Please help me decide on an academic path

[sasank]

Not sure if you're still active on the forum, but have you considered the online BSc in Programming & Data Science degree by IIT Madras?

IIT Madras' BSc is obviously THE most respected Online/DistanceEd degree in India.
Nothing beats it. Period.
But it is ridiculously tough. There are lots of proctored exams for every course.

The cheapest Computer Science degree would be IGNOU's recently launched online BCA .
IGNOU is the only distance education university run by the Government of India. So, the standard is good and recruiters don't look at it unfavourably.
https://www.ndtv.com/education/ignou-lau...l-learners


If you want to take some risk, you can try Amity University's online BCA . Amity is regionally accredited by WSUC . That is a big deal and it may be possible that you could transfer your 3-year BCA to a 4-year US university program.

Also don't forget to register on https://abc.gov.in . It is the Govt's new initiative to facilitate credit transfer between Indian Universities.