It is suggested you go for IIIT Vadodara. Living here for more than 4 years, I can say that it is a safe city and good to blend in.

• IIIT Vadodara is being mentored by DA-IICT which will help you gain exposure to many new opportunities and environments as compared to DAVV.
• The faculty is very well qualified and the placements have surely become better over the last few years.
• The Alumni cell and network are still developing to be strong.
• Cutoffs are high at IIIT Vadodara so the students can be quite competitive.
• The tag of IIIT also has its own advantages.
• Moreover, curriculum-wise, IIIT’s CSE/IT curriculum does not include irrelevant subjects and it focuses quite a lot on projects and practicals.

Finally, it all boils down to your choice and which college you would like to go for. But IIIT Vadodara will be a better choice considering your future.

A relative of mine used to be a student of IIIT Vadodara and he is all praise for the institute. The college has improved a lot over the years and is still improving.

The coding culture of the institute is evolving by the day. The seniors as well as the faculty will enthusiastically support you. The institute is still undergoing development and may not be able to stand toe to toe with other elite institutes but the students are hopeful that someday it will.

Major companies that have participated in the placement drive are Adobe, CodeNation, DirectL, etc. Some students also ended up bagging internships during the summer break. The internships were offered by Mathworks, Amazon, Quikr, etc.

Another big names that have offered placements are PayTm. KPGM has offered placements off-campus. A few students have also interned for companies in Germany, France, and Japan.

The institute has been gaining repute and things are looking good and they will no doubt get better. My relative has no regrets whatsoever when he graduated from this IIIT Vadodara.

My brother chose IIIT Vadodara for his IT and he is full of admiration for the institute. The record of placements of IIIT Vadodara is good and it also offers decent packages to the students.

The coding culture of IIIT Vadodara is also very reputed and the location is also well-liked by the students. Every institute will have its pros and cons so it is entirely up to you. Do not get influenced by the reviews and try to decide on your own. Take advice as well if you want to.

In 2020, around 30 recruiters visited IIIT Vadodara and 102 placement offers were made to the students. The highest package offered was INR 43.5 LPA, the average salary was INR 13 LPA. The top recruiters were ICICI Bank, Mathworks, and Amazon. 16 IT students got placed from IIIT Vadodara got placed in the placements of 2020.

The highest package offered to the students of IIIT Dharwad in 2020 was INR 11 LPA and the average package was INR 7 LPA. The top recruiters are Amazon, Adobe, Samsung, Cognizant, etc.

As per my sister’s experience at IIIT Vadodara, despite being a newly established one, it is a better choice than Government Engineering College, Aurangabad.

GECA Aurangabad has, unfortunately, lost its touch when compared to the other old institutes. The faculty in the college does not have the relevant experience. Some of them do not even have post-graduate degrees. During the placement process, no product-based companies visited the campus and the students ended up getting placed in jobs with low packages.

IIIT Vadodara, on the contrary, was mentored by the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT). It is one of the best institutes for IT in the country. The students can get ample exposure to technology and gain experience in both field and professional activities with the help of experts from industries who engage in mentoring the students. IIIT Vadodara is rapidly improving.

IIIT Vadodara has greater brand value than VIT Vellore, as IIIT is an autonomous institute which is recognizable all around India. IIIT Vadodara is also more reputed than NITs and BITs, despite the NIRF rankings. One of my cousins studied at IIIT Vadodara. He is quite satisfied with the education he has received.

• The brand value of the institute plays an important role.
• VIT Vellore fails to provide the student with proper confidence due to its undervalue brand name.
• Pursuing B.Tech will not only prepare for a job but must prepare for life by providing new practical exercises, good projects, etc.
• IIIT Vadodara prepares each of its students to perform well in their work.
• You will find in most IIITs the quality of teaching lacks which does not give students the right environment. At IIIT Vadodara the quality of teaching is also good due to the highly experienced faculty members.

Therefore, if you have a choice between IIIT Vadodara and VIT Vellore, then choose the former. IIIT Vadodara is a better institute than VIT as it has greater brand value and recognisable in foreign institutes.

