My friend studies in NIT Surathkal and the 295-acre campus is exquisite. My friend resides in the hostel there and he has shared his experience with me.
To begin with, there are 5 girls’ hostel blocks named as follows- GH1, GH2, GH3, GH4, and GH5. The recent addition to the already existing 4 blocks, is the GH5, and it is the best one of the lot but is available to only some final year students after qualifying for the lucky draw.
Here are some more particulars:
All these hostels have WiFi or LAN available, but the connectivity is good only in the newly constructed GH5.
Both the institutions are highly renowned and offer good education in the field of Computer Science Engineering.
BITS Pilani offers better campus life and overall growth opportunities. Both the institutions offer equally good research facilities. The total course fee for CSE at NIT Surathkal is INR 5,73,820 while at BITS Pilani, it is INR 21,15,600.
During the 2022 placement season, the CSE branch at NIT Surathkal recorded the highest package of INR 45 LPA. The data for 2023 placements isn’t available as of yet.
At BITS Pilani, during the 2023 placement season, 104 students were placed from the IT branch. The CTC range stood at INR 11-38 LPA. Thus, both the colleges offer good placements for Computer Science Engineers.
If fees is a factor of concern for you, choose NIT Surathkal. Otherwise, both the colleges are a great choice for a CSE degree, and you won’t regret choosing any of them.
The decision of choosing one between NITK CSE and IIIT Hyderabad CSE depends on what kind of college life you are looking for. To be frank, if you want a dynamic campus life with an equally good but light curriculum, NIT Surathkal is better than IIIT Hyderabad because the matter has a very rigid campus life that focuses entirely on academics. NIT Surathkal will give you a huge baggage of memories, a good job, and some good connections. But IIIT Hyderabad will help you become a person of responsibility whose only focus is building a career.
NIT Surathkal brings you together with people from all corners of the country which makes the experience better. IIIT Hyderabad on the other hand has only two branches - CSE and ECE. So the former may not make you a very talented CS engineer but will surely develop your personality as a whole.
So the best way to decide is to analyze your inclination, and then make an informed decision.
BITS Goa is better than NIT K/W/T.
Particulars | Salary/ Statistics (2020) |
Average Package offered | INR 24.8 Lakhs per annum |
Highest Package offered | INR 43.3 Lakhs per annum |
Major recruiters | Amazon, Oyo, Synchrony |
Lastly, the choice is yours. You should do thorough research about all these institutions, and choose based on your interests.
Although both NIT Trichy and NIT Surathkal give constant edge to each other it’s NIT Trichy that has a slight advantage over the latter. However, the difference in the institutes is based on certain parameters.
Academics-wise, NIT Trichy is better as it attracts a better crowd of both students as well as recruiters.
But when it comes to campus life, NIT Surathkal overtakes NIT Trichy easily. NIT Trichy faces a disadvantage due to its location and extremely hot climate while NIT Surathkal has a pleasant climate and a more relaxing campus life. They also have a private beach and the institute is in close proximity to Manipal and Mangalore. Although college life varies from person to person, the fact that you will be enjoying your life better at NIT Surathkal cannot be overlooked. NIT Trichy has a huge campus but the hot climate makes things worse here.
In all, if you give more preference to academics choose NIT Trichy but if you value a good campus life equally then NIT Surathkal seems to be better for you.
My brother has graduated from NIT Surathkal in 2018 and completed his BTech in Information Technology. According to his experience, the department had helpful and brilliant students, although the faculty was a mixture of average and good professors. The CSE and IT departments are the most sought after and have an average placement rate of 90%-100%, so here are some more facts regarding the same-
The following table shows the placement data for IT at NIT Surathkal-
Parameters |
NIT Surathkal IT Department |
Placement Rate |
90% |
Average Salary (INR/LPA) |
20-25 |
Highest Salary(INR/LPA) |
49 |
Top Recruiters |
Novartis Healthcare, Accenture, L&T Infotech |
The good point about the IT Department is that it has an excellent placement rate only second to CSE. Scoring good marks also is not an issue if you're able to rote learn for subjects like Data Structures, also if it could be taught using Introduction to Algorithms, then it'll be easy for students.
It is not compulsory for students to opt for hostels at NIT Surathkal. A number of PGs and rented apartments are available for students around Surathkal as well as Mangaluru.
But there are various benefits of staying in the college hostel.
Infrastructure wise NIT Surathkal hostels are not that great. However, it is a whole other experience to stay in a college hostel and you should not miss out.
The best option for you is to take up an M.Sc. degree at the BITS Pilani Goa campus. The M.Sc. degrees that are offered are Maths, Physics, Economics, Biology, and Chemistry.
Category |
CSE at MIT Manipal |
Chemical at NIT Surathkal |
Chemical at BITS Pilani |
Total Fee |
17.06 lakhs |
5.45 lakh |
19.19 lakhs |
Companies Visited |
Deloitte, Adani, etc. |
L&T, ZS, etc. |
Deloitte, TCS, Dell, etc. |
Highest Package |
43.31 LPA |
37 LPA |
45-54 LPA |
Average Package |
7.5 LPA |
8 LPA |
12 LPA |
If you are confused about the stream, let me give you a clear idea.
Pros of choosing BITS:
Cons
Therefore, going for BITS Pilani is concluded as the best choice. One should not decide in haste.
Despite the pandemic, NIT Surathkal placements for M.Tech VLSI have been decent over the last few years. According to the recent placement statistics, the median CTC for VLSI is INR 9.3 LPA. Flipkart, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Oracle, and Ford Motors are the top recruiters for the branch.
The placement scenario of NIT Warangal, Surathkal, and Trichy is somewhat the same with minor differences only. One of my friends studied at NIT Warangal and shed some light on the placement scenario there. Here is a branch-wise analysis
Overall, placements are similar in all the 3 NITs, NIT Warangal, Trichy, and Surathkal.