The placements in Mining are moderate with a decent number of students securing placements.

Even though it is the responsibility of the individual to decide as per what they want to opt for, yet in terms of statistics for a particular year is as briefed below:

1. The Average LPA is as mentioned: 4.27, while in terms of the total LPA of IIEST for all the departments of a singular year was 4.38 LPA
2.  Yet, you should not always go as per the average. Some of the students of this institute got placed in Coal India Limited at good packages as well. There were specific 5–6 students who got packages that almost were ranging from 9–10 LPA.
3. The total number of students placed from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur in certain years were: 18 out of 28.
4. The few other noteworthy companies where students had been seen to get placed, especially in the Mining Department, were: Accenture, Deloitte, Infosys, CTS, Wipro.

The Mining Department of IIEST, Shibpur is nominated by the Government of India as one of the Govt. Agencies, mainly out of five, for verification of Mine Closure Activity. The institute has been the first DST FIST sponsored department as well.

As of now, IIEST has recently become an institute which is part of the INI, yet it somehow has not procured enough time to evolve as an Institute of National Importance. It is in fact known to be a very well-reputed institute, however, IIEST is yet lesser heard of outside West Bengal.

If compared on the basis of placements, it does not occupy the space which most of the IITs and NITs have covered, such as Warangal, Surathkal, Tiruchi, Allahabad, Nagpur, Delhi, Mumbai, and several others, but IIEST still has established in factors concerning placements in the past years.

Although, certain years have seen numerous students getting placed in larger percentages by different companies. Having said that, the highest package seized was by the Computer science department with 32 LPA by a student working in Google now.

This time forward, it is now an individual’s responsibility to decide whether or not it is worth joining a 5 year course. You should sort your priorities in the first place, deciding if you want to perform in either Research or the Job sector. If you end up opting for Research, then the only logical option seconding IITs and IISc, is IIEST. You can stay assured of not repenting your period of time in the 5 year course you are required to do, once you choose research.

However, if you are wondering about moving to the job sector, then it probably would be better to join an institute that offers students a 4 year course. All things considered, there is an added advantage of joining a 4 years course which is that if you wish to pursue M.Tech, you will have better options in your hand, like the U.S., by preparing to sit in exams such as GATE or GRE, with a good rank whatsoever. This can stand as an advantage if you are planning to enroll in IIEST, because it is only then that your extra 1 year would definitely not be wasted.

Although, lastly, it largely is your personal decision whether or not IIEST is worth to put your hands on.

The list of notable alumni of IIEST Shibpur is infinite and cannot be inscribed in a single document. It is increasing day by day, and so some of the available names of alumni at dignified positions are listed below.

• Dr. T. Mukherjee National Metallurgist CMD Tata Metallics Dy.MD TISCO, Director Tata Group Director Chorus Steel UK.
• Dr. Tapas Som Distinguished Engineer IBM USA
• B.R. Choudhury Executive Director Indian Oil Corporation New Delhi
• Tathagata Roy "Hon. Governor of Tripura" Ex. GM / Chief Engineer Metro Railway Former Founder Professor & HOD Construction Engineering J.U.
• Chintamoy Ganguly "Chief Nuclear Scientist" International Agency for Nuclear Power Vienna Austria Also Ex. Chief Scientist Nuclear Fuel Complex India.
• Dr. Soumitra Banerjee "Shanti Sarup Bhatnagar Awardee" Professor IISER Kalyani
• Dr. Sriman Kr. Bhattacharya Director Central Building Research Institute Roorkee Former Head Civil Engineering IIT Kharagpur
• Air Vice-Marshal Archan Kumar Bhattacharya Indian Air Force New Delhi
• Dr. Ashok Ray "Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering” since the year 2000, Pennsylvania State University USA
• Dr, P.K. Basu Chair Professor & Director Graduate Studies Vander Built University USA
• Dr. Gautam Dasgupta Professor of Civil Engineering Columbia University USA
• Dr. Ashok K Mallik Legendary Professor of Mechanical Engg. IIT Kanpur Voted Best Professor of IIT Kanpur for several years.
• Sir Rajen Mukherjee Leading Industrialist, Founder & CMD Indian Iron & Steel Company ( IISCO)Ltd. MD Martin Burn Ltd.
• Mr. B.C.Ganguly First Indian Chairman Railway Board New Delhi
• Dr. Supriyo Chakrabarti Dean University of Massachusetts USA Ex.Director, Centre for Space Physics & Research Boston University USA
• Dr. Arun Banerjee Principal Research Scientist Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center USA

This is just a list of a few famous names among several dignified personnel, CEOs, Directors, VCs, MDs, CMDs, etc in various top institutes, organizations, and MNCs across the globe.

To be very clear, you will not be given the option to choose your own hostel in the first year. The authority allots the hostels after entire admission process is completed. After the student reports at the respective hostel and registers his/her name, rooms are allotted.

In general, first-year boys are provided accommodation in Hostel 8, Hostel 9 and Hostel-10. On the other hand, first-year girls are given accommodation in Nivedita.

Some brief information regarding the allotment, change, and experiences in hostels are listed below:

• After completion of the admission process, a hostel allotment certificate is issued. On presenting the certificate, you will be allotted the room.
• Students going in groups can request a joint stay to the hostel caretaker, but the maximum size per room is limited to 4 students only.
• Almost all hostels in IIEST Shibpur are similar to each other in respect of facilities, hostile environment, etc. The main interest lies in your way of living. It will be up to you only to spend the best years of your college life. 
• If a student wants a change in the room in the same hostel, he/she can do so by just an unofficial mutual decision with an interested student. 
• Unofficial change in a hostel can cause difficulty because the hostel superintendent performs round to check whether only allotted students are staying or not. It is impossible to change the hostel during your 1st year. 
• In the rooms, students from various regions and departments stay together in a homogeneous way. Living with unknown people has its own advantages, and sometimes students get to stay with interesting fellows.

