IIITM, Gwalior, and DAIICT, Gandhinagar are two institutes of technology in our country. Both the institutions have been accredited by NAAC and DAIICT is graded ‘A’ by the same. IIITM is even approved by AICTE, while DAIICT is approved by UGC. IIITM is ranked 100th out of 300 in India by NIRF for BTech. Whereas, DAIICT is ranked 111th out of 300 in India for the same.

Admission:

Both IIITM and DAIICT accept admission based on past academic performance and scores in relevant entrance exams.

• B.Tech., M.Tech., MBA, Ph.D., B.Tech. + MBA, etc. are among the popular courses at IIITM.

• Whereas, DAIICT offers B.Tech., M.Tech., B.Des., M.Sc., Ph.D., etc.

Infrastructure and Facilities:

IIITM: The institute offers hostels with modern facilities, labs, lecture theatres, libraries, computational facilities, auditorium, sports, yoga, canteen, common room, etc. It hosts a number of cultural events throughout the academic year.

DAIICT: The institute offers a number of facilities to its students that include a 16000 sq. ft. library, IT labs, 7 food courts serving a variety of cuisines, etc.

Scholarships:

IIITM: IIITM scholarships are provided to meritorious students who fulfill some criteria, such as scoring a certain GPA, and maintain the terms and conditions for availing it.

DAIICT: The Reliance merit scholarships, DAIICT merit scholarships, and DAIICT merit-cum-means scholarships are offered to the students.

Placement Statistics:

IIITM:

• 90% of students were placed in top recruiting companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, EY, Google, Goldman Sachs, etc.

• The highest and average packages offered were 42 LPA and 14.58 LPA, respectively.

DAIICT:

• 90% of students were placed in top recruiting companies such as Flipkart, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.

• The highest and average packages offered were 39.3 LPA and 10.16 LPA, respectively.

Alumni:

IIITM: Notable alumni of the institute include Abhishek Kishore Gupta (Partner: KPMG India), Anil Choudhary (Data Scientist), Aditi Bansal (Program Management Associate: Adobe), and Naveen Sharma (Scientist).

DAIICT: DAIICT graduates pursue higher education in institutes like IIT and also in universities abroad such as the University of Florida, the University of California, etc. DAIICT graduates are in top positions at organizations such as Hewlett Packard and Ericsson India.

Both IIITM and DAIICT are well-known institutions, and interested individuals must do research for both before choosing one, and take into account other deciding factors as well.

ABV-IIITM, Gwalior observes an overall placement rate of 85-90% across total students through the placement drive. It conducts placements every single year across Engineering, Business Development/Sales, Education and Information Technology, with the maximum number of placements taking place in the field of Engineering. Information Technology and Education sectors see a placement rate of 11% as opposed to Engineering, which is at 30%.

• IIITM, Gwalior witnesses tech companies, marketing, e-commerce, digital development, financial services, banks, electronics, and software companies as some of their top recruiters.
• The most popular companies to have hired students from the college in the year 2020 are Dell, Goldman Sachs, Byju’s, HCL, HDFC, Goibibo, IBM, Infosys, Paytm, Myntra, Pwc, Cartesian, Nagarro, and more.
• Over the years, top companies that have been associated with employing students from IIITM, Gwalior are Adobe, Amazon, Axis Bank, CISCO, Book my Show, Deloitte, Japan Wipro, Yahoo, and Oracle.
• The college also provides summer internship opportunities to students across leading companies like Flipkart, BNY Mellon, Diaspark, and more. In 2019, a total of 139 students were selected for summer internships provided by the college. Out of this, 18 students were from the MBA program and 121 students from the MTech stream.

It offers an average salary package of 10.5 LPA, with 40 LPA being the highest salary package received. Apart from this, a total student count of 18% was observed to have received Pre-placement offers (PPO) from the college. The highest placement package for MBA programs was marked at 15 LPA.

Once students appear for the placement drive, the college will upload a selection list on their website informing students about the status of their interview. Students can also check the list of prospective major employers of the year on the website.

ABV IIITM Gwalior is ranked 81 by NIRF. It is recognized by UGC and AICTE. They have a student strength of 854 students. 

MTech in VLSI is a 2 year full time postgraduate course which involves engineering aspects of designing and developing IC based systems. The course is divided into 4 semesters. 

Placement Details

• 102 students were placed with the highest salary package.
• The highest salary package overall offered was 42 LPA.
• The average salary package overall offered was 14.58 LPA.
• Students graduating with MTech in VLSI Design can work in VLSI Testing, Chip Designing, Lecturer, VLSI Design Engineer, etc. 
• The top recruiting companies include Microsoft, EY, Morgan Stanley, Google, Goldman Sachs, Reliance, Tata, etc.

Faculty

• There is the head of the department, with professors, associate professor, and assistant professors. 
• A total of more than 36 full-time faculty members and 6 are adjunct faculty members. 
• Most of the faculties are Ph.D. holders and experts in the field.

