You should not be expecting placements for an M.Tech from NIT Surathkal. The scenario is quite different for the CS/IT background students.

• Talking about the mechanical department, it is great.
• The professors are very well-read and good at their job.
• You will have opportunities to go for research.
• You can use the NITian tag to find an internship but you need to put in your own efforts.
• If you do well at the internship, you will have a chance of getting a pre-placement offer.

The placement is really good in NIT Surathkal. Many top companies participate in the placement program. These companies include Microsoft, Google, Tech Mahindra, IBM, TCS, Capgemini, Accenture, Wipro, Mindtree, Infosys, etc.

My cousin studies at SDA Bocconi Asia Center. It was known as MISB Bocconi earlier and is the pan Asia centre of SDA Bocconi of Milan. It is also triple-accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA. With all these tags to its name, you will have a world-class faculty that teaches at the Milan campus as well. This is how the program looks like-

• If you choose to go for the program then you'll receive a Masters Diploma in International Business when your 22-month course completes, and the degree will be conferred by SDA Bocconi, Milan.
• Once you decide on the course, you must also decide on the specialization.
• You will also be a part of a mandatory 'stipulated exchange semester' during the duration of the course.
• In 2020, the Institute saw 100% placement and the average package rose to INR 11.21 LPA.
• There is a mandatory CSR internship where you get to volunteer with an NGO for 2 weeks

The college has seen visits from the following companies in the past: AICL Communications, Baxter, Bostik, Catenon Worldwide, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, H&M, ICICI Securities, Kims Global, Piaggio, TCS, Universal Consulting, Vodafone India, ZS Associates, Nykka, Soulflower etc.

If your profile is strong, you'd receive a scholarship as well which will save you from spending over INR 25 lakhs for a 22-month program. However, even if you can spend that much, go ahead because you won't be disappointed.

My cousin is an alumnus of NITIE and has spent two years in the institute as a student. His opinion is based on professional experience and may not be true for summer and final placements at SJMSOM and XLRI.

• Companies consider students with good grades as an equivalent proxy to dedication at the workplace, and the ability of the students to analyze critically and intensively.
• The merit required for the consideration is open to question and/or debate. Marks obtained in high school and graduation usually serve as filter criteria for filtering out worthy students from hundreds of them.
• Experience in work in domain and years or the lack of it and the college you completed your undergraduate degree from matter in a few cases.
• It is wrong to say that one of these matters will nullify and get you a place in the shortlist for the subsequent selection rounds.

A counter-argument can turn up claiming that the companies do not look at the scores. It is up to the students concerned to follow this notion.

The internship scenario at VMMC is quite disappointing and tiring. The number of patients is so huge in all the departments and interns have to work more than required to get the work done. Their focus is not to learn new procedures but to complete the work and go. Here is the department-wise scenario 

• Pediatrics : In this department, interns are required to find all the case sheets(files) and reports and arrange them before the rounds begin. They are also responsible for dextrose monitoring and discharges. If you are posted in labor, you will have to ensure the baby’s safety. 
• Surgery : Here, interns are required to do sampling, dressing, and discharges. In emergency minor OT, you will have to I n D, suturing, catheterization, and such. Interns also go to OT to watch the surgeries. Postgraduate students may let you do procedures like hydrocele on minor OT days.
• Medicine : The patient load varies from season to season. In dengue season, it’s maximum and you will always be busy doing sampling and cannulation.
• OBC : Here you are responsible for sampling, cannulation, catheterization, and NST. You can also take deliveries in the labor room.
• Orthopedic : During emergency days you will be busy with cast and traction. You might also have to do skeletal traction.
• For other departments like PSM, ENT, Derma, Optha, and Casualty, the workload is comparatively less so you get a lot of free time. 

Overall, through the internships, you will get confident at least in minor tasks, and gain a lot of hands-on experience.

I would always recommend people to go for new AIIMS than old state colleges because the old colleges are functioning with their full-fledged potential and won’t witness much changes or growth in the near future. The new AIIMS on the other hand have great potential and even within a short period of time have almost reached the same level as these state colleges. Now imagine the potential they hold in the years to come. The new AIIMS have a top-notch infrastructure and very dynamic faculties. If this wasn’t enough to convince you to look at the following points to understand further

• Student-Teacher Ratio: The student-teacher ratio is much less in any AIIMS Institution compared to any other state medical college. This ensures better allocation of resources and attention to each student.
• Faculty: Owing to the high pay offered by AIIMS, most elite faculties prefer AIIMS to other state colleges.
• Facilities: Being completely funded by the central government, AIIMS has superior facilities in every aspect; hostels, laboratories, hospitals, libraries, sports, and even mess.
• Hostel: Sparing a few top medical colleges and some other newly established govt colleges, the hostels' conditions for medical colleges are horrible. However, AIIMS provides the most comfortable hostel life one could ask for with minimal costs. The best part is every student getting single rooms from the first year itself 
• Student Diversity— AIIMS has 100% AIQ seats in AIIMS while state colleges have only 15%. So, AIIMS has a much more diverse student body.
• Latest technology and Expensive equipment: AIIMS, especially the newly established ones have the most modern instruments and lab facilities. 
• Research Work— AIIMS always focuses on research even at the UG level while other medical colleges don’t give much importance to research work.
• Patient Load: It’s completely a misconception that new AIIMS don’t have patient load like other colleges. The patient load, because of India’s huge population is almost equal everywhere.

Ultimately, it’s your learning that matters and not whether you belong to AIIMS Delhi or from the lowest-ranked college in a state.