Which is better, IIIT or NIT?
You are asking this question because you have secured good rank in JEE Mains. So, I will give you the answers by comparing the colleges of IIITs and NITs..IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology):The IIITs are of two types:Set-up, Funded and Managed by Ministry of Human Resource Development.Setup on Public Private Partnership (PPP), funded by Central Government, State Governments and Industry Partners in the ratio 50:35:15.The type 'a' college includes 4 colleges. These are also Institute of National Importance. These are somewhat old and well established.The type 'b' includes 20 colleges. The industry partners play a vital role in determining their syllabus and curriculum, which is advantage for them. As per the new IIIT Bill, these institutes are also Institute of National Importance.This college has a tag name 'Indian' and a brand name IIIT. In this college, the admission is base on the All India Quota, thus, its not like NITs where students having low rank get admission due to state quota.Like IITs, they also get a brand name 'Indian', instead of the 'National' tag.IIITs offer admissions only in the branches like CSE, ECE, IT, etc., which are core branches in the field of Information Technology. These branches offer a very high packages. This is the reason for the higher average salary of IIITs than NITs.The best IIITs includes IIIT Allahabad, IIIT Trichy, IIITDM Kanchipuram, etc.There are 24 IIITs in all.NIT (National Institute of Technology):These colleges were earlier RECs who later were changed to National Institute of Technology. These colleges are also Institute of National Importance. A few colleges are somewhat old and well established.For the admission to this college, 50% is reserved for the students of state quota and the other 50% to the other state quota. So, if you are going to join an NIT, its like similar that you are joining a college which is just similar and better than the state colleges.The top engineering colleges are IITs, i.e., Indian Institute of Technology, which got a brand name 'Indian'. NITs have 'National' tag instead.The NITs offer admission in almost all fields and branches, which is not in available in IIITs.The best NITs lies in the south, i.e., NIT Trichy, Warangal, Surathkal, Calicut. The other top NITs include NIT Allahabad, Jaipur, Bhopal, Nagpur, Kurukshetra, Durgapur, etc.There are 31 NITs in total.Thus, in my view, IIITs can be considered better than the NITs.