Sharda University is a fair option if you want to pursue your B.Tech in IT. Almost all the colleges have the same curriculum and course, the difference lies in the type of placements and opportunities offered by the University. The Engineering department of Sharda University is not at all in comparison with those of IITs, yet, it is not that bad.

Rankings:

• The University is ranked at #151 out of 200 Top Private Colleges in India 2020 by NIRF.

• It has also been rated #26 out of 50 Top Universities in India, 2020 by ARIIA.

Fee Structure:

• The average fee per year for B.Tech in IT at Sharda University falls somewhere near Rs. 1,59,000/- per year.

• The Hostel Fee is Rs. 1,36,000 per year for boys and Rs. 1,55,000/- per year for girls.

Campus Life:

• Campus Life of Sharda University is one of the driving factors that lures students to the college. It has a very social life.

• There are various eating joints present at the campus. Various sports and extracurricular activities are performed as well.

• Every department has its own set of a library with the most important books present there.

Placements:

• Students are allowed to sit for placements post their seventh semester.

• Given that Sharda is a private university, it doesn’t disappoint in terms of placement opportunities. Rather, various top tier firms like Byju’s, Amazon, Audi, L&T, etc visited the campus this year.

• 91% of the students receive B.Tech placement offers.

• The highest package offered to the students was 10 lakh per annum whereas the average package was 3 lakhs per annum.

• The placement rate for Sharda University is 60%.

Therefore, these were enough reasons to state that Sharda University is a good choice for B.Tech in IT and the type of personality development offered by it, is sometimes not even offered by the top IITs or NITs.

The CS program offered by Don Bosco Institute of Technology is quite good. In order to get admission in DBIT Bangalore, the student should have passed Karnataka 2nd PUC/12th standard or equivalent examination with a minimum of 45% marks. Admissions are then given on the basis of the JEE Mains/ COMEDK rank. There are 180 seats for CSE. The 1st year course fee for CSE is INR 125,000. The total fees include library fees and development fees.

The CSE course is of 4 years and each semester includes three internals and one external. The marking scheme is based on Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). The labs are well equipped with necessary instruments.

The college provides soft skill training as well as placement training. Pool placements are held and students with an aggregate of 60% or more usually get placements. Generally, software jobs are offered by visiting companies. Some of the companies that come to the campus placement are Tech Mahindra, Capgemini, TCS, Mindtree, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, KPMG, HVAC. The average salary package offered is 2 LPA.

BIET Jhansi is an institution known for the fact that their students are capable enough to study and learn about the subjects all by themselves. The college encourages the fact that the students need little to no guidance from the institute itself. My sister was pursuing CS from BIET and she mentioned that the IT branch in the college is self-financed.

Students aiming for better salary packages and job opportunities have to work hard on their own. The complete dependence on the institute without much of your effort, will only provide you with the basic and comparatively lower salary package of 3 LPA.

If you are planning to have a bright future in the IT field, it is a good idea for you to start learning and practicing all the coding languages beforehand and try attempting beginner level problems as well.

Moreover, please note that IT is one branch which needs a little more dedication and sincerity as compared to the other branches of engineering studies. Hence, whatever college/university you choose for IT, hard work and interest will push you to do your best.

It depends on what you want to do in the future. If you are interested in pursuing post-doctoral studies, then pursuing 5 years of integrated course from IIITM Gwalior has more pros than cons, thus it's totally worth it. If your aim is to pursue higher studies abroad by clearing GRE then it's better to go for a 4-year course.

IIITM Gwalior is one of the 3 institutions in India with 100% Ph.D. faculties. Ranked 100 for engineering by NIRF in 2020, IITM has overall 262 Integrated seats which are comparatively higher than other reputed institutes.

Admission:

• IIITM Gwalior accepts only JEE Main ranking for the admission process.

• Securing the rank within 7213-14442 in JEE Main will fetch admission in IIITM Gwalior.

• For general (PWD) category 347-462 bust the ranking in order to secure a seat in B.Tech + M.Tech integrated course.

• Aspirants of OBC (Non-creamy layer) must secure a rank between 3,800-6300 for the integrated B.Tech + M.Tech courses and rank of 4737-7903 for B.Tech + MBA Integrated course.

• The admission process is carried through JoSAA Counselling and CSAB Special Round.

• IIITM Gwalior offers 262 seats for the integrated courses with the yearly Tuition fee of 84,325.

Campus:

• Amidst the picturesque landscape in the foothills of Gwalior fort, the IIITM campus is spread across 160 acres.

• The campus is equipped with all required facilities for the overall development of students; a huge central library, department libraries, study rooms, well-equipped labs, indoor badminton courts are few to name.

• There are 30+ labs, amazing infrastructure with air-conditioned classrooms, libraries with thousands of standard books per branch, hostel facilities, food court.

Placement statistics:

• 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.

lITM Gwalior is best for integrated courses. But in the end, it's the student's priority which matters. The deciding factor will be the course that you are opting for and future goals.