The Electronic and Telecommunication (ETC) department of IIEST, Shibpur is held in high regard in India. Having my friend study there, I got to know the good and bad of the ETC department at IIEST Shibpur. These are some of the things I got to know from her - 

• The faculty of the Electronic and Telecommunication (ETC) department is occupied entirely by the highly qualified professors who hold Doctorates from supremely reputed universities.
• Besides students being under great educational expertise, the placement rates of this department is seen to cross 90%, which certainly appears to be pretty commendable in terms of industrial independence. 
• IIEST is widely known to be a Pioneer in Engineering education for the last few decades and has been the first to establish an IIT in India at Kharagpur. 
• Besides being one of the best institutes for engineering, IIEST has gifted many World Leaders in Electronics, such as Dr. Bimal Kr. Bose who also is "World Leader in Power Electronics" in the USA. 
• IIEST Shibpur has gifted Four Directors of the oldest leading IITs, Director of SPA /DTU / VCs of JU / SRMU/ WBUT among others. Not to forget, the current Directors of IIT Kanpur and IIT Guwahati are its alumni. Recently Dr. Ajay Roy alumnus from ETC Department was conferred "Padma Shri" by the Govt. of India for his contribution to Engineering Education.

From the facts mentioned above and many more, it is absolutely clear that the ETC department of the IIEST Shibpur is definitely one of those departments which stands out from the crowd and hence is one of the most unique in the country.

In addition to this, there are various students who have got many opportunities in numerous internship programs from leading companies and institutions from in and out of INDIA.

Besides, as a matter of judgement, IIEST can be based on the Higher cut offs that can range anything from between 4,000 to 17,000 as is concerned of the home state.

The foremost and unfortunate thing that you being a day scholar of IIEST should know is that you are missing a lot on the most important part of college life.

And if you have planned to be a day scholar throughout college life, then you surely are going to regret this because hostel life is the most beautiful part of your engineering journey.

My best friend is currently a hosteller at IIEST Shibpur and according to him the biggest secret to real college life at IIEST begins at the end of your hectic lectures and labs. But if you are a day scholar, you’ll already be on your bus journey to your home and that’s it.

There are millions of ways for you to build your 4 or 5 years engineering career in the most enjoyable way but if you are a hosteller, then you can architect the life you are building according to your wish.

My friend and his peers believe the most enjoyable and incomparable part of college is spent within the boundaries of the college itself. And these are the boundaries within which there is no boundary to your fun and craziness which you won’t get to experience ever after.

Also, there are a lot of clubs in IIEST SHIBPUR like Litsoc, Robotics, CodeIIEST, etc. and the sessions for all the clubs are scheduled after classes i.e. after 5 pm. In case you want to indulge yourself in any of the club's activities seriously, you are supposed to attend the meetings and sessions which is not really impossible for day scholars but may seem a problematic task if your home is far from college.

Regarding the buses from B.garden, you will come to know the details in 2 days only because it’s easy to find the way home back.

All in all, don’t miss any chance of fun because this time will not come again.

If you are trying for CSE branch then you should expect a CGPA between 9.10-9.3. But this CGPA may vary as well. You should have a word had in the 1st semester so that there is no problem while changing to any branch. You should also analyze the competition level in the college as well so that you can predict the CGPA for this. 

At IIEST Shibpur there are fixed number of seats which needs to be filled by the students of other branches like in the case of CS and IT they allow up to 4 students while in the case of ETC they take up to 2 students. The eligibility for changing the branch is done by your CGPA and applications are usually accepted after the third week of July i.e. right after the starting of third semester.

Lot of applications are there and it depends upon your CGPA which branch you will be allocated. If you have a good CGPA then you will have more chances for getting your preferred branch.

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.