My brother was a student at this institute. He scored 180 in JEE Main and bagged an AIR of 13000. The day he entered the institute, he realized this wasn't for him. But as time passed, he got familiar with the college and even started enjoying his time there. Here are some snippets of his experience at the institute. 

• One of the best faculty members taught them.
• They had a campus of their own, even though temporary.
• The quality of placements has increased. The placements in this campus are considered to have the best status among all the new NITs.
• Sports facilities are building up and the administration is also coming up with various opportunities.
• NIT Goa is considered to be the 12th best among all the 30 NITs. 
• The institute is 0% tolerant of ragging. No cases of ragging have come up in recent times. 
• NIT Goa is far better than GEC Goa. So your choice should always be NIT Goa.

Being a part of the first few batches my brother had many opportunities. They even started a cultural festival in college. My brother does not regret choosing NIT Goa one bit. Most of his batchmates secured job offers at reputed MNCs.

As some of my friends studied at NIT Goa, I learnt from them that, No preparation is required to take a hostel at NIT Goa. 

• NIT Goa provides all the necessary facilities in their hostel rooms. 
• Once the student reaches the hostel campus, the staff will complete the registration process and room allotment process. 
• For the registration process, the documents such as the proof of admission in the college, fee receipt, identification proof, and other required documents should be taken to have a hassle-free registration process. 
• The room would be allotted with two more extra students. 
• Each student is provided with a table, a chair, and a cupboard for their own particular needs. 
• The college's hostel campus also has free Wi-Fi facilities available.

These are the facilities provided by the hostel of NIT Goa. According to my friends, your hostel life here will be interesting.

If the arrangement for the fee which is charged by MIT would not be a problem for you then It is suggested that you opt for admission in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering at MIT Manipal. Having some friends studying there I can say that there are many things that make MIT Manipal stand out.

Some of the good things about MIT Manipal which makes it a better option include the following:

• The rank of MIT in the NIRF rankings is much higher than that of NIT Goa.
• MIT Manipal offers better campus facilities and opportunities as NIT Goa is a relatively newer college.
• Some of the well-known firms from the domain of electronics and other core branches recruit students of MIT Manipal.
• Even if they are not in large numbers, they are more than other institutions where just one or two key companies from the electronics field visit to recruit candidates.
• I am not familiar with the faculty of EEE at NIT Goa, but at MIT the EI department faculty is excellent.

Summer internships are available at companies like Western Digital and Reliance for students in their fifth or sixth semester. If you get an internship through campus recruitment, you may be able to convert it to PPO if you do well during the tenure of your internship.

I have a friend who used to be a student of NIT Goa. Based on the conversation I had with him, I can give you some information regarding the facilities offered by the institute. 

• Labs: There are around a hundred computers that run on Linux and Windows in the CSE lab. You cannot expect Mac in colleges. The internet availability is nice. Wi-Fi facility is available in the main building and hostels. Classrooms have projectors as well as Wi-Fi. Other department labs are also well-equipped.
• Faculty: You should not keep your expectations very high because there are only a few very good teachers. But they are good enough to inspire you. There are some good faculties for cryptography and algorithms in the computer science department.
• Hostel: It is not that good, but it is manageable. It has Wi-Fi and a mess where no one eats.
• Campus life: The campus is nice and in a good location as well because it has a lot of greenery around. The present campus is a temporary one.

As it has been years since its establishment, students organize a lot of events which you will find entertaining. 

NIT Goa has a good teaching faculty for the VLSI stream. The faculty has done their PhDs from IITs and the campus also has very well-equipped labs so it provides a great learning experience.

Here is a brief overview of the NIT Goa. 

Talking about the placements and internships part, Intel, NXP semiconductors offered a lot of internships in the past and there are still chances of these companies visiting again in the future. If you wish to get admitted for MTech in an NIT, it would be a better option if you opt for older and NITs first. If not, NIT Goa is also a good option.

It's nearly impossible to get any branch in any of the colleges mentioned above. The colleges mentioned above are all NITs in particular NIT Goa, NIT Jaipur, and NIT Delhi. 

None of the NITs open admission for the rank of around 180k so it would be better if you should prepare well and appear for the exam in the next year or take admission in any private college. There's no chance that any NIT would offer admission for 180k rank. 

No, it is not possible to get admission to the mechanical engineering branch of NIT Puducherry with a rank of 40k, through another state quota. According to the 2020 cutoff trend, the closing cutoff of Mechanical Engineering for general category students was 31725. 

So, your chance of getting admission with a rank of 40k through another state quota is pretty slim. 

NIT Goa is still operating from its temporary campus located at Farmagudi, Goa which is approximately 29 km from the state capital at Panaji. It is functioning temporarily from the campus of Goa Engineering College (GEC). 

Due to its limited facilities, it currently offers accommodation to only outstation students. However, only 2 options are available - a shared accommodation on campus or in a rented building close to the campus.

For students who are natives of Goa, the institute does not provide any accommodation facilities. You can either travel to and fro the campus or take up privately rented apartment rooms and PGs in the college vicinity. 

It depends upon what you think you will pursue as a career. Generally, there are transparent ways into monitoring whether or not an institute is really worthy, at least when considering the CSE department. 

• If you are more inclined towards pursuing a career as a computer programmer, then here are some websites you should definitely check out: CodeChef, HackerRank and CodeForces.
• These competitions apparently gauge the programming skills a person generally comes with, and whether or not they will be successful in relevant aspects. 
• These websites come with a neat leaderboard, including the ranks of coders assessed accordingly in terms of their programming skills. 
• The major upside of these sites is that the leaderboard arrives with the name of the institute these coders belong from. 
• This naturally helps to evaluate how reasonable an institute is. 
• You can moreover filter the leaderboards in accordance to the institute you prefer. 

Therefore, these features go on to provide more compact comparisons among institutes and can possibly help you decide which institute is worthy. However, it is best to also research more about the prospects each institute shares; and how they are in terms of placement, faculty, etc.

I have a few friends from the institute and according to them with a rank of 11900 in JEE Mains it will be difficult to get into CSE at NIT Goa. You should look for other colleges in order to get into your preferred branch. Here is the cutoff of NIT Goa for 2021.

Look for the previous year's cutoff on the previous JEE main website, which will give a pretty rough idea about what branch and college you can get into. However, I will not recommend NIT Goa for CSE. Since it is a new college and no big or well-known companies come there for placements. Infrastructure and resources are not as par according to NIT standards. You can also try some private universities such as BITS, Thapar, VIT, or MIT.