BP Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata

Both the Heritage Institute of Technology and BP Poddar Institute of Management and Technology are technical colleges affiliated to the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), West Bengal. 

Before deciding which is better, let us first understand each college’s pros and cons.

Pros

Heritage Institute of Technology 

• Huge campus, serene environment, great infrastructure, great area for hangouts
• Good faculty and plenty of options to choose your specialization
• Good placements. There is a high probability that you will end up in TCS

BP Poddar Institute of Management and Technology

• Situated closer to the airport and has multiple transportation options
• Haldiram’s, Eco Park, CC2, and many other outdoor options are present
• Placements are decent and many companies such as EY, Bosch visit here for campus placements
• Ragging is completely absent with some minor “intro” or some small tasks

Cons

Heritage Institute of Technology

• The location is the biggest problem as you will not find any public transport nearby. You will have to walk miles to get a small cigarette shop. And forget about dining options and restaurants nearby.

BP Poddar Institute of Management and Technology

• The faculty are decent but you will need the help of lab assistants more often than the professors
• Fests and other celebrations are not as prevalent as other campuses
• The canteen is very small
• Infrastructure is very limited with no playground, no auditorium, and no grand construction
• Uniform is compulsory

Both are equally good colleges and ultimately you will be getting the certificate from the same university with almost the same level of teaching. You will get around a 15% chance of getting a job in a core sector company. So decide for yourself what you want looking at the pros and cons of both the colleges.

Heritage would be far better for your career than B.P.Poddar, in terms of educational facilities and campus infrastructure. The environment is good and the members of the faculty are helpful and nice. 

I have visited both of these colleges and am familiar with them. If you want to have a fantastic college experience, Heritage would prove to be the best choice for you.

It could be a bit pricey if you use Management Quota. However, HIT offers good placement for CSE. In the recent placement drive, the average CTC offered at the institute was 4 LPA and the highest was 16 LPA. 

The Electrical branch at Asansol Engineering College offers BTech and MTech programs under the aegis of R Sarkar with 18 years of experience in the teaching field. Similarly, over 75% of faculty members in the Electrical Engineering department at B.P. Poddar Institute of Management has more than 10 years of experience. The faculty members at AEC regularly go through Faculty Development Programs, Conferences, Workshops, and Research initiatives.

Here's a tabular overview of both the institutes:

Other important factors to be considered are as follows:

Admission Requirements

• Candidates seeking admission to the B-Tech Degree at Asansol Engineering College should have a minimum aggregate of 45% marks in Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry.
• A suitable rank in WB JEE or JEE Mains must be submitted as well.
• Candidates seeking admission to the 1st year MTech should have completed B.Tech or M.Sc and qualified the WBUT PGET as well.
• Students at BP Poddar Institute of Management need to submit 50% marks in 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Maths and should also qualify the WBJEE or JEE Main with the score required.

Infrastructure

• The electrical branch at BP Poddar Institute of Management has 10 equipped labs including the Power System Lab; Electrical and Electronics Lab; and the Electrical Machine Lab.
• Industrial visits have been organized in 2020 by L&T Switch Gear Training Centre; CESC Ltd, and CTS on Marketing in COVID 19 World, Logistics, and Supply chain management in Corona Era, Industry and International Faculty Development program, etc.
• Asansol Engineering College has a Central Library, 3 seminar rooms, and a computation lab with 30 computers.

Placement facts

• In 2019, the highest package of INR 6.5 LPA was offered by Persistent Systems to BTech students.
• The top recruiters from the Electrical Branch at BP Poddar Institute are Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, BYJU's, etc.
• In 2019, the average placement rate of the department was 80% with the highest salary offered to be INR 10 LPA. In 2017, placements were held at Techno lake Kolkata.

Both the colleges have a good placement rate of their Electrical branches and have all contemporary infrastructural facilities available as labs and industry-oriented workshop spaces. Students may choose according to resource utilization and future prospects.

BP Poddar is affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) and is approved by AICTE. It is ranked 201 for BTech by NIRF 2020. Each department has a student intake of 120 students.

Asansol Engineering College is a self financed institute and is affiliated to MAKAUT. It is approved by AICTE. They have 3000 students and 200 faculty members and lab assistants. The faculty members are highly qualified in their respective fields.

Admission Requirements 

• Students should have 45-50% in their 10+2 to be eligible for application.
• Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics should be the compulsory subjects.
• Students have to take the WBJEE or JEE Main entrance examination.
• Selection will be merit based on the entrance examination.

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institutes:

Placements 

BP Poddar 

• • The college offers services like career exploration, work readiness, career planning, career counseling, skill development, identification of employment opportunities, job placements and ongoing support.
  • On site and In house training are also provided to students.

• The top recruiting companies for IT are Deloitte, Wipro, Infosys, IBM, TCS, Accenture, HCL, Adobe, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, etc.

Asansol Engineering College

• 350 job offers were made and a total of 165 students were placed.
• The top recruiting companies for IT are Deloitte, TCS, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Wipro, Infosys, IBM, Accenture, HCL, Adobe, etc.

Facilities 

BP Poddar 

• Their central facilities include a library, language lab, computer facilities, sports and games facilities, cafeteria and healthcare facilities.
• They have both AC and Non-AC hostels. 
• The boys hostel can accommodate 125 students and the girls hostel can accommodate 110 students.

Asansol Engineering College

• They have a central library and 6 departmental libraries.
• The college offers 3 boys and 2 girls hostels with basic amenities and recreational facilities.
• They have a Gym with Modern equipment and machines.
• They have a well maintained, hygienic and airy cafeteria.

Students graduating with IT can work as Cloud Architect, Cloud Consultant, Computer and Information Research Scientist, Computer Network Architect, Network Engineer, IT Analyst, Customer Support, IT Support, Date Quality Manager, Information Security Expert, Mobile App Developer, Programmer or Coder, Software Engineer, Frontend Developer and Web Developer. Both the colleges have good reputation among students and professionals.

Out of the two private engineering colleges, Heritage Institute of Technology and BP Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, the former is better in everything. Whether it is the quality of study, faculty, and placement record, infrastructure, academics, or any other factors, Heritage Institute of Technology is the best private engineering college in Kolkata. Here is a brief overview of the Heritage Institute of Technology.

So, given the choice between Heritage Institute of Technology and BP Poddar of Management and Technology, go for the former.