
If you want good facilities and academics don’t choose IIIT Sri City.
You will definitely have a great time in Sri City and probably not feel like going back home after the amazing four years you will spend here. One of my friends has experienced the amazing campus life. He got really attached to this place. You will miss your friends and having fun at 3 am in the morning.
The IFMR canteen is one place where you will eat every possible thing on the menu and not attend classes. You will also end up taking a number of spontaneous trips. Even the small nitty-gritty like not being able to stay awake during class, running around for attendance will become so ingrained in your daily life that you will end up missing them. The teachers here are more like friends instead of professors. You will also miss the happiness of getting an unexpected holiday.
Your hostel room is going to be a place of great memories. It will witness breakups, patch-ups, and you at your best and worse. Sri City and the college will become your second home.
The early morning sunrises, evening strolls around the campus as well as the petrichor of the rain right after the blistering summer in May are things you will come to appreciate. While you might enter as a frightened fresher, you will be leaving as an experienced graduate. You will learn to become independent and will have gone through some of life’s toughest lessons.
In other words, you will come to love this place so much, you will definitely have tears in your eyes as you leave from here on your last day. Some of your best days will be from IIIT Sri City.
IIIT Sri City is a great option for a CSE degree. The curriculum and course stricture is excellent. Unlike most technical colleges, you will learn the core subjects, from the very beginning. Computer science department boasts of a brilliant faculty base. You will receive the necessary guidance and support from the professors.
Major industry giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, etc. take part in IIIT Sri City placements. The average CTC for CSE is INR 12 LPA.
You should take IIIT Sri City. It follows an updated curriculum. You will get many opportunities to explore beyond classroom teaching. IIIT Sri City has coding clubs and robotics clubs. You can join any of these communities based on your interest
IIIT Sri City placements have been good over the recent years. According to recent placement highlights, the average and highest CTC offered were INR 12.02 LPA and INR 43 LPA, respectively. Some of the major recruiters that take part in the placement drive are Microsoft, IBM, L&T, Amazon, TCS, etc.
IIIT Guwahati is better than IIIT Sri City. It has an excellent placement record. As per the placement statistics of recent years, the average and highest CTC offered in campus placement are INR 11.59 LPA and INR 32 LPA, respectively. Companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, UpGrad, Toppr Technologies, Tekion, Wipro, etc. are the major recruiters that take part in IIIT Guwahati placements.
The institute has a locational advantage as well. The campus is only 4 km away from Guwahati airport.
IIIT Sri City is better than JNTU Hyderabad. It has a better peer group which is reflected in the higher cutoff requirements. IIIT Sri City follows the course structure and curriculum of IIIT Hyderabad. So, you will receive better learning and resources.
The institute has maintained an excellent placement record over the years. Companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, etc. take part in IIIT Sri City placements. The average CTC offered is around INR 6 LPA.
My friend is a pass out from IIIT Sri City and was placed at a well-reputed company. According to his experience, the secret to their great placement record is their curriculum.
As we all know that IIIT Hyderabad is the mentor institute of IIIT Sri City, it gets excellent faculty and placement assistance. The curriculum is totally different compared to NITs and IITs, so you will have a year of advantage over others because in IIITs there is no PCM in the first year.
You will be taught core subjects in depth from the first year itself, unlike regular B.Tech. This is a major plus point that helps train you enough for the placements later. Currently, the average package at IIIT Sri City is about 8–9 LPA and the highest is 24 LPA.
You might also get offered semester-long internships out of India in which you will get paid too.
Here is a list of some companies who recruit at IIIT Sri City:
However, the placement package and company also depend on your skills and capabilities. So, you will need to strictly adhere to their curriculum to climb the ladder of success. Also, in case you miss the campus placements, the rigorous curriculum and training will make you capable of getting any good-paying job outside the campus.
No, IIIT Sri City is not an inferior institute. It is decent to invest your time and money in it. Below mentioned are a few features of the institute.
It is a good institute, so try to make the most out of your experience there. It is important to make the right choices in terms of peers, college groups, clubs, etc.
IIIT Sri City is a promising institute. The points that make it different are as follows.
Drawbacks:
Average Package |
10 LPA |
Highest Package |
22 LPA |
To conclude, the academics are good. But the institute will do so much better if it could overcome these drawbacks.
IIITDM Kancheepuram is an institute of national importance and it has an advantage over the other two institutes as both the institutes are IIITGs in PPP Mode. The bill to declare PPP mode as institutes of national importance is still pending in parliament.
Here are a few pieces of information about the CSE/IT in the campuses mentioned in the question.
IIIT Guwahati:
The institute started in the year 2013 and has a strong CS department with a good number of experienced faculties.
IIIT Sri City:
Both the colleges have their advantages and disadvantages. You have to analyze which is better for you to pursue B.Tech in CSE/IT as per your parameters. Good luck.