How is the chemical engineering program at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata? Please provide details about the infrastructure and faculty members.

I can assist you with the latest scenario of Chemical Engineering at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata.

Curriculum:

• Being an autonomous institute, the curriculum is pretty up-to-date. Though subjects such as Petroleum Refinery Engineering, Piping, etc are missing
• As the institute is new, you can see the slightest change in the syllabus over a timely basis.

Faculty:

• Maximum teaching faculties have done their Ph.D. from reputed institutes and some even have exceptional teaching qualities.
• There are few, who are willing to put in extra efforts for sincere students and guide them whenever possible.

Labs:

• Almost all labs do not have a sufficient number of apparatus which leads to students performing experiments in groups.
• But still, the labs are pretty much sufficient and enough to clear your basic idea about the subject.
• Computer Labs lack modern softwares such as Aspen, ChemCAD, etc. but recently they have started introducing FLUENT and COMSOL, MATLAB, and AUTOCAD.

Research Facility:

• You won’t see much research happening here due to a lack of infrastructure.
• The project lab is not very well equipped but if want do some project you are guided by the faculty.

Placements:

• Companies like Linde, Phillips Carbon Black Ltd., Haldia Petrochemicals, and Voith Paper recruit regularly.
• There is a good aura for someone who’s aspiring to crack GATE to get into some PSU and also, who wants to pursue higher studies both in India as well as abroad.

Ultimately it totally depends on you and how you use the resources provided to you for your benefit and how you seize the opportunities which come to you.