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What are some do's and dont's at IEM Kolkata ?

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Aakash Roy Posted On : February 19th, 2021
B.Tech. Computer Science, Institute of Engineering and Management (2018)

My sister graduated from IEM Kolkata in June 2016 and she is now working as a consultant at KPMG. She shared some of her experiences and the basic do’s and don'ts she followed while studying there.

  • IEM Kolkata is very strict with its college timings and the students have to be very punctual. She suggested that they must reach college before 9:10 AM as the morning assembly starts at that time. Or else they can enter the college only after lunch time which starts at 12:20 PM. 
  • All the students must maintain attendance of minimum 80%. This is very important as students will be prohibited from giving exams with lower percentages of attendance. 
  • The students should submit all their projects, assignments and reports to their respective professors on time to maintain a good image in the college. This can be very crucial while getting internal marks which increases the overall marks in final exams. 
  • The students must be able to build a good relation with their professors. This can help a lot in the long term to get many information about higher studies and their recommendations helps a lot in deciding the right college or career for our future.

Maintaining good grades is very important because students with lower grades are considered not capable enough for placements in top popular companies. They can sit for placements at non IT companies though. Students with lower grades don't get good opportunities in the college so one must maintain above average grade in his/her subjects, to secure a placement or even opt for higher studies.

The top recruiting companies that participate in their placement program include, Google, Microsoft, Accenture, Capgemini, L&T, Wipro, TCS, Mindtree and many more.

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Should I prefer IEM Kolkata IT or Heritage institute technology ECE?

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Devdeep Banerjee Posted On : June 15th, 2022
B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata

IEM Kolkata IT will be comparably better. Although IEM has pretty strict rules in place, it offers better opportunities in terms of academics and placements. According to the stats of recent IEM placements, each year around 90% of students get placed each year from IT. The highest CTC for the branch is INR 40 LPA. 

Heritage Institute of Technology is a good option, if you want to pursue research or MS, further. 

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What is the dress code at IEM Kolkata?

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Khushi Chitra Posted On : April 12th, 2021
B. Com at Delhi university

My brother is from IEM Kolkata, so, I can help you with this. The dress code is as follows.

  • Grey trousers and a white shirt with the IEM monogram on the pocket.
  • Dark navy blue tie (Optional for general days)
  • Black shoes (any sneakers with a decent color are also acceptable but no chappals).
  • It has an official blazer for winter, but you are free to wear any sweater or jacket you want.
  • Kito shoes are also permitted on rainy days.
  • They now have IEM bags and belts as well.

The dress code at IEM is very strict. You must maintain that from first to final year.

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Which engineering college is better, northeastern NITs, IEM Kolkata, or KGEC?

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Ritambhar Roy Chowdhury Posted On : April 16th, 2021
Studied M.Tech in Civil Engineering at IEM Kolkata (2019)

When choosing an engineering college, it is always somewhat better to have your options, but at the same time, stick to government-run institutes. That clarifies most of the issues here. NIT Silchar and NIT Tripura are both prominent institutes to choose from. 

Few others, unlike them, are mostly on the higher lists of popularity because they have their name inculcated as NIT. However, you should never feel left out if in any case you do not get acknowledged on grounds of NIT. The other best possible option, just second to NIT, is KGEC. 

Although, there is a short list of people who actually end up recommending any private institutes in lands of West Bengal.

If you anyhow need to get enrolled in any of the private institutions, then going to institutes that are deemed well known, such as SRM, KIIT, Manipal can be some other good options from your pocket.

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NITs (North-Eastern)

IEM Kolkata

KGEC

Course Fee (approx.)

5.42 lakhs

5.83 lakhs

1.06 lakhs

Placement Percentage (overall)

60-75%

85%

70-80%

Highest CTC

23 LPA

20 LPA

15 LPA

Average CTC

7.8 LPA

9 LPA

5 LPA

Recruiting Companies

Tech Mahindra, Amazon, TCS, Microsoft, Infosys, etc.

Byju's, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Airbus etc.

TCS, EY, Amazon, Accenture, Wipro, etc.

If not any of them, then choose going to COMEDK or try enrolling in other renowned private colleges in Bangalore, some of which are RV College of Engineering, PES Institute of Technology, BMS College of Engineering and MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology.

There is another information yet to share which is, unlike BITS-Pilani, BIT-Mesra and MIT-Manipal,IEM is known to admit various students through management quota which is rather not the case for many other prestigious private engineering institutes.

