In the world ranking of universities the Indian university could not grab the ranking of top 200 universities. Then the government decided to develop the ‘Institution of Eminence in India’ (IoE). After that it was decided that the Institution should get accreditation from UGC for working in India. UGC has also stated that it will develop a regulatory architecture for public and private institutions so that they will become world class training and research institutions.

A total of top 10 government institutions are selected as Institution of eminence. These institutions can be a mix of arts, management and technical institutions. Top 50 are selected for the national institution ranking framework and Top 500 is selected for internationally recognized rankings.

Following institutions are eligible for Institution of eminence rankings:

1. Central universities.
2. Government owned and controlled deemed to be universities.
3. Institute of national importance like NITs and IITs.
4. Government owned standalone universities working under individual MOAs like IIM.
5. State universities are set up under a law made by a legislative university of a state.

IIEST Shibpur definitely has the chance of getting the Institute of Eminence tag but the competition is very tough as only few universities receive it. Institutions like IIT, NIIT, and IIM etc are also in the race.

VNIT, Nagpur and IIEST, Shibpur are two prime institutes of the nation and rank highly. Each has its own unique attractions and disadvantages. MME and ETC are highly demanded courses. While IIEST offers 64 seats for ETC, VNIT offers 115 seats for MME. NIRF has ranked IIEST at 21 whereas VNIT ranked at 27 among the NIRF Rankings

About the courses:

• ETC graduates can work in various government jobs and a variety of development centers dealing in sales, manufacture, and services of electronics & communication customer appliances.

• MME is a branch of engineering that is in huge demand. Metallurgical students can get placed in various research programs or the public and government sectors.

Admission:

• The admission to both institutes is done on the basis of rank secured in the national level entrance examination i.e. JEE Main.

• To be eligible for admission, one must secure 75% marks in aggregate in their intermediate graduation.

Placement Statistics

• IIEST: The highest package offered to IIEST students was INR 39.12 LPA. 61.9% of the ETC students were placed. Some major companies that recruit students from IIEST are Accenture, ICICI Bank, Cognizant, Microsoft, Maruti, and PWC.

• VNIT: The highest package offered in campus placements was 22 LPA. 50% of the MME students were placed in recruitments. Top recruiters at this institute include L&T ECC, Reliance Industries, Deloitte, JP Morgan, Aditya Birla Group.

Facilities

• IIEST: The institute offers facilities such as halls of residence, Library, Labs, Canteen, School, etc. It also provides medical facilities like hospitals and ambulances, sports and games clubs, and entrepreneurship activities.

• VNIT: Students are offered Hostels, Guesthouse, Gymnasium, Sports, Health Centre, and Library facilities within the 215 acres campus. There are clubs and community shops as well.

Students must compare both the programs and colleges carefully. The decision depends on an individual’s capabilities and expectations from college life.

Nowadays the colleges which are providing good campus placements with high salary packages are ranked higher than the colleges which are providing quality education. Colleges like VIT/BIT provide good campus placements but impose less focus on academics. They have hired placement officers who try to contact all types of recruiters through social network sites and then invite them for campus placements. 

Colleges like IISC Bangalore are considered as the best institute of Engineering even better than top IITs, not because of campus placements or providing higher compensation. It earned that reputation by providing quality education.

Placements nowadays are purely based on good networking with big corporations and recruiters and making them happy. This can only be done by the placement cell of the colleges. However, IIEST Shibpur is an institution that still only relies upon the quality of education that is imparted to students. 

Marketing has become an important aspect for the colleges. The colleges not only have to promote the college but they will have to market the students as well in order to get them good placements.

IIEST being a good quality institution has developed world leaders in engineering background. But it will also need to improve its marketing and networking strategies in order to provide better placements in the market. In the next 4 years competition will be fierce in the campus placements and the colleges will have to do the same in order to survive in the market.

Also, another fact that’s worth mentioning is that IIEST Shibpur is considered as an ‘Indian Institute’ and ‘Institute of National Importance’ now, for its contribution to the Engineering field of over 160 years. With this stature, placements are likely to improve as reputed IITs or NITs.

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.

In general, IIEST accepts admissions based on the JEE Main only. It does not accept WBJEE entrance exam scores and rankings. However, Jadavpur University accepts the WBJEE exam. So, if you scored 3,300 WBJEE rank. Then, you can apply for Jadavpur University.

Jadavpur University offers several engineering courses under the UG level and the college accepts WBJEE scores for admission. However, IIEST accepts only based on the JEE Main.

Cutoff for Jadavpur University:

Jadavpur University has a different cut-off ranking for various courses based on the category that you belong to. If you belong to the general category, then you might not get a seat in any of the engineering courses with the above ranking.

Usually, general category students should get at least 1000 or below 1000 rankings to enroll in Jadavpur University. If you belong to any other category, then you may get a seat in either ECE, production engineering, electrical, mechanical, metallurgical, or any other engineering program.

Here is the table that gives detailed information about the cut-off rankings of the various programs for Jadavpur University.

These are the latest cut-offs for various programs at Jadavpur University. However, each year the cut-off changes based on the toughness of the exam.

Also, the students score a minimum of 45% in their 10+2 academics. So, this is all about the courses and their cut-off rankings for Jadavpur University. Choose the course that best suits you based on your rankings.

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.

IIEST is accepting admissions only for BTech degree from 2017, and you will get an option to prolong with Dual Degree course or study only BTech.

IT is one of the finest Dual Degree Courses in this institute, considering both the placement statistics and academics.

Additionally, the IT department of IIEST has the best researchers. This department publishes approximately 3000+ research papers, as per NIRF 2016 counting. However, the research is conducted mainly from the areas of Signal Processing, ML, and core computing areas.

If you are considering placement, you must look at the following table, although there are many IITs and NITs who claim that they give better placement.

However, the IT students here get several esteemed internship opportunities in IIT KGP, GSoC, IIT M, IIT B, IIIT A, and Abroad. One of my friends told me that one of his batch mates (a 3rd-year student) got selected by Google to complete his internship in California (this type of opportunity is very hard to get, especially from a country like India).

Thus, it can be mentioned that IT is one of the promising streams to be studied from this institute that is IIEST.