Questions Asked On WCE, Sangli

VJTI has been ranked #71st on the NIRF chart in 2020 and Walchand COE ranks #168th on the same. The CSE program at VJTI saw the most placements in 2018 according to the placement data. The placement rate of the department was 96.2 % which was the highest in comparison to other departments. Following it was Electronics with an 86.9% placement rate.

The table below highlights both institutes-

Students interested in a bachelor's or master's program at these institutions, need 50%-75% marks or above in 10+2 with JEE Main/MHT CET or GATE qualification.

Infrastructure and Faculty

VJTI:

• It offers a lot of overall development options to students with its Social Group, Gymkhana Group, NCC, and Nirman Magazine.
• It has cooperative stores, canteens, hostels, and departmental labs too. There are 6-10 faculty members in each department with MTech and Ph.D. qualifications.

Walchand Sangli:

• It has 8 hostels for 738 students. One of which has been converted into a cyber hostel with an internet connection. There is a Math lab, an auditorium, a canteen, and a mess as well.
• There are about 25 faculty members in each department who have been published in national and international publications.

Placement Statistics

Walchand Sangli:

• It has a number of industry partners like Infosys, Microsoft, John Deere, IBM, TCS, and Tech Mahindra who recruit students after training them and on the campus.
• In 2019, Akshay Gabby from a BTech program secured an offer with Internet Business, Japan with the highest placement of INR 21 LPA.

VJTI:

• It has seen major recruitments facilitated by Accenture, Bank of America, Citrus Tech, Cisco, and Samsung.
• The highest package since 2018 has been offered by Morgan Stanley, which is INR 16.75 LPA.

Students are free to choose any of the institutes based on their future goals if they coincide with the facilities, and placement facts listed above.

WCE is an AICTE approved college whereas both COEP and VJTI Mumbai are autonomous government colleges. When compared, VJTI is the oldest engineering college between the three with the other two colleges being relatively newly established. When choosing between the three, students can compare placements, program curriculum, fee structure, and eligibility. 

The points mentioned below highlight the same:

Fee structure and eligibility:

The following table highlights the fee structure and eligibility for M. Tech in CSE at all three colleges.

Curriculum:

COEP Pune:

• The two-year course has a number of electives, mandatory programs as well as skill-based and interdisciplinary subjects.
• Students will learn subjects like advanced computer networks, databases, algorithms, and machine learning as well as data mining.

VJTI Mumbai:

• The course includes a few elective subjects and courses on computational methods and network programming.
• Some of these subjects include cloud architecture, advanced database management systems, information security among others.

WCE Sangli:

• The course at WCE also includes professional electives as well as a number of lab sessions and seminars.
• Advanced computer networks, computational mathematics, modern operating systems, data mining are some of the subjects included in this course.

Placements:

COEP Pune:

• With an average salary of INR 5.1 LPA, the college has recruiters like Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Infosys hiring students from the CSE department.
• About 50% of students from the M. Tech department were placed for the year 2017-2018.

VJTI Mumbai:

• Students from the CSE department have an average salary of INR 6 LPA and companies like Ambuja Cement, Blue Star, Deloitte, etc. hire students annually.
• The batch of 2018-2019 had a placement rate of 60%.

WCE Sangli:

• As of 2018-2019, the M.Tech class had a placement rate of 40.7% with 11 students out of 27 being placed.
• The average salary offered is INR 6.5 LPA with companies like Dell, Microsoft, Thoughtworks hiring students.

Placement wise, VJTI is a safe option as it is a well-known government established college. Fee wise, it is also quite economical.

KLE Technological University is a private and autonomous engineering college in Hubli ranked 151 among top engineering colleges in NIRF 2019 Rankings. Walchand College of Engineering is an autonomous college in Sangli, Maharashtra with a campus area of 90 acres. It has been ranked 168 among engineering colleges by NIRF. KLE University BE program for CSE whereas, Walchand College of Engineering offers BTech programs for CSE. KLE Technological University accepts KCET scores for admission whereas, WCE accepts JEE Main and MHT CET scores. In order to be eligible students require 10+2 from any recognized boards.

Fee Structure:

• The fee structure of KLE Technological University for Bachelor of Technology is 60,000 INR.

• The fee structure of Walchand College of Engineering for Bachelor of Technology is 3.4 lakhs INR.

Cut off:

• For admission in Computer Science Engineering at KLE Technological University, the cut-off for the general category went up to 12330.

• On the other hand, the cut off in Walchand College of Engineering went up to 157 for Computer Science Engineering in the entrance exam of MHT CET.

Faculty: Both the institutes have dedicated groups of faculties who are well-qualified and have years of experience in teaching.

• KLE Technological University has around 64 faculty members in the CSE branch.

• Walchand College of Engineering has around 24 faculty members in the CSE branch.

Placement:

KLE Technological University-

• The placement rate in KLE for Computer Science Engineering is around 70%. Many students also opt for higher studies.

• The students received the highest package of INR 2.50 LPA whereas the lowest package was INR 14 .50 LPA.

• The top recruiters of the college include Walmart, Sony, Mercedes Benz, Accenture, Infosys, HP, Akamai, and TCS.

Walchand College of Engineering-

• The college recorded a total placement rate of around 100% in Computer Science Engineering.

• Students received the highest package of INR 50 LPA while the lowest package was INR 4 LPA.

• Placement Companies in Walchand College of Technology include Infosys, ACC Limited, Accenture, Amazon, Amdocs, Atlas Copco, BSNL, CapGemini, Cummins, Emerson Electric.

This depicts a factual description of both the colleges related to the Computer Science Branch. Now it depends on the student’s interest and course details to select a particular college.