IIT Hyderabad is considered to be one of the 2nd Generation IITs initiated by Govt. of India and shares strong links with IT and Industrial Hubs. It was ranked 8th for Engineering by NIRF 2020 and ranked 198th in Asia by QS World Rankings.

IIT Hyderabad is the first institute in India to offer a B.Tech program in Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence at IITs:

To keep up with the increasing industry demands of proficient professionals in the field of Artificial Intelligence, many IITs offer diploma, certificate, and Ph.D. courses in AI.

• IIT Roorkee has recently launched an Online Certification Artificial Intelligence Course in collaboration with Coursera whose duration is Six Months.

• Two faculties from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have worked closely with Great Learning to develop and launch a three-month deep learning certification program.

• IIT Delhi has developed an AI system that will help medical practitioners use a low-powered electronic hardware system to diagnose health conditions such as malaria, TB, cervical cancer, and intestinal parasites in milliseconds.

• In order to meet the growing demand for students, IIT-G has introduced a new MTech program in data science. IIT Madras also offers dual degree specializations in robotics and data science.

• IIT Roorkee offers online certification courses in courses on emerging technologies like AI, machine learning, computer vision, etc.

However, IIT Hyderabad is the first institute to offer a B.Tech program in Artificial Intelligence and puts much emphasis on core areas such as Natural Language Processing, Game Theory, Reinforcement Learning, Multi-agent systems, Search, Planning, and Reasoning.

AI - IIT Hyderabad:

Admission:

• Admission to the B.Tech AI program at IIT Hyderabad is done through scores obtained in the JEE Advanced Entrance Test.

• According to the 2019 data, the required cutoff for securing a seat in AI at IIT Hyderabad is 657.

• The BTech course fee at the institute is 2.23 lakhs per annum.

Placement:

• Top recruiters at IIT Hyderabad include Accenture, Deshaw, Oracle, Microsoft, ISRO, L&T, MRF, Qualcomm, and Infosys.

• The highest package offered was 53.79 LPA while the average salary was 16.74 LPA.

• The overall percentage of placed students was 80%.

• The placement season of 2019 saw an 80% surge in new international recruiters.

IIT Hyderabad is a 2nd Generation IITs which offers courses with smaller credits and has brilliant tie-ups with industry all around the globe. The recently launched Artificial Intelligence B.Tech program is high on demand.

Artificial Intelligence is the ultimate future of Technology and the industry requires more qualified professionals in the field. So, it is safe to say that more IITs should follow the footsteps of IIT Hyderabad by offering BTech in Artificial Intelligence.

M.Tech from IIT Bhubaneswar makes sense only if you are willing to study more on research-based topics of the subject. It is best if one is looking for a career in Teaching, Researching, etc. to further gain knowledge about the subject and not work in MNCs.

IIT Hyderabad ranks 8th in the Engineering category by NIRF 2020. The number of students who got placed from the Chemical Engineering department in the 2019 placements was 26. The average salary package offered to students with Chemical Engineering is 15 lakhs per annum.

IIST is a space institute under the Department of Space. The students from IIST are recruited as scientists and engineers in the Department of Space facilities and Indian Space Research Organization centers all over India. They receive a starting salary of 10 lakhs per annum. Facilities like Infrastructure, Library, sports facilities, Computer labs, clinics, Data centers in IIST are much better and well equipped than the IITs.

Thus it is your choice to opt for what course you are interested in.

In India, IITs will be the first preference for the students opting for engineering as their career. In terms of quality of teaching and placement, these colleges outshine the other engineering colleges of the country. According to NIRF Engineering ranking 2020, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Gandhinagar, ICT Mumbai stands at 8th, 24th, and 18th position respectively.

Admission:

• For admission into undergraduate courses at IITs students need to appear for JEE advance exam, on the other hand for ICT Mumbai students need to appear for the JEE mains.

• The eligibility criteria for IIT is 10+2 with 75% and JEE advance scores. ICT eligibility is 10+2 with 50% aggregate.

• Total seats for chemical engineering at ICT is 75, whereas there are 40 seats at IIT Hyderabad, and 44 seats at IIT Gandhinagar.

