Which is preferable: IIIT Sri City, Chittoor or CS/IT in NIT, Srinagar?

Indian Institute of Information Technology or IIIT Public-Private University that offers B.Tech, MS, and PhD for CSE and ECE. IIIT in Sri City, Chittoor is spread around an 80-acre campus. NIT Srinagar is spread across 100 acres and offers BTech courses for CSE and IT.

Admission & Eligibility:

IIIT Sri City:

• Admission in IIIT Sri City is through JEE main. Eligibility is a pass in 10+2 exams with maths & science.

• There are 270 seats available for CSE & ECE in IIIT Sri City.

• The cut off for admission in 2019 was 1256 – 25846 for CSE and 21403 – 30072 for ECE

NIT Srinagar:

• Admissions to NIT Srinagar is also done through JEE mains.

• Eligibility is 75% marks in 10+2 examinations or being in the top 20 percentile of the same examination.

• Cut off for CSE in 2019 was 6359 – 37374 and for IT, it was 38037 – 88088.

Faculty:

• Sri City has 20 highly experienced resident faculty members. The student-faculty ratio is 400:17.

• NIT Srinagar has a teaching faculty of 185 experienced teachers. The student strength is around 2500 which makes for a good student-teacher ratio.

Infrastructure:

• NIT Srinagar, apart from being a scenic place, also has very good infrastructure for CSE students. Other facilities include separate hostels for girls and boys, a sports centre, and a healthcare facility inside the campus.

• Sri City has a 24/7 medical centre with doctors and ambulances. They also have air-conditioned computer labs and free high-speed Wi-Fi.

Placement:

NIT Srinagar:

• NIT Srinagar CSE students usually receive almost 100% placement.

• Major IT companies come in every year to recruit top CSE students.

• Some of the famous recruiters are Wipro, Infosys, Amazon, Oracle, Capgemini, Oxigen, Pinnacle, HP, etc.

• The average annual CTC offered is around INR 9 LPA. The highest CTC offered was around INR 17 LPA.

IIIT Sri City:

• Almost 90% of students get placed during campus placement drives.

• There were over 70 recruiters that offered full-time jobs and over 20 recruiters offered internships.

• Popular recruiters were Infosys, HSBC, PayPal, Entrayn, Celebal Tech, Zipper Technologies, Hyper Verge, Soccer Labs, Value Momentum, etc.

• The highest CTC offered was INR 20 lakhs, while the average CTC was around INR 6.5 lakhs.

Both of these colleges are declared as institutes of national importance. One is situated in South India, while the other is in the north. Students can choose from either of these institutes since both of them have similar infrastructure and placement rates.