Heritage is a very good institute if pursuing CSE is your goal. If we talk about the ranking of the private institutes in West Bengal, then IEM (Institute of Engineering and Management) is the best in the state, followed by Heritage Institute of Technology. Techno India Salt Lake is third in the ranking.

• Heritage Institute of Technology will give you a lot of opportunities. 
• The coders in the institute can compete with some of the best in the country. 
• The environment of the place is also very good. 
• It is superior in terms of management, labs, infrastructure, faculty, labs, etc.

The companies that visit the institute are Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, Capgemini, Oracle, etc. TCS is the biggest recruiter of students graduating from Heritage.

The only deciding factor whether you will get a seat at Heritage Institute of Technology through WBJEE solely depends on your score JEE Mains scorecard.

Here is the first round cut-off 2021 for Heritage Institute of Technology. 

This should give you an idea about the cutoff required at the Heritage Institute of Technology. 

Before making a decision on what college you want to get admitted to there are some factors that must be kept in mind: the quality of academics and faculty, extra-curricular activities, the record of recent placements.

1. In the Heritage Institute of Technology, the head of the department barely ever engaged in any interaction with the students and never had a say in any matter. 
2. The quality of the faculty members is not good. There are exceptions but most of them lack knowledge so they are of not much help.
3. No events involving extra-curricular activities take place on the campus.
4. Talking about the placements, the average salary package is only around INR 3-4 LPA. Companies like Wipro and TCS visit the campus but the job roles offered are not good. 

There are far better options such as IEM and Techno India. Heritage is an overhyped institute. Also, look for institutes that are not in Kolkata if you want better exposure.

Heritage Institute of Technology is one of the most prominent institutions in West Bengal. Being spread in a vast area it has got on-campus accommodation for its students. There are a total of 4 hostels for boys and 6 hostels are for girls on-campus.

Following are the basic amenities offered at these:

• Meals are provided 3 times a day. You can make your own mini-meals.
• Facilities such as High-Speed Internet connectivity via Wi-Fi and/or LAN 
• Access to sporting and recreational zones.

Apart from this, you will also be able to find a few off-campus housing properties: 

• Private Housing: These are similar to on-campus housing facilities. The rooms are offered on a twin or triple sharing basis including food and internet. The rent for these rooms can range from INR 5000-5500. The names for few such hostels are M.B Hostel, Saraswati Hostel, And Vivekananda Hostel.
• Shared Housing: For such rooms, you might have to share the rooms with 3-4 students. You have to arrange your own facilities. The rent will vary depending on the facilities available ranging from INR 3000-8000 per person.

All are equally beneficial. On-campus students however have strict norms regarding timing, which is not the case for those living in off-campus housing.

Taking donation money depends on how many seats are available. The donation fee will be high for the streams that have a lot of demand.

However, if there are seats that are vacant, you can try spot counseling and you will not be charged at all for this except for the fee required for admission.

The money that you might be asked to pay can vary depending on the financial situation of the candidates. Getting in touch with the management facility will help you in getting a clear idea. Keep in mind, however, that people who opted for the management quota had to pay huge amounts of money.

Almost 10% of the seats were kept aside for management quota candidates and they are given on the basis of ‘first come first’. Some people got admitted without paying anything at all except for the admission fee and some had to pay huge amounts of money to get in.

Another thing about getting admission through quota is you may lag behind your peers. Even if you do get admission, a lot depends on you as well.

The amount keeps changing every year. There is no fixed amount.

Nowadays, the college follows a system of seat-booking whereby you can book a seat if you are not quite sure about your admission to any college. You will have to pay a certain amount specified by the college and your seat will be booked in the stream that you want to opt for if you join the college.

The system is a little different and it is not exactly like the management quota in other colleges. The amount that you have to pay depends on which branch you want to opt for. The more demanding the branch, the more the amount of donation. For example, branches like Computer Science or Electronics are charged more than branches like Applied Instrumentation or Biotechnology.

I would recommend you book a seat and later decide whether you want to join or not. This will cost you less. But, you will have to decide within a short span of time otherwise the authority will move the list and give admission to a lower-ranked individual.

Depending upon the cut-off as is followed by the institute, you can predict the branch you are most likely to secure admission in. Besides, you should apply for the WBJEE counseling as well, which is to say, it will be accessible through JEE Main itself. The application is based both on an online and offline mode.

Here is a breakdown of the WBJEE cut off as per what was followed by the Heritage Institute of Technology from 2019 to 2021.

Based upon the following criteria, it is best that you research more about the latest cut-off for the branch you are about to apply for.

Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT) Kolkata, affiliated with MAUKAT, is ranked 154th in the NIRF Ranking 2020 for engineering colleges in India. According to some of my friends studying there, it is a really good institute.

• The college offers decent placements to students depending on their grade points. 
• The students hit above the 8.5-grade points, every company in the campus placement will hire them. 
• The top recruiters include TCS, IBM, Cognizant, Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, etc. 
• Most of the recruiters are giant software companies. So, there are fewer core recruiters for other branches.
• The core Chemical Engineering companies include Linde India Limited, Phillips Carbon Black, Berger Paints, VA Tech Wabag, Haldia Petrochemicals, Wacker, TATA Chemicals, Rene Leather, Star Cements, Himadri Chemicals, etc.
• HPL, PCBL, Berger paint generally offer packages of about 4.5-6 LPA.
• Many Heritage graduates are working in PSUs like IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, NFL, SAIL and other Government organisations like BARC, DRDO etc.

According to the past statistics of the institute, the following are the placement percentage of each branch.

As per the above, ECE and CSE are the best branches in terms of placements. But you can opt for the department which interests you, because overall the placements of Heritage Institute of Technology is really good.

To take admission through the counseling round in Heritage Institute of Technology the student must bring certain documents for identity verification and verification of the submitted documents during the online filling of the application. 

The documents include: -

• Admit Card
• Score Card of the exam
• The seat allotment number
• Medical certificates if any
• Signed affidavit for anti-ragging in the institute.
• Mark sheet of class 12th result from CBSE or any equivalent board.
• Mark sheet of class 10th result for verification of date of birth.
• Some governments provided documents like Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Driver’s license, or Voter ID Card.

Therefore these are the documents required for admission to the Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT) Kolkata.

Well, I cannot say whether the decision you took is right or wrong because if you have taken the decision you have given certain thought and time into it. 

Very few have the guts to leave a premier institute like IIEST and join Heritage. If you changed institute because you wanted to change your branch there but you couldn’t, then you made the right choice. 

If you’re interested in higher studies after B.Tech then Heritage does offer good opportunities. ECE has huge scopes. Coming to Heritage, ECE faculty and labs are very good, the teachers will guide you in the best possible way to help you pursue your dreams. One of my friends left civil at NIT, Durgapur for ECE here. Heritage has a decent placement record. According to the recent placement highlights the average CTC offered is 4 LPA. 

If you’re interested in higher studies, then choosing the branch you are passionate about is always a better option than choosing a good institute.