B.tech. in Civil engineering is a flagship program of DTU. Admission is made on the basis of marks scored by a candidate in Class XII and candidate’s performance in JEE Main/ JEE Advance.The final selection of the program is based on the allocation of seats through Joint Seat Allocation Authority. The four-year program is an amalgamation of courses to help students understand thedesign and construction of various structures like bridges, buildings, roads, tunnels, and dams.

B.tech. in CSis a flagship program at bothUSIT and MAIT. Admission is made on the basis of candidate’s performance in JEE Mainas well as candidates need to sit for theIPUCET examination, which is conducted by the institute. The program is a dual degree course of 6 years, made by integrating B.tech and M.tech in CS.

Tabulated below is an overview of the courses in both colleges:

Civil from DTU

Placement Statistics:

1. A total of 78 Core Engineering and Technology firms like Maruti, L&T, etc. visited the campus andselected 272 students.
2. 31 IT firms, both national and international, made 684 offers.
3. Some of the internationalbig fishes includeFacebook (London), Google (Munich), Landmark Group (Dubai), Uniqlo (Tokyo), and Codenation (Dubai).
4. The Lowest package offered to students was4 Lakhs whereas the average package was 7-10 Lakhs.

Faculty and Infrastructure:

• The faculty of DTU are really good and have experienceof working in core companies. Most of the faculty have a doctoral degree.
• The labsof the college are well-structured, and classrooms are also good. The food in the canteen is good and affordable. The medical facilities of the college are also good, and there are good facilities for sports with a gym.

CS from IP colleges

Placement Statistics:

1. The highest packagesoffered to students was 18lakhs for on campus.
2. Many reputed companies like Wipro, Amazon, Flipkart, TCS, Accenture, etc., visit the campus for placements.
3. The highest salarywas reported to have increased byfive percentin recent years.

Faculty and Infrastructure:

• The faculty of IP college are experienced,well-educated, very helpful, and supportive.
• The infrastructure was not greatwith small classrooms.The hostels are old but well maintained. The mess serves the basic food and the canteen is pocket friendly.

All the Colleges are considered to be among the best colleges to pursue Computer Science in India. NIT Surathkal, BITS-Hyderabad, DTU, and DA-IICT are ranked 13 (NIRF 2020), 47 (Jagran Josh), 36 (NIRF 2020), and 111 (NIRF 2020) respectively for BTech. All the Universities offer experienced faculties from subject backgrounds and have well-equipped full-fledged laboratories to carry out academic and research works.

Admission:

BITS-Hyderabad offers a BE program for CSE. Whereas, NIT Surathkal, DTU, and DAIICT offer BTech CSE. BITS-Hyderabad accepts admission based on BITSAT scores. NIT Surathkal, DTU, DAIICT accepts admission for BTech CSE through JEE Mains.

Cut off:

The required cutoff for CSE programs at these institutions according to previous years is as follows.

Fee Structure:

The total course fee at these institutes is as follows.

• BITS Hyderabad- 16.73 lakh

• NIT Surathkal- 3.95 lakh

• DTU- 7.80 lakh

• DAIICT- 6.88 lakh

Placement:

Students of CSE at these institutes pursue their careers in different sectors of IT like Software development & Testing, Database Management, Web Technology, etc. Top recruiters at these institutes for CSE graduates are Amazon.com, Accolite, Capital IQ, Ceat Limited, Samsung, SONY, Microsoft, etc. The placement statistics for CSE at BITS, NIT-S, DTU, DAIICT are as follows.

The Department of Computer Science & Engineering in NIT-Surathkal is actively involved in various research activities and has signed various academic collaborative projects such as MoU with IBM, Intel, Leeds Metropolitan University, and others.

All these institutes have their own pros and cons. So go through the information given above and choose according to your convenience.

All of these colleges have good rankings for their BTech courses and offer good placement opportunities to their engineering students.

• MNNIT was ranked at 14 in the Top Public colleges in India 2020 by India Today and 19 for B.Tech in India 2019 by The Week.
• IIIT Allahabad on the other hand was ranked 9 by India Today and 103 by NIRF for its B.Tech Course.
• DTU has an upstanding ranking record as it was ranked at 1 by The Times Of India and 36 by NIRF in India 2020 for its B.Tech course.
• ISM Dhanbad was ranked at 13 by The Week and 12 by NIRF in India 2020 for its B.Tech Course.

A comparison is presented below to explain the factors to be considered while choosing an engineering course from these universities.

Campus Placement:

MNNIT Allahabad –

• A total of 285 companies visited MNNIT’s campus for recruitment in 2019 and out of the eligible 1174 students, 792 were placed.
• The highest package offered in 2019 being INR 36 LPA.
• The median salary offered is around INR 8 LPA.

IIIT Allahabad –

• In the recent placements, IIIT Allahabad held a 96% placement rate with the highest package offered of INR 43 LPA.
• Whereas, the median salary was recorded around 12.9 LPA.

DTU –

Outlook India ranked DTU as 1 college in the placement category.

• The placement cell of DTU has a stellar record by achieving 100% placement in the previous years.
• In 2019, 323 companies visited DTU and the highest package offered was a whopping INR 1.02 Cr. (PA).
• The median salary of DTU is around 9 LPA.