The cutoff closing rank for chemical engineering at these institutes are as follows.

The course fees for BTech Chemical Engineering at IIT Hyderabad, IIT Gandhinagar, and ICT Mumbai are 2.2 lakhs, 2.5 lakhs, and 85,350 per annum respectively.

Facilities:

• IIT Hyderabad is spread around a massive 567 acres that includes 105 laboratories, hostel rooms are developed with radiant cooling technique, more than 20,000 books.

• IIT Gandhinagar has air-conditioned hostels, campus shops, 24*7 medical service, guest dining, and a lot more.

• ICT Mumbai facilities include gymnasium, wi-fi, 5 hostels, a rich collection of more than 80,000 books.

Faculty:

• IIT Hyderabad has a total of 222 professors, assistant professors, and 218 members who are Ph.D. holders.

• IIT Gandhinagar has faculties that include HODs, assistant professors, and associate professors.

• ICT Mumbai has 134 accomplished faculty, out of which only 4 of them are Ph.D. holders.

Placement:

• IIT Hyderabad has maintained an impressive placement record of placing 20 students from the chemical branch. The highest package offered was INR 43.31 lakh, and the average package was INR 15 lakh.

• IIT Gandhinagar also has an impressive placement record, the highest package offered was INR 40 LPA and the average salary was INR 8.29 LPA.

• The placement percentage of ICT Mumbai is 90% and companies like Nerolac, Bharat Petroleum visited the college. The highest package offered was INR 18 LPA.

All three colleges are good which is evident from its national rankings. Exposure is also given to research and development. It solely depends on the student which college he chooses taking into consideration location, placement.

It is tough to pick one from IIT BHU electrical engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar CSE, IIT HYD mechanical engineering, IIT Roorkee applied mathematics. As your choice, of course, is different and each choice has its own merits.

According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019, IIT BHU ranks at 14. EE graduates at BHU have the opportunity of having companies which come to recruit from ECE and CSE departments as well besides their own companies. Students of EE at IIT BHU got job offers in big companies like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Samsung, etc. According to the 2019 placement report, 88 students got placement from EE at this IIT.

Although it’s a new IIT, IIT Bhubaneswar is doing quite well placement wise. The placement record of 2019 shows, 100% of CSE students got a placement offer in IIT Bhubaneswar.

IIT Hyderabad is a big name among Indian IITs. According to NIRF 2019 Ranking, IIT Hyderabad was ranked at 7. The students from Mechanical Engineering in IIT Hyderabad got placements with an average of 15.82 LPA according to the 2019 placement report.

Despite being an Integrated M.Sc (non-engineering) course, placement for Applied Mathematics in IIT Roorkee is very good. Rather it is better than many of the B.Tech courses the institute offers. Companies like Adobe, Amazon India, American Express India, Axtria India Pvt. Ltd, Cisco Systems, Dunnhumby IT Services India Pvt. Ltd, Genpact, etc are the top recruiters for applied mathematics. Adobe recruits top 2 rankers each year at about 38 lakhs per annum. IIT Roorkee does not reveal its placement packages, but the average package for Applied Mathematics is well above 12 lakhs per annum.

All of these are good options with different perks. So, choose wisely based on the course that you are interested in.

BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus is a private academic institution that has been ranked at 18 by QS India rankings in 2019. It offers over 30 courses across 5 streams of study. IIT Hyderabad on the other hand is an institute of national importance and has been ranked at 8 for Engineering by JEE Cutoff in 2020.

Both the institutions are highly esteemed but vary in many ways. Let us take a look at some important features based on which students can make a choice:

Admissions:

The admissions to both institutions are highly competitive and require students to have a great academic record in order to be eligible.

Student Life:

BITS Hyderabad: 

• The student life at BITS Hyderabad is great with an emphasis on extracurricular activities, seminars, and workshops to make the student experience more fun and valuable.
• The college fest also oversees interaction with other universities which also helps with student exposure and better academic reach.

IIT Hyderabad: 

• Student life is more academically focused on a core interest in backing projects with top companies. 
• Students are comparatively from a more diverse background considering it offers specializations across a variety of fields.

