Taking 7 more years to start a B Tech in CSE just goes onto show the kind of quality control measures IITGN employs and the kind of standards it sets when it comes to providing world-class education. Minors in CS have always been in demand among UG students at IIT Gandhinagar. The placement opportunities are excellent in terms of coding profile. It ultimately depends upon the individual and the kind of profile he builds during his four years at IIT Gandhinagar.

Provided are the major highlights with respect to IIT Gandhinagar:

Based on my interactions with numerous prospective students and their parents. It's been noticed that the Quality of research work is being done in CS with the help and guidance of better faculty while receiving good placements. 

Even the Ph.D. program in CS has been running for a long time now, plenty of research is going on. IIT GN will grant you ample opportunities and will boost the interests of its students greatly. But making the best use of the resources and opportunities available is up to that particular student. Mentioning all this, it is suggested that it will be better if you choose IIT Gandhinagar.

My brother appeared in the written test for MSc Cognitive Sciences in February 2020. So, I can give you some insight about the same. 

The written test analyses your comprehensive skills i.e. the ability to implement the things you read. The section will contain comprehension questions. It will also include some of the paragraphs or questions based on the Cognitive Science Journals. 

Examination Pattern:

The written test is the same for everyone. 

• It contains 4 questions of comprehensive type and 1 of data interpretation. 
• The total marks for the examination are 25 and the duration is 1 hour. 

Preparation Tips:

• For preparation, you can simply take some random comprehensive type question off the internet and solve it. 
• In his examination, my brother had passages from pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disorders, case-studies on behavioral experiments using VR/AR, etc. 
• The questions are designed in a way that everyone can interpret them.

Be patient and stay motivated. All the best for your exam. 

When it comes to IITs it’s not really easy to compare them especially when these both are of the same generation.

However, if you still need to compare it is important for you to understand that an undergraduate degree is more of an exploration to discover your passion and interest. This hypothesis has been vetted by a large number of IIT graduates, IIM graduates, and many professors and IIT alums.

Let’s take a few examples for a case in point.

• Dr. Raghuram Rajan, a top IIT alum studied electrical at IIT, followed up with an MBA at IIM and then a Ph.D. from MIT to become an economist.
• Also, the TVF guy (Jeetu bhaiya from the Kota Factory) did undergrad from IIT Kharagpur only to become a comedian and actor later. Interesting isn’t it?

Flexibility:

So now that you understand the importance of flexibility and passion, IIT Gandhinagar stands out here undoubtedly. The curriculum at IIT Gandhinagar is very flexible and it allows you to study anything under the sun. This flexibility is the reason behind the success of Many IIT Gandhinagar graduates.

Apart from that, IIT Gandhinagar has the most funds among the second generation IITs. It offers around 30–40% of the batch with options to pursue foreign internships and great research opportunities.

Location:

If you compare IIT Ropar with IIT Gandhinagar, the latter takes the trophy again because it is situated in Gandhinagar which is the capital of Gujarat. The campus sits in the vicinity of CM residence, Vidhan Sabha, ambitious GIFT City project, prominent institutes such as DAIICT, NIFT, and many others.

Placement:

Placements at IIT Gandhinagar is excellent. The first CSE batch graduated in 2020. Without CSE only, firms such as Nutanix, Goldman Sachs, ITC, Barclays, etc. have been recruiting at the campus. 

Alumni:

IIT Gandhinagar has to date graduated about 600+ students from BTech and at least 80–90% of them are quite successful. You can see alums are working in firms such as Mckinsey, Microsoft in the US, Amazon, Apple, BCG, ATK, Google, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, ITC, PnG, to name a few. You can also visit the alumni portal to get an idea about it or just visit LinkedIn.

For these factors, CSE at IIT Gandhinagar is a better alternative. 

Well frankly speaking the academic environment of IITGN has already deteriorated to a large degree. 

Just a few months ago, one of my friends said that the IITGN director has started a poll to re-evaluate the academic climate due to pressure. Such a poll is actually novel in an academic institute. Interestingly the poll is conducted by his hired persons. Consequently, the result was very clear that the intention is to show with fake results, compiled by his own people, that everything is great there. 

The students of IITGN had to endure various struggles because of the director who resembles to be mentally unstable to many colleagues. What actually happens in IITGN is nothing less than a dictatorial regime, where you will observe that the ruler always tries to promote their betterment to the outside world by publishing pictures, fake polls, and surveys, twisted or fabricated news items that people are so happy and loyal under their rule. 

Whereas in reality, the only notion on people’s minds is absolute fear and hatred for the ruler. Remember some of the widely circulated pictures of Hitler hugging little kids, or of a smiling Kim Jong-Un being embraced by female fans. IIT Gandhinagar's administration style is pretty similar to that.