Panimalar engineering college is very good in terms of resources that it provides for the students. The college conducts workshops and seminars for the students. Some seminars are conducted for those students who have secured above 8 CGPA. There are a lot of changes happening in the college since the past two years and now it offers students with a real college environment.

RMD engineering college offers a bachelor's degree in engineering with five different specializations. They have an updated curriculum and syllabus which helps students to learn and catch up with the updated content.

RMD engineering college offers decent placement opportunities. Panimalar Engineering college provides better placements compared to RMD Engineering college. They have a better placement record. A number of prestigious companies come to Panimalar Engineering college for recruiting graduates. The top recruiters include Amazon, Flipkart, Yamaha, IBM, etc.

Both DIT Dehradun and JUET Guna are good options for CSE. NIRF has ranked DIT 129 for B.Tech and JUET in the 86 position among the universities of India.

DIT: It offers B.Tech and M.Tech programs in CSE. DIT offers B.Tech programs in Computer Science and Engineering with 160 credits. The program is designed with 7 specialized tracks to provide hands-on and advanced knowledge in key emerging areas of study.

Admission-

• B.Tech - Minimum 60% marks in 10th Std., aggregate 60% marks in plus two and a minimum of 60% in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and English/ Physics Mathematics, Biology, and English/ Physics, Mathematics, English, and Computer.

• M.Tech - A Minimum of 55% marks BE/B.Tech or equivalent in Computer Science & Engg/Information Technology/MCA. GATE qualified students shall be preferred.

• The course fee for B.Tech and M.Tech is 2 lakhs and 1.2 lakhs per annum.

Placements-

• Top recruiters of DIT include 4 Way Technologies, ATMECS Technologies, Click Labs, Enthuons Technologies Pvt ltd, Gemini Solutions, Hashedin Technologies, HSBC, and so on.

• The average CTC for CSE is 4.5 LPA.

JUET: The JUET has been at the forefront of churning out software engineers with a high caliber of technical expertise. The Department is an exciting place in which the faculty is friendly, well qualified, and able to provide a supportive environment for the students.

Admission-

• The JUET offers 300 B.Tech seats for CSE. Of these 150 are reserved for JEE qualified students and another 150 is for merit-based admission. M.Tech CSE offers 10 seats.

• Admission to the B.Tech and M.Tech program is through JEE Mains and GATE.

• The tuition fee per semester for the B.Tech course is Rs.82500 and M.Tech is Rs.42000.

Facilities-The department provides efficient and most up-to-date computing equipment including IBM and Compaq Servers, Multimedia Lab, Programming Lab, and Networking Lab, to support learning and teaching activities.

Placements- During the 2016-20 B.Tech batch, 268 students were admitted. Of these 227 students got eligible for higher studies. Among this, 4 students opted for their higher studies and 223 students interested in placements. Nearly 163.23% of students got placed during the academic year.

The JUET offers more placement offers to the students. Also, the campus infrastructure is quite good.

LD College of Engineering is one of Gujarat’s best premier colleges with the objectives of imparting higher education where the students can explore themselves in engineering. 

Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya ranks 9th in Gujarat among the top engineering colleges by NIRF 2020. At present, the institute consists of 132 faculty members. 

Sardar Patel University is the 5th oldest premier institute and ranked 114 by NIRF 2019. It is one of the best engineering institutes in Maharashtra, where the college alumni work in top IT firms. 

Admission process:-

LD college of Engineering

• The BTech course admission requires a minimum of 50% marks in 10+2 with physics, chemistry, and maths. 
• The selection is based on the score in GUJCET. 
• The cutoff range is 50-9294.
• The course fee is INR 9520.

Birla Vishvakarma

• The candidates must have a 10+2 in science stream with a minimum of 45% marks. 
• GUJCET qualified candidates are eligible for admission in BTech.
• The total fees required is INR 1.31 LPA. 
• The cutoff range is 409-9162.

SPCE

• Admission to BTech/B.E is offered to the students who have pursued 10+2 with a minimum of 50% marks. 
• Applications are made through MHT CET, and admissions are offered based on merit. 
• The total fees required is INR 1.70 LPA. 
• The cutoff required is 135-149.

Placements:-

• LD college of Engineering always encourages and motivates the students for innovative ideas. The total number of companies visited in 2019 is 112.
• Birla Vishvakarma is known for having the best placement record having more than 35+ companies visiting the campus every year. 
• More than 95% of the students from SPCE got placement in 2019. The average salary offered in 2019 was 5% more than the previous year.

The top recruiters are Deloitte, Byjus, Adobe, Oracle, Directi, Mahindra, PwC, Bosch Limited, Wipro, Tata Communications, Amazon, IBM, Infosys, Oracle, Deloitte, Voltas, Philips, TCS, Accenture, etc. 

Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya is much more preferred than the other two colleges. The experienced faculties, good placements, and wide campus make it a suitable place for the students.

VJTI Bombay is one of the oldest institutes in Mumbai. It offers a number of courses and has a legacy of highly placed and reputed alumni. Their course structure has undergone many transformations in recent years and they have also adopted the latest technology for IT and CS courses.