One of my seniors was a student of IIIT Vadodara and he praised how academics were carried out in the institute. The faculty in the institute is highly qualified and has a lot of experience in the field they are teaching. They have PhDs from premier universities. IIIT Vadodara grants admission to applicants based on their applications.

IIIT Vadodara is popular because of its CSE and IT programs. In addition to that, the institute also offers courses in management and ones related to business which also attracts its fair share of applicants. However, if you want to study hardware and CS in theory, you will probably be disappointed.

The institute is currently in operation from the GEC campus which is Gandhinagar, Gujarat. IIIT Vadodara is very popular for its coding culture and has a reputation for recruiting companies like ICICI Bank, Mathworks, and Amazon.

One of my friends, who attended IIEST, says that IIEST Shibpur will be a better option than IIIT Vadodara. He also mentions several reasons why. Here is what he has to say,

Institute of National Importance:

IIEST Shibpur is amongst the very few institutes that are at present recognized as an “Institute of National Importance”. There are various other institutes competing for the same status, such as BHU, Jadavpur University, CUSAT, COE Pune, Osmania University, AMU, Andhra University, and more.

Alumni Base:

The institute has a legacy of over 160 years with a wide alumni network spread across the globe who are now engaged with top engineering companies in places like US, UK, Canada, and India as well. A few of them are Dr. Bimal Kumar Bose (USA), Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan (USA). The directors of IIT Kanpur, IIT Guwahati, NIT Rourkela, and the Vice-Chancellor of SRM University are some of the institute’s alumni.
Several IIEST Alumni from USA, UK, Canada, Europe, Australia, Singapore and Japan also come forward to help regarding cases like Scholarships, Travel Grants, Sponsored Research, Chair Professors, and others to develop the institute more.

Collaborations:

Besides, IIEST Shibpur also collaborates with various top US universities, such as University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA, and University of Wisconsin - Madison USA. It collaborates with top leading universities from places like the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia to help students pursue their studies abroad.
Having said that, you can visually determine that IIEST Shibpur can be considered better than IIIT Vadodara. It is also partially because IIIT Vadodara is relatively a newly built institute still establishing many sections under it.

IIIT Vadodara is a newly established institute and is at present operating through its transit campus. That clearly means it is not fair to compare it with an old reputed institute like Thapar University.

The first batch of IIIT Vadodara graduated back in 2017 and you can find the details of that batch on their official websites.

However, here is a brief overview of the 2020 placement reports of both institutes.

In terms of academic excellence, IIIT Vadodara is extremely good. However, the reason behind opting for Thapar University is because it is an old and renowned institute as a whole. Speaking of which, you should choose Thapar university over IIIT Vadodara.

I have friends from both IIIT Vadodara and SGSITS Indore, and here is what they have to say about their CSE courses.

• IIIT Vadodara is an Institute of National Importance and has been recognized under national institutes, while on the other hand, SGSITS Indore is apparently a State Level College. That clearly means CSE in IIIT Vadodara will unarguably be better than the CS department in SGSITS, Indore. Having said that, IIIT Vadodara also has a very healthy competitive coding culture.
• At IIIT Vadodara the courses you get to learn are completely subject-related from the beginning of the first year itself. This means you will not have to learn the various other course materials of engineering like drawing, mechanical or civil engineering initially during the first few months in the institute.
• At SGSITS, initially, you have to learn the various subjects related to mechanical, civil, and others, unlike IIIT Vadodara. It is because, during the first year, the course is common for every branch. Every student is given the same study materials.
• It is important to note that studying the various course materials which are completely irrelevant to the department can rather be replaced by studying and investing more time into improving the coding skills you have, which is what is encouraged at IIIT Vadodara.
• Apart from the above factors, IIIT Vadodara has been recognized as a national institute, while in contrast, SGSITS Indore is not that recognized outside Indore and Madhya Pradesh itself.

Here are some recent statistics about the two institutes.

Thus to say, IIIT Vadodara can be a better option to choose if compared with SGSITS or any other state-level college.