Techno India Salt Lake, Heritage Institute of Technology, IEM are engineering colleges situated in Kolkata, West Bengal whereas CGC Landran is situated in Chandigarh. To help you understand the difference between these colleges, salient features of each of them are mentioned below.

Techno India Salt Lake, Kolkata:

Techno India Salt Lake offers B.Tech, M.Tech, and MBA programs. It was ranked 149th out of the 200 private colleges in India for its B.Tech degree by India Today, 2020.

Admissions: It selects candidates based on their WBJEE or JEE Mains scores for BTech. Its fees are Rs.89,200/year and the total course is for 4 years.

Placements: Students are eligible for placements after their 7th semester.

• The average salary package is 4 lakh and the highest package offered is 15 lakh.

• Companies that come for campus recruitment are Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cisco, Persistence, Tek System, etc.

Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata:

Heritage Institute of Technology was ranked 154th out of the top 300 private colleges in India by NIRF Rankings, 2020. It also secured the rank of 120 out of the 200 private colleges in India, 2020 surveyed by India Today.

Admission: It accepts both WBJEE and JEE Mains test exam scores for BTech admission. its fees are 90,000 per year and the course is for 4 years.

Placements: A student needs to have a minimum GPA of 7.5 to sit for placements.

• The average salary package is around 3.5-7 lakhs.

• Companies like Wipro, Amazon, Microsoft, TCS, Cognizant, Nestle, Godrej, Byju’s, etc. visit HIT for campus recruitments.

• They also send their students for internship programs abroad to institutes like the New Jersey Institute of technology.

IEM Kolkata:

IEM was ranked 191st out of the 300 top private colleges in India by NIRF Rankings, 2020. This engineering and management college was also ranked 108th out of 191 colleges by "The Week" Survey of 2020. It offers B.Tech, M.Tech, and MBA programs.

Admission: It accepts both WBJEE and JEE Mains exam scores for BTech admission. The fees per year are Rs.81,200 for 4 years.

Placement:

• The companies which came for recruitments are TCS, Wipro, Capgemini, Cognizant, Infosys, Deloitte, Sap Labs, etc.

• The highest salary package offered was around 10 LPA and the average salary package was around 5-6 LPA.

• Students are allowed to do internships in any company of their choice.

CGC Landran:

CGC Landran was ranked in the band of 201-250 according to the NIRF rankings of 2020. This college was also assigned the 52nd position out of the 75 colleges surveyed by the Chronicle in 2019. It offers both B. Tech and M.Tech courses.

Admission: The admission to BTech is made through JEE Main scores. Its fee structure is around Rs.92,000 per year.

Scholarships: Scholarships are awarded to deserving students based on their academic records

Placements:

• Multiple organizations including Amazon, Direct I, Infosys, IBM, TCS, etc. come for campus recruitments.

• Around 80% of students get placed every year.

• It offers an average salary package of 8-9 LPA.

Moreover, all the colleges have high placement rates with near about similar salary packages offered. Except for CGC Landran, all the colleges are in West Bengal so the student can decide based on their ease of accessibility to the desired college.

All six universities are well established institutes providing the computer science industry with excellent graduates that excel in their fields of choice. While the information provided below is mainly based on placements, fee structure and eligibility, students can consider other parameters like faculty, course focus areas and rankings.

Fee structure and eligibility:

The following table provides information on the fee structure and eligibility for B. Tech CSE at all six institutes:

Placements and focus areas:

Chitkara University:

• The university focuses on practical and hands on experience with topics like cloud computing and algorithm design in the course.
• Top recruiters include Google, Wipro, iGate, Emerson and Cognizant, etc. with a highest package of INR 29.3 LPA.

LPU:

• Students will learn topics in machine learning and programming along with digital electronics.
• Companies including Bosch, Intel, Comptia are top recruiters and a high package of INR 28 LPA.

