My brother studied at IIIT Guwahati in the 2017 batch and each of them received a Lenovo Laptop, and the model was within G50–80. The laptop they provide is of very decent and academic-centric specification. It is sufficient enough to get you going with all your assignments and presentations, but don't expect anything fancy or stylish.

However, the sad news is from 2018 onwards, IIIT Guwahati stopped providing the students with laptops due to the following reasons:

• Earlier the batch size was smaller hence it was easy to provide each student with a laptop. Afterward, the intake of students increased to over 200, thus making it difficult to arrange a laptop for each and every student.
• The institute faced a lot of problems from Central Audit regarding handing out laptops and then recovering the cost in installments in subsequent years.
• Questions regarding interest, depreciation became a major issue.

Now, students are required to bring their own laptops to carry out their academic projects. Also, many students have their own laptops before even getting into college adding to the benefit. At last, it is highly advisable to buy your own laptop which is dual booted with Windows and Ubuntu.

IIIT Guwahati is an institution that will become the leading institution of the country in a few years. They have a healthy student-to-faculty ratio. Almost all the assistant professors have a doctorate. 

• The institute is operating from the heart of Guwahati, from a building with a 2000sqm of area. It is completely air-conditioned, with backup power, state-of-art laboratory equipment which is on the Assam Textile Institute campus. 
• Students and faculty stay together in a flat complex in the city where they have hired more than 70 flats. 
• The campus is over 70 acres of land, about 4 km from the airport of Guwahati.
• It is growing steadily. In the coming years, it is going to be among the best institutes in India. 
• It has also been given the title of the institute of national importance and is a centrally funded technical institute. 
• According to NIRF, IIIT Guwahati is the best IIIT under government and the 4th best after Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Delhi, which are private institutions.
• The academic curriculum is the best among all the IIITs. 
• The present director has been the director of the Institute for 10 years. Under his leadership and experience, the college is doing exceptionally well. 
• The faculties are the best. You can approach the professors any time you want.

As far as placements are concerned, this institute is one of the few which release their actual placement data.

IIIT Guwahati is way better than IIIT Kalyani. Many of the students who were formerly enrolled in IIIT Kalyani. They left the college after analyzing the faculty, infrastructure, and hostel facilities.

My brother was in NIT Silchar before being a part of IIIT Guwahati. He went there and found out that many students were from IIIT Kalyani. Everyone has different reasons for leaving Kalyani. However, none of them were praising IIIT Kalyani.

On the other hand, they were pleased to join IIIT Guwahati. Some factors that make IIITG a better institute than IIIT Kalyani:

1. Faculty to student ratio is very good
2. Great infrastructure
3. Good hostel and sports facilities
4. Better academic syllabus as they follow their mentor institute IITG and IIITH
5. Location of the institute

Hence, you can definitely go for IIITG as an institute rather than joining IIIT Kalyani. As far as the branches are concerned, CSE and ECE are totally different. But, at the end of the day, you have to decide which college you want to join. If you give more preference to the branch, you should join IIIT Kalyani but if you feel like you can slide or change your branch after the first year, you can join IIITG.

In the given three colleges, IIIT Naya Raipur is the best. Comparing such an institute on the basis of whether students choose that particular college over the other would be wrong. IIIT NR can be described in three phrases: fast-paced, project-based, and pioneering. Choosing which college over the other can be your choice. But why you should choose IIIT Naya Raipur to have some reasons: IIIT Naya Raipur has its own campus. Among all the new IIITs and NITs, it has the best course structure. The institute is equipped with all the facilities that are required for the successful completion of the graduation. From labs to classroom and auditorium to sports club everything is super cool. IIIT NR has most of the faculties with immense experience in their field. They are so helpful and always guide you at each level of your course. It is the first institute in Central India that has introduced Data Science and AI in B.Tech. The institute is located 25km away from Raipur city. You’ll be close to the railway station though. So, there are no transport issues. The institute gives you better exposure than any other new NITs. You will learn, grow and enjoy your campus life thoroughly. Hopefully, this helps in rectifying your confusion about the college options.

The IIIT Guwahati has been established quite recently. And the second batch of the college has backed an average package of 7 LPA. So, it can be imagined how the college is growing in terms of its placement percentages. 

• The coding culture of the college is also very good. 
• The college follows the curriculum of the one of top colleges i.e. IIIT Hyderabad. 
• It has got one of the best directors i.e. Dr. Gautam Barua who was the director of IIT Guwahati and Patna. 

In terms of brand value, infrastructure, and quality of education the IIIT Guwahati is much better than PEC Chandigarh. PEC Chandigarh is not recommended by the students because of its environment. But do research more on the method of teaching and management of the college before getting into any college. Hope this answer clears up some of your doubts.