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https://www.shiksha.com/university/the-neotia-university-kolkata-48575/reviews#159147
To know the exact scenario for faculty and placements get in touch with the current students through social media or in person.

MCA lateral entry is definitely better than 3 years MCA because it will save your crucial 1 year and the yearly fees too, plus the value of both the courses are almost equivalent.

If you have 5 years of professional experience, then I would suggest you to go for distance MCA as regular MCA will give you a professional break
Top 10 Distance Learning University for MCA
1. IGNOU
2. Annalmalai University, DDE
3. Delhi University
4. Bangalore University
5. University of Mumbai
6. Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education
7. Madurai Kamaraj University
8. University of Madras
9. ICFAI
10. Amity School of Distance Learning.

Yes, IIT Allahabad is still having that much potential, you should give preference to it. Although it will require you to score a really good score to get admitted as compared to NIT's. Placements totally depends on your attitude and your knowledge in the domain. So, work on that and you need not to worry about the placements.
All the best!

JNU MCA exam will be conducted in the month of May .
Eligibility criteria-
Aspirants must be done graduation with mathematics as compulsory subject from any recognized University/Institute scoring not less than 55% marks.
The minimum age of candidates should be 17 years.

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https://www.shiksha.com/university/bhu-banaras-hindu-university/bhu-pet-exam.