Among the above three institutes, IIIT Gwalior is the best choice, considering the fact that it is the oldest IIIT and offers excellent placement and academic facilities. The preference order of choice among the institutes is given below.

IIIT Gwalior > IIIT Jabalpur > IIIT Lucknow

The table below gives a brief level of comparison among the three institutes.

Key Highlights:

• The cut-off for admission to IIIT Gwalior is a validation of the fact that it is the best choice. It has its infrastructure spread across a 100-acre campus, being the oldest IIIT and maintaining its standard of placement and academics.
• Jabalpur has a 260-acre campus. In terms of placement and infrastructure, it comes just after IIIT Gwalior. But in terms of research, IIIT Jabalpur is ahead of the other two.
• IIIT Lucknow has a 50-acre campus and is mostly under construction, and is just 2 batches old. It is growing with time and needs to gain fame eventually. IIIT Lucknow has good placement, even in the first pass-out batch. It would be an excellent choice in the future if the records in placement are retained.

Therefore, the above order is the choice of preference a candidate will find relevant. No candidate should be misguided just by recent placement records and statistics.

IIITDM Jabalpur has been ranked at 65 for Engineering by JEE Cutoff in 2019 and has been declared as a National Institute of Importance under the Government of India IIIT Act. VIT Vellore on the other hand observes a ranking of 15 by NIRF in 2019 is a leading private university with BTech being its flagship course.

Based on some important criteria, let us have a look at the difference between the two academic institutions:

Admissions:

Course curriculum:

• IIITDM Jabalpur: The curriculum is designed in such a manner that it allows students to be prepared for advanced specializations and gives the option of choosing from multiple open electives
• VIT Vellore: The curriculum is designed to help students learn on a holistic level with foundation level subjects and skill-enhancing electives, that help students gain knowledge and prepare themselves to become industry-ready.

Infrastructure:

IIITDM Jabalpur:

• The campus at IIITDM Jabalpur has two hostels and a residence hall along with multiple practical labs such as an Advanced manufacturing lab, biometric lab, computational lab, an open-air theatre, conference halls, smart classrooms, and a well-stocked library.
• It also has great LAN facilities that are functional in the hostels as well as on-campus.

VIT Vellore:

• It has a huge campus with a six-floor library stacked with international journals and free LIBSYS software automation.
• It has multi-cuisine cafeterias and 23 hostels with a gym and an attached swimming pool.
• It is popularly known for its practical labs and has more than 50 well-equipped and updated labs for students.

Placements:

While both the universities offer a great curriculum, IIITDM Jabalpur is known to offer a higher rate of placement and also oversees a greater number of core companies as opposed to VIT Vellore. Students can make their decision based on the given points above.

Both IIIT Delhi and IIITDM Jabalpur have been ranked by NIRF at 81 and 55 respectively in the latest rankings 2020. Both the institutions have good faculty holding their highest degrees with several research journals.

The table given below gives quick highlights of both the institutions.

Admissions:

IIITDM Jabalpur

• The college enrolls UG and PG students based on their performance in JEE Main and GATE. The cut-off varies based on the program that you choose.
• IIITDM Jabalpur has a total of 364 students. Out of which, 267 students have enrolled in UG courses while the rest are in PG courses.
• It offers various programs in B.Tech, B.Des, M.Des, M.Tech, and Ph.D.

IIIT Delhi

• The college enrolls students based on the score obtained in JEE Main and GATE. B.Tech students are also taken based on the UCEED and JAC test scores.
• The total seats in the college are 750.The college offers B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D. programs.
• Students can take admission to Ph.D based on the performance in the personal interview.

Facilities:

• IIITDM Jabalpur has several facilities for the students including a library, hostels, gym, sports, games, wifi, big auditoriums, labs, stores, and many more.
• Students at IIIT Delhi have access to various facilities like wifi, hostels, library, cafes, stores, A/C classrooms, music halls, medical facilities, sports, auditorium, etc.

Placements:

IIITDM Jabalpur

• The highest salary offered to the students at this campus is 23 LPA. Whereas, the average salary is 9.9 LPA.
• Some of the top companies visiting the campus are Amazon, Oracle, IBM, TCS, L&T, Infosys, Samsung, Reliance Jio, Airtel, DRDO, BARC, ITH Technologies, PXIL, Zolo Stays, etc.

IIIT Delhi

• The highest salary received by the students is 39 LPA. Whereas, the average salary is 16.5 LPA.
• The companies visiting the campus frequently includes Paytm, Zomato, Infosys, Microsoft, Wipro, Dell, Intel, ZS, Indian Mart, Texas Instruments, Up-Grade, Xilinx, Microsemi, STMicroelectronics, etc.

Based on the information given above, one can choose the college based on their preferences in terms of Placements and Facilities.

My brother was in the same fix a few years back. After considering various factors he chose IIITM. Here are some of the reasons why he opted for IIITM.

• DAIICT offers ICT and ICT with minors in Computational Science. Almost 40% of the syllabus is basically Communication. The syllabus will be a combination of ECE and IT. If you are sure about Communication then don’t choose DAIICT. 
• While choosing try to factor in the location too. DAIICT is situated in Gandhinagar, which is far away from our city. So, it was a point of consideration for my brother.
• DAIICT is private and changes more fees. 

Here’s what you should know about the placements and fee structure of the three institutes. 

Last but not the least, do not keep faculty as one of your deciding factors. This can be hugely misleading. Visit the official websites of the institutes, weigh in the factors important for you, and choose accordingly. Both these institutes have their advantages. 

Here is the information about IIITM Gwalior by a student who is currently pursuing his degree.

• IIITM is a very nice place when talking specifically about girls. It is a safe place for girls to study.
• The campus offers one large girls hostel for the accommodation of girls. All the girl students are made to reside in that hostel itself. The girls are allotted single rooms.
• There are few time restrictions for girls. They are not allowed to leave the campus after 8 pm at night and they have to reach back to their hostel by 10 pm at max. girls are neither allowed to roam across the campus past 10 pm.
• In this institution, there is no such boy-girl thing. Here, everyone will get habituated as per the culture and environment of IIITM Gwalior and they will be enjoying being a part of this institution. It is lovely being there.
• Moreover, when talking about other important parameters such as placements and infrastructure, IIITM Gwalior stands first over IIITD Jabalpur. Actually, IIITM Gwalior stands above IIITD Jabalpur in all aspects.

Thus, we can say that be it a boy or girl, the suggestion would be to go for IIITM Gwalior as it would be a much better choice than IIITDM Jabalpur.