Students will require 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam and 60% in their BTech or BE exam to be eligible for admission at ABV IIITM Gwalior for the MTech program in VLSI Design. Final selection will be based on GATE scores.

As per the MHRD norms, the students are offered stipends within the range of INR 7000-13000. Approximately, this year a total of 18% students received Pre-placement offers from various companies. The list includes Cartesian Consulting, Toppr, Goldsman Sach, Inmobi, Myntra, Leap & Scale, BNY Mellon, Qubole Software, and Goibibo.

IIITM Gwalior and IIIT Guwahati are two excellent institutes of our country that are accredited by MHRD, Government of India. IIITM is also accredited by NAAC and approved by AICTE. IIITM is ranked 76th out of 100 in India for MBA by NIRF. Whereas, IIIT, Guwahati is ranked 66th out of 300 in India for BTech by NIRF.

MBA and BTech CSE are two popular programs at these institutions.

Admission:

IIITM:

• 50% in Graduation and a valid CAT score is the required eligibility for the MBA course in IIITM Gwalior. The required CAT percentile is around 50.

• MBA at IIITM G costs around 1.79 lakhs.

IIITG:

• 10+2 with a valid JEE score is the prerequisite for BTech admission at IIITG. In 2019 the closing cutoff for CSE was 31318.

• The course fee for BTech CSE is 2.05 Lakhs per year.

Infrastructure and Facilities:

IIITM: The institute offers hostels with modern facilities, labs, lecture theatres, libraries, computational facilities, auditorium, sports, yoga, canteen, common room, etc. It hosts a number of cultural events throughout the academic year.

IIITG: IIITG offers facilities including hostels, internet connectivity, a wifi-enabled library, a number of advanced labs with state-of-the-art equipment, etc.

Scholarships:

IIITM: IIITM scholarships are provided to meritorious students who fulfill some criteria, such as scoring a certain GPA, and maintain the terms and conditions for availing it.

IIITG: Scholarships and assistantships are provided to deserving IIITG students. The IMS, McM, SC/ST scholarships, etc, are offered to those who follow certain norms.

Placement Statistics:

IIITM:

• 90% of students were placed in top recruiting companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, EY, Google, Goldman Sachs, etc.

• The highest and average packages offered were 42 LPA and 14.58 LPA, respectively.

• Students got employed in sectors like Banking, Finance, Telecom, Marketing, etc.

IIITG:

• 83% of CSE students were placed in companies such as Amazon, IBM, TCS, Simplilearn, etc.

• The highest and average package offered to CSE graduates was 26 LPA and 11.7 LPA, respectively.

• Top job positions offered were Software Engineers, Application Developer, Network Engineer, CAD Engineer, etc.

Therefore, IIITM and IIITG are decent institutes and it should be one’s personal decision as to which one to take admission in, and which program to pursue.

The general rank of 1430 (or a score of 624) is good enough to get colleges that are even better than ABV-IIITM Gwalior. With this rank, a candidate can get into NITs and many more institutes that have a much better curriculum and placement than ABV-IIITM Gwalior.

Here is a list of some of the best institutes which a rank of 1430 should expect for M.Tech in CSE.

• NIT Surathkal
• NIT Warangal
• NIT Trichy
• NIT Calicut
• NIT Allahabad
• DCE Delhi
• NSIT Delhi
• IIIT Bangalore
• IIIT Hyderabad

Among the above institutes, there is a good chance of getting an NIT seat in the spot rounds. Getting a call from IIIT Bangalore is definite. IIIT Hyderabad is also a very good choice, as its M.Tech in CSE is considered to be better than some IITs having 100% placement too.

ABV IIITM Gwaliordoes not offer an MTech in CSE. However, if you are interested in CS/IT, you can get good placements. Some students secured a 7-digit salary package in the same field from this institute. 

One of my friends was a student of this institute, but he did not know about the 5 years dual degree program in IIEST Shibpur. He told me that no one even knows about this new university's dual degree course; thereby, if you love to get risks, then take admission to enter here.

Besides, he told me that he was also unaware of the reputation along with the education quality of the other two institutes. However, in IIEST Shibpur, you will get immense learning opportunities; additionally, education quality is also not bad as it is an ancient institute. Rather it improves a lot after becoming INI.

It is challenging to state which institute is better if the student doesn’t know the institute properly. Besides, it is also important to understand what is actually better as the thinking of a student.

However, you are from outside of West Bengal, then IIIT Gwalior must be the first priority, although IIEST Shibpur is a reputed institute. The faculties of IIEST Shibpur are experienced enough, but most of them are Bengali. So, preference will be given to students from West Bengal, as the home state would be a great advantage. They will be able to gain all the opportunities like communication. It is because the students from West Bengal can speak in Bengali far better way than the others.

If there is a comparison between IIIT Gwalior and Jabalpur, then the suggestion will be for IIIT Gwalior, as it offers better placement than the other. Besides, it also has vastly alleged alumni and knowledgeable faculties.