VNIT Nagpur is constantly improving from the past few years. You should be proud of yourself for managing to get in. 

As an alumni of this institute, I will be giving some valuable advice to you-

1. Make good connections with your hostelmates. 
2. Pay attention in class, complete your assignments on time, and attend your classes regularly. Study every day, form a good study routine. By following disciplined study habits, you’ll secure 7.5+ CGPA. 
3. Make good notes, or borrow good notes from your seniors and peers. Ask your seniors for useful tips and tricks related to your subjects.
4. Do not by any chance, come into the bad books of your professors. They may not affect your theory marks, but can surely affect your lab results. 
5. Befriend your seniors, don’t enter their bad books. They’ll be of immense help in your studies and overall college life.
6. Maintain 75% attendance for all your lectures and tutorials, especially the ones taken by strict professors. The professors of Applied Mechanics Department (Engineering Mechanics) and Electrical Engineering Department are especially particular about attendance.
7. Participate in events, and become a member of college clubs. Aarohi, Axis and Consortium are some of the important college events. Make sure to participate in the Department Gathering and Institute Gathering during your first year.
8. Reach out to the college counselor, your peers, or your seniors whenever you feel like giving up on everything. You’ll face plenty of hardships, but remember to never give up. 
9. Make the most of your college life. VNIT has many shortcomings, try to ignore those and focus on the good aspects.

Study well and make the most of your first year at VNIT Nagpur. You’ll remember this period for the rest of your life, so make it worthwhile.

VNIT Nagpur is one of the most expensive NITs, and its hostels are at par with private college hostels. 

The new NBCC constructed hostels have been functional for a few years.The hostels are provided with a TV room and a Table Tennis room. Each hostel room has high speed LAN ports.

The mess food is nowhere close to home cooked meals, but it is better than the one offered by tiffin services. North Indian and South Indian staples are served in the menu, along with some dishes from the Marathi cuisine. 

The hostel administration and mess contractors aren’t student friendly at all, but you’ll learn to manage things with time. The hostel fee is on an average, Rs. 32,700 per sem. You can expect a refund of around Rs. 5-10k for an academic year. 

Thus, you can expect a decent stay at the VNIT hostels. 

One of my acquaintances has a better opinion on the same. He says that if you opt to take admission at IIIT Allahabad, then you are more likely to have better opportunities in the IT field.

• Mostly, the students of ECE are thoroughly engaged in coding and are known to study ECE because of reasons that center around only graduating.
• While, on the flip side, in VNIT Nagpur, the students pursue ECE because they are interested in it.
• However, the placements of IT field are more likely to surpass the number of placements seen in ECE fields. This is because the core hardware companies relatively do not share the same amount of trust with the freshers.
• If you want to obtain a better salary package after graduating from a B.Tech course, then going for IIIT, Allahabad can be a superior option.
• While, if you relevantly want to pursue your career in most of the core ECE companies, then it is suggested that you opt for VNIT, Nagpur.

Yet, here is a brief data about the overall placement, course fees and more about both the institutes,

However, in most cases, 10-15% of students choose ECE companies, but ever since software companies have become high-paying, several students tend to rather opt for an IT job profile.

You are comparing two different branches; Computer (CSE) and Electrical (EEE). If you are naturally inclined towards a particular branch, then you should choose it no matter the institute. If you are not sure about the branch then let me share some facts I got to know while researching about the institutes.

• NIRF Engineering Ranking 2020 – VNIT Nagpur is ranked 27 while NIT Surathkal is ranked 13.
• Academics – In this regard both are equal. Some professors are good and some are really bad.
• Extra-Curricular Activities – NIT Surathkal is way better than VNIT Nagpur. You will always find some activity happening on the campus. VNIT Nagpur does not have any such activities being conducted regularly.
• Campus location – VNIT Nagpur is actually better than NIT Surathkal. Although the Surathkal beach which is right beside the college looks good in photos, the same cannot be said in person. The VNIT Nagpur campus on the other hand is clean and green.
• Workshops – At VNIT Nagpur most of the workshops organized by the clubs are paid while at NIT Surathkal most of them were free and open to all.

The following table shows a brief insight on relevant facts for both institutes:

Now that you have seen the comparison you can choose which one you like based on your needs and expectations. If you want then you can also make your decision based on the placement reports.

As a student you should check the following areas and take them into consideration while choosing a particular institution. 

Research- VNIT, and COEP beats VJTI in these criteria. Students can do research here under college professors on winter vacations.

Placements-

• VNIT provides unpaid internships to students through the alumni association.
• IT companies offer job opportunities to people from computer science, electronics, electrical with a CGPA of 7. The same scenario is present in VJTI and COEP. They may provide better opportunities than VNIT.
• However, there are decent placements for mechanical engineering both in VJTI and VNIT.

Campus Life-

• VNIT is best in terms of campus life. There are ample hostel facilities for the students.
• Students can interact and socialize with people not only from Maharashtra but from all over India.
• There are almost eight batches for the department with 60-90 students.

Student Activities- VNIT excels in expectations than COEP & VJTI with myriad festivals, clubs, and extra-curricular.

Research after Bachelors’- Lots of VNIT students get themselves into research work after their graduation. However, there is no available information for VJTI and COEP.

Considering all the aspects listed above, VNIT seems a better choice for mechanical engineering than COEP Pune and VJTI Mumbai.