Being a government institute, any degree pursued at IIIT Bhubaneshwar holds a lot of value in everybody’s eyes. As it is an old institute as well, the faculty is quite educated and experienced in its way of teaching and delivery methods. Their methods are well-tested and very effective for their students.

The institute believes a lot in practical approach and this is the reason why labs and other rooms are very well-maintained as well as up to date for its students. The entire campus is also Wi-Fi-enabled which makes it easier for students to study online. Though to take admission in the IT branch of IIIT Bhubaneshwar, one might need to reconsider his/her financial position as pursuing at IIIT Bhubaneshwar is quite expensive.

Being in a city that is also a hub of big company’s headquarters like Tata, IIIT Bhubaneshwar also ends up providing a lot of job as well as internship opportunities to its students, especially of the IT branch. The placement rate offered by the institute to its students is also fairly good and satisfying.

The coding environment provided by the institute is also very satisfying. Seniors at the institute add a lot to the coding club of the institute as well as to the open sources. This helps the institute’s students a lot. In the past few years, IIIT Bhubaneshwar has achieved a lot under its name. It provides a very resourceful environment to its students which eventually ends up helping them in their studies. The institute also encourages its students in development projects. It also uses local web apps made and managed by students within the institute.

One of my friends studied at BVP and his experience was really good there. You should go for IT at BVP. BVP is the most active technical college of IPU. They have a lot of active societies while CSI and IEEE and have many coding competitions frequently.

Though IT at MSIT also has good facilities, it is not good and does not make any efforts for the welfare of students.

Let me tell you that even though my brother was in MAIT, he got his first internship through BVP rather than his own college. Go for BVP without thinking any further.

One of my seniors graduated from the IS branch of Acharya Institutes. He has seen a considerable number of students quit because they had complaints regarding the non-payment of their salaries. They looked for better opportunities in other colleges. He did not find anything better about the department apart from the HOD and a few other lecturers.

If you are looking for employment in companies that are service-based, you will most likely get placements. If you are looking for help and motivation from your peers or faculty, you will probably be disappointed. My senior and a lot of his peers got little to no help with the same, including research activities. My senior suggests that you should choose ISE at Acharya only when you do not much have many choices and/or if you have a low rank.

RGPV is a government college and because of this all of the courses which it offers are quite good to get a well-reputed job. IT or CSE will be the best option if you want good placements. According to the recent placement highlights the average CTC offered at UIT RGPV is 3 LPA.

Now, whether you will be able to prepare for UPSC, along with your engineering degree or not, that depends on you. 

• You can go for UPSC preparation whilst you are enrolled in IT. All of the possibilities depend on how motivated you are. 
• Moreover, if you try to finish learning your engineering courses on time, you will have ample duration to sit and study for UPSC.
• Furthermore, try to be with the group of students who are also preparing for UPSC so that you can be with them and prepare well with them. Studying with your peers will help you to achieve your goals easily. 
• Also, the syllabus for IT is quite easy so, you will have time to prepare for UPSEE. 

Thus, you can prepare for UPSC if you really want to, and choosing IT will make it easy for you to lower the burden of academics. 

My sister is an alumnus of the IET Lucknow IT branch and here is some of her advice regarding the branch. 

• First and foremost, you must identify which field you are interested in. If you want to work in software development, you should be able to create code in an object-oriented programming language like C++ or Python, and you should practice by solving puzzles on Hackerrank.
• You should enter several programming competitions; code chef long and lunchtime are highly suggested. Basic data structures can also be learned via Mycodeschool and you can practice on Hackerank and Geeksforgeeks.

Now let’s talk about the IT branch at IET Lucknow.

• There is no difference between IT and the CS branch. Both branches face the same situations and follow the same curriculum. 
• Only TCS and WIPRO are the regular companies to attend the placement drive; the rest are uncertain. Occasionally, a large number of companies will arrive, while other times, none. According to the placement statistics of 2020, the median CTC offered was 5 LPA.

So, unless you have some senior help, the development of your talents is entirely dependent on your own hard work.

Mechanical at DCE/DTU is ranked 2nd and 34th among India’s best technological universities by TES and NIRF ranking. The institute consists of 230 faculties with a placement record of 100% every year. 

ABV-IIITM Gwalior offers full-time integrated courses such as BTech+MTech, BTech+MBA. The course provides a synchronous curriculum covering IT facets and management. ABV-IIITM Gwalior ranked 76th for MBA by NIRF Ranking 2020.

Admission process:-

DCE/DTU

• The minimum eligibility criteria for admissions is 60% marks in 10+2 from a recognized board. 
• The candidates’ final selection is based on the score in JEE Main, followed by Joint Admission Counselling (JAC).
• The total seats allocated for this course is 186.
• The course fee required is INR 7.81 LPA. 
• The cutoff required is a closing rank of 32382.

ABV-IIITM Gwalior 

• The essential eligibility criteria are a minimum of 75% aggregate in 10+2 with physics, chemistry, and mathematics. 
• The selection of the candidates is based on the JEE Main scores and subsequent CSAB counselling. 
• The fees required is INR 6.7 LPA. 
• The seats allocated are 26.
• The cutoff range is 7028 - 20595.

Placements

More than 323 companies visited the campus of DTU in 2019. A total of 1434 job offers were made to the students with 10% increment in the average salary offered in 2019.

A total of 18% students from ABV-IIITM were offered PPOs (pre-placement offers) and 102 students got placed in 2019.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of placement statistics: 

The top recruiters of DCE/DTU mechanical are Tata Group, Godrej, L&T, Thermax, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Ashok Leyland, General Motors, etc.

The top companies of ABV-IIITM Gwalior are Microsoft, Make My Trip, Amazon, EY, Google, Goldman Sachs, Reliance Jio, Tata Steel, etc. 

Facilities: 

• DTU library has a three-storeyed library with almost 1.34 lakh books. 
• DTU provides the best of the facilities in terms of sports and games for its students.
• ABV-IIITM consists of three boys and one girls hostel. Each of the boys hostel has a capacity of 300 students and the girls hostel has a capacity of 135 students. 
• Various collections of books and journals are available in the central library of ABV-IIITM with various lecture halls and seminars centrally air conditioned.

Both these colleges offer excellent placements along with lots of opportunities. It is upon the students which college they would like to opt for among these two.