NIT and IIEST are long-established academic institutions. Competition for seats at these colleges is intense, especially for engineering branches such as EEE, ME and Civil. While NIT offers 168 seats in ME, IIEST offers 136 seats for civil engineering.

A comparison of both courses and colleges is given below.

Campus

• IIEST: The green campus, with three water bodies, is spread across 114 acres and is intertwined with modern technology.

• NIT Durgapur: Spread across 187 acres, the green campus includes buildings, hostels, and an academic centre. It has two fields: The Lords and The Oval.

Facilities

• IIEST: The institute offers facilities like hostels, Library, Labs, Canteen, School, etc. It also provides hospitals, ambulances, sports clubs, and entrepreneurship activities.

• NIT Durgapur: A number of facilities are offered, including hostels, recreation, auditorium, canteens, labs, guesthouse, computer centre, medical care, library, etc.

Placement Statistics

• IIEST: Top recruiting companies were Accenture, Aditya Birla, ICICI Bank, Microsoft, etc. The highest package was 39.12 LPA.

• NIT Durgapur: The highest package offered was 32.5 LPA. Top recruiters are Wipro, TCS, Amazon, Microsoft, and L&T.

Courses Scope:

• The Electrical and Electronics Engineering studies electricity and electronics. EEE graduates are employed in sectors like Electronics, Telecom, aerospace, etc. Professions include Electrical Engineer, IAF Member, Telecom Electrical Engineer, etc.

• Mechanical Engineering involves the production, designing, and operations of machines. ME graduates are employed in R&D, Design, Production, Analysis, Testing, Installation, etc.

• Subjects taught in Civil Engineering include Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Analysis, etc. Employment sectors for this branch include Irrigation companies, construction, land development, etc.

Students must compare both the streams and colleges carefully. Individuals’ capabilities and expectations decide which one will be perfect for them.

CSE is one of the trending and evergreen programs with huge demand. However, IIEST and VIT both offer excellent career opportunities in CSE. The ranking of the IIEST is 19 by NIF in the engineering category. Whereas, VIT has ranked in 18th position by NIRF. Here is more about each college in detail.

IIEST, Shibpur-

Admissions & fee:

• The college accepts students based on the intermediate and JEE Main performance. Students should at least score 50% in 10+2. In 2019 the JEE Main closing cut-off for CSE was 4978-9379.

• The college has 60 seats for the CSE program.

• The first year fee at the campus is about 1.37 lakhs. However, students can avail of several scholarships during their academic years.

Placements:

• The minimum and maximum salary of the students is 39.12 LPA and 9 LPA respectively.

• The total number of offers in CSE from top companies is 82. Out of which, 51 students are placed in the top companies.

• The companies visiting the campus are Accenture, BHEL, Google, Microsoft, Deloitte, Foster Wheeler, Odessa Technologies, Infosys, Hindustan Motors, Indian Navy, etc.

VIT-

Admissions:

• The campus accepts students based on the VITEEE and intermediate scores. The minimum cut-off ranking of the VITEEE is 15,000.

• The total seats in CSE are 722 with a fee of 1.98 lakhs. Like IIEST, VIT students can also avail of several scholarships.

Placements:

• The highest and average salary of the students is 41.60 LPA and 6.05 LPA respectively.

• The VIT has the highest record in placement rates and offers. The college received over 8000 offers in 2016. Recently, it got over 7000 offers.

• The companies visiting the campus are Wipro, TCS, Intel, Infosys, Cognizant, Udaan, Accenture, Bank of America, etc.

This is all about the CSE at both institutions. As for which institute will be better, it all depends on the individual choice based on several factors as mentioned above. So, choose the college that best suits you based on your preferences.

IIEST Shibpur might have the edge over NIT Trichy in terms of research. However, the same cannot be said with certainty in terms of academics. In case of academics, NIT Trichy may be ahead of IIEST Shibpur.

In terms of placements, NIT Trichy is way ahead of IIEST Shibpur. It also gets the upper hand in case of the students. As the research in NIT Trichy is superior compared to IIEST Shibpur, the faculty of the former is also superior to the latter.

However, IIEST Shibpur is often ranked in magazines like Outlook, Mint, EduRand owing to its research and other collaborations. BESU, even being a state government institute, was facing problems in its funding. After its conversion to IIEST, things took a turn for the better. It is the second oldest institute for engineering in the country and the alumni are also pretty renowned. In terms of infrastructure as well, NIT Trichy has the upper hand over IIEST Shibpur.

One of my elder brothers has completed his B.E degree in Aerospace from BESU, Shibpur. 

As per him, Aerospace Engineering is the youngest Department and lacks of proper infrastructure. He also mentioned the poor planning, and except for some professors, other teachers do not have even the knowledge about what they are teaching. However, professors with proper subject knowledge are just awesome; rather, they are the coolest professors in this institute. 

