The Heritage Experience

The curriculum is inclined as per AICTE and is designed under MAKAUT, but the autonomy in this institute is what makes the curriculum somewhat flexible accordingly. It is designed such that it will make you deserving enough to compete in the real world and also maintains the standard to opt for further course in as well as outside India. However, there can be some changes like including maths for higher no. of semesters as it is highly demanded for higher studies,along with that the time spent on the core subjects can also be increased so that a student can focus on his/her domain and actually get something of worth out of it.

The companies like TCS, Accenture, Infosys, IBM provide internship opportunities for the students here these are also among the major recruiters from HIT. They offer a stipend of around 12-14k per month for the internship period.

After the 6th sem, the students are eligible to go for campus placements which are offered by companies like Cognizant ,Wipro, Infosys ,Microsoft, HCL are some major companies which recruit around 100-120 students every year. The average package offered by these companies is around 6-7 LPA and the highest is around 12-13LPA on campus, the current record comprises 89% placements from overall branches. As of now, I have planned to target certain companies otherwise, I am most likely to go for my masters through the GATE exam.

The fee is Rs 97,500 for admission in the 1st sem and the remaining semesters 2 to 8 have a fees of Rs69,500 each,so the overall fee is a constant amount. The following contributes the admission fees,development fees and lab fees, however yyou are required to pay an amount of Rs 1200 each semester for university exam admit card. The fee structure is similar for the other branches of HIT which includes specialisation branches of CSE,ECE,EE and MECH. No scholarships are offered by the college, however direct scholarships can be applied outside the college

There are certain fests held every year like Prothoma (Durga Puja), Aetheria (cultural fest), HackHeritage (hackathon),etc. The library has a wide range of books on every domain and other than that there are novels, self help books, competitive exam books, etc. and the classrooms are well furnished and with proper lighting, digital boards, green boards. Sports facilities available on the campus include football ,cricket, badminton, volleyball , archery and have their respective clubs. Most of the clubs in the institute are student run clubs like Anubhuti ( theatre club), DEBSOC (debating society), GDG (google dev groups), Robotics club, etc.

The hostel rooms are spacious enough, most of the rooms are 2 bed sharing rooms which charge around Rs7500-8000 monthly, which includes the facilities of running water, sanitation, geysers,etc. But the electricity facility in the area is not so good, power cuts are a problem for around 8-10 hrs somedays. The food quality is good enough but not when you are a picky eater, the hostel food timings are: 9 a.m.- breakfast 12-1 p.m.- lunch 8-10p.m.-dinner The hostels take some amount before alloting the room as security deposit which is around Rs 10,000 and rent after that. The security money is valid for 11 months and after that the money will be returned if not used prior. The charges of these hostels can be termed as student friendly. Rooms are also available in the area where the expenditure on rent goes down per head but other costs are comprised like groceries, daily use products, etc.

Apart from HIT I have also applied for Techno Main and received the confirmation for admission but on coparing the infrastructure, placements and college rankings ,I have found HIT to be the better one. Also ,I have applied for JU and CU under the same WBJEE, but could not make into it because of high cutoffs for these universities. The admission is done through counselling with the WBJEE or JEE MAIN ranks,where WBJEE is the more preferred one by the students and the cutoff for CSE branch in HIT is around 3000 rank for other state student. The admission process was overall smooth and was time efficient.

The faculty to student ratio in every branch is around 10:90, and they are really friendly, approachable. The faculties are actually more encouraging for asking doubts around their concerned fields. Some really good faculties here in Maths- HOD Mr. Sandip Chaterjee, he always encourages us to go beyond the restrictions of the curriculum and actually understand how maths works -Mr. Souvik Kundu, his friendly nature and interactive teaching made me an admirer of his teaching and expertise. There are also a few faculties with whom I had a hard time in understanding their way of teaching or delivering lectures and that's the bad part because you sit in their class listening to lectures for 1 hr straight, not understanding a thing. The exams here are midterm and endsems, along with these, there are some surprise tests which are conducted often after the completion of a module

Gyms are available in the area at a distance of around 1.5 km along with that there are many cafes in the area which serve till late night and certain hangout spots like restaurants or mall. The college gates are opened till 8 p.m. and the hostel gates by 10-11 p.m. Inside the college, the ground and the cafe are the most occupies places and are good to spend some leisure time and outside the college there are some other tea and coffee spots, small resaturants which charge as per the budget of a student from a middle class family .The college is in a residential area with houses and many hostels around it so it is safe to go for a late night walk.