Making friends out of an unknown crowd is needed in the first year of college. Staying with known people is not as interesting as making new friends out of roommates. Discussing different topics during a hangout, getting some private time because of different class timing, and enjoying life in the hostel rooms become a part of life in those glorious years.

There is no best department to consider in an institute like IIEST Shibpur. This question may have various answers depending upon perceptions and statistics.

Considering the best placement statistics, as usually considered by most people while distinguishing institutions, the best department title can be given to the following two streams.

• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science and Technology 

The table below gives a brief level of comparison among the two departments in IIEST Shibpur.

The choice of the department entirely depends on your requirements from the career and field of interest. Candidates have different aspirations such as higher studies through GATE or GRE, core sector or government sector employment, MBA through CAT, XAT or GMAT, IT sector, analytics or banking sector, or entrepreneurship. Based on the available opportunities, you need to choose the best possible department.

The Electronic and Telecommunication (ETC) department of IIEST, Shibpur is held in high regard in India. Having my friend study there, I got to know the good and bad of the ETC department at IIEST Shibpur. These are some of the things I got to know from her - 

• The faculty of the Electronic and Telecommunication (ETC) department is occupied entirely by the highly qualified professors who hold Doctorates from supremely reputed universities.
• Besides students being under great educational expertise, the placement rates of this department is seen to cross 90%, which certainly appears to be pretty commendable in terms of industrial independence. 
• IIEST is widely known to be a Pioneer in Engineering education for the last few decades and has been the first to establish an IIT in India at Kharagpur. 
• Besides being one of the best institutes for engineering, IIEST has gifted many World Leaders in Electronics, such as Dr. Bimal Kr. Bose who also is "World Leader in Power Electronics" in the USA. 
• IIEST Shibpur has gifted Four Directors of the oldest leading IITs, Director of SPA /DTU / VCs of JU / SRMU/ WBUT among others. Not to forget, the current Directors of IIT Kanpur and IIT Guwahati are its alumni. Recently Dr. Ajay Roy alumnus from ETC Department was conferred "Padma Shri" by the Govt. of India for his contribution to Engineering Education.

From the facts mentioned above and many more, it is absolutely clear that the ETC department of the IIEST Shibpur is definitely one of those departments which stands out from the crowd and hence is one of the most unique in the country.

In addition to this, there are various students who have got many opportunities in numerous internship programs from leading companies and institutions from in and out of INDIA.

Besides, as a matter of judgement, IIEST can be based on the Higher cut offs that can range anything from between 4,000 to 17,000 as is concerned of the home state.

The foremost and unfortunate thing that you being a day scholar of IIEST should know is that you are missing a lot on the most important part of college life.

And if you have planned to be a day scholar throughout college life, then you surely are going to regret this because hostel life is the most beautiful part of your engineering journey.

My best friend is currently a hosteller at IIEST Shibpur and according to him the biggest secret to real college life at IIEST begins at the end of your hectic lectures and labs. But if you are a day scholar, you’ll already be on your bus journey to your home and that’s it.

There are millions of ways for you to build your 4 or 5 years engineering career in the most enjoyable way but if you are a hosteller, then you can architect the life you are building according to your wish.

My friend and his peers believe the most enjoyable and incomparable part of college is spent within the boundaries of the college itself. And these are the boundaries within which there is no boundary to your fun and craziness which you won’t get to experience ever after.

Also, there are a lot of clubs in IIEST SHIBPUR like Litsoc, Robotics, CodeIIEST, etc. and the sessions for all the clubs are scheduled after classes i.e. after 5 pm. In case you want to indulge yourself in any of the club's activities seriously, you are supposed to attend the meetings and sessions which is not really impossible for day scholars but may seem a problematic task if your home is far from college.

Regarding the buses from B.garden, you will come to know the details in 2 days only because it’s easy to find the way home back.

All in all, don’t miss any chance of fun because this time will not come again.

If you are trying for CSE branch then you should expect a CGPA between 9.10-9.3. But this CGPA may vary as well. You should have a word had in the 1st semester so that there is no problem while changing to any branch. You should also analyze the competition level in the college as well so that you can predict the CGPA for this. 

At IIEST Shibpur there are fixed number of seats which needs to be filled by the students of other branches like in the case of CS and IT they allow up to 4 students while in the case of ETC they take up to 2 students. The eligibility for changing the branch is done by your CGPA and applications are usually accepted after the third week of July i.e. right after the starting of third semester.

Lot of applications are there and it depends upon your CGPA which branch you will be allocated. If you have a good CGPA then you will have more chances for getting your preferred branch.

Yes IIEST Shibpur wants to give the choice of doing B.Tech and M.tech degrees from two different institutes. As most of the students opt for M.tech degrees after passing out from this college. If you have cleared GATE then you are also eligible for the scholarship program. After completing six semesters the students are asked about their choices for an M.Tech degree.

The college has signed an MOU with University of California Irvine in which the universities will be providing dual degree programs to the students. In this the students will have to complete a total 10 semesters in which 8 semesters from IIEST and 2 semesters from University of California. This will be a five year integrated program. The students who would like to continue with 9th and 10th semesters will be given a choice by the university to do a masters program from the universities that are tied up with IIEST Shibpur. You will also get the chance to do projects at reputed places. In any case the college will provide an opportunity to do at least one semester internship as a part of a master's project in any industry. The college is also trying an MOU with IITs and universities abroad for a five year integrated program.