When speaking in terms of placement records, IIIT Allahabad is known only for B.Tech. However, M.Tech at the same institution tends to not get great offers. In fact, most companies do not permit M.Tech students from IIITA to sit for specific interviews. 

Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Hashedin, Morgan Stanley didn’t allow M.Tech students to sit for the interviews one particular year. That is one reason behind why IIIT, Allahabad does not make the placement stats clearly open in a branch-specific manner.

You, as a student, should prefer M.Tech at NIT Nagpur. Mentioned below are the statistics of M.Tech placements of VNIT Nagpur. 

It is important to note that MTech IT (i.e., Intelligent Systems) is very well known at IIITA. If you are choosing to do Intelligent Systems at IIITA, then you will not regret that decision. You definitely will have the chance to sit for every company interview. However, if you do not get Intelligent Systems, then opting to go for NIT Nagpur is highly recommended.

In terms of placement, the preference order of branches are as briefed below:

Intelligent systems, IIITA> CSE, VNIT Nagpur> Advanced computing, NIT Bhopal> Information security, NIT Bhopal> Human-computer interaction, IIITA> Cyber Law IIITA> Software Engineering IIITA> Wireless communication IIITA.

As per the institute’s policy, one cannot share or guarantee if the figure of placement packages is correct or not as the placement cell of the institute also doesn't share any such stats once the session gets over. Though, with the help of other peers, it is quite possible to calculate the average CTC that has been offered in a session. Many top recruiters visit the campus every year. 

The placement highlights for 2020 are given below. 

To be very honest, it is not a tough task to get a high-paying job in a top IT company if you have completed your B.Tech from IIIT-Allahabad. But to get that, you have to start preparing yourself from the first year only. The college has a good coding culture and getting a job in a top IT company is a cakewalk for you if you have studied religiously. Many of the alumni are also out there who help a lot in getting a good job. 

Ans. If you have to choose between BITS and IIITA. You should definitely go with IIIT Allahabad. At IIITA, there is no home state quota i.e. seats reserved for students of Allahabad. BITS has a no-reservation policy.

Around 25% of students have received Pre-Placement Offers from some of the top companies in the final year at BITS Hyderabad.

Coding Culture

• IIIT Allahabad has a coding culture that is renowned and is best in class.
• BITS Hyderabad’s coding culture is good but lacks in some aspects as compared to IIITA.

So, if you have the option to choose between CSE at BITS Hyderabad and IT at IIIT Allahabad, go with IIITA as it is better than BITS in almost all aspects.

The decision mainly depends on you and your preferences, not only about the subject but about your location preference, fees preference, etc. Jadavpur University being a government institution has lesser fees than IIIT Allahabad. JU is a reputed institution and if you are interested in coding you should definitely go for CSE at JU. It will provide you with the best knowledge and education on the respective subject.

Jadavpur University will always be better than IIIT Allahabad. The following points justifies the same:

• Jadavpur University has been ranked 12th by NIRF 2020 whereas IIIT Allahabad doesn’t even find a mention in the top 100 list.
• International Rankings - Jadavpur University CSE has been ranked right below the top 5 IITs and IISc. 
• All these people saying labs remain open one can code all they want. Students can code just as well on their laptop. 
• Coding is a minuscule part of computer science, students cannot get over this coding craze because it just gives them good jobs. 
• Computer Science is a vast subject and its backbone is its Department and research publications. 
• All of them are important but they all are secondary.

The table shows a brief overview of the institutions:

Though some people may be biased about their preferred institute. But if you compare between the given facts, you can definitely see that JU is far superior to IIIT Allahabad in every aspect. Being a Government institution the fees are also less than IIIT Allahabad, which is preferred by most of the students.

My cousin joined IIIT Allahabad in 2018 and the boy’s hostel has been an average experience for him. He has double sharing spaces at BH5 and the basic furniture and equipment setup like chairs, tables, internet, 2 cupboards, fans, etc are already available. There is no AC, coolers are allowed but BH5 doesn't have any balcony too. 

Below are some factors about the hostel that you may like to know.

Mess:

• The mess at BH5 is spacious and serves better food as compared to messes at other boys’ hostels. It offers a vast variety of cuisine, however, the taste is average and sometimes quite bad.
• For breakfast, you'd get Bread-Butter or Jam, Egg/ or Fruit and Milk, and a main dish based on the menu of the day.
• Dinner is given with a sweet dish each night and non-veg is available once a week on Sunday.
• The canteen is another option if you do not prefer the food from the mess. The night canteen is open late at night and has the basic veg and nonveg snacks available for munching like chips, cold drinks, coffee, etc. along with popular Indian dishes as well. You can order food from outside too.
• There is an air conditioning facility available at other hostels but here, it has not been and there are plans being made to install it soon.

The mess menu is decided by the committee and you get to eat whatever is available for the day- good or bad.

Internet:

• As for the internet, it is available now but wasn't when my cousin took admission, because the hostel was recently built and LAN wasn't available. 
• You will find WiFi routers installed at different spots of the campus to cope with its deficit in the hostel spaces at times. 
• Reliance's Jio is being used although good internet speed is available in the computer lab only.

They have two vast common halls for recreational activities and there are four washrooms on each floor. They are cleaned each morning. Sometimes you'd have to wait for your turn at bathing but it's manageable. There's a hostel lawn for physical activities.

Yes, opting for IT in IIIT Allahabad even without any prior experience in programming is definitely a good choice. There are several factors to prove that being a programmer at school doesn’t certify one’s capability in programming at the college and career level.

• The amount of programming taught in school is up to basic levels only. ICSE/ISC or CBSE boards have computer programming in their curriculum but to a very lesser extent.
• Almost 70% of the students in CS, IT, and ECE are non-programmers before joining the college in most institutes.
• There are students who have received 100 marks in computer science at the school level in ICSE/ISC and have failed miserably in coding competitions at colleges. On the contrary, there are students with no prior coding experience but have been excellent coders with constant practice.
• The school-level coding questions are very easy and basic. They cannot be the yardstick to judge one’s coding capabilities.

Therefore, though it is good to have basic programming experience at school, it is not something utterly necessary for taking up CSE/IT.