One of my friends is currently in his first year of M.tech CS at ISI Kolkata. Here are some crucial insights regarding the academics and placements according to his experience.

Academics: 

• If you have a CS background in your under graduation too, then all subjects in the first year will be mostly repetition for you. You can also check the exact list on the ISI website. However, many people with a CS background say that they have learned things in a much-refined way.
• In the second year, you finally get to choose subjects based on your interest which will help you in your final thesis.
• ISI is quite famous for cryptography but you can also find good thesis projects in prestigious fields like Machine learning, Image processing, Algorithms, VLSI, cognitive science, etc. Also, you get good guidance in all of these.

Placements:

ISI is particularly famous for statistics. So, most companies coming for placements offer Data science profiles. Very few companies would be offering developer job roles. So regarding the placements, it’s the best place to grab data scientist roles with lucrative packages. In the recent placement highlights, the average and highest CTC offered was 19.80 LPA and 42 LPA. 

Overall, ISI Kolkata is an amazing place to pursue your M.Tech in CS. The great academics and placement record indeed make it a haven for students associated with CS, mathematics, and statistics fields.

Here's an overview of the internship and Final Placement data for the M.Tech CS 2021 Batch:

Summer Internship

• The percentage of industry domains, where the most internships have been gained are - Data Science: 53.7% interns and Risk Modelling: 11% interns.
• The highest monthly stipend was INR 1.65 lakhs while the average monthly stipend was INR 82,000 lakhs.

Final Placements

• CSE department saw the highest placement percentage of 100%.
• The product-based domain offered the highest number of offers with 20.0%.
• Most of the jobs were for the role of a Data Scientist, nearly half of the total, with a 48% recruitment.
• The highest CTC offered was INR 56 LPA; the average CTC was INR 19.5 LPA and the median CTC offered was INR 18.6 LPA.

The top recruiters for the year 2021 were Google, Alphonso, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Amazon, Flipkart, PayPal, Samsung, KPMG, OYO, TATA, Naukri.com, Reliance, and others.

I have a friend who recently graduated in CSE from DIAT. According to her, DIAT fails to offer good opportunities to the students. It’s better to choose newer NITS. 

• Even though DIAT comes under the Ministry of Defense, the academics and facilities offered at the institute are not up to the mark.
• The teachings, non-teaching as well as administrative people are not cooperative with the students.
• Moreover, the placement cell doesn’t bring companies for placement as expected. They don’t even bring software companies like TCS or Infosys for placement.

So from this, you can draw an overview of how things are at DIAT. You can go for NIT Durgapur or NIT Goa. Even if you don’t get NITs, try for Government College of Engineering, Pune. It has better facilities and placements.

MS in Computer Science is a research-oriented master’s program at IIT Ropar. There are around 5 to 7 courses you will need to take on for this course. It is different from a regular MTech Program. 

You will be trained to gain expertise in this course to work on various research problems as well as expected to publish papers at esteemed international conferences and journals. MS in Computer Science is similar to Ph.D. but this program is for a short duration.

Work Experience: If you have work experience you will have an edge over others. Because if you have experience in industrial fields, working on practical problems will be easier for you. If you aim at working in the industrial field after the completion of your MS(R), with your industry experience you would be able to land a higher placement package than your fellow mates. Also in pursuing academics further, experience generally comes in handy.

Placements: Your placement and placement package depends on your skills and your academic achievement as well. If you have good marks in the master’s degree and you have formulated research papers worthy of appraisals then you do not need to worry. Industries would be more than delighted to have you. Although this is a new program, there is a slim chance of any challenge in your way of receiving good placements. In 2021, the average CTC offered at IIT Ropar was 12 LPA.

Overall, MS in CSE at IIT Ropar is a good course and offers decent opportunities. 

The Artificial Intelligence course in IISc was earlier known as System Science and Automation (SSA). It was later renamed because the concepts taught in the course had relevancy in AI, Machine learning, Deep learning, Speech processing , NLP, etc.

The eligibility requirement for the course is B.E/ B.Tech in CS and selection for admission is based on the performance of the students at the GATE exam. The course fee is INR 1 to 3 lakhs. Most organizations teach the course in 3 months or 11-12 months or so. However, the M.Tech at IISc will comprise three semesters where the concept of AL is taught from scratch to advanced level. The course curriculum is designed to bring the students to the forefront of AI research and development. The department offers good infrastructure and it’s fully equipped with state-of-the-arts computational and experimental facilities.

Students of the course get employed for job roles such as Software Engineer, Robotic Scientist, Game Programmer, Computer Scientist, etc. The average salary offered is 2.5 to 10 LPA.

One of my friends graduated from NIT Trichy and here is some information about the placement scenario that I gathered from him. You may find these useful also.

• M.Tech program in Computer Science is aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in the various frontier areas of Computer Science. 
• These include Computer Architecture, Software Systems, Parallel and Distributed Computing, and Networking, and Web Technologies.
• A sufficient amount of theoretical input is also given to the students. 
• The students will have ample opportunities to carry out software development using the modern computing facilities available on the campus.
• To attract good students 5 GATE scholarships are offered to eligible candidates. 
• Students who complete the program are employed immediately as Systems Analysts, Software Engineers, or Computer Engineers in the industry. 
• Alternatively, they can pursue higher studies in institutions of repute in India and abroad.

Many reputed companies participate in the placement program. These include - TCS, Infosys, Facebook, Capgemini, Morgan Stanley, Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, Wipro, and many more. You can check the official website of NIT Trichy for a complete placement record.

My brother has completed his M.Tech from MNNIT Allahabad and according to his experience, this institute lives up to the expectations in terms of placement. Here’s why:

• If you have done enough justice to your studies during these 2 years of M.Tech, then the rest is assured. Although no specific CTC can be guaranteed, you will ultimately land a good job.
• No doubt MNNIT Allahabad’s placement cell is very active and works hard for your better future. Thus, a long list of companies usually visits for campus recruitment every year offering a plethora of opportunities.
• In my brother’s placement time, companies like Walmart, Sony, Cap Gemini, TCS, Samsung, Amazon, Directi, etc companies came for recruitment. However, you must be efficient at coding to grab decent packages in such big companies. Here also, MNNIT help you out with their bunch of bonafide students that take the "ComputerClub" classes.

Overall, if a placement is your goal, you are at the right place. Luckily if you belong to the CS branch in MNNIT or any other college in India, you can have one of the best placement packages. Most of the students of the CS branch get placed for jobs and internships too.