If you are somehow not specific on what branch, then a rank up to 22,000 (other states) can be expected to safely accomplish a branch at IIEST, Shibpur. You require to obtain marks of about 150 - 160 in JEE Mains for that.

For home-state students, the closing cutoff is usually around 30000 in general. 

Cutoff: 

The recent cutoff trends at the institute are tabulated below.

My cousin’s JEE-Main score was 142, and the normalized score was 175. Since there is no normalization nowadays, a suggestion would be to work hard for the score. 

And, a score anywhere between 180 would give you a position in the stream of your choice, you can be confident about that. Hope this gave you an idea about the score required to take admission at IIEST Shibpur.

My friend is a volunteer of ICCHE and his experience has been overwhelming. He has been volunteering there for 1 year with little kids (around 40–50 in number). This student’s initiative has already reached heights in very little time. With the increasing number of these little buds, more and more volunteers are joining with full enthusiasm.

• It is basically an initiative to educate underprivileged kids. Their living condition is so poor that they don’t get enough to eat and lack proper clothing. Sometimes, the boundary of this college serves the purpose of one of the walls of their houses! Now you can imagine their plight.
• You will live your own childhood with these kids and 2 hours will truly rejoice you with new energy. 
• My friend enjoys volunteering but yes, sometimes it gets difficult to handle them as they hang on your shoulders or play among themselves. 
• One of his friends was teaching the alphabet and one kid was learning to pronounce it. He was telling speak ‘eu’ and kid was continuously telling ‘ui’, so sometimes it becomes annoying but funny to teach them a simple thing.
• You will be able to see their hidden talents once you organize singing and painting competitions. You will feel proud of yourself for the opportunities that you are providing them.
• Also, the kids are so sweet that they gave a surprise to the volunteer team by organizing Teacher’s day. It was a wonderful and mesmerizing moment for my friend and his peers. Now, they are like a family!

ICCHE tries to nurture them with love and care, which they perhaps lack in their daily life. After all, it’s not because of pity but because it’s a social responsibility to try to uplift them and convert them into assets rather than a liability of the nation.

IIEST Shibpur is known for its national importance and outstanding alumni network. Thapar Institute of engineering and technology is one of India’s leading private institutions with a NIRF ranking of 27 amongst top engineering colleges. Let us have a look at the difference between the two universities based on some important and relevant factors.

Admissions:

IIEST Shibpur- For BTech at IIEST Shibpur students are required to clear JEE mains and have a minimum of 45% in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 10+2, along with 30% in English. For the BTech program in CST, the JEE mains cut-off was at 9379 in 2019.

Thapar University- For CSE admissions at Thapar University, students must qualify JEE mains. The general rank cut-off was 915971 in 2019.

Fee Structure: Considering IIEST is a public university funded by the central government, the demanded fee structure is relatively low. Thapar University on the other hand is a private institution and therefore has a higher range of tuition fees.

• The total annual fee for BTech sums up to 1.36 lakhs.

• The total annual fee for BTech in CSE sums up 3.24 lakh.

Infrastructure: Being funded by the government, IIEST offers an updated experience in terms of technology but lacks modern infrastructure considering the college is nearly 160 years old. Thapar University is a private institution that has absolutely high-end and modern facilities all across its campus.

Placements:

IIEST Shibpur-

• In 2019, 72% of students got placed from the CSE branch in top companies.

• The average salary offered to the students of CSE is 6.5 LPA.

• The top recruiters that participate in the placement drive are TCS, Samsung, Infosys.

Thapar University-

• It has a consistent 90% placement rate over the years.

• The average salary offered is around 7 LPA.

• Major recruiters of CSE students are Amazon, Microsoft, JP Morgan.

As for which institute to choose, you should decide that depending on your preferences and requirements.

The answer to this question may help the student, as my sister was in this place just a year before. However, class notes are the best and real deal, and the students must follow class notes to understand the topic discussed in the class.

Chemistry

• Class notes are the best, but the students must collect notes from the different departments as well.
• My sister also followedCastellan for the Physical Chemistry part.

Computing and Programming

• There are numerous books for Logic Gates and Binary System.
• C programming course is the main course for this subject and you can follow Let us C for this course.

Basic Electronics Engineering

• The student must follow the Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Boylestad and Nashelsky for this subject. This book contains a number of solved problems.

Mathematics I

• For this, students can go for Higher Engineering Mathematics by B.S Grewal; this book is also helpful for the second year of study.
• Besides, the student can also follow A Textbook of Engineering Mathematics Volumes I, II, III, IV by Guruprasad Samanta from their first year to last year’s study.

Mechanics

• The class notes and the problem sheets are important for this subject and you should solve the problems thoroughly.
• Besides, they can follow the book with 4 authors, namely, Engineering Mechanics by S.Timoshenko, D H Young, J.V Rao and Sukumar Pati. 

Basic Electrical Engineering

• Besides regular class notes, the student can go for Basic Electrical Engineering by Abhijit Chakrabarti, Sudipta Nath and Chandan Kumar Chanda, and Basic Electrical Engineering by V.N Mittle and Arvind Mittal to get a good backup.

Mathematics II

• As it is mentioned in Mathematics I, the Vector Space chapter will be quite troublesome for the students. For Linear Algebra, they can follow the book written by Sheldon Axler.

Physics

• Students must go for B.K Guha's Degree Physics for Science and Engineering, as this book helps the student keep afloat.
• They can also follow Ajoy Ghatak for Optics¸, Schaum's Outline of Vector Analysis by Murray Spiegel and Seymour Lipschutz for Vector Algebra¸ Advanced Acoustics by D.P Ray Chaudhri for Acoustics.

From the above, it is cleared that class notes should be the first priority for every student; besides, they can take the book from Ramanujan Central Library. But, they have to be an early bird; otherwise, everything will be stocked out. Students can also find online PDFs for the study if they can’t buy books, as most of the books are expensive enough.

It’s been a few months since my brother graduated, and I think I can answer this question. Here are the few pros and cons of IIEST Shibpur. 

Cons:

• IIEST Shibpur is not that well-known among common people as compared to NITs and IITs. Most people don’t understand the brand value of the institute.
• Even if someone is aware of the institute, most are quite skeptical about its placements. As placement is one of the common factors for judging an institute. Whereas, most students of IIEST are interested in higher studies. 
• IIEST Shibpur became an Institute of National Importance quite recently, so it will need time to improve the infrastructure.

Pros:

• IIEST has a vast alumni network employed in higher ranks of reputed MNCs. You will have the advantage of that network.
• The academics are great and other than NIT Trichy the education quality is better than most of the NITs.
• Most students of IIEST choose to go for MTech at IITs or IISc Bangalore. Some even go for MS abroad. The faculties at IIEST are quite reputed and their LOR will definitely help you in getting admission for MS at international institutes.
• Even if you are not interested in pursuing higher studies or research you can get a decent placement offer from the institute if you work hard. Many reputed companies visit the campus placement. Some of the major recruiters at the institute are Microsoft, Google, Hyundai, Hindusthan Uniliver, L&T, etc.

Many students choose NITs because of the NIT tag but compared to most NITs IIEST is far better. You will definitely not regret choosing the institute.