IIIT Vadodara is a newly established institute and is at present operating through its transit campus. That clearly means it is not fair to compare it with an old reputed institute like Thapar University.

The first batch of IIIT Vadodara graduated back in 2017 and you can find the details of that batch on their official websites.

However, here is a brief overview of the 2020 placement reports of both institutes.

In terms of academic excellence, IIIT Vadodara is extremely good. However, the reason behind opting for Thapar University is because it is an old and renowned institute as a whole. Speaking of which, you should choose Thapar university over IIIT Vadodara.

Among the given choices IIIT Vadodara will be a good choice for you. This is a much old institution. The college provides better opportunities to learn and better placements to their students. Whereas, CE was introduced only a few years back at PDPU.

Here are some of the reasons why you should choose IIIT Vadodara.

Coding Culture:

IIIT Vadodara has got better coding culture. In past, students of this college have perticia[ated in GSOC, ACM ICPC and brought good results.

Placements:

The placement statistics of IIIT Vadodara for the CSE branch are also quite impressive. Here is a brief highlight of the same.

As IIIT Vadodara does not have a permanent campus yet, the campus life at PDPU will be comparably better. However, if we consider all other options then IIIT Vadodara is definitely ahead of PDPU.

One of my friends, who attended IIEST, says that IIEST Shibpur will be a better option than IIIT Vadodara. He also mentions several reasons why. Here is what he has to say,

Institute of National Importance:

IIEST Shibpur is amongst the very few institutes that are at present recognized as an “Institute of National Importance”. There are various other institutes competing for the same status, such as BHU, Jadavpur University, CUSAT, COE Pune, Osmania University, AMU, Andhra University, and more.

Alumni Base:

The institute has a legacy of over 160 years with a wide alumni network spread across the globe who are now engaged with top engineering companies in places like US, UK, Canada, and India as well. A few of them are Dr. Bimal Kumar Bose (USA), Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan (USA). The directors of IIT Kanpur, IIT Guwahati, NIT Rourkela, and the Vice-Chancellor of SRM University are some of the institute’s alumni.
Several IIEST Alumni from USA, UK, Canada, Europe, Australia, Singapore and Japan also come forward to help regarding cases like Scholarships, Travel Grants, Sponsored Research, Chair Professors, and others to develop the institute more.

Collaborations:

Besides, IIEST Shibpur also collaborates with various top US universities, such as University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA, and University of Wisconsin - Madison USA. It collaborates with top leading universities from places like the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia to help students pursue their studies abroad.
Having said that, you can visually determine that IIEST Shibpur can be considered better than IIIT Vadodara. It is also partially because IIIT Vadodara is relatively a newly built institute still establishing many sections under it.

A relative of mine used to be a student of IIIT Vadodara and he is all praise for the institute. The college has improved a lot over the years and is still improving.

The coding culture of the institute is evolving by the day. The seniors as well as the faculty will enthusiastically support you. The institute is still undergoing development and may not be able to stand toe to toe with other elite institutes but the students are hopeful that someday it will.

Major companies that have participated in the placement drive are Adobe, CodeNation, DirectL, etc. Some students also ended up bagging internships during the summer break. The internships were offered by Mathworks, Amazon, Quikr, etc.

Another big names that have offered placements are PayTm. KPGM has offered placements off-campus. A few students have also interned for companies in Germany, France, and Japan.

The institute has been gaining repute and things are looking good and they will no doubt get better. My relative has no regrets whatsoever when he graduated from this IIIT Vadodara.

As per my sister’s experience at IIIT Vadodara, despite being a newly established one, it is a better choice than Government Engineering College, Aurangabad.

GECA Aurangabad has, unfortunately, lost its touch when compared to the other old institutes. The faculty in the college does not have the relevant experience. Some of them do not even have post-graduate degrees. During the placement process, no product-based companies visited the campus and the students ended up getting placed in jobs with low packages.

IIIT Vadodara, on the contrary, was mentored by the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT). It is one of the best institutes for IT in the country. The students can get ample exposure to technology and gain experience in both field and professional activities with the help of experts from industries who engage in mentoring the students. IIIT Vadodara is rapidly improving.

I have some friends at IIIT Vadodara and PDPU, so I think I can give you some information about them.

• CSE at IIIT Vadodara started 3 years before PDPU.
• PDPU has a higher expense and houses a vast campus. Since CSE was recently established, the facilities would be less compared to other colleges. College life at PDPU is more of a luxury with a high fee.
• If you are genuinely interested in learning CSE and can ignore your own campus life issue then you should choose IIIT Vadodara.
• Moreover, PDPU is not well-known outside Gujarat. Whereas IIITs are institutes of national importance and the brand value does offer certain perks.

Here’s a brief comparison of the two institutes.

Now the final decision is up to you.

All three IIITs are established by MHRD and offer an excellent education to students.

• IIIT Kurnool is one of the five fully funded IIIT by MHRD. So, IIIT Kurnool charges a little less for courses as compared to IIIT Vadodara and IIIT Una. The faculty base at IIIT Kurnool is not that great.
• IIIT Kurnool and IIIT Una do not have a permanent campus. Their temporary campus is IIIT Kancheepuram and NIT Hamirpur, respectively. On the other hand, IIIT Vadodara has a permanent campus.

Fee and Placement details of the institutes are as follows.

Out of all the above, IIT Vadodara offers the best returns on investment (ROI). Also, the placement percentage of the institute is 100%. The companies that visit the campus are Coviam, ICICI Bank, Innovaccer, Amazon, Matlab, Paytm, Coding Ninjas, TCS, Capillary Technologies, and more.

In conclusion, IIIT Vadodara offers a lot of opportunities to learn and grow with your field choice. Among the three options, IIIT Vadodara will be the best choice.