Honestly, it totally depends on your choice. If you want as per placement rankings then NIT Calicut surely beats NIT Rourkela which in turn is better than NIT Jaipur and NIT Bhopal. As some of my friends studied at NIT Rourkela, I can assure you that the overall campus is improving very fast. Also they offer good placements.

• Many famous companies are hiring a lot of students now. 
• If you are seeking a good infrastructure, NIT Rourkela is the best of all NITs. 
• For overall rankings, you can refer to MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF). 
• Certain departments at NITR leave a lot to be desired, where Calicut has the edge. 
• All is better than Bhopal and Jaipur in placements though. However, in terms of infrastructure, campus life, hostel life, sports facilities, the overall holistic development of an individual NIT Rourkela is a good option. 

Placements cannot be the only judging factor. Remember that students from the best departments at all these campuses do land up getting good IT jobs with a decent salary package.

I personally believe that the upcoming future will be a more tech-savvy and digital world. So, going for CSE/IT is an evergreen choice. And is better than metallurgy engineering.

• In my point of view, you should start from the bottom line i.e., start from NITs rather than IIITs.

• Even some NITs in the north-east, like NIT Meghalaya, NIT Silchar, and NIT Agartala are good enough for fields such as CSE/IT.

• If not, then go for the IIIT colleges which are fully government-funded.

If there is no particular interest and just want a decent job in the future then choose CSE at IIIT Vadodara.

However, on the other hand, IIIT Kota is facing too many issues from faculties.

• There are hardly one or two teachers with a research background. As an outcome of this what you will study will not have minute concepts it would be just theoretical knowledge from the books.
• Though being good in coding but that just doesn't justify being in engineering college.
• The college Atmosphere here is not good.

Hence if you are getting IIIT Kota CSE then you might also be getting some other good NITs and IIITs prefer them, else you will regret it if you are willing to achieve something bigger in life.

MNNIT Allahabad has recently placed more than 2000 students in top companies like HP, HCL, Adobe and Oracle. Out of 167 students 163 were placed from the CSE department.

MNIT Jaipur is approved by AICTE and MHRD. It is funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

PEC Chandigarh is one of the pioneer engineering institutes in Punjab ranking 68th among the top engineering colleges as per NIRF ranking 2020.

Admission process:- 

MNNIT Allahabad

• The candidates must secure a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 in the science stream and a valid score in the JEE Main exam. 
• The cutoff required is 1269 - 3101.
• The course fee required is INR 84,667.
• The seats allocated are 30.

MNIT Jaipur

• The candidates must have a 10+2 degree with a minimum of 75% marks with valid score in JEE Main followed by CSAB counselling. 
• The cutoff required is 2103 - 3938.
• The course fee required is INR 93,568.
• The total seats allocated is 93.

PEC Chandigarh

• The candidates must have a minimum of 75% marks in 10+2 with PCM and valid score in JEE Main. 
• The cutoff required is 3282 - 7074.
• The total seats allocated is 37 per department. 
• The course fee required is INR 96,750.

Placements:

• MNNIT Allahabad saw the participation of 1174 students in the campus drive of 2019 and out of which 792 students got jobs.
• MNIT Jaipur maintains an excellent placement record every year. A total of 417 students have been placed from both the UG and PG programs. Around 160+ companies visited the campus in 2019.
• PEC Chandigarh provides 100% placement for CSE and ECE students, while approximately 90% placement for civil, mechanical and electrical departments every year.

Tabulated below are the placement statistics for the institutes:

The top recruiters are Accenture, Dell, Deloitte, Capgemini, Adobe, Infosys, IBM, TCS, etc.

Facilities

• MNNIT Allahabad consists of seven hostels for boys and two hostels for girls. The total capacity of the hostels is 1800.
• The institute consists of a central library having a collection of 1.19 books on various topics.
• Hitech Laboratories with the latest computer technologies. 
• Regular 24×7 security system throughout the campus.
• Auditorium with an intake capacity of 2500 people.

PEC Chandigarh is the most ideal institute for pursuing CSE course in terms of placements and facilities.

All the mentioned NITs are among the top engineering institutes in the country. Out of all the NITs in India, the best choice is NIT Rourkela. As some of my friends studied there I might be able to give you some reasons. These are:

• NIT Rourkela is famous for its Chemical Branch. 
• The research culture of the institute is outstanding.
• The institute has been ranked 16th in the NIRF Ranking for Engineering 2020. It is way above all the three institutes mentioned.
• The JEE Main cut-offs are high. So, only the best students get a chance for admission. 
• The college also encourages diversity.

The fee and chemical branch placement details are as follows.

The top recruiters include L&T, Reliance, Tata, P&G, Parle, ACC Cement, Aditya Birla, IOCL, PGCIL, NTPC, GMR Energy, GlaxoSmithKline, and more.

Overall, NIT Rourkela is an excellent choice. After CSE and EC branches, the Chemical branch recorded the highest placements. The return on investment of college is decent. But you should opt for it only if you can deal with and function under strict regulations and laws.

When choosing between several institutes, there are various things that you need to factor in before arriving at any possible conclusion. The first thing you need to decide is what matters to you most: branch or institute. If you have a specific branch in mind, you can definitely choose either of these two institutes. You can rest assured about placement as both of these two offer good placement to the students. 

Whereas, if you are more inclined towards choosing a better institute, irrespective of the branch, you can choose MNNIT. 

However, according to various reviews, the most preferred order for these choices among students are as follows.

• CSE MNNIT
• IT MNNIT
• IT IIIT-A
• CSE/IT MNIT 

Further, CSE and IT offer almost the same opportunities, and points 2 and 3 are interchangeable at times.

The department of Architecture at NIT Trichy is top-notch. I know a few people from the NIT Trichy Architecture department, and I have heard good reviews about it. The department is ranked among the top 10 colleges for architecture and it lives up to the expectation.

In fact, the department of architecture is among the best in NIT Trichy in terms of faculty, facilities, and students. In the 2020 placement drive, the average CTC offered was 6 LPA. 

If you are getting an opportunity to join the college, I will suggest you go for it.