One of my close friends is an alumnus of IIITM Gwalior and here is what he had to say about their M.Tech in CSE program.
IIITM Gwalior is the best choice but, the decision is yours. Weigh out the pros and cons and choose for yourself.
Both colleges are well-reputed. IIIT Naya Raipur is ranked 75 for Engineering by JEE cutoff 2019. Whereas, IIITM Gwalior is ranked 100 for Engineering by NIRF 2020. While India Today has ranked it in the 21 position among the top engineering colleges.
Here is everything that you should know about both colleges.
IIIT Naya Raipur
Admissions:
The courses offered at the college are B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D.
IIIT Naya Raipur accepts students based on the entrance exams such as JEE Mains, GATE, etc.
Placements:
Each year several companies visit the campus and recruit most of the students.
The highest and average salaries of the students are 43 LPA and 7.5 LPA respectively.
The companies visiting the campus are Zuri, Zeiss, Deltax, What Fix, Wipro, L&T, etc.
Facilities:
The facilities at the college include gyms, sports, library, bank, auditorium, amphitheater, and guest houses.
The college even offers several scholarships.
Most of the faculty members hold the highest degree in their respective fields.
IIITM Gwalior
Admissions:
The various courses offered by the college are B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA, and Ph.D.
The college accepts students purely based on entrance exams such as CAT, GATE, and JEE Mains.
Placements:
The college has the highest placement record of 90%.
Over 102 students are placed in the top companies with the highest salary of 42 LPA.
The average salary of the students is 14.58 LPA.
Each year over 65 companies visit the campus. In which, over 70 students are placed with salary packages above 10 LPA.
Frequently visited companies are Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Dell, Meesho, MindTickle, Microsoft, Verizon, Swiggy, Quikr, etc.
Between IIIT Naya Raipur and IIITM Gwalior, the latter is a better option. IIITM ranks in the top 5 IIITs and offers better placements. However, you should compare the two institutes based on the program they deliver for the course you are interested in.
According to the NIRF Ranking, 2020 IIITM Gwalior and DTU are ranked at 100 and 36 for Engineering. Both IIITM Gwalior and DTU offer BTech programs for CS and IT.
Admission:
IIITM Gwalior-
In order to get admitted to the B.Tech Program at IIITM Gwalior, the candidate must have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 75%.
The selection procedure is based on the Entrance Exam Results of JEE Main.
The closing cutoff for CS in 2019 was 7536-9403.
DTU IT-
In order to get admitted to the B.Tech Program at DTU, the candidate must have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 60% as an aggregate of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and English from a recognized board.
JEE Main score is accepted for admission.
In 2019 the required cutoff for IT was 13679.
The first-year course fees at the institutes are as follows.
Fees (in Lacs) |
IIITM Gwalior |
DTU |
B.Tech |
1.49 Lacs |
1.66 Lacs |
Placement:
IIITM Gwalior-
The placement and internship opportunities at IIITM Gwalior are offered by the top recruiters from Microsoft, Amazon, EY, Morgan Stanley, Google, Goldman Sachs, Reliance, Dell, etc.
The average salary package of a graduate from IIITM Gwalior ranges around 14 LPA.
DTU-
The placement and internship opportunities at DTU are offered by the top recruiters from Outlook, Microsoft, EY, Morgan Stanley, Google, Goldman Sachs, Tata, etc.
The average salary package of a graduate from DTU ranges around 6.5 LPA.
Getting admitted to either one of the colleges, be it IIITM Gwalior or DTU has its own advantages and opportunities. However, in terms of location, alumni base, rankings, etc DTU has an edge over IIITM Gwalior.
According to my alumni connections from both the colleges, IIIT-Allahabad should be your priority for any degree in information technology. There should be no doubt if you are comparing with IIITM Gwalior. IIIT-Allahabad has an edge over IIITM Gwalior because of these two major reasons:
Categories |
IIIT A |
IIITM G |
Course Fee |
5.41-6.65 lakh |
5.4-6.7 lakh |
Placement Percentage |
90% |
75% |
Highest CTC |
20 LPA |
8 LPA |
Average CTC |
12 LPA |
5 LPA |
Lowest CTC |
8 LPA |
4 LPA |
Recruiting Companies |
Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Byju’s, etc. |
TCS, PwC, Jaro, Axiom, etc. |
Both are very good institutes but definitely, the IIIT Allahabad is better. However, in case your pool of interest is information systems management, then you can blindly go for IIITM Gwalior, as they provide integrated degrees in IT and Management.
A close friend of mine is an alumnus of IIITM Gwalior and he was able to give me some information regarding the institute.
The curriculum for CSE at IIITM Gwalior is quite good. CSE students do not have much academic load. The only thing you need to concentrate on is focusing on problem-solving skills(like designing algorithms, etc.) through coding. You should work at least 4-6 hours per day to hone these skills online, especially during the first two years of engineering.
It is not difficult to score an 8.0 CGPA, but you need to put in your honest work. However, targeting 9.0+ CGPA can be a challenge.
It depends on how passionate you are in the electrical and IT field. If you are inclined towards electrical then you cannot go wrong with NIT KKR. Being ranked 40th for engineering by NIRF,2020. The electrical branch at NIT has an amazing faculty-student ratio of 1:4 with highly qualified and experienced professors.
