The choice of both branch and institute depends a lot on factors like your career prospects and areas of interest. However, since you haven't decided on a branch yet, I will assume you aren't yet sure of a branch and are open to exploring more branches. Don't worry, as most students clearing JEE Advanced face a similar situation. Personally, I will recommend you to go for IIT KGP over ISM Dhanbad because of 2 strong reasons
IIT KGP gives you the chance to explore and identify your area of interest. Even if you go for coding and later realize you don't like it, you can always go for non-core jobs that are in abundance at IIT KGP. But in the case of Dhanbad, you will have to stick to coding irrespective of your career inclinations. This is a major factor as it is your passion that determines your success rate.
IIT KGP has a more diverse group of individuals that are literal geniuses. Even if you are an above-average student you will face tough competition and thus will always strive to excel and grow. Dhanbad has an average-quality peer group and thus your growth might be restricted there.
I can only guide you to make a good decision, the final authority lies with you.

NIT Hamirpur should be your first choice. The NIT tagline will help you get more opportunities than students from other colleges. If your area of interest is coding, then go for the CSE branch. You should only go for your claim, and never force yourself to study; instead, your interest should drive your studies. So opt for NIT Hamirpur to get good opportunities.

MAKAUT in house campus has higher opening and closing ranks as compared to JGEC. This makes it clear that students usually prefer MAKAUT CSE. But this does not mean that one institute is better than the other. JGEC is an autonomous college, but it is located outside the city limits.

Having studied CSE at JGEC, I am listing down some advantages of our department-

1. The CS faculty has strong communication with their students, and they know the strengths and weaknesses of each one of them.
2. The students get good internship opportunities, and teachers offer ample guidance for publishing their research papers.
3. JGEC has a better campus life as compared to MAKAUT. The college environment is quite healthy.

Ultimately, the choice is yours. Select the college that best suits your requirements. 

IIITDM Jabalpur is a premiere technical institute. It was established by the MoE in 2005. It is among the oldest and the most well established IIITs. 

The CSE department of IIITDM Jabalpur is better in comparison to the other colleges mentioned by you. This is evident in the preference of most students, as they give priority to IIITDM for their CSE over other IIITs. 

The placements of the CSE department have been quite good over the past few years. Moreover, IIITDM Jabalpur has a tie up with Japan, and top performers from each branch get a chance to visit the country during winter break. 

Thus, I would recommend you choose IIITDM Jabalpur for your CSE. 

NIT Surathkal and NIT Warangal are both top NITs. 

IT and CSE are both related to tech and computers. Both these branches offer equal opportunities. Also, the curriculum is the same for both. NITW is placed 21st in the 2023 NIRF engineering rankings. On the other hand, NITK is placed 12th. 

The placements offered at both these colleges are pretty good. During 2023 placements at NITW, B.Tech CSE students recorded 99.4% placement. The average package stood at INR 30.5 LPA, and the highest package stood at INR 88 LPA for B.Tech CSE. As for NITK, last year the IT department achieved the highest package of INR 45 LPA.

Thus, both options are equally good. So you can go for either IT at NITK or CSE at NITW.

Pursuing CSE from any Tier-1 college will be very beneficial for your career as it’s one of the most coveted branches today. 

NIT Jalandhar all three branches CSE, IT, and ECE are the top ones with excellent placements. These branches offer excellent job opportunities irrespective of the fact that you know how to code or not. Students of these branches are placed in companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, Flipkart, Paytm, and even Google. Additionally, a 6-month internship program in the 8th semester is offered wherein you can intern in any company (off-campus or on-campus) and earn while being a student.

So, you can put your worries to rest if you are only concerned about placements.

NIT Durgapur is way ahead of NIT Jalandhar and NIT Jamshedpur in so many aspects. I have listed these factors below and drawn a general comparison between the three NITs.

1. Competitive programming culture: The competitive programming culture is better at NIT Durgapur than at other NITs and the rankings in SPOJ prove it.

2. Open source culture: The Open Source culture at NIT Durgapur is way better than any other NITs and even many IITs. The number of students in GSOC is also more than in other institutes.

3. Infrastructure: NIT Jalandhar lacks the most when it comes to infrastructure. NIT Durgapur and NIT Jamshedpur are still comparable.

4. Research culture: Both NIT Jalandhar and Jamshedpur are very stagnant in this area. Whereas in NIT Durgapur, professors and students take initiative in research projects. Also, foreign internships are considered here. It has collaboration with CERN Geneva and 6 students are sent every year for summers in Switzerland.

5. Faculty: Leaving Jalandhar, both the NITs have a good faculty base and quality teaching. 

The order is - NIT Durgapur>NIT Jamshedpur>NIT Jalandhar