If you have a choice between IIIT Vadodara and any other well-established NIT or IIIT for a Btech in CSE/IT, you should go for the latter as IIIT Vadodara lacks proper infrastructure and resources. However, studying B.tech in CSE at IIIT Vadodara is a rigorous course that offers different course content from other colleges, making students good engineers. The professors put in equal amounts of hard work to deliver their content in a professional manner, and there are ample resources available online for students. 

IIIT Vadodara is a good option as it provides exposure to both theory and industrial practice, and the institute has improved immensely. The placements are also getting better, with tech giants recognizing IIIT Vadodara and aiding in projects through developer student clubs and Mozilla student club

Both the options are good. There is no such difference in the quality of education, either in these two branches, or any other branch in CUSAT.

They make you work hard, focus on every detail, and stress a lot on the practical classes and labs.

As for the faculty, 85% are permanent. As for the quality of faculty, everyone will have a different view. According to my friends at CUSAT, the only difference you will find between the branches is that the EC people toil 3 times harder than the other branches.

According to the overall placement statistics the average and highest CTC offered to the students is 4 LPA and 15 LPA.

You should choose the branch that is better for you. Think about the branch where your interest lies, will you be able to manage the workload efficiently, does the subject interest you, or which branch has the better placements matter. However, I would like to advise you not to be bothered by placements any more.

According to my friends at DAIICT, it is definitely a better choice among the two. Considering factors like placement, brand reputation, and coding culture. 

The points below give a brief overview of some of the advantages of choosing DAIICT over SVNIT.

• According to some professors of SVNIT itself, DAIICT is a better institute for CSE and IT, compared to SVNIT.
• The overall placement statistics of DAIICT are far better than that in SVNIT, with more high-paying jobs offered in the institute. 
• DAIICT doesn’t have as good a reputation as NITs in India. But, in companies like Amazon, MAQ, Morgan Stanley, etc, DAIICT has a far better reputation than SVNIT.
• There is an excellent open-source coding environment in DAIICT. 
• The number of GSoC entries from both institutes makes it evident that DAIICT has much more success in open-source contribution.

Therefore, it is clear that DAIICT is a much better choice, especially in subjects like CS and IT. In DAIICT, there is a high exposure in higher studies among students. There is a good environment for competitive coding too in DAIICT. In every notable coding contest from platforms like Codeforces, Codechef, etc, there are at least 30-40 participants from DAIICT.

If you are looking for placements for CS jobs, a lot of branches from engineering are eligible for it. These include IT, EC, CS, and even EE sometimes. These branches are included from both campuses, CUSAT and CUSEK.

Many students from CUSEK also travel to CUSAT to attend placements. A few students from M.Tech and MCA are also eligible to appear for these placements.

• The criteria for eligibility differ from company to company but if you have a CGPA of 8.3 (75%) and no other backlogs.
• You can appear for almost every company that visits the college for placements.
• Once you have qualified past the eligibility criteria, you will realize that there is not much distinction between IT and CS branch students.
• Most companies end up treating all students equally.
• If you are looking to target specific areas for your development, programming skills, and interview prepare the ones you should focus on.
• Other than this, your class rank, CGPA as well other past backlogs will not matter if you ace the first two.
• Next, if you are looking to rank ease of placements branch-wise and package size, computer science is the leader.
• This is followed by IT, SF and EC at a tie, EE, and lastly ME and CE tying off again.

In my opinion, securing placements for CS is not that difficult. Students with pending backlogs also are placed so you do not have much to be worried about. Just do your best.