ISM Dhanbad -

• IIT Dhanbad has a dedicated placement cell known as the Career Development Centre through which students have been successfully placed at various organizations including top giants such as Deloitte, Presidency University, Amazon, BYJUs Learning, Vedanta, Tesco, JCB, Infosys, Microsoft, and many more.
• The highest package offered in 2019 placements was INR 39.50 LPA.
• Whereas, the median salary offered was around 8.50 LPA.

There are numerous placement and scholarship opportunities available in these colleges, however, it depends more on the student’s interest and feasibility.

The institutes NSIT as well as DTU both are tier 1 colleges and among the best engineering colleges of India. Hence, it is quite difficult to say which one is best among MCE at DTU and ICE at NSIT. ICE branch provides opportunities to students in both Hardware and Software whereas MCE is more aligned towards software industries. The students from MCE have ample opportunities in either finance or pure mathematics and programming. The packages that the students get at MCE in DTU is similar to that of ICE at NSIT.

Instrumentation and Control Engineering in NSIT is an older branch than Mathematics and Computing Engineering in DTU. As far as placement of these branches is concerned almost all Tech companies allow both ICE and MCE students to take part in their internship and placement test with a required percentage criteria but that depends upon company to company.

Placement at NSIT is quite good, more than 100 companies visit the campus for placement drive. The average salary offered is around 7-8 LPA. The 2019 placement highlights for DTU show a total of 70 students got placed from the MCE department, whereas the no of offers received was 93. The highest CTC offered to the students of this branch was around 39 LPA.

The coding environment in DTU is great. The co-curricular activities of both the colleges are brilliant as a large no of societies are available for students to pursue their interests and enhance their skills. So, choose the institute based on your subject of choice.

Among the best technological universities in India, Delhi Technological University (DTU) is ranked 2nd and 36th by Times Engineering Survey and NIRF respectively whereas out of 300, NIRF has ranked Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology at 250.

DTU:

Admission:

• The university offers B.Tech and M.Tech programs for software engineering.

• The selection criteria for B.Tech is based on a valid score in JEE Mains followed by Joint Admission Counselling while to be eligible the candidate needs 10+2 with a minimum of 60% aggregate marks. M.Tech selection criteria are based on a valid score in GATE followed by an interview and minimum eligibility required is B.Tech/B.E/MSc with 60% marks in the related discipline or AMIS/AMIICHE/AMIS or Diploma or BSc in engineering.

Placements:

The university is ranked 1 in the category of placement by Outlook India. DTU students receive offers from International as well as Indian Corporations.

• The international placement package offered is INR 52.22 LPA and the domestic is INR 39.2 LPA.

• The Software Engineering department holds the topmost position in the DTU sector-wise placements that contributes to about 20% of the total placements.

Scholarships:

The scholarships offered by DTU are as follows.

• Pandit Man Mohan Nath Dhar Scholarship

• Inder Kohli and Anand Kohli Scholarships

• Madan Mohan Krishna Kaul Scholarships

• Smt. Savitri Agnihotri Scholarships

The DTU also offers facilities such as health services, a library, sports, and an EDUSAT studio.

Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology:

Admission:

• The institute offers a B.Tech program in Computer Science

• The selection criteria are based on the JEE Mains and to be eligible requires 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics subject.

Placements:

MSIT has a placement department that creates huge opportunities for students to get their dream jobs by organizing different placement activities throughout the year.

• For the academic year 2020, by far 745 job offers have been made with the highest package offered of INR 43 LPA by ADOBE (MTS).

• Some of the top recruiters include Infosys, TCS, MUSIGMA, ZS, Accenture, Google, Jaro Education, and Comviva Mahindra.

Scholarships:

As financial assistance, MSIT provides scholarships to only meritorious students of INR 13,000 annually based on their performance and a reduction in the fees up to INR 50,000 for the students from economically weak backgrounds.

MSIT provides wonderful facilities for students that include highly equipped laboratories, a library with a huge collection of books and journals, medical facilities, sports facilities for outdoor as well as indoor games, and a hostel.

These are some of the factors that you need to take into consideration while choosing between the two options. As for which one should you choose, you should be the one to decide that.

IIT Bhubaneswar and DTU are both well-reputed institutes for engineering in India. Between the branches, COE offers more opportunities as compared to ECE. However, you should choose the institute based on the branch you are interested in.

IIT Bhubaneswar is considered among the top engineering colleges in India. NIRF has ranked IIT Bhubaneswar at 17th among the engineering colleges. Admission to the ECE program at the institute is done based on the performance of the student in JEE Advanced and the minimum eligibility criteria for admission is 75% aggregate in 10+2. The course fee is 2.14 lakhs (1st-year course fee).

ECE is a new branch in IIT Bhubaneswar. The first batch of ECE graduated in 2020. Before 2016, electrical engineering was a combination of EEE and ECE. In 2020, 97% of the students from ECE got the placements in many top MNCs.The average CTC offered was INR 15.8 LPA. However, the highest domestic CTC offered was around INR 43.3 LPA.

DTU is ranked 2nd and 34th as the best technological university as per TES and NIRF. The admission to the program is done on the basis of the performance of the student in JEE Mains. The course fee for COE at DTU is 1.66 lakhs (1st-year fee).

According to the placement statistics of 2019, a total of 122 students of COE got placement offers. The highest CTC offered to the COE students was INR 40.63 LPA.