DJ Sanghvi is a private engineering institute consisting of 174 faculty members. It is one of the best colleges offering engineering courses and ranked among the top engineering colleges in India. 

Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE) is a leading engineering institute having a legacy for more than 55 years. It is also the 5th oldest premier engineering institutes, having maintained a placement record of 95%. 

Admission process:-

DJ Sanghvi

• The candidates interested in the BTech program must have a minimum of 60% marks in 10+2.
• The candidates must have a valid score in JEE Mains or MHT CET.
• The cutoff required is 125-163 in MHTCET and 257-4838 in JEE Main. 
• The total fees required is INR 1.79 LPA. 

SPCE

• Admission to BTech/B.E is offered to the students who have pursued 10+2 with a minimum of 50% marks. 
• Applications are made through MHT CET, and admissions are offered based on merit. 
• The total fees required is INR 1.70 LPA. 
• The cutoff required is 135-149.

Placements:-

• DJ Sanghvi offers nearly 95% placement every year with many types of internship offers from top recruiters. 
• More than 95% of the students from SPCE got placement in 2019. The average salary offered in 2019 was 5% more than the previous year.

The top recruiters are Deloitte, Byjus, Adobe, Oracle, Directi, Mahindra, PwC, Bosch Limited, Wipro, Tata Communications, Amazon, IBM, Infosys, Oracle, Deloitte, Voltas, Philips, TCS, Accenture, etc. 

Faculty: 

The colleges have an approximate faculties of 100 members with each having a PhD degree and very lenient towards the students. 

Facilities:

• Both the colleges have a centrally digitized library with a collection of 40,000 books and international journals.
• The college has separate hostels for boys and girls with each having a capacity of 200 students. 
• The college has a seperate sports complex and always encourages the students to participate in numerous sports activities. 

Thus Sardar Patel College of Engineering is better than DJ Sanghvi in terms of an autonomous state, placements, lesser fees, and highly qualified faculties with a fully WiFi connectivity campus.

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.

NMIMS, Navi Mumbai had a rank of 24, LBSIM had a rank of 85, TAPMI, Karnataka had a rank of 27, IMI Delhi had a rank of 28, and GIM Goa had a rank of 48 in the management category in NIRF 2020 respectively.

Admission:

To be eligible for admission, graduates are expected to have passed with a minimum of 50% along with their NPAT/SNAP/CAT/XAT score, and depending on the program, work experience is also mandatory.

• At NMIMS, programs like BBA, MBA, B.Tech have fees in the range of Rs. 11 Lakhs to Rs. 19 Lakhs.
• LBSIM offers programs like PGDM and M.C.A in the fee range of Rs. 3.15 Lakhs to Rs. 11.67 Lakhs.
• TAPMI offers programs like PG Diploma and Ex - PGDM with fees from Rs. 14 Lakhs.
• At IMI Delhi, for programs like PGDM, EPGDM, and FPM the fees are in the range of Rs. 1.2 Lakhs to Rs. 18.29 lakhs.
• At GIM, PGDM and Ph.D. programs have fees ranging from Rs. 5 Lakhs to Rs. 16 Lakhs.

Cutoff:

• At NMIMS, the cutoff for NMAT for all MBA courses was 209 in the year 2019.
• LBSIM and TAPMI had a cutoff of 80 for CAT in 2019, whereas IMI Delhi and GIM had a cutoff of 90 for CAT and XAT respectively.

Placements:

• Major recruiters at NMIMS are Honeywell, L&T Infotech, Kotak Mahindra, HDFC, Cognizant, OYO.
• At LBSIM the top recruiters are Deloitte, TCS, Schneider Electrical, Wipro, Accenture, Infosys, HDFC bank.
• Deloitte, Exide Life Insurance, HDFC, Tata Capital, HDFC Life Insurance are the top recruiters at TAPMI.
• American Express, Axis Bank, CRISIL, Goldman Sachs, HDFC, HSBC are among the major recruiters at IMI Delhi.
• Major recruiters at GIM are Asian paints, IBM, AO Smith, GE, Metro, PUMA.

Which college is a better option is a decision that needs to be made after reviewing the above facts and the college brand along with the ROI which is on an average 96% for NMIMS, 79% for LBSIM, 92% for TAPMI, 71% for IMI Delhi and 73% for GIM respectively.

IGDTUW is ranked 25th, MAIT is ranked 71st, and LNMIIT is ranked 67th for engineering in India by India Today 2020. All these institutes have their advantages and disadvantages. Here are a few important points that you need to consider while choosing an institute between these three.