Infrastructure:

BITS Hyderabad:

• The infrastructure is highly modern offering the best and most updated facilities be it in terms of the hostel and mess or the library and practical labs. 
• It also has multiple restaurants, bakeries, juice corners, medical facilities, beauty parlor, stationery stores, and much more.

IIT Hyderabad:

• The campus is comparatively smaller but still offers a great student experience in terms of its updated technology, practical labs, hostels, smart classrooms, seminar halls, and sports complex.

Placements:

BITS Hyderabad

• The institute witnessed a total of 90% placement rate in the recent placement drive.
• The highest package offered to the students was 14 LPA while the average salary was 5 LPA.
• The most recruited branch was CSE with top recruiters like Microsoft, Infosys, Sapient.

IIT Hyderabad

• A total of 80% placements were recorded by the institute.
• The students were offered the highest package of 53.79 LPA whereas the average salary was 16.74 LPA.
• The most recruited branch was IT with recruiters like Goldman Sachs, Land Rover, Bajaj.

Keeping all these points in mind, the students must make an informed decision. 

IIT Hyderabad is ranked 8th by NIRF for Engineering Physics, amongst the top engineering colleges in the country. It has one of the best technology incubators for electrical engineering students in the country for Fabless Chip Design in collaboration with top industry giants and universities of Japan.

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institute:

Placement Overview

• The average placement rate is 90%
• Students were offered the average CTC of 12 lpa while the highest package was 24 LPA.
• Top recruiters are DRDO, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Virtusa, Hero Moto Corp, HP

Faculty

• Highly qualified teachers, most have pursued higher education from Ivy league colleges or IITs. 
• They have research papers published and few of them even have patents to their name. And in their style of teaching, even adopted by the college, which is the factual mode, paper presentation or project submission is given importance to which helps going forward.

Curriculum- Optics, nanotechnology, control systems, microfabrication, quantum physics are some of the important subjects included in this course. 

Recognitions

• In the QS India BRICS ranking, it was ranked 100 among top institutes in India.
• It has MOUs with over 30 universities in and outside India, with universities in countries like Japan, USA, Germany, France. 
• Guest lecturers are invited and many projects in collaboration with these universities are also undertaken by students who are willing to.

The institute adopts a traditional teaching methodology keeping up with the modern advances in technology. Faculties try to inculcate a research driven approach amidst the students. IIT Hyderabad is a premier college for pursuing Engineering Physics and students must work diligently to excel in any field, considering ample opportunities provided by the college.

IIT Hyderabad is the first premier institute introducing Artificial Intelligence as an undergraduate course. The institute is ranked 8 for Engineering by NIRF 2020.

Admission:

• The cut-off for AI in the first round is 434 and the second round is 623. Also, the cutoff rank for the program is Male: 478-657, Female: 1453-1601.

• Students need to qualify for the JEE mains exam and get a good score in the JEE Advanced exam.

• Eligibility criteria are 10+2 with 75% aggregate in the science stream.

The course structure of IITs is quite expensive. It includes mess, hostel, basic amenities for the hostel stayers. A different structure is maintained for the day borders. The BTech course fee is INR 2.23 lakhs per year.

Research:

Some of the recent research work in the field of AI at the institute include a Multi-space approach to zero-shot object detection, A little fog for a large turn, Quality Aware Generative Adversarial Networks.

Faculty:

• Around 30 faculties are present in the AI department. All of them are highly experienced and have research interests in areas like Data Analytics and Machine Learning.

• The faculties help students to apply the classroom concepts into the real world.

Placements:

The median salary received by the students is 12 LPA.

IIT Hyderabad has also announced the second cohort of the Professional Certification program in AI in collaboration with Talent Sprint. The course is valid for both college and young professionals. It is a six months program including a five-week boot-camp. Topics covered in the program include AI, IoT, Blockchain, and other quantum technologies.

Since it was introduced recently into the curriculum, it is predicted to be one of the fastest-growing technologies in the market. After some years AI professionals will outpace the software engineers. Seats are less in the IITs, students really need to work hard and secure their seat.