PDPU ranks 55th in the engineering category according to NIRF. The B-Tech programmes in Computer Engineering and ICT (Information & Communication Technology) are two major courses offered under the IT department.

Course Structure:

• These two courses promise to provide a conducive learning experience developing technological research needs for the future. 
• The major focus is on programming skills and learning modern technologies like, machine learning, AI, IOT and other networking methodologies.

Infrastructure

• Engineering education needs relevant laboratories which are rightly equipped with experimentation. 
• The Power Electronics Lab, Production Technology Laboratory and Network Theory Lab at PDPU rightly pronounces the practical learning and future needs of engineers.

Placements

The average placement rate is around 70% while average CTC offered being 3.5-4 LPA. Other key highlights are given in the table below:

Faculty

• It includes Faculty members from esteemed institutions like IITs, who share their effervescent experience in terms of knowledge imparted. 
• The teacher to student ratio is 1:30. 
• Some teachers are also lauded with the highly esteemed Padma Vibhushan award.

These soft engineering courses, coupled with quality faculty and best learning experience make PDPU one of the best choices in Gujarat as it is also ranked 1st by NIRF in the state.

The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) is ranked first among the private institutes of Uttarakhand.

Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology has been positioned under the rank band of 151-200 among 906 engineering institutions across the country which also includes all IITs/IIITs/NITs. It is also ranked 10th among Dataquest T school survey's best engineering colleges. The institute offers its students great placements.

Admissions:

• The minimum eligibility to apply for the UG level engineering programme in UPES is 10 + 2 with a minimum of 50 percent aggregate marks in PCM, subject to JEE Mains or UPESEAT qualification followed by Centralized Counseling.

• To get admission in B.Tech courses in MAIT the candidates should have a valid score in JEE mains/IPU CET

Placements:

UPES-

It has a placement cell which runs different training programmes to successfully place students. UPES believes in building strong leaderships with steadily increasing placements. The Career Services Office works closely with the industry to develop and facilitate collaborative Industry-Academia Interface.

• Top recruiters at UPES include Accenture, Ambuja Cement, nestle, Tata technologies, etc.

• The average CTC received by the School of Engineering at UPES is 5.35 LPA and the highest CTC was 17 LPA.

MAIT Delhi-

The institute offers its students decent placement and internship opportunities by interacting with different reputable companies, such as Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, Amazon, etc.

• 42 firms visited the campus in 2019 offering packages from INR 3.5 LPA to INR 28 LPA.

• Top recruiting companies visiting MAIT are Wipro, TCS, Deloitte, Cognizant, Newgen, Tata Power DDL, Amazon, Vinson, TASL, Samsung, ION Trading, etc.

All of the above courses offered by different institutes stand high in one or the other areas, so it’s up to applicant choice to which course and college to take admission in.

NIT Jalandhar is regarded as an Institute of national importance. It offers courses in the fields of management and engineering. IIITDM Jabalpur has been approved by UGC and the Ministry of Human Resource Development. It offers courses in engineering and design.

Course:

NIT Jalandhar and IIITDM Jabalpur offers BTech programs for IT and CSE.

• IT course at NIT Jalandhar is a relatively new course and touches upon all aspects of information technology. It is very close to Computer Science but extends beyond that to other applications of IT as well.

• The CSE course at IIITDM Jabalpur is a very famous course. It mainly focuses on computers and their applications as well as new and emerging technologies in this field.

Admissions:

• Admission at NIT Jalandhar requires the students to give JEE Mains and Advanced and secure an above average rank. The cutoffs are decided after the declaration of the result.

• For admission at IIITDM Jabalpur, students are required to score at least 50% in their 10+2 board examinations as well as appear for JEE. Admission is completely based on merit.

Placements:

NIT Jalandhar-

Every year, NIT Jalandhar offers several placement opportunities.

• Some notable companies include Hero Motocorp, Amazon, Cognizant, etc.

• The placement figures are relatively high with over 582 students placed in 2017-18 with a mean salary of 6.6 LPA.

