What your preference is and what interests you, these two are very important at making the right choice.

If any of the two branches is of your preference and interest, then you should go for it.

If you have no such preferences and interests and you are only looking at the job prospects after graduating, then I would suggest you consider the following things:

• Government and Public Sector: These sectors provide more jobs in the electrical field. If you secure a decent GATE score, you will get a lot of interview opportunities in the PSUs. Indian Engineering Services is also an option that has more job opportunities in the electrical branch than the electronic branch. There are very limited opportunities for electronics in the public sector.
• Private Sector: It is the opposite here. The electronics sector is much ahead in the private sector. You will find a lot of companies providing good salary packages in electronics than electrical. However, the job is not core electronics but software profile.
• Faculty: The faculty at NIT Jamshedpur is better in the electrical branch than the electronic branch.
• Laboratories: Electrical branch has better labs than the electronic branch.
• Academic Curriculum: Electrical branch has a lot more pressure than the electronic branch. A few senior faculty members of the electrical branch will make you cry while in the electronic branch, you can secure good marks even by studying less.

All these are relevant factors to keep in mind before making a choice. Now, the choice is yours.

It is not compulsory for students to opt for hostels at NIT Surathkal. A number of PGs and rented apartments are available for students around Surathkal as well as Mangaluru.

But there are various benefits of staying in the college hostel.

• The hostel experience is worth it all. It will help you learn many things. You will get to interact with people from various backgrounds, which in turn helps in improving communication skills. 
• You will have an academic advantage as friends and class toppers are next door and can be asked for help or last-minute assignments.
• You won’t need to worry about transportation at late-night college events or fests.
• There will be a lot of fun, games, celebrations and late-night talks with friends.
• You will also have the access to the whole beach anytime.

Infrastructure wise NIT Surathkal hostels are not that great. However, it is a whole other experience to stay in a college hostel and you should not miss out.

I have a few friends from LNCT and here is their insight on the institute. 

• All of the colleges in the LNCT group are more or less the same in every way, including the majority of the faculty.
• All three (LNCT, LNCTS, and LNCTE) are on the same campus. You will have similar college events, such as tech fests, etc.
• Most importantly, when it comes to placement, you will be considered the same as LNCT students, and there will be no discrimination.
• Unlike other colleges, in LNCTE, you will have to conduct your experiments in the lab. 
• The books in the library are standard textbooks that are useful for a student who is preparing for a test.

So overall it is a good institute. Go for it.

According to my friend at IIT Ropar, the first batch of Microelectronics and VLSI Design was from 2019-2020, where there were only 10 and 7 students for the M.Tech and Ph.D. course respectively.

• The faculties of IIT Ropar are young and energetic. 
• It’s quite early to predict placements and hence should wait for some time. 
• Being an IIT, the college is well developed, the infrastructure is decent, and the academics are great.
• The faculty of IIT Ropar for Microelectronics and VLSI Design branch of 1st semester includes 1 professor from IIT Delhi and 5 professors from IIT Bombay and Guwahati.
• The courses for the 1st semester for the Microelectronics and VLSI Design includes a total of 5 courses, 1 lab, and 1 seminar session. 
• These include Digital IC Design, RF Engineering, CMOS Analog IC Design, Semiconductor Device Physics and Modeling, CAD for VLSI Design, Circuit Simulation Lab, and Seminar Session.

Some industries visit IIT Ropar in the first semester and the selected students have to choose to work with them. The 2nd year project can be completed in any company also if a student wishes to. The department helps the student to find the company if the student wants and if not then he/she can do the project on the campus itself.

ICT Mumbai holds 18th rank among the best universities of India by NIRF ranking. University is also accredited with grade A++. Admissions for M. Tech in ICT Mumbai is based on the rank of GATE and GPAT followed by counselling. The Placement rate of the university is really good. Seats are available to depend on the courses.

Admission:

• The admission process of ICT Mumbai for Mtech is fully online with an application fee of 1000 INR.

• Admissions are based on the course requirements like for M. Tech in chemical engineering required GPAT and GATE to be qualified followed by counselling and interview.

• With this students should also complete their Graduation with at least 50% in relevant subjects.

Placements:

The training and career centre of ICT Mumbai is responsible for good career placements for students.

• The placement rate of the university is almost 100%.

• Companies like Asian Paints, BASF India, Black & Veatch, Cipla, DSM SOFT, Evalueserve, Exxon, Galaxy Surfactants, HONEYWELL, etc visit the campus every year for good placements.

• Top recruiters of the university are BPCL, Pepsico, Reliance Industries Ltd., L&T.

• The average salary offered to students for graduating in Mtech from this university is up to 4.8 lakhs and the highest salary package is offered up to 20 lakhs.

Facilities:

• The university has big and spacious classrooms. All necessary facilities are available on campus. This college also provides the bank facilities, own hospital of college, sports ground and well-equipped research centre.

• Teachers are well-experienced and helpful and guide students regarding their career opportunities and choices. They are knowledgeable in their respected fields and most of them are PhD holders.

Overall ICT Mumbai is a really good institute for pursuing MTech courses. All placements, facilities and faculty are really good and well maintained. The environment of the university is also friendly and engaging.

One of my friends in 2014 first attended Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (BAIT) in the Automobile department. They were the first batch of students in the automobile department. The environment is good and the people seemed cooperative.

He reached the hostel and his classes were scheduled at 8:45 in the morning next day. His experience overall was really good. The students were well dressed and easy to talk to. The faculty members included the professors and the HOD, who were helpful and cordial. Teacher-Student interaction was encouraged. 

Later, a session was organized for the first year students. These included familiarizing them with the staff, the teachers, the head of each department and also details about the previous campus placements and collaborations with companies like TCS, Mahindra etc. were also discussed.

Finally at the end of the day, when the session was over, the students returned to their hostel rooms to interact and spend time with their new roommates.Overall the first day experience was very overwhelming.