Before deciding on any institute you should analyze it based on different parameters. Check if the college provides good facilities like hostels equipped with a good and stable internet connection, good food, satisfactory infrastructure, and the most important, a good campus placement drive. Both IIIT Allahabad and NIT Durgapur offer above-average facilities. Here is a brief outline of the institute.

If we look at the placement scenario closely, we can see that IIIT Allahabad has a better placement record and gets more companies. They also provide a higher package to their students. This does not make NIT Durgapur bad. Even NIT Durgapur provides good placements as well as opportunities for higher studies as well.

Both the colleges have a similar kind of course curriculum and nobody can force you to study.

It is not fair to compare the two universities because both of them are unique in themselves and have their charm. So, choose according to your convenience.

A college is decided after taking a lot of things into consideration. You should check the college in terms of education and practical quality, faculty, opportunities, placements, etc.

• Having known some people studying in these institutes, I can say that NIT Durgapur is better than NIT Raipur.
• BIT Mesra is very good for branches like CSE.
• NIT Durgapur offers both B.Tech and dual degree (B.Tech+M.Tech) courses.
• The rest of the things are similar to NIT Raipur.
• The chemical branch at NIT Raipur has a good track record in terms of placements.
• 6 students were directly offered Ph.D. at IIT Kanpur based on their interviews and marks.
• This proves that the quality of education is really good at NIT Raipur.

You can also try ICT MUMBAI which is famous for chemical engineering. Ultimately it depends on you and what you prefer and will be suitable for you.

Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering are two entirely different streams. You should go through a lot of thought and analyzes facts before choosing among streams of engineering. Considering CSE at NIT Durgapur and EE at IIEST Shibpur, the points below state the major areas of importance that students should look into before selecting one among the others.

• The first factor that everyone should consider is your own interest in the two fields, i.e. - programming and circuits.
• Electrical Engineering is the most demanded stream at prime engineering colleges in India and has some of the most brilliant minds in engineering every year. On the other hand, CSE holds a much better edge in placements because of the high demand for software developers at present. Software engineers are even paid much better than electrical engineers.
• Students should understand their strengths, qualities, and skills before choosing among branches. If you have better computational strength, you should choose CSE but, if you have more interest in circuit-oriented works, you should go for electrical engineering.

Therefore, it is clear that choosing among the two available options is entirely dependent on your field of interest and passion. But, in general, CSE at NIT Durgapur should have a better placement and so, is preferred over the other to some extent.

I have a friend at IIEST Shibpur and here is his insight on the IT placements at the institute.

The placement statistics at IT in IIEST are excellent. The esteemed companies that are recruiters for IT include PwC, Veritas, HSBC, Microsoft, Adobe, TCS, CTS, Wipro, Infosys, etc. You will be offered internships in your 3rd year. The major recruiters in IIEST are IT companies. Therefore, from the IT department, the majority of students are able to receive placements except for a few.

Here is the highlight of recent placement statistics at the institutes.

Hope this gives you some idea about placements for IT at IIEST and Electrical at NIT Durgapur.

If you are going to take admission for M.Tech in any of these colleges it will be worth the choice. All are quite established and are doing great in curriculum and placements.

But there is always the best among the rest and hence, I would like to suggest you opt for NIT Durgapur. It beats both IIIT Allahabad and IIITM Gwalior. Also, regarding the two IIITs, IIIT Allahabad certainly does better than IIITM Gwalior in competitive programming and placements

• On the other hand, NIT Durgapur holds strong ties with IIT Kharagpur.
• The professors and students both are collaborating on various projects from both institutes.
• The alumni base of NIT Durgapur is also strong. It includes IIT Kharagpur graduates who have completed or are currently pursuing higher degrees at IIT.
• There is a better opportunity in NIT Durgapur as compared to others, in case you are prepared to utilize these.
• If you will seek placement after M.Tech, go for Allahabad.
• In case you are interested in research, I will recommend you to look at the faculty profiles in the respective departments, and make an informed choice.

It is suggested you go for NIT Durgapur. Definitely, do your side of research as well for a clear choice among all the three colleges.