According to my friends at IIIT Guwahati, CSE at IIIT Guwahati is definitely a better choice. Let me provide some points which will give you a better insight into the colleges.

• The campus of NIT Puducherry is almost 130 km away from the city, located in a remote place known as Karaikal. This hampers placements.
• In NIT Puducherry, 90-95% of students are from South India. So, students from other parts of the country face a serious linguistic problem.
• For most North Indian Students, it is somewhat hard to sustain in the South Indian culture.
• IIIT Guwahati has experienced rapid growth over the last few years, which makes it a much better choice than NIT Patna/ Puducherry.
• There is no home state quota in IIIT Guwahati, so there is no such problem of linguistics as in NITs.
• In addition, there are 18 students in IIIT Guwahati who are from abroad, selected through the DASA UG scheme of 18 seats.
• From 2019, the B.Tech seats were increased by 33% for Girl Supernumerary Quota, because the previous batch had only 3.5% girls. The total number of seats from then is 233.

Therefore, IIIT Guwahati has a lot of advantages over NIT Patna/ Puducherry, which makes it a better choice for students in engineering.

IIIT Lucknow is a better option for a boy living in Uttar Pradesh because it is closer to home and provides a more homelike environment. 

At IIIT Lucknow, you will have access to all of the resources necessary for students to get the best placements and develop holistically. Among the newer IIITs, there is one of the best coding environments and placement statistics. The average placement in the first batch was 11.37 LPA. The reason for all of this is that they were mentored by IIIT Allahabad in their early stages, and today they are more than capable of providing world-class facilities on their own. 

The college has an exemplary placement rate. The college placement council is extremely helpful and walks us through the process of placement. The committee has the ability to bring in a large number of high-quality companies for placement. 

Both the IIITs are among the newly established IIITs which still have a long way to achieve the same level of big IIITs like Hyderabad. I have friends from both of these institutes who are currently pursuing their B.Tech.

According to them, both the colleges offer good quality education and compares neck to neck. Here’s how:

• Academics: As both of them are IIITs, the quality of academics and curriculum is great.
• Campus placements: Both IIIT Kota and IIIT Guwahati share similar placement patterns with last year’s highest package of 10 LPA for the CSE batch. You can say that both of them have mediocre placement records and a non-existent coding culture.
• Infrastructure: Guwahati takes the trophy because of its newly completed permanent campus. On the other hand, IIIT Kota still doesn’t have its own permanent campus and is estimated to be ready by 2024. It is currently running at NIT Jaipur’s campus.
• Location: This factor totally depends on where you are from. For someone who is from the Eastern half of the country, IIIT Guwahati is the best choice. Similarly, people belonging to the Western and half, IIIT Kota is good enough. There is no need to travel from across the country for these equally ranking institutes.

Overall, both of the IIITs are new and struggling with a lot of factors like placements, lacking coding culture and facilities. Nevertheless, IIIT Guwahati has a slight edge over Kota because of its permanent campus if the location is not a problem for you. However, better not to opt for either of these colleges unless you have a JEE rank between 15–25k, and don’t have greater options nearby.

IIIT Guwahati is a relatively new institute so its placement might not be at par with NITSilchar. Here is a brief comparison of the placement statistics of both institutes

Moreover, the academic environment is much better at NIT Silchar than at IIIT Guwahati. As for the location, NIT Silchar is gradually overcoming all connectivity issues and the situation is only going to get better. 

Ultimately, the final choice depends on your preferences. If you are inclined towards Mechanical, choose NIT Silchar but if you want to pursue a career in CS, definitely go for IIIT Guwahati.

RV College of Engineering, Bangalore is a better option compared to IIIT Guwahati. Bangalore is home to major MNCs and startups. As a student of RV College, you can leverage the location advantage to get placements, internships, and projects. 

RV College of Engineering placements is better. The median CTC for the college is INR 8.93 LPA. For 2021, the highest CTC offered was INR 53.18 LPA.