One of my cousins studied at IEM Kolkata. According to him, Management degrees at IEM Kolkata aren't as impressive as BTech, BBA, and BCA. BCA having the best placements.
Things you should remember before making a decision:
Here’s providing you with some basic information about Management at IEM Kolkata -
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PGDM at IEM Kolkata |
Course Fee |
3 lakh |
Course Duration |
2 years |
Placement Percentage |
90-95% |
Highest CTC |
12 LPA |
Average CTC |
4 LPA |
The top recruiting companies include Wipro, Infosys, PwC, Capgemini, Microsoft, Byju’s, NTPC, Godrej, HP, HCL, and many more. They have a location advantage. Being situated in the IT hub in Calcutta, you might get to go for industry visits and internships.
For the first two years of your college life, you may regret not joining IEM, in the last two years this will not matter much.
However, whether you select CSE or IT, I recommend that you go for HIT because the placement percent is the same in both institutions for IT-related streams, but the faculty of CSE and IT at HIT will provide you with better support and encouragement.
One of my friends was enrolled in this institute. She chose to study Chemical at BIT Mesra over ECE at IEM.
Through her 4 years of the course, she concluded BIT being better in nearly every aspect from academics, placements, extracurriculars, infrastructure, sports and ends finally at the reputation of the overall institute. Thus, it sums up your choice.
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BIT Mesra |
IEM Kolkata |
Course Fee |
12.32 lakh |
5.83 lakh |
Placement Percentage |
80-90% |
90% |
Highest CTC |
20-25 LPA |
20 LPA |
Average CTC |
8-12 LPA |
9 LPA |
Recruiting Companies |
ACC Limited, Adhunik, Airtel, Blue Star, etc. |
TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Capgemini, Cognizant, IBM, NRI Fintech, Oracle, etc. |
The only upper hand that IEM enjoys is the scores of CGPA a student obtains. That means, acquiring the best CGPA at IEM is quite a lot easier than what is at BIT. The second point of difference between the two of them is that IEM, when considered its location, is situated in Salt Lake, Kolkata, and is much better developed than Mesra, which in total is 16 KMs from Ranchi. These are the only points of difference as known.
CSE in KIIT is better than IT in IEM, Kolkata. It offers better exposure to students. In terms of infrastructure, facilities, and placement, it is better as well. According to the recent placement highlights, the average CTC offered to CSE students is around INR 5 LPA. While the highest CTC offered this year was INR 12 LPA - 14 LPA. Companies such as Accenture, TCS, IBM, etc. take part in the campus recruitment of KIIT.
Both institutes have similar placement records and recorded 100% placement offers. The average package offered at IEM Kolkata has been 7.5 LPA while Heritage Institute received 3.75 LPA.
Following are the company-wise offers for the recent batch at IEM Kolkata:
Company Name | Job Offers |
Cognizant | 238 |
TCS Ninja | 225 |
Capgemini | 137 |
Wipro | 133 |
Infosys | 128 |
TCS Digital | 59 |
Following are the company-wise offers for the recent batch at Heritage Institute:
Company Name | Job Offers |
TCS | 189 |
ITC Infotech | 212 |
Infosys | 45 |
Cognizant | 45 |
Wipro | 49 |
TCS Digital | 59 |
The best institute in terms of placement is Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. It has pretty good placement records over the years.
According to the recent highlights of IEM, Kolkata placements, the average CTC for EE is around INR 5-6 LPA. In recent placements, the highest CTC received by the student of Electrical Engineering is INR 12 LPA. The placement rate for the branch is around 80-90%. Students get recruited in core job profiles as well as IT job profiles. TCS, Cognizant, Wipro, etc. are among the major recruiters to take part in the placement drive.
IEM Kolkata is one of the reputed engineering colleges in West Bengal, and it has a good track record of placing its students in top companies through campus placements. The institute has collaborations with various companies and industries, which provide internship opportunities to the students.
Some of the popular companies that offer internships to the students of IEM Kolkata include TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, IBM, Microsoft, Deloitte, and Amazon, among others. The internships can be both paid and unpaid, depending on the company's policies and the student's performance during the internship.
The institute also has a dedicated placement cell that provides assistance to students in finding internships and placements. The placement cell conducts various training programs, workshops, and mock interviews to prepare the students for the placement process.
The placement cell also invites top companies to the campus for conducting placement drives. Some of the companies that visit the campus for placements include Google, Adobe, Samsung, Cisco, Infosys, and Accenture, among others. The placement percentage of IEM Kolkata is usually high, with a majority of the students getting placed in top companies every year.
Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM) is better than the Heritage Institute of Technology. There are various reasons for saying the same.
There are various activities taking place on the campus and you can be a part of some or another activity. If you join this college, you will enjoy your stay here and walk out with pride and satisfaction.
Jadavpur University is definitely better than IEM. It is ahead In terms of placement, academics, and research. In the 2021 NIRF Rankings, JU ranked 17th for B.Tech. It has outranked a few of the IITs. Whereas, IEM is ranked 191 for B.Tech by NIRF 2021.
In the 2021 placement drive, the placement average for IEM was around 75%. For JU, the placement rate was 100% while the average CTC offered was 19 LPA.
If you have a specific branch in mind you can go for IEM. Otherwise, choosing JU will be better. The preference of choice should be like the following.
JU (CSE/ECE/ME/EE/Chemical/IEE)> IEM CSE> JU (Civil/Production)> All branches of IEM> Rest of the branches of JU.
IEM Salt Lake is definitely better than Haldia in terms of placements as it is located in the main part of Kolkata.
However, if you are talking about college life then Haldia Institute of Technology is the better. The campus is the best among other private colleges in West Bengal. If you want a happening college life, then go to Haldia Institute. You will be offered facilities like a gym, clubs to join and such activities that are not easily offered in other private colleges.
The college fests are the best at HIT and you will be offered the best college life here. Various mass recruiting companies visit the campus and you will be placed easily. It is important to maintain a good CGPA for better job prospects.