SRM University NCR:

• Course includes C & C++ programming, hardware and networking with angular JS.
• Companies like KPGM, Capegemini, Hitachi and Microsoft recruit students annually and the highest salary offered was INR 16 LPA.

CGC Landran:

• Various principles, analysis techniques and management of information system including hardware and software will be taught.
• Organizations like TCS, LG Soft, Infosys, Samsung hire students annually with INR 35 LPA being the highest package offered.

Chandigarh University:

• The program focuses on topics of data visualization, data mining, deep learning and pattern recognition.
• Companies visiting the institute include Wipro, Verizon, Dell, HCL, etc. The highest package offered is INR 30 lakhs per annum.

PES University:

• Students will learn cross disciplinary topics in the fields of wireless communications, internet and other subjects.

• Accenture, HCL, Infosys and Wipro are some popular companies visiting the institute every year with INR 40 LPA being the highest package offered.

Students can also consider the average package offered at each institute along with other aspects mentioned above in order to choose between the six colleges.

Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) Landran is affiliated to PTU Jalandhar and approved by AICTE, PCI and NCTE. They have a student population of more than 15000 students.

Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College (AKGEC) Ghaziabad is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University. It was ranked as a Top 10 Private Engineering College in Delhi and NCR by Dataquest.

CSE in both the colleges is offered as a 4 year full time course which deals with computer networking, programming and languages.

Placement Highlights

CGC 

• A total of 691 companies participated in the placement program.
• 6617 offers were made.
• The top recruiting companies include Wipro, Panasonic, IBM, Polaris, Capgemini, Dell, Microsoft, HP, etc.

AKGEC

• A total of 797 students were placed.
• The top recruiting companies include Adobe, Capgemini, TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Bosch, HCL, HSBC, etc.

Admission Details 

• Students should have 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are compulsory.
• For admission in CGC, the students must have a valid score in JEE Main.
• For Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, a valid score in UPSEE is required.
• The course fees for CGC is INR 92,000, whereas for AKGEC, it is INR 1,19,356.

A CSE graduate can work as a System Database Administrator, Computer Programmer, Engineering Support Specialist, Data Warehouse Analyst, System Designer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Lecturer/Professor, Computer Operator and Research Analyst.

UIET Chandigarh is affiliated to Punjab University ranking 54th as per NIRF ranking. The placement record is 80%, where the students get lucrative packages in some of the top MNCs. 

CGC Landran is affiliated to PTU Jalandhar and ranks 52nd among the engineering institutes per the Chronicle 2019 ranking. The institute maintains a placement record of 90% every year. 

The table below shows the brief description of the colleges.

Admission Process:-

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with JEE Main. 
• The course fee is INR 3.25 LPA.
• The seats for CSE in UIET Chandigarh are 40.
• The cutoff required in JEE Main is in the range of 945-35348.

CGC Landran:-

• The minimum criteria for pursuing CSE requires 75% marks in aggregate in 10+2.
• The course fee is INR 3.62 LPA.
• The seats available for CSE is 250-300.

Placements:-

Almost 80% of the students got placed in 2019 with the highest package offered is INR 30 LPA by Microsoft. 

The placements in both these colleges are good and many of the companies offer handsome packages to the students every year. The average package offered by the institutes is 5% more than last year. 

The students are trained firmly with full commitment so that they will be able to show a high level of professionalism in their future jobs. The top companies are Genpact, IBM, Microsoft, Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant, Samsung, Capgemini, Infosys, etc. 

UIET Chandigarh is best for CSE in terms of placements and is well-known for achieving towering heights since its inception. It is maintaining standards from time to time, along with prodigious placements.

Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar is ranked in 100-150 band in NIRF 2020 whereas CGC Landran is ranked in 201-250 band in NIRF 2020. Guru Jambheshwar University and CGC Landran both are good engineering colleges at par with industry standards.

Admission:

• The JEE main 2019 cut-off for Guru Jambheshwar University CSE Branch was 53,885 rank for general all India students and 92,653 for home state general students.

