Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology - [SVNIT], Surat

Like most of the engineering colleges in India, being in the CSE branch can get you better placements as compared to other core branches at SVNIT Surat. My friend is pursuing his B.Tech in CSE final year from SVNIT Surat and he’s currently preparing for his campus placement.

From the past couple of years, the placement record has been quite good with well-reputed companies visiting the campus. These companies include Amazon, Microsoft, Endurance, DeShaw, Oracle., etc.

Check out the following statistics to get a better view of packages offered for the last academic year.

Overall, you can enjoy pretty good placements at SVNIT Surat, and as aforementioned, belonging to the CSE branch has the highest probability of grabbing excellent packages.

SVNIT has been an alma mater to numerous achievers and well known personalities.

Here are two of the many notable persons who received their education from SVNIT-

• Perry Mehta- President and CEO, Futurenet Group. 

He completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from SVNIT in 1984. Futurenet is an IT service provider and environment technology firm. It was listed among top 50 companies to watch for in Michigan, and was recognized as one of the top 10 fastest growing companies in the USA by Harvard Business School, Boston.

In a joint venture with the research and technological aid of SVNIT, Futurenet worked to set up India’s first salt water desalination plant in SVNIT campus. The aim of this project was to make SVNIT completely independent of the municipal water system. 

Mr. Mehta has received numerous awards and honors from the US government for his successful entrepreneurial ventures. 

• Amit Sharma- Executive Director & CEO of Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd.

Mr. Sharma completed his B.Tech Mechanical from NIT Surat, and went on to complete his MS in Mechanical from Arizona State University. He took the office of the Executive Director and CEO of Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd. on 4th July, 2012. He also serves as a Director on the board of Ecofirst Services India Private Ltd. 

These are not even a handful of the high achievers who graduated from SVNIT. The list is quite large. 

I had a mixed experience on my first day at SVNIT. 

As a fresher, I was allotted a hostel room in GAJJAR BHAVAN. I found a huge crowd of freshers arriving at the hostel entrance. I signed the muster and went inside my hostel room. I had already seen my room during physical reporting, so I was not disappointed at all. I set up my room with the help of my mother, after which, I approached a senior who advised me to get a bicycle because my hostel is quite far from the new CRC building. While I was returning from the bicycle shop, it started raining heavily.

I reached my hostel somehow, and upon finishing all the formalities, me and my parents went to the mess to have our lunch. Upon finishing my lunch, I bid farewell to my parents. This was when I realized that I was on my own. I somehow managed my emotions and consolidated my weeping mother. 

After all that, I met a school friend who had fortunately gotten a room beside mine. We finished our dinner a few hours later, and went into my room. But there was a power cut soon after, and it lasted the next morning. I was a bit disappointed. My first night at the hostel was spent without a fan in the month of July. 

Despite all the difficulties, it was a start to an amazing journey. This is why I’ll never forget my first day at SVNIT. Also, not to forget, the mess food is actually good at our college.

According to my friends at DAIICT, it is definitely a better choice among the two. Considering factors like placement, brand reputation, and coding culture. 

The points below give a brief overview of some of the advantages of choosing DAIICT over SVNIT.

• According to some professors of SVNIT itself, DAIICT is a better institute for CSE and IT, compared to SVNIT.
• The overall placement statistics of DAIICT are far better than that in SVNIT, with more high-paying jobs offered in the institute. 
• DAIICT doesn’t have as good a reputation as NITs in India. But, in companies like Amazon, MAQ, Morgan Stanley, etc, DAIICT has a far better reputation than SVNIT.
• There is an excellent open-source coding environment in DAIICT. 
• The number of GSoC entries from both institutes makes it evident that DAIICT has much more success in open-source contribution.

Therefore, it is clear that DAIICT is a much better choice, especially in subjects like CS and IT. In DAIICT, there is a high exposure in higher studies among students. There is a good environment for competitive coding too in DAIICT. In every notable coding contest from platforms like Codeforces, Codechef, etc, there are at least 30-40 participants from DAIICT.