Which is better to choose for btech , mechanical engineering at NIT Durgapur or electrical engineering at IIEST Shibpur? taking into consideration of placements, infrastructure, internship possibilities.

I believe you should take pursue Electrical at IIEST Shibpur. IIEST is one of the Oldest Technical Institutes with excellent infrastructure, faculty and research facilities. As far as Electrical Engineering is concerned, most of the Top Companies, especially in Core like Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Infosys, Cognizant, CESC, Tata Power, Vedanta, Samsung, Qualcomm and several other Recruiters visit the campus. Besides this IIEST has an excellent history of students give GATE and GRE and moving abroad or to higher technical institutes like Top IITs and IISc Bangalore for Masters or Doctoral Degree. This tells you about the rich culture and peer environment in the institute.

Dear aspirant,

As you know both of the institutes are one of the most well known and recognised Institute of West Bengal. Now if you considered mechanical engineering from NIT Durgapur last year approximately 75% students were replaced with an average package of 8 LPA, which is undoubtedly one of the best in term of Mechanical engineering. Highest package offered was of 32 LPA. Top recruiters based on numbers are mostly product-based. Core companies like L&T, Vedanta Steel, JSW Steel, Sterling Wilson, Reliance Naval, Diamlers, Tata Motors, Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj, Hero, Reliance Industries (manufacturing sector), etc. visit the campus and offers a number of jobs. In case of infrastructure NIT Durgapur is quite backdated. If you compare it with other NIT it's not upto the mark. The infrastructure of the classrooms needs renovation in the old academic block from time to time. Though the new academic block offers modern auditorium shaped classrooms.

Now now if you consider IIEST, Shibpur Faculty wise, electrical is among the best department. In term of placement in electrical engineering it's one of the best. Comparing with Mechanical of NIT Durgapur it would be better of electrical engineering. In term of infrastructure it's comparable with NIT. But fees structure is less here than that of any NIT.

Now considering all the factors you need to choose where you want to take admission. Both of these are one of the best in its own way. Hope it would be helpful.

Hello aspirant,
As per my knowledge after comparing these two colleges I will advise you to choose IIEST shibpur with electrical engineering branch.

Placements3.4

Infrastructure3.9

Faculty4.4

Crowd & Campus4.5

Value for Money3.9

The median salary for electrical engineering in IIEST shibpur is 6.50 lakh .
Which college is better in aspects placements,  infrastructure, faculty ,crowd and campus.
Best of luck
Hope it's helpful thankyou.

Dear student,
I am currently a student of iiest shibpur studying in 2nd year. I would suggest you to choose iiest shibpur electrical over nit durgapur mechanical any day. Don't hesitate a bit. The placements and ranking of iiest shibpur are much better tha nit durgapur. Also the environment here is very good. The iiest shibpur family is waiting for you. Iiest shibpur is 164 years old and has a great network of alumni which will help you a lot later. Also you'll have good opportunities for internships and the campus is really good, spread in about 163 acres of land.
Ranking: Though this is not the best way to judge or compare colleges but according to the latest NIRF rankings IIEST Shibpur is ranked 20 and NIT Durgapur 47 .

Funding : The funding IIEST receives is at par with the old IITs . NITs including Durgapur receive 40% lower funding

Campus : They are more or less same in surface area ( though Durgapur is a little bigger , I found out on wiki) but IIESTs campus is much better maintained and greener and cleaner as compared to NIT Durgapur . The architecture of 3rd and 4th year halls of residences are also eye-catching at IIEST.

Hostel: Hostels at IIEST are much better maintained and cleaner . Durgapur hostels seem to be dilapidated buildings in one neglected part of the campus with horrible toilets and the worse food ( I learnt this from my friends there ) . IIEST on the other hand serves good food and hostels are very well maintained . The 3rd and 4th year halls of residense are noteworthy for their architechture . Overall much better hostels for IIEST
Placements:More or less same . NIT Durgapur has marginally bigger highest package and average package but IIEST has greater median package which is of greater value . Placement percentages are more or less same . IIEST just became an Indian institute under the central government in 2014 while NIT came under central goverment in early 2000s. IIEST placements are improving at a rapid pace . NIT Dgp placements are also improving but at a slower pace .