• The B.Tech course at VJTI can be considered a well-reputed course as they receive hundreds of applications every year.
• They are an autonomous college and allow students to take up interdisciplinary courses, irrespective of their graduation specialization.
• VJTI allows students to take up more research and experience-based projects to add to their portfolio value and the overall student experience is motivating and challenging for students to achieve new heights in their careers.

The integrated course at IIITM Gwalior has two formats: B.Tech + MBA and B.Tech + M.Tech.

• Students can choose their specialization of whether to do an MBA or M.Tech in their 3rd year.
• Their course structure at IIITM Gwalior is famous among engineering colleges and their placement rates are very high.
• IIITM has one of the best research faculties and integrated program students are mostly taken up by P.hD level professors.
• Pursuing an integrated degree allows students to save one entire year of Master’s education which they can then use to increase their productivity in the job market or prepare for further competitive exams.
• One potential drawback could be that an integrated program does not grant you a specific specialization. Students are only awarded an M.Tech degree. However, this factor does not affect placements and dual degree alumni get the same placement offers as mainstream master’s degree students do.
• The student-faculty ratio in the dual degree program is also high which allows students to get personalized attention by the best research faculty on the campus.

Analyzing comparatively, VJTI has a century-old legacy to offer with hundreds of students either going for placements or mostly, further education. IIITM Gwalior is not so famous but does provide placement assurance and modern technological facilities. It completely depends on the student on what kind of career are they looking for and what kind of degree do they want to pursue.

As your choice, of course, is different it’s difficult to choose one institute over the other. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur is one of the oldest NITs with a good reputation. According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 VNIT ranks at 18 among all the engineering colleges of India. The placement highlights of 2018-19 at VNIT Nagpur show 68 students from Electrical Engineering got placed. The average salary package offered in the placement was around 7 LPA, while the highest package offered to students was 22 LPA. Top recruiters from this institute include Microsoft, MindTree, Raymond, Nokia, Sulzer, Siemens, and Symantec, etc. 

Despite being a new IIT, Indian Institute Of Technology, Bhubaneswar is doing quite well both in academics and placement. According to NIRF Ranking, IIT Bhubaneswar is ranked at 26. The placement highlights from last year show 90% of students got a placement offer from this IIT. A total of 89 companies visited the campus for placement drive. The top recruiters were Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, L&T, Deloitte, Directi, Reliance Industries, IBM, Tesco, Samsung, Apple Inc, Adobe, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Trident Group, UnitedHealth Group, etc. ISRO, DRDO, IOCL, HPCL, ONGC are the PSUs that also visited the campus for recruiting the students. The average CTC Offered was around 11.44 LPA, whereas 39 LPA was the highest CTC.

Both the institutes VNIT and IIT Bhubaneswar have their merits, so the decision comes down to your choice of course. So, first, choose which course you want to pursue and then choose the institute offering a better program for that specific course.

With regards to educational standards and latest equipped technologies, Indian institutes have always had an upper hand considering greater popularity and a higher amount of funding from the central government.

IIEST Shibpur is the second oldest engineering college in India and backs a ranking of 19 by NIRF among engineering institutes. NIT Durgapur on the other hand is ranked 47 by NIRF for Engineering in the year 2020.

IIEST Shibpur has a research-based approach towards the BTech program in CST as compared to NIT Durgapur which has a much more theoretical and practical approach.

Let us have a look at the main points of differences between the two colleges mentioned that will help you narrow down a decision.

Admission: IIEST Shibpur and NIT Durgapur, both the institutes offer admission for BTech programs based on JEE Mains scores.

• In 2019 the closing cutoff for CST at IIEST Shibpur was 9379.

• In 2019 the closing cutoff for CSE at NIT Durgapur was 17031.

Fees: The total fees for IIEST Shibpur CST are 5.38 lakhs and for NIT Durgapur it’s 5.56 lakhs.

Placements: Both the institutes offer good placements and more than 90 companies visit the campuses for recruitments every year.

IIEST Shibpur-

• IIEST Shibpur offers an 81.82% placement rate for the CST branch.

• The average median salary offered to the students of CST is around 6.5 lakh.

• Some top recruiting companies are TCS, IBM, and Axis Bank.

NIT Durgapur-

• NIT Durgapur offers the highest placement for the CSE branch with a placement rate of 88.64%.

• An average salary of 9 LPA is offered to the students.

• Some top recruiting companies are Amazon, Oracle, and Sigma.

Infrastructure: The campus facilities at both the colleges are well maintained and offer a great student experience but IIEST has a more advanced infrastructure considering it receives a higher funding amount annually as compared to NIT Durgapur.

Alumni: IIEST Shibpur has had collaborations with top universities like the University of Wisconsin and also oversees ‘World leaders in Engineering’ as part of their glorious alumni network. The alumni base of NIT Durgapur is not as developed as compared to IIEST Shibpur.

Go through the given points in mind and make a well-informed decision in terms of admissions accordingly.