The definition of “worth joining” is different for different students as per their different situations. 

For a home-state student:

• It is worth joining because he/she is getting one of the best and prestigious colleges in West Bengal. 
• The college is located in a prime location. It is a nearby home and the family members are aware of the college.

For the other-state student:

• It might turn out to be a good opportunity for the other state students. Here, many students who get a good score in JEE Main but fail to get a good percentage in boards end up getting rank in 20k. 
• IIEST Shibpur is new and not that popular in other states. Students from outside can join the college and get their chosen departments. 
• The main perk is the location and its ranking.

Many students regret joining the college, but with time their opinions changed. The reason is that they realize its brand name in West Bengal. Also, the college is slowly upgrading itself, and students see the growth taking place. Even the opportunities students get here are wide.

The Alumni network of this college is far better than any college. Even the companions are good. The placements are also improving.

Considering the placement stats after doing a lot of research, one thing is very clear that IIEST ends up with 100% placements every year among which 2-3 CSE/IT students get placed in top-notch companies like Google, Microsoft at an exorbitant compensation package as compares to average package figure of the institute. However, from an independent perspective, the average salary is still at the bottom-line if you consider other tiers 2 colleges. There are certain reasons for it such as:

Recognition:

This is one of the major reasons for such placement stats. Almost nobody outside West Bengal knows that there is an Engineering college name IIEST Shibpur and the same happens with the recruiters as well. People might ask you such questions like where is your college located. Which is this college? Etc.

Alumni Network: 

IIEST Shibpur does not have a very strong alumni base in the companies that can influence the companies to conduct any recruitment drive in the college.

Placement Cell:

Most of the students of IIEST Shibpur will agree to the fact that the institute really needs to work upon its existing placement coordination procedure.

Overall, the institute needs to work hard on their placement cells if they want to improve the placement stats. Then only there will be a scope that students of IIEST Shibpur will get some placements.

To answer this question, let’s consider the latest MHRD Ranking (2020) of all the engineering institutes. These scores/ranks are calculated based on various parameters which are as follows.

• Faculty
• Research Support
• Graduation outcomes
• Student demography
• Perception in various circles

MHRD Ranks and Scores 2020:

From the data table given above, one thing is quite clear that though old IITs rank above IIEST Shibpur ( that is quite evident), the new IITs are still struggling to rank higher. And there are 31 NITs in India, out of which only 3 ranked above IIEST, Shibpur. 

This is actually a very small margin. IIEST Shibpur stands equal to almost all the NITs. In the race to become the best, it requires a lot of effort and dedication. It is not an overnight jump, the institute must work upon it.

IIEST Shibpur is an excellent institute for courses in engineering, especially civil engineering. It is a well-established and well-known branch. There are several advantages of being in IIEST Shibpur and having a degree from the institute.

My brother has studied there and the points below are his experience at the institute: 

• There are excellent faculties in the Civil engineering department, except a couple of faculties who are not that great as evident from student reviews.
• There are innumerous projects and researches going on in the Civil engineering department at IIEST. The teachers and lecturers are excellent in their guidance for students interested in project works and show a lot of enthusiasm in the same.
• Above all, IIEST has gained central status a few years back, which ensures the development in research and teaching methodologies even further with time.

Therefore, Civil engineering at IIEST is definitely a great choice for students, maybe even better than NIT Raipur in certain areas.

The fees of IIEST Shibpur keep changing with time, and the present structure is published on the institute’s website accordingly. The present overall first-semester fee is Rs. 42,500, for M.Tech, which is broken into different fragments as stated below in the following table.

Key Highlights:

• The total first-semester fee includes a refundable caution deposit of Rs. 3000. For the other three semesters, the fee remains Rs. 39,400.
• There is a hostel fee of Rs. 1900, which is not mentioned in the fee breakup table.
• Other than the hostel fees, there is a variable mess fee of about Rs. 3500. There is also an extra annual mess fee of near about Rs. 4000-5000, which depends upon the expenditure.

This is the overall structure for the M.Tech fee in IIEST, Shibpur. Other than this, there are other expenses that depend upon the candidate’s way of living and standards.

IIEST, Shibpur formerly known as BESU is doing really well in all the departments. Whether it is about faculty or infrastructure it is growing steadily and gradually.

But as one wants to take a deeper look in comparing mechanical engineering, EE and ETC, let’s take a look on it:

• The research facility of the mechanical engineering department is quite decent and comparable with EE and ETC.
• It is even better at some aspects like it has research collaboration with some of the renowned foreign universities, some of the excellent facilities etc.
• When IIEST, Shibpur was known as BESU even then the mechanical engineering was considered to be the highest ranking department in one of these three departments.
• Also, one cannot forget to boast of tremendous alumni including a couple of directors of IITs.

• When it comes to placement, the mechanical engineering department has a decent placement record so far.
• ME and EE have almost equal numbers of core placements. And ETC has less core placements but the highest package is grabbed by ETC itself.
• The placement for mechanical engineering is really good though. Core companies such as Maruti Suzuki, CESC, Vedanta, coal India, Tata steel, Bridge and Roof, L&T, elegant marine services come on campus.
• So you can easily expect a very bright future of mechanical engineering graduates from IIEST SHIBPUR.
• After becoming an IIEST the placements have improved and after 5 years it will improve more.
• IIEST, Shibpur has always been known for its excellent core teachings. Also, it has one of the best and oldest labs in the country in EE and Mech which has been improved from time to time.

The college is very good for students interested in any of the three departments as mentioned. All the three mentioned departments are very good in IIEST. The thing that matters is your interest and will.

My sister was in the batch of (2014-18) at IIEST Shibpur. There were 84 students in her batch, 19 chose a dual degree, and about 60 students were eligible for placements. The major recruiters were M.N Dastur, ZS Associates, HSBC, CGI information systems and management consultants, etc. 

The recent placement highlights for Civil Engineering at the institute are as follows.

This is the placement scenario of the Civil branch at IIEST Shibpur. The number of students applied for placements also matters. Due to their training for GATE, ESE or CAT, etc, or simply the lack of interest in private work, there are a number of students who don’t appear willingly on-campus placement.