Between the options, you should choose NIT Surathkal IT. Here are the reasons why. 

• The syllabus difference between IT and CSE is not so much in this institute.
• The placement process in the institute is exceptional, specifically for the circuit branches, including IT, CSE, ECE, and EEE. However, in the last year, students are recruited by Google and Microsoft.
• NITK has its own brand name. Maybe it is an NIT, but the students here get a lot of exposure. JEE Mains toppers mainly take admission in this institute every year.

Here is a full overview of NIT Surathkal

You will have to stay here in the hostel, which provides a good experience for them. During the tenure of the course, you will learn how to take care of yourself. Also, if your hometown is Bangalore, then you can frequently visit home.

The placement scenario in the institute with respect to different streams in the year 2019-20 was quite attractive. The situation was not good 5 years ago. The companies were not that interested towards the institute. 

The prominent details regarding placement in this year are as follows:

Close to 70 students bagged up a package of more than INR 10LPA. They have established a good position in the top multinationals.

The primary recruiters are Acxiom, HCL, Samsung, PWC, American Express, Amazon, Cashify, Dell, IBM, Microsoft, Newgen. Microsoft, Optum, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Urban Clap were the major companies that can be looked up to for better records.

Apart from placements internships also gave a good impact in which 102 people got their opportunity. The internships have given an immense exposure to individuals in order to set up a good base in the industrial sectors.

IITM has set up a decent placement record in the past 2-3 years. It has made good networking with different industries in the sector. Therefore choosing any course with the institute would land you up in a better career ahead having more possibilities.

This highly depends on which field you are from. MNNIT Allahabad is quite popular in the programming community. When it comes to the common man, since they are not much into the programming culture, it is quite possible that they might not be aware of the college.

Even when it comes to media like newspapers and television, usually it’s the IITs that are highly spoken about and there is nothing much about MNIT and every other NIT perhaps. If you are worried about your placements with regards to this, don’t stress. Companies do know about the potential of the college and hence provide very good packages to students.

In fact, the college should be more popular among companies than the common people. You do not need to worry about this.

NICMAR, keep in mind that you have never been known to add a lot of value to students interested in core construction. My brother is a NICMAR graduate, and yes, it helps because there is no other institute from which the construction industry can recruit students.

NICMARians can work in non-core construction jobs, but never in Core Construction. Furthermore, they have a serious attitude problem because construction does not always go as planned.

Spending Rs 13 Lakhs in this market is not a good investment. As the average CTC offered at the institute is 6 LPA, according to the recent placement highlights. 

In terms of student content, NICMAR has never had a lot of credibility. Yes, it is a good filtering process, and thus companies use NICMAR because it allows them to choose from a pre-filtered lot.

PEC Chandigarh is one the pioneer engineering colleges in Punjab. It is ranked 68th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It is a deemed university approved by AICTE and affiliated to Punjab University.

CSE is the most popular engineering course involving computer programming and networking, programming languages, computer software and hardware, etc. Due to the rapid growth of the corporate industry companies are in a constant search of qualified individuals to work after their CSE graduation.

Placements - 

PEC has their own training and placement cell which conducts workshops, industry visits, seminars, mock interviews and group discussions. They provide career guidance and internships to students.

• 619 students were eligible for the placement program. 
• 143 companies visited the campus and made a total of 449 offers.
• The median salary package offered to students was around 5.5-6.5 LPA. 
• They witnessed the increase in salary package by 26% in 2018 and 24% in 2019.

Tabulated below gives an insight into the placement of the university:

Recruiting Companies - Microsoft, ITC, Infosys, TATA, JP Morgan, Mu Sigma, Loreal, Arcesium, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Internships 

Out of 63 students 36 received internships. Companies offered internships - Goldman Sachs, American Express, Deutsche Bank, Sapient and RBS.

Tabulated below gives an insight into the internship statistics of the university:

CSE graduates can work as System Database Administrator, Computer Programmer, Engineering Support Specialist, Data Warehouse Analyst, System Designer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Lecturer or Professor, Computer Operator and Research Analyst.