A senior of mine studies in BITS Goa and has completed his first year. His journey has been full of ups and downs but it is totally worth it according to him. Here is his review of the institute.

Campus Life:

Campus life is great. The weather is always pleasant and great. There are lots of sightseeing places, with sea views and beaches. The infrastructure is very good. You can visit the city after 5 pm but need permission in case you want to stay overnight. 

Academics:

There is no compulsion for any classes from the institute’s side but there are few teachers who have put a 10 or a 20 percent minimum criterion for evaluation. The teachers are experienced and well known in their respective fields. Also, BITS Goa has a great library and a well-equipped computer lab.

Extracurricular:

• There are plenty of clubs and departments related to many extracurricular activities. There is a huge variety of activities to choose from such as Robotics, Dance, Art, Music, Photography, Poetry, Drama, Graphics, and many more. There are additional departmental sponsorships like Publicity Department, Media department and etc. 
• The sports facilities are excellent and the mess food is also great when compared to other hostels.
• The fests conducted at BITS Goa is well known in India and are considered the best fests in all of the institutes present in India.

You will definitely enjoy studying at BITS Goa. 

You might have a chance to get a seat in these two. But, choose wisely. See, every branch is unique in itself though teaching differs from college to college and so is learning. So, seize the opportunity you get and decide for yourself and be ready to live with it. If you do your research before opting for one you will find both being highly competitive branches.

So before going for one, introspect yourself with few questions as such:

• Where do you want to see yourself working in 5 years time or in 10 years time?
• What are the things that you want to be doing?
• Do you want to have high job security?
• Do you want work mobility?
• What will be your options after your graduation considering yourself and your family?

Again, CSE is a very rigorous program. Be prepared to work hard. CSE is the most sought-after course in NITs, but NITW is much better than NITC. So go for the better college. And ECE at NIT Warangal would be better, NITW is academically better and placements are good for the ECE department.

Also, don’t just limit yourself. There are also other branches to explore which the college offers.

BITS Goa is better than NIT K/W/T.

• A great factor about BITS is the process of admission is executed based on the merit of the candidates, and not based on the system of reservation which is being followed by many institutions in India. 
• The institution has adopted the curriculum of the courses from MIT.
• The student crowd is very good at BITS. 
• My friend is a graduate of the institution and claims that the infrastructure of the college campus is among the best in India.
• The placement of the institution is also extremely good in comparison with many IITs and NITs of India. The placement statistics of BITs Goa are mentioned in the table below for reference.

Lastly, the choice is yours. You should do thorough research about all these institutions, and choose based on your interests.

The most practical thing to do here would be to begin with taking a look at the syllabus of both these mentioned programs. You need to be absolutely clear about whether you wish to study for the next 4 years of your life and maybe also be able to develop a career in the same field. Interest and passion are mandatory to be able to sustain in any field of engineering for a very long period of time.

Now as far as my personal opinion goes, since two of my brothers have completed their engineering from IIIT Allahabad, I strongly believe that IIITA is a notch better than the others. Although the syllabus of CSE and IT is more or less the same, the overall academic environment of IIITA is better suited for coding when compared to the other NITs. There are a number of competitive programming websites available online where you will find more students of IIIT A placed at higher ranks than NITs.

There is a process of development, evolvement and growth as a programmer in IIITA for the students. It is known to all that India’s best coder Suryanarayana is also from IIIT A. Another reason why IIITA is a popular option for many aspiring coders is because unlike other colleges, it offers core subjects from the first years itself.

The placement scenario is also far accomplished of IIIT Allahabad.

One of my friends pursued BTech Civil Engineering from NIT Warangal. NITW was reported to be one of the best for Civil Engineering among all the NITs and IITs in India by most of the students. Thus it can be said that Civil engineering at NIT Warangal is better than NIT Surathkal.

Here are some of the observations about NIT Warangal that you should know. 