• The cut-off for the same year at CGC Landran was 6,87,300 rank for all India general category students and 10,90,000 for home state students.

Hence, getting admission into CGC Landran is much easier as compared to GJU Hisar.

Curriculum:

CGC is affiliated to Punjab Technical University which is a bit outdated. Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar has better course-curriculum and practical facilities. This university is affiliated to University Grant Commissions (UGC).

Facilities:

CGC Landran provides good computer centre facilities. The institute has a dedicated networking centre which is beneficial for CSE students. CGC has better facilities than GJU. Non-academic facilities such as hostels, transportation etc are almost the same in both the colleges.

Location:

Location wise CGC Landran has an edge over Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar as it is located on outskirts of Chandigarh and Mohali. Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar is also urbanely situated but Chandigarh has better exposure as well as connectivity than Hisar.

Infrastructure:

Both colleges have good campuses and Infrastructure but CGC Landran has better campuses and facilities in terms of sports facilities, computer centres and libraries. Hostels and catering services are not up to that required level in both the Colleges.

Placements:

• The highest package in CGC Landran was 35 LPA whereas in Guru Jambheshwar University was 6 LPA. But the latter had a better average package of 5 LPA as compared to 3.5 LPA of CGC Landran.

• The placement percentage of CGC Landran is 100% whereas the placement percentage is 80% for Guru Jambheshwar University.

• CGC Landran is visited by companies like Microsoft, IBM, HP, Google, Dell, Samsung etc and on the other hand, Guru Jambheshwar University is visited by Canara Bank, Birla Sun Life Insurance Co, Bank of India, Bajaj Allianz Insurance Co., Axis Bank, Andhra Bank etc.

The maximum package offered is greater in CGC Landran but Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar has better average placement package. Also, the placement at CGC Landran is 100% compared to 80% in Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar as CGC students are hired by mass recruiters too which lowers the average placement package. Ranking of Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar is better than CGC Landran.

If all facts are combined then it is equally good to choose both the institutes for CS Engineering. The feature which should be given the most priority is the decision of prospective students.

Both colleges have a good reputation but which is a better option that depends upon a number of factors. CGC Landran is ranked in 210-250 band by NIRF 2020 whereas DAVIET is ranked 100 by India Today.

Given below is a brief overview of the two colleges.

DAVIET fee structure is lower than CGC Landran. DAVIET has an average annual fee of Rs. 70,000 whereas CGC Landran has an average annual fee of Rs.96,000.

Scholarships:

• CGC Landran offers merit scholarships, merit-means scholarships, scholarships for differently-abled students, etc.

• DAVIET offers Post Matric Scholarships to eligible candidates from the reserved category as per the Punjab Govt/IKG PTU norm.

Placement:

CGC Landran has better placement (almost 100%) in IT/CSE department as compared to DAVIET Jalandhar and for core streams like Mechanical, Electrical etc both are equally good. On the other hand, DAVIET has a lower placement percentage but has a higher average salary as DAVIET does not allow mass recruiters which offer less than 3 LPA packages.

• Every year top companies like Samsung, IBM, Microsoft, Dell etc visit both the campuses.

• In terms of placement percentage, CGC Landran has led with 100% placement compared to DAVIET Jalandhar which has 85% placement.

• The average package of both the colleges is the same 3.5 LPA.

• The highest package of CGC Landran is 35 LPA whereas the highest package of DAVIET Jalandhar is only 10 LPA. As CGC is a group of institutions, it has advantages over the highest package data.

So, the choice of college purely depends on one’s priority. Placement wise CGC Landran has an edge over DAVIET but if you consider fee structure and campus location or exposure then DAVIET is better. DAVIET is located in Jalandhar city and hence has location advantage and better connectivity than CGC Landran. Academically both are equally good colleges and their average placement is similar. DAVIET has comparatively a smaller number of placements but quality placements and CGC has more placements from mass recruiters.