If your interest lies in the IT field, IIITM Gwalior must be your priority. Ranked 100 for engineering by NIRF in 2020, IITM offers IT as its flagship course. IIITM Gwalior is one of the 3 institutions in India with 100% Ph.D. faculties.
Admission:
NIT KKR:
JEE Mains ranking is considered for admission at NIT KKR
Ranking within 9454-16273 in JEE Main can secure the seat for the electrical branch at NIT Kurukshetra in the first round.
OBC(non-creamy layer) and General students must have a rank of 4300-6210.
Electrical branch at NIT KKR offers 120 seats with a fee of 83,600 /year.
IIITM Gwalior:?
Securing the rank within 9713-14442 in JEE mains will fetch admission in the IT department of IIITM Gwalior.
The cutoff goes down to 3,800-6,300 for aspirants who belong to OBC(non-creamy layer) and general category
Admission process is carried through JoSAA Counselling and CSAB Special Round.
IIITM Gwalior offers 262 IT seats with a yearly tuition fee of 84,325.??????
Placement statistics:
NIT KKR:
NIT Kurukshetra has an overall placement rate of 88.85%; the electrical branch has the placement rate of 79.44%
In 2019 highest CTC offered for the Electrical Engineering branch is 17.30 LPA with the average CTC being 6.97LPA.
200+ large to medium-sized companies participated in the recruitment process in 2019
Top recruiters include Amazon, Nestle, Bharat Petroleum, Honda, Coca Cola, Indian Oil, Mahindra.
IIITM Gwalior:
400+ companies participate in the recruitment process every year. Top recruiters include Amazon, Expedia, IBM, TCS, HCL, DELL, Paytm, Myntra.
90% of the students get placed at top companies with an average salary of 14.58 LPA.
The highest domestic CTC offered in 2020 is 42 LPA.
150+ students were recruited on campus in 2020, with Infosys and Cognizant offering the maximum offers.
IT and CSE department hold the record of maximum students being placed every year in IIITM Gwalior.
Electrical at NIT KKR is as good as an IT course at IIITM Gwalior. With their amazing curriculum, faculties, and student exposure one can easily ace in the subjects at respective institutes. If your heart and soul lie in Electrical then you must go for NIT KKR or the other way around!
NSIT Delhi is a leading institute in India and ranks 76 among the engineering colleges as per NIRF 2020 ranking. This institute is an excellent place for quality students and offers nearly 100% placements every year.
IIITM Gwalior is a fully IT-oriented institute and ranks 100 among India’s top engineering colleges as per NIRF 2020 ranking. This institute provides 90% placement to its students in top-notch MNCs.
Admission Process
NSIT Delhi:
IIITM Gwalior:
The following table gives a brief overview of both institutions:
Categories |
NSIT Delhi |
IIITM Gwalior |
Department |
ICE |
CSE |
Intake |
110 |
28 |
Course Fee |
INR 6.7 LPA |
INR 1.49 LPA |
Cutoff (JEE Main) |
0 - 5499 |
7536 - 9403 |
Placements:
The placement scenario at IIITM Gwalior is one of the best than other IIIT's.
Mostly all the top companies, including technical and non-technical visits, every year for the placement process at NSIT Delhi.
Particulars |
NSIT Delhi |
IIITM Gwalior |
Placement rate |
95% |
90% |
Highest package |
INR 1.02 Cr |
INR 42 LPA |
Average package |
INR 5 LPA |
INR 24.33 LPA |
The top recruiters are Google, Cisco, Amazon, Microsoft, Dell, IBM, Verizon, Accenture, Wipro, Flipkart, Adobe, etc.
Both these colleges provide quality education with successful placements. The students pursuing a course in any of these colleges will be an excellent choice.
IIITM Gwalior is a much better choice than IIITDM Jabalpur. IIITM Gwalior will be a great choice if the rank of students is around 11k and they are into the IT branch.
Coming on to the placement scenarios, this year the placements have been amazing at IIITM Gwalior:
The following table shows the placement statistics of the institute.
Total recruiters |
65 |
Highest CTC offered |
INR 42 LPA |
Average CTC offered |
INR 14.5 LPA |
So, to sum up, if the student is interested in IT Branch then IIITM Gwalior will be a better choice at a rank of 11000.
The Mess menu is decided by the mess committee. The mess committee also consists of the student unions. You can make recommendations in the menu as per your choice and the convenience of the staff members. The menu of IIITM Gwalior is as follows.
You will get a variety of breakfast and lunch menus on an everyday basis in the mess of IIITM Gwalior.
I have few friends from both IIITM Gwalior and NIT Jalandhar. Based on the review I got from them I will say CSE at IIITM G is better. The campus of the college is astonishing along with the many hostel facilities provided to the students. It is better than almost all the NITs in terms of education provided, quality of faculty, opportunities provided, and placements.
During the summer internships and placements in IIITM Gwalior, many opportunities are provided to all the students of B.Tech or students pursuing five years of integrated courses in CSE. Prestigious companies like Flamingo, Brightmoney, Aditya Birla Group, and many others provided a chance to all the students. According to the placement statistics of 2021 the average CTC offered was 11 LPA.