Additionally, the positive thing about this institute is that all the professors have a logical mindset. They are always prepared to do any sort of experimentation related to the course. They are always ready to implement any practicable criticism that may approach their way to research.

Moreover, the term “worthwhile” is much related to campus recruitment. Considering this, my elder brother honestly told me that if a student wants to engage with Aerospace Engineering, it is better than going for a higher study. This is so because the institute does not provide any job opportunity after completing M.Tech.

Aerospace Engineering is a new stream in India and if you wants to establish in this field, then it is better to try foreign universities. It is because India still not have a good infrastructure for the development of its own aerospace industry. Besides, the private organisations that offer a job in India are comparatively very low than Russia, Germany and France. The only sole organisation is Hindustan Aeronautics, and it does not have any competitors.

Thus, the student must choose to study Aerospace Engineering very wisely, and they must analyse future job perspectives first.

With regards to educational standards and latest equipped technologies, Indian institutes have always had an upper hand considering greater popularity and a higher amount of funding from the central government.

IIEST Shibpur is the second oldest engineering college in India and backs a ranking of 19 by NIRF among engineering institutes. NIT Durgapur on the other hand is ranked 47 by NIRF for Engineering in the year 2020.

IIEST Shibpur has a research-based approach towards the BTech program in CST as compared to NIT Durgapur which has a much more theoretical and practical approach.

Let us have a look at the main points of differences between the two colleges mentioned that will help you narrow down a decision.

Admission: IIEST Shibpur and NIT Durgapur, both the institutes offer admission for BTech programs based on JEE Mains scores.

• In 2019 the closing cutoff for CST at IIEST Shibpur was 9379.

• In 2019 the closing cutoff for CSE at NIT Durgapur was 17031.

Fees: The total fees for IIEST Shibpur CST are 5.38 lakhs and for NIT Durgapur it’s 5.56 lakhs.

Placements: Both the institutes offer good placements and more than 90 companies visit the campuses for recruitments every year.

IIEST Shibpur-

• IIEST Shibpur offers an 81.82% placement rate for the CST branch.

• The average median salary offered to the students of CST is around 6.5 lakh.

• Some top recruiting companies are TCS, IBM, and Axis Bank.

NIT Durgapur-

• NIT Durgapur offers the highest placement for the CSE branch with a placement rate of 88.64%.

• An average salary of 9 LPA is offered to the students.

• Some top recruiting companies are Amazon, Oracle, and Sigma.

Infrastructure: The campus facilities at both the colleges are well maintained and offer a great student experience but IIEST has a more advanced infrastructure considering it receives a higher funding amount annually as compared to NIT Durgapur.

Alumni: IIEST Shibpur has had collaborations with top universities like the University of Wisconsin and also oversees ‘World leaders in Engineering’ as part of their glorious alumni network. The alumni base of NIT Durgapur is not as developed as compared to IIEST Shibpur.

Go through the given points in mind and make a well-informed decision in terms of admissions accordingly.

Both the branches, whether CSE in IIEST Shibpur or ETCE in Jadavpur University is worth their name. Still, there are many factors regarding Rankings, Admission Process, Fees, Scholarships, and Placements that differentiates them.Jadavpur University acquires a spot as 17th college in BTech amongst 300 in India 2020.IIEST Shibpur, on the other hand, stands firm with 21st ranking amongst Engineering institutes, as per NIRF Ranking 2020.

ADMISSIONS:

Jadavpur University:

• To be eligible for the JU admission process, a student must have 10+2 with 45% and scores of WBJEE. Later, a counseling process takes place.
• 90% of seats at JU are for domicile General Category and 10% for all Indian students.
• The seat intake for ETCE students for UG is 64 whereas, for PG courses, it is 28.

IIEST Shibpur:

• To be eligible, students must have their CBSE 10+2 scores with at least 45% and a minimum of 30% marks in English. The entrance exam for admissions is JEE Mains (Paper I). After selection, a student goes through JoSAA Counselling and CSAB Special Board.

Fees:

• The overall fees of BTech in JU is far less in comparison to IIEST Shibpur. A student has to pay a minimum fee of INR 9,600 for the whole course whereas, a student from IIEST has to pay INR 1.37 lakhs per year.
• Apart from this, JU offers scholarships to meritorious students. A few are SN Scholarship and DAAD Scholarship.

Placements:

Jadavpur University:

• According to the latest data, there was a 100% placement rate from JU. The highest annual package was INR 58 lakhs.
• The total number of eligible students from ETCE was 55, and 51 got placements. The average annual package for ETCE was INR 9 lakhs, and the highest was INR 39 lakhs.
• These students got into software and core companies. The top recruiters were Amazon, Synopsis, TATA Consultancy Services, HPCL, and Goldman Sachs. Some students even went for higher studies from this branch into IITs, IIMs, etc.