Admission:

• To qualify for MAIT BTech courses candidates need to sit for the IPU CET exam. For IGDTUW and LNMIIT, candidates need to sit for the JEE Main examination.

• Candidates need to score 60% for IGDTUW and 55% for MAIT and LNMIIT in their 10+2 examination.

• Students are allotted seats after going through the JAC Delhi counseling for IGDTUW, GGSIPU counseling for MAIT, and LNMIIT Jaipur counseling for LNMIIT.

Cut-off ranks for the BTech courses at these colleges are as follows.

• IGDTUW: Below 10,000

• MAIT: Below 7,000

• LNMIIT: Below 6,000

Placements: All three of these institutes have decent placement records. The placement statistics for these colleges are as follows.

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Deloitte, Walmart, Infosys, ZS associates, Wipro, and Godrej are the major recruiters at these institutions.

Facilities:

IGDTUW:

Apart from excellent academics, IGDTUW also focuses on extracurricular activities. Their college fest invites many celebrities each year which attracts several colleges.

• The college has all the facilities required by the students. Smart classrooms, Wi-Fi, updated libraries and medical facilities are available.

• There are several student clubs like dance and drama.

MAIT:

Although MAIT does not have the largest campus, there is no lack of facilities and student activities.

• There are five canteens that serve quality food; the library is massive and has access to numerous books and volumes.

• The sports facilities are also above average at MAIT with numerous cricket, football grounds, and badminton, and tennis courts.

LNMIIT:

• All necessary facilities are available for students starting from digitized labs, air-conditioned libraries, to Wi-Fi on campus.

• The canteens serve high-quality food, and medical facilities are available 24/7 with a residential doctor and visiting faculty.

MAIT, IGDTUW, and LNMIIT all of these institutes offer decent academics and placement opportunities. As for which institute will be better for you, you should be the one to decide that.

NIT Srinagar is ranked 201 for BTech and 39 for BTech by NIRF 2020 and India Today 2020 respectively, whereas NIT Manipur ranks 158th for BTech by NIRF 2020. It has a 300+ acres campus area. It has a faculty strength of 70 members most of them being highly qualified and PhD holders.

NIT Nagaland is an autonomous university recognized by AICTE and UGC. They have a total of 43 faculty members, 27 of them being PhD holders.

NIT Mizoram is an autonomous university affiliated by AICTE. They have a total intake of 190+ students in each department. 

NIT Sikkim is an autonomous university approved by UGC and AICTE. NIT Sikkim offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Recruiting Companies

• NIT Srinagar - TCS, L&T, HPCL, Infosys, IBM, etc.
• NIT Manipur - Microsoft, Wipro, Accenture, Infosys, IBM, Capgemini, Adobe, HSBC, TCS, Zolacode, Lamzing Infosystem, Virtusa, etc.
• NIT Nagaland - Infosys, IBM, L&T, Wipro, etc.
• NIT Mizoram - IBM, Johnson Control India, Infosys, Polaris, Wipro, TCS, etc.
• NIT Sikkim - Microsoft, National Instruments, Bosch, Virtusa, IBM, L&T, Polaris, Infosys, Wipro, Mu Sigma, TCS, Intellect, etc.

For ECE:

NIT Silchar is ranked 94th overall and 46th for BTech by NIRF 2020. They have a student strength of 3,001 students and a highly qualified faculty of 209 members most of them being PhD holders.

NIT Meghalaya ranks 61st for BTech by NIRF 2020. 104 students were placed in the 2018-2019 placement program conducted by the institute. It is accredited by AICTE.

Placements 

NIT Silchar 

• Out of 112 students 89 were eligible to participate in the placement program.
• 87 students were placed and made 120 job offers.
• The top recruiting companies include Microsoft, Deloitte, Honeywell, Goldman Sachs, SAP, Vedanta, TCS, Wells Fargo, Sony, ITC, National Instruments, etc.

NIT Meghalaya

• 80 companies participated in the placement drive and made 103 offers.
• The top companies include Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, Bosch, Vedanta, Cortex, Sapient, Polaris, etc.

A CSE graduate can work as a System Database Administrator, Computer Programmer, Engineering Support Specialist, Data Warehouse Analyst, System Designer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Lecturer or Professor, Computer Operator and Research Analyst.

Students graduating with ECE can work as Electronics Engineer, Field Test Engineer, Network Planning Engineer, Electronics and Communications Consultant, Research and Development Software Engineer.