Pune Institute of Computer Technology- [PICT], Pune

I have a friend at IIIT Pune. I only heard good things about the institute from him. Here are some facts about IT at PICT and CSE at IIIT-Pune, which may help you to decide. 

Teachers:

• All of the faculties of IIIT-Pune are Ph.D. holders from institutes like IIT KGP, NITs, and foreign universities.
• Most of the faculties of PICT are M.Tech or still pursuing their PhDs.

Crowd: 

• Instead of going home during vacations, students attend Android and Web development workshops. 
• Faculties encourage students to take up projects and internships from the first semester.

Degree: 

• Students get B.Tech in IIIT-Pune as compared to a B.E. at PICT. 
• IIIT-Pune's curriculum doesn't include subjects like Civil, Engineering Drawing, Mechanics, Mechanical, Chemistry which are of no use in the course of CSE.

Institute of National Importance:

• IIIT-Pune is like all the IITs, NITs, IIITs which is an Institute of National Importance( INI) which leads to a lot of Government funds and monetary support. 
• Students who did their 12th from the MP board or others can receive a full tuition fee waiver for 4 years of their B. Tech since IIIT Pune is an INI.

Sports and Clubs:

• Any student can start a club of their own if they have a passion for something at IIIT-Pune. 
• IIIT- Pune bagged 5 medals in IIT- BHU’s Annual Sports Fest Spardha and continues to receive honors in other sports events as well.

Attendance and Holidays:

• PICT has minimum attendance criteria of 75% and PICT imposes an 80% attendance.
• PICT has 9 days winter break and 15 days summer break, so if you are not a local then you will not get to see much of your family.
• At IIIT-Pune students get 1 month of Winter Break and about 2.5 months of Summer Break. 

Exposure and Brand:

• IIIT-Pune students usually go for two industrial visits to Infosys and Tech Mahindra. 
• IIIT is a brand as there are a total of 23 IIITs in India and are recognized throughout the country and overseas. 
• IIIT-Pune also has inter-IIT sports and technical fests every year where all the IIITs across the country take part.

Students think that PICT is old so it’s better and yes it’s been around for 20 years since PICT’s inception and it has developed whereas IIIT-Pune is just 2 years old and has the potential for tremendous growth.