Dear aspirant,

As per my view if you are planning to take up non core branches then absolutely you should go for iiit Hyderabad rather than nit surathkal but other than non core branches go for nit surathkal.

The placements for iiit Hyderabad at non core branches is equivalentm or evenb greater than some of the IITs . The core placements at nit surathkal is very strong. The average stays between 8-9L per annum.

For more information you can check out the link given below-

https://www.careers360.com/university/national-institute-of-technology-karnataka-surathkal

https://www.careers360.com/university/international-institute-of-information-technology-hyderabad