There are certain rules and regulations which are mandatory to be followed by the students at NIT Surathkal.

• Entry Timings: For girls, they should enter the college premises before 10 PM and enter the hostel before 11 PM. Both of them have to show their ID cards to enter the hostel. Both boys and girls of 1st year have block timing.

• Attendance: All the students are required to maintain attendance of a minimum of 75% and they might increase it to 82%.

• Rules for dressing: Both boys and girls are required to wear decent clothes and wearing shorts is strictly prohibited for both boys and girls.

• Facilities and freedoms at the campus: For Postgraduate or PhD students there are no restrictions on roaming around the college and they can go out of the hostel as they wish. But they need to carry their IDs as it is required to enter back into the hostel. For graduation students, they do have some restrictions, and timings are fixed for them to enter the hostel.

The library and laboratories of the college are open till 11:30 PM and any student can go there and use the equipment to complete their projects and assignments. Although there are different timings for certain places like the beach entry which closes by 6 PM and the sports complex which closes by 8 PM.

The campus is equipped with wifi routers which are available everywhere and there is also a swimming pool and different playgrounds for the students to play and enjoy.

The answer to this question depends on how you can cope with zealous competition after joining college. If you are confident that you can join the brawl and top in your first year, I would highly recommend taking MSc in Economics at BITS Goa Pilani. 

• BITS Pilani has been ranked among top 30 institutes in NIRF Ranking 2020. 
• In your 2nd year, you can choose a B.E. course according to your first year CGPA, including the highly coveted CSE program.

• You'll have to spend one more year as compared to your B.E. colleagues.
• Getting your desired course can be a real disadvantage, seeing that there is no dearth of distractions on campus.

If you do not want to take a risk, choosing IT at NIT Surathkal is the best option for you. Since the syllabus almost corresponds to that of CSE and the infrastructure is mind-blowing at the campus.

All of these colleges, IIIT Allahabad, NIT Surathkal, and IIT Hyderabad are one of the prestigious colleges in India for Engineering. IIIT Allahabad, NIT Surathkal, and IIT Hyderabad are ranked 103, 13, and 8 for engineering by NIRF.

Admission- The selection for IIIT Allahabad and NIT Surathkal is through JEE Main, while IIT Hyderabad takes admission through JEE Advanced.

Fees:

The fees for the courses are as follows.

• IIIT Allahabad B.Tech IT – 5.34 Lakhs

• NIT Surathkal B.Tech IT – 5.39 Lakhs

• IIT Hyderabad B.Tech CSE – 8.64 Lakhs

• IIIT Allahabad B.Tech+M.Tech. IT – 4.54 Lakhs

Now, as per the question, IIIT Allahabad is a good college and offers a decent BTech+MTech program but it would be better to first complete the B.Tech. degree and then pursue M.Tech.

Placements:

B.Tech. IT in IIIT Allahabad- This college provides a bit more industrial exposure than other mentioned colleges.

• The highest package offered was 36 LPA with an average package of 12.93 LPA.

• The top recruiters being Microsoft, Linkedin, Zomato, and Walmart Labs.

IT in NIT Surathkal- In Spite of being one of the older NITs, Surathkal has been consistent in their placement records.

• The highest package bagged by the students was 39 LPA and an average package of 8 LPA in 2019.

• Some of the recruiters are Amazon, CITI Bank, Microsoft, Myntra.

CSE in IIT Hyderabad -

• The highest package bagged by the students in 2019 was 12.93 LPA and the average package was 12 LPA.

• Top recruiters are Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Jaguar, Bajaj Auto & TSMC.

B.Tech+M.Tech IT in IIIT Allahabad- After completing M.Tech. the placement demand increases automatically. The highest package offered was 43 LPA and the average package was around 10.40 LPA.

Some key facts one should know about those three colleges.

IIIT Allahabad: If one is interested in coding, then IIITA is the right place to be in. IIITA has a legacy of good coder alumni and new batches seem to be excelling this skill. The campus is designed to be a fully residential one.

NIT Surathkal: It consists of 11 support centers and 14 academic departments. NITK Surathkal is ranked 6th among the country's top engineering colleges by Outlook India.

IIT Hyderabad: In the past few years, this institute has established strong ties with various global organizations. IIT Hyderabad has a strong bond with Japanese universities. It has also signed Mou. with the University of Pittsburgh and Kaohsiung Medical University for their student exchange programs.

Go through the facts mentioned above and decide which course and institute will be better for you.

NIT Surathkal IT is far superior to NIT Calicut. It is well-known in India for its CSE/IT branches. It is a highly regarded engineering college in India, and after four years of B.Tech college, the specific branch does not matter.

NITK outperforms Calicut in terms of reputation and placements. Furthermore, because of the higher cutoffs, the quality of students may be slightly higher here.

IT at NITK is nearly equivalent to CSE here. During placements, nearly all companies open to CS are open for IT as well.

The subjects taught and the syllabus in both departments are also similar. In fact, the IT department may be slightly better than the CS department in terms of facilities and infrastructure, as it is newer. Previously, the quality of students in CS was higher than in IT, but with significant increases in IT cutoffs, both are now equally good.