It’s difficult to determine which institute is better as the courses are not mentioned for the given college. However, given below are information about the colleges which may help you make the decision.

Ranking:

• VIT Bhopal: The college was ranked number 1 by ARRIA in the list of the top private colleges for innovation in the academic year 2019.
• Nirma University: It was ranked among the top 100 institutions in the country by NIRF in the academic year 2018. This university was the first private university in the state.
• Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University: The college was ranked as 151 out of the top 200 universities in India by NIRF. For MBA it was ranked 74th out of 100 and 4th best college in Gujarat.

Admissions:

• VIT Bhopal: The admission to the college is done on the basis of class 12th marks and in certain courses, the college conducts its CET (common entrance test) and if the students get the required marks they are called for counseling.
• Nirma University: For admissions, the criteria for every course is different. But mostly the college accepts common exams like JEE Mains, CLAT, GATE, CAT and MAT.
• Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University: Admission in B.Tech and M. Tech is done through JEE mains and GATE. The students who want to do MBA need to give CAT/XAT/NMAT.

Faculty: 

• VIT Bhopal: There are Ph.D. teachers who give lectures on various subjects. There are guest lecturers that are called to provide in-depth knowledge to the students.
• Nirma University: For almost every subject the faculty of the college provides a tutorial and a theory class. As being one of the oldest colleges in the state, the faculty of the college is well experienced and well versed with the subjects that they teach.
• Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University: There are a total of 30- 40 faculty members in every course. There are guest lecturers that are called to provide in-depth knowledge to the students. 

Placements:

• VIT Bhopal: In the academic year 2019, the highest placement that was offered to the student was Rs 41.6 lakhs and the average salary that was offered was Rs 7.2 lakhs.
• Nirma University: The highest CTC that was offered was Rs 16.6 LPA and the average CTC that was recorded was 8.2 LPA. The top recruiting companies that visited the college were: - Infosys, Tata Motors, Amul, Amazon, Bajaj Alliance, Larsen and Toubro, Daiken, and Bajaj Auto.
• Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University: The highest package was secured by the students from the computer specialization. The highest package that was offered was Rs 9 LPA.

Therefore, if a choice has to be made by the student, he/she can look at the above parameters mentioned.

VIT Bhopal is a new institute and Thapar University has a legacy of over 50 years. Thapar University is considered the best option for engineering after IITs, NITs, and BITS.

The following tabulation gives the similarities and differences between the two institutes.

The admission process followed in Thapar University is completely based on merit. So in order to get admission in Thapar University, candidates would require a good score in their previous qualifying examination. Whereas VIT provides admission in management quota too hence candidates are provided admission irrespective of their marks. As a result, Thapar has a better peer group than VIT Bhopal.