Which engineering college is better: Techno India Salt Lake Kolkata or Heritage Kolkata or IEM Kolkata or CGC Landran, Mohali, Chandigarh?

Techno India Salt Lake, Heritage Institute of Technology, IEM are engineering colleges situated in Kolkata, West Bengal whereas CGC Landran is situated in Chandigarh. To help you understand the difference between these colleges, salient features of each of them are mentioned below.

Techno India Salt Lake, Kolkata:

Techno India Salt Lake offers B.Tech, M.Tech, and MBA programs. It was ranked 149th out of the 200 private colleges in India for its B.Tech degree by India Today, 2020.

Admissions: It selects candidates based on their WBJEE or JEE Mains scores for BTech. Its fees are Rs.89,200/year and the total course is for 4 years.

Placements: Students are eligible for placements after their 7th semester.

• The average salary package is 4 lakh and the highest package offered is 15 lakh.

• Companies that come for campus recruitment are Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cisco, Persistence, Tek System, etc.

Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata:

Heritage Institute of Technology was ranked 154th out of the top 300 private colleges in India by NIRF Rankings, 2020. It also secured the rank of 120 out of the 200 private colleges in India, 2020 surveyed by India Today.

Admission: It accepts both WBJEE and JEE Mains test exam scores for BTech admission. its fees are 90,000 per year and the course is for 4 years.

Placements: A student needs to have a minimum GPA of 7.5 to sit for placements.

• The average salary package is around 3.5-7 lakhs.

• Companies like Wipro, Amazon, Microsoft, TCS, Cognizant, Nestle, Godrej, Byju’s, etc. visit HIT for campus recruitments.

• They also send their students for internship programs abroad to institutes like the New Jersey Institute of technology.

IEM Kolkata:

IEM was ranked 191st out of the 300 top private colleges in India by NIRF Rankings, 2020. This engineering and management college was also ranked 108th out of 191 colleges by "The Week" Survey of 2020. It offers B.Tech, M.Tech, and MBA programs.

Admission: It accepts both WBJEE and JEE Mains exam scores for BTech admission. The fees per year are Rs.81,200 for 4 years.

Placement:

• The companies which came for recruitments are TCS, Wipro, Capgemini, Cognizant, Infosys, Deloitte, Sap Labs, etc.

• The highest salary package offered was around 10 LPA and the average salary package was around 5-6 LPA.

• Students are allowed to do internships in any company of their choice.

CGC Landran:

CGC Landran was ranked in the band of 201-250 according to the NIRF rankings of 2020. This college was also assigned the 52nd position out of the 75 colleges surveyed by the Chronicle in 2019. It offers both B. Tech and M.Tech courses.

Admission: The admission to BTech is made through JEE Main scores. Its fee structure is around Rs.92,000 per year.

Scholarships: Scholarships are awarded to deserving students based on their academic records

Placements:

• Multiple organizations including Amazon, Direct I, Infosys, IBM, TCS, etc. come for campus recruitments.

• Around 80% of students get placed every year.

• It offers an average salary package of 8-9 LPA.

Moreover, all the colleges have high placement rates with near about similar salary packages offered. Except for CGC Landran, all the colleges are in West Bengal so the student can decide based on their ease of accessibility to the desired college.