• In 2018-19, around 561 students were placed with a mean salary of 6.0 LPA.

IIITD-

• It has great placement numbers as well with the highest salary figure going up to 37 LPA almost every year.

• A total of 126 students were placed in many notable companies like Canon, Oracle, IBM, Coviam, Infosys, etc.

Thus both these colleges are excellent in terms of education and placements. Students need to be careful of their JEE rank as both these colleges expect high scores from their prospective applicants. As for which institute will be better for you, you should be the one to decide that.

UIET Chandigarh has been ranked 54th among the private engineering colleges by NIRF ranking. The institute is best for CSE/IT as it maintains a placement record of 80% every year. The institute is one of the top 30 finest engineering institutes of the country.

IIIT Bhubaneswar ranks 201 among the IIITs in India as per NIRF ranking 2020. The institute promises to create technology leaders tomorrow by assuring them with 100% placement records every year. 

The table below gives a brief description of the institutes:

Admission Process

UIET Chandigarh:-

• The admission is based on the valid score of 75% marks in 10+2 with physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
• The candidates must have a valid score in JEE Main. 

IIIT Bhubaneswar:-

• The minimum marks required is 60% marks in 10+2. 
• The candidate must have a valid JEE Main score.

Placements:-

Many companies visit both these colleges and offer dream jobs to the students. The placement department of both the colleges work rigorously to get as many companies as possible. IIIT Bhubaneswar offered 95% placement in the engineering department. Amazon offered the highest package of INR 31 LPA to two of the students of UIET Chandigarh.

The top recruiters are Amazon, Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, Samsung, L&T Infotech, Capgemini, Tech Mahindra, Paytm, Mindtree, Dell, TCS, etc.

Both these colleges provide a better scope with good placements. It is upon the students which college they would like to opt among these two. However, IT from IIIT Bhubaneswar is preferred than CSE/IT from UIET Chandigarh.

To know which institution to be preferred, let us start with the rankings of both of them. #48^th is the ranking of MNNIT by NIRF for the year 2020 and on the other hand #103 is the ranking of IIIT Allahabad by NIRF for the same year. Now you can see some other factors to decide which institution can be preferred over the other.

Admissions

MNNIT:

• It is necessary to complete 10+2 in Science stream and acquiring a minimum of 75% marks in the examination.
• JEE MAINis the entrance exam for the institution.
• 1st-yearfee for the institution isRs 84,666
• General students’ cut-off for other state is from 3133 to 4986 and for home state it is starting from 4057 and ending at 5697.

IIIT Allahabad:

• With PCM as the subject, the candidate has to complete 10+2 acquiring a minimum of 60%.
• JEE Mainis considered as the entrance exam for the institution.
• ? 143,700 is the first year fee for the IT course.
• General students’ cut-off starts from 1291 and ends at 5330 (in the year 2019)

Some basic highlights about the institutions are as follows:

Placements:

IIIT Delhi:

• The placement rate of the institute is 95%.
• Some of the top recruiters of the institutions are Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Linkedin, Zomato, Walmart Labs, Zendrive, CodeNation, Arista Networks, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, etc.

MNNIT Allahabad:

• The placement rate of MNNIT Allahabad is 95.56%.
• Top recruitersof MNNIT Allahabad is Indian Navy, Dell, Canon, BHEL, E-bay, Adobe, Bharat Institute of Technology, etc. followed by frequently visiting companies like Google, INFOYSIS, Amazon, Flipkart, HCL, Axis bank, Dell, E-bay, Cisco, etc.

Now based on all the above-mentioned data, the candidate can compare and come to the conclusion. Other factors that can be made into considerations are city life (which will be almost equivalent for both of them), faculties (highly qualified teachers are there in both the institutions), campus life, hostel facilities, etc. But at the end of the day, it is the subject and the interests of the students that matters for a successful future. IT is a good subject regarding future and the candidate can choose whichever institution suits him/her better.