VJTI Mumbai's E&TC program saw a 97% placement rate in 2019 and COEP's Department of Instrumentation and Control has a placement rate of 85% - 90% in general. Students at COEP get opportunities of working with PSUs like HPCL or BPCL. The highest package has gone up to INR 37 LPA.

The table below highlights the two programs as well:

Admission: Students will be considered for VJTI Admissions and COEP Admissions if they have 50-55% marks in 10+2 and graduation; and MAH-CET/GATE score, as per requirement.

Faculty

VJTI:

• There are 20 faculty members for the E & TC program including 5 members for the Diploma level and 7 for the Degree level.

COEP:

• There are 11 faculty members in the Instrumentation and Control Department; most of them have a Ph.D. from well-known national and international universities like the University of St Louis; University of Washington Seattle, IITR, etc.

Infrastructure

VJTI Mumbai:

• Under the TEQIP program, it has procured equipment for Communication, Virtual Instrumentation
• The High Voltage lab is funded by Siemens Germany and AICTE. The latest addition to its labs is the VJTI- L&T Low Voltage Switchgear Laboratory.

COEP Pune:

• There are department labs in the COEP Instrumentation department like the Johnson Control Lab, Advanced lab, etc.

Placements

VJTI:

• Most students from the E&TC department get jobs in consultancy firms, the finance sector,s and in IT companies.
• There are only a few core placements with Reliance, Airtel, etc. The major recruiters over the years have been Airtel, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, etc.
• The highest package offered in 2018 was INR 24 LPA and the average salary was 6.5 LPA.

COEP Pune:

• In 2018, the maximum package offered at COEP for instrumentation and control was INR 18 LPA and the major recruiters were Barclays and HP.

Also, 85% of seats are reserved for Maharashtra candidates at VJTI. Students must keep the above-mentioned features in mind when choosing.

VJTI has been ranked #71st on the NIRF chart in 2020 and Walchand COE ranks #168th on the same. The CSE program at VJTI saw the most placements in 2018 according to the placement data. The placement rate of the department was 96.2 % which was the highest in comparison to other departments. Following it was Electronics with an 86.9% placement rate.

The table below highlights both institutes-

Students interested in a bachelor's or master's program at these institutions, need 50%-75% marks or above in 10+2 with JEE Main/MHT CET or GATE qualification.

Infrastructure and Faculty

VJTI:

• It offers a lot of overall development options to students with its Social Group, Gymkhana Group, NCC, and Nirman Magazine.
• It has cooperative stores, canteens, hostels, and departmental labs too. There are 6-10 faculty members in each department with MTech and Ph.D. qualifications.

Walchand Sangli:

• It has 8 hostels for 738 students. One of which has been converted into a cyber hostel with an internet connection. There is a Math lab, an auditorium, a canteen, and a mess as well.
• There are about 25 faculty members in each department who have been published in national and international publications.

Placement Statistics

Walchand Sangli:

• It has a number of industry partners like Infosys, Microsoft, John Deere, IBM, TCS, and Tech Mahindra who recruit students after training them and on the campus.
• In 2019, Akshay Gabby from a BTech program secured an offer with Internet Business, Japan with the highest placement of INR 21 LPA.

VJTI:

• It has seen major recruitments facilitated by Accenture, Bank of America, Citrus Tech, Cisco, and Samsung.
• The highest package since 2018 has been offered by Morgan Stanley, which is INR 16.75 LPA.

Students are free to choose any of the institutes based on their future goals if they coincide with the facilities, and placement facts listed above.

While all three institutes are equally well established, VJTI is accredited by AICTE, Sardar Patel College of Engineering is NBA, UGC as well as AICTE approved. Lastly, IIIT Vadodra is approved by MHRD. When making a choice between the three, students can consider placements, fees, and eligibility as well as course curriculum at all three institutes. 

The following points highlight the same:

Fee structure and eligibility:

Course Curriculum:

IIIT Vadodra, CSE:

• Students will have core subjects as well as an option to choose between a variety of elective subjects including business, finance, data analytics, etc.
• Various programming languages and methods including arrays, file pointers, data structures, and paradigms are taught in the course.

VJTI Mumbai, Civil Engineering:

• The course includes topics of structural analysis, geotechnical engineering, building and drawing services, and water resource engineering.
• Choices in course electives range from geographic information system, advanced hydrology to soil dynamics, and machine foundation.

Sardar Patel College Mumbai, Civil Engineering:

• The course includes topics like communication skills, applied chemistry, engineering graphics, and applied physics.
• Students will also learn calculus, electronic devices, diode applications as well as various regulators.

Placements:

IIIT Vadodra, CSE:

• Top recruiters at the institute include Adobe, Siemens, Mathworks, Zolo, etc.
• 100% of students were placed for B. Tech CSE and an average salary of INR 6 lakhs per annum.

VJTI Mumbai, Civil Engineering:

• As of 2018, the civil engineering branch had a placement rate of 88%.
• The average salary offered is INR 7.7 lakhs per annum with top recruiters including Blue Star, Deloitte Consulting, Bajaj, etc.

Sardar Patel College Mumbai, Civil Engineering:

• 93% of students were placed as of 2019 from the civil engineering department.
• The average package offered at the institute was INR 4.2 lakhs per annum with top recruiters including Hindustan Unilever, L&T, Lodha, etc.

Placement wise, VJTI is quite well established. Students can also consider the fee parameter when it comes to making a choice between the three institutes and their interest in either course.