But, as mentioned earlier, getting to choose from a handful of governmental institutes are better than the latter. However, options other than those few are opened as well.

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Which branch is best for IEM Kolkata?

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Rajashree Ghosh Posted On : February 17th, 2021
Studied at Institute of Engineering and Management (2011)

IEM is best for its non-core (CSE/IT/ETC/ECE) placements comparatively that of core ones (CIVIL/MECHANICAL/ ELECTRICAL). Situated in the heart of the IT sector business area the companies visiting the campus for recruitment are mainly software companies.

  • Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE) is the best branch in IEM. This I can say on the basis of closing rank for ECE which is generally the lowest when compared to other branches in IEM.
  • Technically, one should think and then go for choosing streams. Because, you never know whether your true potential lies with ECE or in any other stream.
  • Also, the other factor is that the recruitment which happens in IEM highly favors CSE and IT students, as most of the companies visiting the campus are IT companies or Tech startups.
  • IEM Kolkata is one of the best colleges and offers quality education. The faculty members for ECE are the best as compared to other core branches.
  • You can get easily placed if you pursue this branch.
  • However, if ECE is not your choice then, you can go with other branches as well. Whatever you are interested in, you should keep your firm choice.

The IT sector has seen a slump, the core placement doesn’t reach up to the mark. But, if you do choose electrical you may have an extra opportunity to sit in both the core and non-core.

  • Moreover, IEM is quite critical with its Electrical engineers and does hold a separate placement arrangement for Electrical students.
  •  Also, faculties are fine and IEM has improved its labs and faculty has strengthened all its branches slowly and gradually.
  • Overall you may judge it yourself based on the above points.

But choosing a branch totally depends upon you. If you really like CS or IT there is no reason to not to choose IEM; or any other branch you like. After all, it’s you who is going to adapt the particular field and enhance yourself in it in four years of time.

  • If you are interested in programming and have secured the required cut-off rank then go for CSE stream else go for ECE. But if your rank is not good enough to join the first two then go for IT stream.
  • Moreover, after the first year you can switch into the branch you like by just getting the cgpa around 8-9, which you have to do to enroll in the branch you think you can do well.

I sincerely hope you take the right decision and choose the branch which is best for you and not go with the flow and take the branch which stats say is the best branch in IEM.

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Is BIT Mesra better than IEM, kolkata?

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Koyel Majumdar Posted On : April 20th, 2021
studied at Birla Institute of Technology (2019).

One of my friends was enrolled in this institute. She chose to study Chemical at BIT Mesra over ECE at IEM.

Through her 4 years of the course, she concluded BIT being better in nearly every aspect from academics, placements, extracurriculars, infrastructure, sports and ends finally at the reputation of the overall institute. Thus, it sums up your choice.

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BIT Mesra

IEM Kolkata

Course Fee

12.32 lakh

5.83 lakh

Placement Percentage

80-90%

90%

Highest CTC

20-25 LPA

20 LPA

Average CTC

8-12 LPA

9 LPA

Recruiting Companies

ACC Limited, Adhunik, Airtel, Blue Star, etc.

TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Capgemini, Cognizant, IBM, NRI Fintech, Oracle, etc.

The only upper hand that IEM enjoys is the scores of CGPA a student obtains. That means, acquiring the best CGPA at IEM is quite a lot easier than what is at BIT. The second point of difference between the two of them is that IEM, when considered its location, is situated in Salt Lake, Kolkata, and is much better developed than Mesra, which in total is 16 KMs from Ranchi. These are the only points of difference as known.

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Which is a better option IT at IIEST Shibpur or CSE at IEM?

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Dipayan Chaterjee Posted On : September 14th, 2020
B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Management (2021)

Being a central university and highly popular national university of importance, IIEST Shibpur not only attracts the best faculty from across the country but also receives funding from the central government on a yearly basis which helps the university maintain its infrastructure, upgrade to the latest trends in the world and better their services. IEM is a private university with a NIRF ranking of 191 in 2020.

