Among these, VIIT Pune is the best choice. It is the second campus of VIT Pune and well-reputed among the engineering colleges in Pune.  It has a good placement record. The average and highest CTC offered during VIIT Pune placement 2022 were INR 32 LPA and INR 6.5 LPA, respectively.

E&TC at VIIT Pune is a comparatively better option when compared to CS at PVG because of the following reasons. Given below is a brief highlight of E&TC at VIIT Pune and CS at PVG. Category VIIT Pune PVG Average CTC 4 LPA 2.2 LPA Course Fee 6.56 lakhs 4.48 lakhs Entrance Test JEE Mains/MHT CET JEE Mains/MHT CET Advantages - E&TC VIIT Pune: VIIT Pune is an autonomous institution and the E&TC is accredited thrice by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Curriculum: The curriculum of E&TC is regularly updated according to the industry standards and has a wide range of electives to choose from. Tie-ups: The institute has many tie-ups such as “VIIT National Instrument LabVIEW Academy”, “Centre of excellence with Texas Instruments and nodal center for training”. Placements: (Winning Institution - VIIT Pune) Better Placement opportunities with the highest package of about 11 LPA and an average package of 4.69 LPA for the E&TC branch. Major recruiters for E&TC at the institute are IBM, Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro, Accenture, L&T Infotech. The institute has a long summer vacation during which you can intern and learn new skills that will enhance your resume. The college even offers Foreign exchange programs for interested students.

VIIT should be the one to go for. First of all, it is an autonomous institute and has a good placement record in CS/IT branch and provides the best ROI, unlike PVG which is neither an autonomous institute nor has good placement. Both of them have minimum complimentary campus infrastructure.  VIIT falls under one of the emerging and best universities in Maharashtra i.e. Vishwakarma University. If we look at other parameters like Faculty, Placement, and Infrastructure, VIIT excels in all. It is improving at a good rate nowadays. Here is the table comparing the placements of VIIT Pune & PVG. Placement statistics for IT at VIIT Pune Academic year Placement per year Number of companies visited 2017-18 216 175(>10 LPA) 2018-19 336 291(>6 LPA) 2019-2020 295 150(<6 LPA) Placement statistics for CS at PVG  Academic year Placement in CS branch out of 100 students 2017-18 55 2018-19 81 2019-20 63 Looking in terms of branches, the course might be different in both colleges because the specializations are different. The placement statistics are also different while other parameters are industry project remains the same or common. Based on these factors, it is advisable to join VIIT for CS, IT, and E&TC rather than going for PVG.

It is difficult to compare two different institutes and two different courses. You should choose the course you are interested in and the college according to that. Faculty: The Electronics and Telecommunications engineering department at VIIT Pune has approximately 25 professors and almost 16 faculties have Ph.Ds with 12 years of experience. Whereas, the IT department of PVGCOET has 11 highly qualified faculty members. Laboratories: VIIT has awesome Electronics and Telecommunications labs such as 3 computer labs, 4 hardware labs, one virtual lab, and 7 sponsored laboratories with LAN and WiFi internet connection. In PVGCOET, there are 5 IT laboratories as per the requirement of SPPU and AICTE. Alumni: The alumni strength of VIIT Pune is stronger than PVGCOET. More than 1000 alumni of VIIT are working with reputed and multinational companies across the country as well as foreign. Admission process: The admission processes at VIIT for E & TC and IT at PVGCOET are similar. The admission process for B.Tech students is entrance based. PVGCOET accepts MHT-CET scores for admission, whereas, VIIT accepts both JEE Mains and MHT-CET scores for admission. The total seats for B.Tech for E & TC at VIIT Pune are about 180 whereas, at PVGCOET total intake for B.Tech IT is 60. The course fee for B.Tech E & TC at VIIT Pune and for Information technology at PVGCOET is 1.64 lakhs and 1.12 lakhs respectively. Placements: VIIT, Pune- An average salary of 5.44 lakhs per annum is received by the students of VIIT Pune. The top recruiters for VIIT Pune ( E & TC) are Accenture, Cognizant, Ambuja cement, Deloitte, Hindustan Unilever, IBM, GODREJ, etc. PVGCOET- The average CTC received by the IT department at PVGCOET is approximately 5-6 LPA. The major recruiters for PVGCOET ( IT) are Infosys Technologies, Wipro, Accenture, Reliance, IBM, Infotech, etc. VIIT has a strong collaboration with industries and research institutes like TIFR, Amazon Web services (AWS), Microsoft technologies, and many more as a result their placement record is much stronger than PVGCOET.