Hello Aspirant,

NIT is better than IIEST shibpur because NIT has better placement than shibpur.  Top Colleges for Metallurgical and material engineering according to colleges rank are:

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

National Institute of Technology Karnataka , Surathkal

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

National Institute of Technology Warangal

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur

National Institute of Technology Calicut

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology , Nagpur

Malaviya National Institute of Technology , Jaipur

National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

National Institute of Technology Silchar

National Institute of Technology Durgapur

To know more about NIT colleges for Metallurgical and material branch. I'm providing you a link that might help you:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nits-cutoff-for-b-tech-metallurgical-and-materials-engineering

I hope this will be help you.

All the best for your bright future ahead.