Heritage Institute Of Technology (HIT) Kolkata

The college is privately owned and was established in 2001 by 22 industrialists through the funding from their startup trust called the Kalyan Bharti Trust. It is located in the Kolkata, West Bengal. It is affiliated to the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) and has been accredited by the NAAC with a “B++” grade. It is approved by the AICTE and UGC.

The mission of the college takes in its purview both tradition and modernity and expects to prepare students by the confluence of both to compete successfully on a global level.The motto of the college is “Be Your Own Light.”

The campus is calm and suitable for an educational environment. It has a lecture room, a tutorial room, computer centre, indoor and outdoor games room, transportation, medical and dining facilities.

As for courses, they are divided in degree awarding departments and other departments. Students can take a degree through these departments:

• Applied Electrical and Instrumental Engineering
• Bio-Technology
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Information Technology
• Mechanical Technology
• Master of Computer Applications

The other departments are Chemistry, Humanities, Mathematics and Physics. Admission is merit and WBJEE entrance exam based.

This college is amongst the top colleges for Engineering in Bengal. The college helps students to develop and proceed through workshops, seminars, development cell and guidance from the virtuosos of the relevant fields.

Hostel and Facilities

Heritage Institute of Technology offers hostel facility for boy and girls. The rooms are limited in number so the rooms will be given on the first-come first-served basis. The rooms of the hostel are equipped with basic furniture that is necessary for students.

Other facilities that are provided in the hostels include a dining hall, health care, common room, cafeteria, electricity supply, generator, water supply, fire fighting services, TV rooms, recreational room, banking, sports complex, indoor game, internet connectivity and transportation.

Beyond academics, the college also takes care of the student’s extracurricular development. For this, college organizes many events, seminars, workshops and also offers so many activity clubs and societies which students can join according to their interest.

List of some societies and clubs that college offers

• Computer Society of India
• Instrumentation, Systems & Automation Society
• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
• Photography club
• Drama club
• Rotaract Club

The college also celebrates its annual cultural festival ECLECIA and DAKSHH the annual technical fest