IIEST Shibpur:

• A drop in placements is visible from the past consecutive years in IIEST Shibpur. In 2017 it was 85.71%, 81.82% in 2018 and 72% in 2019.
• The average annual package of a CSE student is INR 9 lakh while the highest package was 39.12 lakhs.
• 90 reputed companies came for final placement and made 462 offers.
• Some of thetop recruiters were Cognizant, Infinity Infosys Parks, Capgemini, etc.

Looking into the above factors, ETCE from JU proves to be a better option than CSE in IIEST Shibpur in rankings, fees, placements criteria.

ECE and IT are two completely different streams in the field of Engineering and hence, one must go for the stream he/she wants to pursue. However, choosing the right college to build a student’s career is also important. So the following points can be taken into consideration for choosing between IIEST Shibpur and Delhi Technological University(DTU). IIEST Shibpur is ranked 20th in India by NIRF / MHRD in the Year 2019. Whereas, DTU presently ranks 62 by the NIRF.

Cut-off: Both the institute takes admission based on a valid score in JEE Main followed by Joint Admission Counselling.

• At IIEST Shibpur the JEE MAIN cut-off rank for taking admissions in IT was 9524 - 17031 in 2019.

• At DTU the cut-off rank in ECE was 22258, in the same year.

Fees:

• At DTU the average fees per year are 1.95 lakhs.

• For IIEST Shibpur the average fees per year are 1.37 lakhs.

Thus in terms of fees, BTech in IIEST Shibpur costs less than that of DTU.

Placement:

• Headed by a Renowned Ex IIT Director, IIEST Shibpur got the highest placement record of 75% in IT, last year. It witnessed the highest salary package of INR 39.12 LPA.

• Whereas, 170 out of 192 that is 88.5% of students got placed in ECE in DTU. The highest salary for B.Tech ECE during the last placement was INR 39 LPA.

So, DTU is much ahead in terms of placements.

You can apply for any of the two colleges keeping in mind the above-mentioned comparisons. DTU and IIEST Shibpur are the two most renowned colleges in India. However, IIEST is ranked higher and offers better placement than DTU. Nevertheless, the first thing that you have to consider is which stream you want to study and then decide a college depending upon that. Now, if you haven't decided anything and is confused between the above two streams, then studying IT at IIEST Shibpur is a better option.

When you complete a course of four years normally, you complete your graduation with the fundamentals of your branch which allows you to pursue higher studies if they are in your interests. It also gives you the option, at the same time, to complete your undergraduate degree in another subject if you wish to.

If you want to pursue a dual course, it can probably put a dent in your freedom to pursue your interests and you will be ‘rewarded’ with the master’s degree. Another problem after receiving the master’s degree would be the confusion about looking for a job, pursuing a doctorate in the field of your interest(s).

The dual degree in mechanical will demand more dedication from you but the four-year degrees are easier compared to those. Mechanical engineering is a good option if going for higher studies is in your interests.

Being one of the oldest engineering colleges in India, IIEST Shibpur is known for its legendary status, well-equipped campus, and a thorough specialization across more than 48 courses. HITK on the other hand is a private autonomous college with a Grade B++ NAAC Accreditation, approved by AICTE, and offers 25 programs across 2 streams.

We can compare the two institutions based on the following factors:

• Ranking: IIEST Shibpur is ranked at 19 by NIRF under engineering institutes in India whereas HITK Kolkata has been ranked at the 150^th position by NIRF under the same category.
• Courses: IIEST Shibpur offers 48 courses in 5 streams with 29 specializations and also offers programs in Management, Architecture, Science, IT, and software. HITK offers a total of 15 courses in Information Technology and Engineering across BTech, MTech, and MCA degree programs with about 8 specializations for undergraduate BTech degree students.
• Infrastructure: The campus at IIEST Shibpur is well structured with classrooms, laboratories, research labs, a library, high-speed internet across the campus, a sports complex, and 17 hostel buildings. HITK has a top infrastructure with fully air-conditioned classrooms, a 20,000 square feet library, sports complex, hostels, and an auditorium.
• Placement Services: In terms of placements, IIEST observes nearly 90+ companies and offers an average median salary of 6.5 LPA with the highest salary package being 39.12 LPA. It sees top companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Deloitte, and more for recruitments. HITK offers an average median salary of 3.4 LPA and does not see many core companies for recruitments. Some of the top companies for placements are TCS, Apollo Paints, HDFC Bank, and IBM.

Based on ranking, campus and placement services students who are looking to join an undergraduate or graduate degree program in Engineering can make their choice accordingly. Both the colleges offer detailed course modules but if your JEE scores are good, it will be comparatively better to opt for IIEST Shibpur.