Before enrolling yourself in any course, learn about your passion first. Research about the engineering stream and its various aspects. You can also talk to your elders to know about your interest. If you are passionate about it then only get into the engineering field.

CSE, CE, EEE, ME are considered good at CUSAT. But the placement of Safety and Fire Engineering, CSE, IT, EC is better. Other departments of CUSAT often have an off-campus placement or go for GATE.

These are some good departments at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT)

1. Civil Engineering: Total Batch Intake 90 students
2. Information Technology: Total Batch Intake 90 students
3. Computer Science and Engineering: Total Batch Intake 90 students
4. Mechanical Engineering: Total Batch Intake 90 students
5. Electrical and Electronics Engineering: Total Batch Intake 60 students
6. Electronics and Communication Engineering: Total Batch Intake 90 students 
7. Safety and Fire Engineering: Total Batch Intake 60 students

Therefore, CUSAT has several best departments and courses. And if you are thinking of joining it, then you must go for it. But do not forget to know about passion first.

Any college can be good for competitive programming. It all relies on you to educate yourself, to learn new strategies, and to spend hours coding. 

• Anudeep Nekkanti is one such example. He was recruited by Google and qualified for ACM ICPC world finals. If you look at the name of his college, it's not one of those elite ones. 
• There was no competitive programming pattern in BESU/IIEST until recently. But many students have taken competitive programming platforms such as Codechef and HackerRank over the last few years.
• You can search the Codechef Rating System site to verify it for yourself. You get a college-wise database of the number of students actively engaged in competitive coding and their results using this platform.

Lastly, don't support the myth that the only way to prove yourself as a coder is competitive programming. There are other coding fields as well. In this sense, do not consider that there was no "real coder" in IIEST because there was no competitive coding pattern previously in IIEST (BESU back then). 

Some of the alumni of the institute are working in top companies in India and overseas and have never been interested in competitive coding.

One of my friends graduated from Kongu Engineering College and here is his insight. 

Kongu Engineering College is one of the best and standard Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. The college provides all the necessary facilities for the students to improve their knowledge. It’s tough to decide the best department, as all the departments are unique.

• CSE, IT, and ECE departments offer great placements.
• The faculty at Civil is best. 
• CSE and EIE departments have the best culture.
• The mechanical department has a well-balanced academic structure. You can easily maintain good academics and enjoy your college life. 

Overall all the departments in Kongu Engineering College are good, so take any department you want. 

Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics offers a lot of courses in the fields of business administration, Economics, and Commerce. The available courses are as tabulated below:

Each course has a separate admission process. You can check the official website to apply for any of these courses.

It all depends on your interest. Kumaraguru College of Technology is an autonomous, self-financing engineering college located in the outskirts of Coimbatore. Each and every student of Kumaraguru College of Technology gets equal opportunities.

One of my friends is studying here in the Electrical and Electronics department. He explained the college as full of opportunities.

• It is a place where you can explore yourself. You can join various clubs: educational as well as extra-curricular.
• There are various research groups and sports facilities are also available for students.
• The students also get a variety of open elective subjects from where they can select anyone.
• These also include gaming, sports, baking, and many more.
• 791 out of 1001 students got placed from B.Tech.

Each and every department of KCT is unique and innovative. It all finally depends on the interest of the aspiring student and how they want their career to shape up.

The following table shows the different courses at Brainware University along with the fee structure they follow- 

Apart from the above-mentioned courses, the university offers a variety of programs under diverse specializations.