  • Placement Services: Considering placements are the most important deciding factor to understand the scope of an institution, let us have a look at the placement facilities across the two academic universities:

Particulars

IIEST Shibpur

IEM Kolkata

Number of Companies

90+

50+

Average CTC offered

6.5 LPA

5 LPA

Highest CTC offered

39.12 LPA

10 LPA

Placement Rate

88%

75%

  • Crowd: IIEST attracts students from all across the country due to its national importance and is the second oldest engineering college in India. IEM on the other hand being a private university does not see diversity among students and is not very popular as compared to IIEST.
  • Campus: The infrastructure of both colleges are very different from each other. IIEST is known for its beautiful huge academic buildings, library, sports complex, and research labs. IEM, on the other hand, has a relatively small campus that offers hostel facilities, a cafeteria, a library, and an auditorium.
  • Alumni: The alumni network at IIEST is unbeatable with world leaders like Dr. Bimal Bose, Leader in Power Electronics, and Dr. Kajal Gupta, Chief Technologist at NASA. IEM does not have a notable list of alumni considering it is not very popular amongst the masses.

Hence, if students have a good JEE score and are eligible to get into IIEST, it would be advisable to do so instead of choosing a private institution such as IEM- based on the factors mentioned above.

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Which is a better option, IT IIEST Shibpur or CSE at IEM?

Sabeer Chalana Posted On : October 18th, 2023

Here is some information to assist you in choice-making-

Snapdeal, Amazon, Google, etc. visit IIEST Shibpur and offer equal placement opportunities to both IT and CSE students. My roommate from IT got into Snapdeal through campus placement. 

IEM isn’t a well-known college. It is a local college unlike IIEST, which is an institute of national importance. The campus size of IEM is very small. Big companies don’t usually visit small colleges like IEM. 

The college tag has a value of its own. Besides, the opportunities and exposure offered by IIEST are immense. 

Thus, I would recommend you opt for IT at IIEST Shibpur. 

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How would you rank the following colleges: IEM Heritage Institute of Tech Kalyani and Jalpaiguri?

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Aaditya Hari Nair Posted On : September 14th, 2021

As I know some people from these institutes you mentioned above, it will be clearer to base their ideas upon the rankings on different factors. 

In terms of Academic Credentials and Research works:

  • Kalyani Government Engineering College will be my first choice. It is a Government-run College bestowed with some great Professors.
  • Heritage Institute of Technology will be 2nd, as it also has some of the most influential professors. It is an autonomous institute. 
  • This will be followed by Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College.
  • Finally, the Institute of Engineering and Management, as there have been reports of faculty shortage.

In terms of Social life and Co-curricular Activities:

  • Heritage Institute of Technology tops this criteria. 
  • Whereas, Kalyani Government Engineering College is in the 2nd position.
  • Followed by Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College and IEM.

In terms of Locational merits and Infrastructure,

  • Heritage has one of the best infrastructures and is apparently only 10 mins from the major junction of Ruby Hospital or Desun Square.
  • IEM also has established both the criteria really well, yet it somehow gets difficult for South Kolkata students.
  • They are followed by Kalyani Government Engineering College and Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College.

In terms of Placement Scenario,

  • Institute of Engineering and Management and Heritage Institute of Technology are the same in terms of their placement drives.
  • Followed by Kalyani Government Engineering College and Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College

In terms of Affordability: (Fees, Accommodation, Miscellaneous Expenses)

  • Kalyani Government Engineering College
  • Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College
  • Institute of Engineering and Management and finally,
  • Heritage Institute of Technology

Hope this layer to layer breakdown has helped you gain some insight about the question you asked. 

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Should I prefer IT in IEM Kolkata or CSE in JGEC?

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Ushashi Sinha Posted On : June 2nd, 2021
Electronics and Comm. Engg. final year

The advantage IEM Kolkata holds over JGEC is its geographical location.

Winner

If you are inclined towards government institutes, JGEC is the clear winner. But, if you are looking for the best institute, IEM is taking home the trophy.

The reasons are below.

  • IEM provides a better educational environment to the students. 
  • IEM offers better counseling. Students may get a chance to sit in the interviews of one or more renowned IT companies, whereas JGEC doesn’t provide such a chance. There are rare chances to get other placements after getting a job.
  • IEM gets the location advantage as it is in the heart of the eastern IT hub, Kolkata.
  • The syllabus of IT and CSE is 95% similar. Therefore, there will not be any major difference between the two fields.
  • IEM has also won many titles like “Jewel of the East” by Telegraph, and “Picture Perfect” by ABP Group. It has achieved the best institute of India in Star News Award.
  • The admission is based on WBJEE scores.
  • It has facilities like boys’ and girls’ hostels, a playground, different buildings for different courses, and more.

The placement figures of IEM are:

Average Package

INR 4 LPA

Highest Package

INR 32 LPA

To conclude, IEM is the better choice. The fee of JGEC is less, but IEM offers better placements.

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