What should I opt for, IT in AKG or CSE in ABES Engineering College?

Students who choose CSE in ABES Engineering College can qualify for the GATE exam for entrance into PSUs like ONGC, SAIL, BHEL, etc; whereas for the IT program, this facility is not available.

The table below highlights the features of the institute and the program:

Some highlights of the programs and the departmental facilities are as follows:

Admissions

• Students need 45% marks in 10+2 for a CSE program at ABES Engineering College
• 60% for AKG Engineering College. Students will additionally have to qualify for the UPSEE /JEE exam.

Infrastructure and Facilities

AKG Engineering College:

• It has 9 Centres of Excellence including the FAB Lab by Prof. Neil Gershenfeld of MIT and the AKGEC-BOSCH Rexroth Centre of Competence in Automation Technologies which is in collaboration with Bosch Rexroth AG, Germany.
• It also has 8 departmental libraries, and 5 hostel libraries in its 6 on-campus hostels.

ABES Engineering College:

• It is associated with the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and also has a host of student welfare facilities like Student Counseling Cell; Value Education Cell and Anti Ragging Cell. 
• The college has its Tedx platform as well.

Faculty

• AKG Engineering College has 30 faculty members for the IT department.
• ABES Engineering College has 28 faculty members in its CSE department.

Placements

• In the academic year 2018-19, more than 850 students were placed at AKG with Wipro, NIIT, Samsung, and Tech Mahindra among others. The average package offered was INR 4-8 LPA.
• At ABES Engineering College, 209 students got placed with companies like TCS, Byjus, Wipro, and Capgemini. The highest package offered was 10 LPA.

Students can decide based on the prospects of the programs and the utilization of resources.