• The professors and lecturers who completed their Masters and PhDs from some of the best colleges are at the retiring age now.
• If you are really interested in the Civil branch and want a college with a brand value then NIT Warangal is a perfect choice. As for academics, for engineering degrees college will have very little contribution and you have to work on your own. This is true for almost every engineering college.
• If you are only concerned about the brand value and not the course, then any NIT would do a good option. for them. 
• If you have no such interest in the Civil branch then it will be better to look for other branches. 

If you want to opt for Civil engineering then you should go for NIT Warangal as this is one of the best colleges for Civil.

My sister is a former NIT Warangal student. At the time of her admission, we ate at the mess at the college. Here comes the real thing about the messes. There are two kinds of mess facilities at NIT Warangal: Government mess and Private mess.

There are 3 private messes at NIT Warangal naming: IFC-A, IFC-B, IFC-C.

• First-year students are allotted IFC-A mess. Food is eatable and hygienic there. 
• For the first few weeks, the quality of food will be top-notch. However, the quality of food will deteriorate over time especially at dinner time. 
• The other 2 messes are satisfactory, not much to say, the food is bearable but cannot match homemade food in terms of taste and quality.
• The Government messes are better compared to IFC messes. There are 3 government messes available among which the 2nd mess is the best both in terms of food taste and quality. 
• Most students at NIT Warangal prefer the 2nd mess over the other 2 messes. The 1st and 2nd mess has non-vegetarian food available, the 3rd mess is a pure vegetarian mess.

Overall the mess in NIT Warangal is far better compared to other NIT's.

One of my cousins recently encountered a similar situation where she had to choose between an M.Sc in Chemistry at BITS Hyderabad, and Biotechnology at NIT Warangal. 

1. Having a conversation with the seniors, she found out that placements at NIT Warangal for Biotechnology, Metallurgy, Civil, and Chemical, are not as good as they should be.
2. The recruiters are a handful, like Dr. Reddy’s, who recruit a few students out of many. Most of the students begin preparing for CAT or GRE during their 3rd and 4th year of the course.
3. The ECE placements are quite reasonable. This means, the median package for circuit branches in BPHC can range anywhere from around 10 LPA to 11 LPA, while the average package can still be higher. 
4. However, Metallurgy will not supposedly bring as many prospects as other branches can. It can pose a real problem in your case. You can choose to pursue an MBA or opt to study abroad for an MS. 
5. But, M.Sc in Biology at BITS Goa can possibly be a good choice because you will still secure a position in EEE, ECE, or ENI. It can fetch you a position in the IT sector. The placements between BITS Pilani and BITS Goa are almost in the same range, with little to no difference at all.
6. Only recently, there are candidates who went abroad to MIT or Caltech after their M.Sc, to pursue their thesis. It can make an easy dodge for you to secure seats in MS or Ph.D. programs.

Thus, going for BITS Goa can be a superior choice to the NIT Warangal. 

You will have to consider quite a few things before you decide between these 3 places. Most of my friends agreed that ECE is one of the toughest branches in engineering. 

• CSE and ECE, however, come under the same branch of software engineering. If you directly compare these two branches, CSE is much better than ECE. 
• Coming to the colleges, you can place NIT Surathkal and NIT Warangal in the tier 1 institutes. You will definitely have a lot of exposure here and some of the best students are from these popular indian engineering colleges.
• You will also see that most of them practice computer programming and become computer engineers. 
• Given their position, you can expect them to earn up to INR 5 to 50 lakhs per annum. This pay will also depend on what skills you earn. 
• Most of the companies will not look at your academic credentials. It is advised to you to develop your TopCoder and GitHub profiles since these are the profiles that your employer will look at.

Additionally, other job roles you can expect from these institutes include managers in various industries. These will highly depend on your luck and personal leaning. You can expect a pay of INR 5 to 15 lakhs per annum. However, a drawback is that these companies look at your academic profile heavily. So if you have a lower grade, it is possible that this could stand as a setback.

Finally, when it comes to Tier 3 colleges NIT Rourkela is better, the job prospects from these colleges are not that great. You can expect to have a salary of INR 3 to 4 lakhs per annum with most jobs in service based companies.