One of my friends studied at Symbiosis, so I might be able to help you with the question.

• The campus is lovely, and in terms of life experience.
• There's no better college to associate with such a diverse group of people, including international exchange students as well.
• But, if you're concerned about your academics, then it’s a bitter truth for you. Most of the colleges in India only provide you with a syllabus and the rest is all self-study. Symbiosis is no exception.
• Though, if it's any consolation, the CSE placement scene is pretty decent in Symbiosis. Getting an internship is considerably easy here.

If you want to live a joyful life, it takes a lot of effort to do it here. If you want to research and think college would support you, then that won’t happen. You won’t get any sort of support from the college. But Symbiosis will give you enough industrial exposure.

There is very little chance to get your branch upgraded to any department. Even if you manage to score more than 80% then also you will not be able to get a seat in your desired branch as they might show there is no vacancy in that branch.

• But there is very little chance you can get your branch upgraded if you have any good connections in GGSIPU.
• You can't get your branch upgraded for any other reasons even if you score more than 85% in your first semester exams.
• There is also much effect of money through which you can get your branch upgraded.
• A student in MAIT got upgraded to IT after getting a rank of 16k in CET 2017 after the spot round. And another got upgraded even after 79.2% in their first semester.
• Some students even after scoring more than 85% marks and having less than 6k rank in CET don't get upgraded to their desired branch because they neither have good connections nor have the extra money to pay for their upgradation.

To get your branch upgraded from EEE you either need to have very good connections in GGSIPU or you need to lend some extra money to the college to upgrade your branch. Without which you won't have any chances to upgrade even if your score is more than 80% marks in the first semester.

If you are genuinely interested in ECE then you should opt for MAIT. Although from the viewpoint of future prospects, NIT ICE is far better than MAIT ECE.

Deciding Factors: 

• ECE is a core engineering discipline and you need to have good skills to secure decent placement opportunities.
• The reputation of the college and brand name matters for placement.
• There are certain advantages to pursuing a course at NSIT. The brand name has its perks. 
• One other advantage of NSIT is that you can choose to study any subjects from any discipline later on in your course as an elective.
• Also, for immediate placement after graduation, NSIT is the ideal option. 

The table below will give you a brief overview of the two options.

If you want a career in ECE, go for MAIT. Otherwise, NSIT ICE is the better alternative. 

MAIT is a very good college but the coding culture is very bad in this college and there are no such good coding groups in this college either. One of my friends studied here, and this is what he has to say about it.

• People here are more interested in joining drama and dance groups and there are very less students joining coding groups.
• There are some workshops held for python in the college which can be good for beginners but it won't help to get you into a decent level.
• But gradually the scenario is improving and the environment is getting very competitive because of DotC.
• DotC is a coding club where students interact and work together to find solutions to their problems and it also creates a bond between juniors and seniors.
• Because of this group all sorts of GSoC, CodeJam begins from the first year which was not the case earlier.
• The environment of this group is very good and it helps the students to learn and grow.
• Every member of DotC is very helpful and supportive and is very motivated.

Hence, DotC is one such group for coding which can be joined by any student and it's competitive environment really helps the students to learn and grow more.

MAIT is ranked 251 for b.tech in India by NIRF. It is one of the top-rated colleges in Delhi NCR for b.tech programs. MAIT offers a tremendous infrastructure with various amenities to its students which incorporates a WiFi-enabled campus.

Spread across 10 acres of land, MAIT is split into 9 blocks each of which is devoted to specific programs with one block especially dedicated for freshers.

WiFi campus: Entire campus is WiFi enabled. The institute provides 24 hours of free Wi-Fi access without interruption to its students. Each and every academic block is given with a CS Lab which has high-end servers for better internet connectivity.

Every student is given a novel passcode to access the net through their smartphones.

Central library: MAIT library consists of thousands of International standard books dedicated to every branch. Students can even access the internet within the library.

Smart rooms: Other than the main classrooms, MAIT even offers smart rooms where students are efficiently taught with Hi-Tech equipment for a more visual learning experience.

Air theatre and auditorium: MAIT supports students in their extracurricular activities by conducting fests often. University even has an auditorium and an open outdoor theatre which facilitates the students to organize a variety of cultural performances and other co-curricular activities.

Hostels: Well furnished hostel rooms separate for boys and girls are available with amenities like electric geysers, water purifiers, and water coolers, adequate water supply. Some other facilities which are being provided within the hostels include common rooms with TV and indoor games, separate gym facilities for boys and girls in their respective hostels, internet facilities, power backups are few facilities worth mentioning.

Overall MAIT has a tremendous infrastructure meeting all basic needs of a student including 24 hours free WiFi service.

No, it isn’t difficult as such to switch branches after the first year, as most of us are unaware of the syllabus and whether it is going to suit our caliber and interest at the same time. Owing to this many opt out of their initially chosen branch.

• You need to score above 85 to be eligible to shift to the branch of your liking, as it might get difficult otherwise.
• Another most important factor is the availability of seats. At times there have been issues when the seats aren’t available and the competition soars.
• In the end, it all boils down to your interest. Make sure that you are not doing this under peer pressure.
• Almost all the time, this shifting is influenced by friends, and this sometimes backfires.

Make sure where your interests lie and look for scopes in the future. You can easily check about the vacant seats from your college department, consult your principal or administration as well for the best advice and help.