ABV IIITM Gwalior is ranked 81 by NIRF. It is recognized by UGC and AICTE. They have a student strength of 854 students. 

MTech in VLSI is a 2 year full time postgraduate course which involves engineering aspects of designing and developing IC based systems. The course is divided into 4 semesters. 

Placement Details

• 102 students were placed with the highest salary package.
• The highest salary package overall offered was 42 LPA.
• The average salary package overall offered was 14.58 LPA.
• Students graduating with MTech in VLSI Design can work in VLSI Testing, Chip Designing, Lecturer, VLSI Design Engineer, etc. 
• The top recruiting companies include Microsoft, EY, Morgan Stanley, Google, Goldman Sachs, Reliance, Tata, etc.

Faculty

• There is the head of the department, with professors, associate professor, and assistant professors. 
• A total of more than 36 full-time faculty members and 6 are adjunct faculty members. 
• Most of the faculties are Ph.D. holders and experts in the field.

Students will require 75% in their 10+2 qualifying exam and 60% in their BTech or BE exam to be eligible for admission at ABV IIITM Gwalior for the MTech program in VLSI Design. Final selection will be based on GATE scores.

As per the MHRD norms, the students are offered stipends within the range of INR 7000-13000. Approximately, this year a total of 18% students received Pre-placement offers from various companies. The list includes Cartesian Consulting, Toppr, Goldsman Sach, Inmobi, Myntra, Leap & Scale, BNY Mellon, Qubole Software, and Goibibo.

NIT Trichy has great placements for branches like CSE and ECE. Most of the recruiting companies give preference to B.Tech students rather than M.Tech. But as far as Communications Engineering is concerned, you will be allowed to appear for placement drives held by semiconductor companies with B.Tech students. 

There are quite a few companies that prefer Communications students over VLSI. Many students end up being placed in dream semiconductor companies. Out of say, 35 students, only 1 or 2 are not placed. The placements are definitely improving over the years.

It is advisable to have basic coding knowledge at least along with your core subject. That way, you will definitely be able to do well.

According to my friend at IIT Ropar, the first batch of Microelectronics and VLSI Design was from 2019-2020, where there were only 10 and 7 students for the M.Tech and Ph.D. course respectively.

• The faculties of IIT Ropar are young and energetic. 
• It’s quite early to predict placements and hence should wait for some time. 
• Being an IIT, the college is well developed, the infrastructure is decent, and the academics are great.
• The faculty of IIT Ropar for Microelectronics and VLSI Design branch of 1st semester includes 1 professor from IIT Delhi and 5 professors from IIT Bombay and Guwahati.
• The courses for the 1st semester for the Microelectronics and VLSI Design includes a total of 5 courses, 1 lab, and 1 seminar session. 
• These include Digital IC Design, RF Engineering, CMOS Analog IC Design, Semiconductor Device Physics and Modeling, CAD for VLSI Design, Circuit Simulation Lab, and Seminar Session.

Some industries visit IIT Ropar in the first semester and the selected students have to choose to work with them. The 2nd year project can be completed in any company also if a student wishes to. The department helps the student to find the company if the student wants and if not then he/she can do the project on the campus itself.

I have a friend who recently graduated with M.Tech in VLSI Design from NIT Calicut. According to him, the placements are great. According to recent placement highlights, the average CTC offered at the institute is 11 LPA.

In order to secure decent placements, all you need is the following. 

• Knowledge of EDA tools of Mentor or Cadence or Synopsys.
• Be skilled in RTL, Verilog coding.
• Know basics of verification and design parameters for speed vs power vs area.

You also should have sound knowledge of Place and Route; extract parameters to compare or adjust design parameters with layout changes. The demand in this field is high. Work hard and you will succeed.

NIT Surathkal is ranked 21st in the engineering category by NIRF ranking 2019. It is one of the oldest and pioneer technical institutes in India. The institute offers an excellent placement record of 92-95% for the undergraduates every year. 

Placement Highlights:

• NIT Surathkal witnessed 80% placements in MTech. Around 286 companies visited the campus in 2019.
• The placement report for the MTech witnessed decent growth in the highest and average package last year. 
• Around nine companies offered the on-job role to the MTech students. 

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institute: 

The top recruiters are Amdocs, Teradata, Radisys India, Honeywell Technology, Idrive Software, Dell EMC, Cisco Systems, Riverbed Technology, etc.

Admission process:- 

• The candidates are selected based on the 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA obtained in BTech/BE/BCA course. 
• The final selection of the candidates is a good mark in the NIMCET test. 
• The cutoff required is 175.
• The fees required is INR 1.28 LPA. 

Faculties:- 

NIT Surathkal has a large and diverse faculty of 385 members. All the members are cooperative and very supportive towards their students. 

Facilities:- 

• NIT Surathkal has a central library equipped with the latest technology. 
• There are shopping complex, medical facilities, open air auditorium, and all the required facilities needed for the students in NIT Surathkal. 

NIT Surathkal provides good placements for undergraduates and postgraduates. The placement statistics for BTech and MTech in this institute are better than other newly built NITs.