IIEST Shibpur is an excellent institute for courses in engineering, especially civil engineering. It is a well-established and well-known branch. There are several advantages of being in IIEST Shibpur and having a degree from the institute.

My brother has studied there and the points below are his experience at the institute: 

• There are excellent faculties in the Civil engineering department, except a couple of faculties who are not that great as evident from student reviews.
• There are innumerous projects and researches going on in the Civil engineering department at IIEST. The teachers and lecturers are excellent in their guidance for students interested in project works and show a lot of enthusiasm in the same.
• Above all, IIEST has gained central status a few years back, which ensures the development in research and teaching methodologies even further with time.

Therefore, Civil engineering at IIEST is definitely a great choice for students, maybe even better than NIT Raipur in certain areas.

Here is a brief tabular representation of the key features about Civil engineering at Lovely Professional University

Over the last few years, the trends reveal there has been a significant rise in the number of dream companies participating not only in the hiring process, but also offering internship opportunities. Highest internship stipend bagged by a student was 80,000. Collaborations with leading industry giants such as BOSCH, Bentley Institute, Automation Anywhere enable the students to get familiar with modern technologies and master them as the most sought-after skills. The esteemed faculty members hone the students’ skills at the following levels:

• Design and development of solutions and engineering knowledge

• Conduction of investigation for complex problems and modern tool utilisation

• Project management and finance

• Team spirit and competitive skills

Apart from the core curriculum, industry and practical exposure of the students is increased by timely educational visits to hydraulic project sites, dams, sewage treatment plants and construction sites. Workshops, guest lectures, competitive events and participation in other community projects are an integral part of the course which enhances the skillsets of aspiring engineers for specific job profiles. Salient features about the placement statistics are:

• Lovely Professional University provides study abroad opportunities in 30+ foreign universities some of which are California State, North Dakota, Warsaw and San Francisco State University

• 800+ recruiters comprising government and private sectors take part in hiring process

• Average placement rate over 70%

• Highest package offered was 15LPA

• Average package offered was 5.3LPA

• Top recruiters are Decathlon, Directi, OYO, Federal Bank, Club Mahindra among many others

If NIT Trichy is your only option, then you can go for it. But for Civil Engineering infrastructure can be a vital factor. 

The budget that usually is allocated for infrastructure incorporates buying lands from peasants to fund the research later on with a low-cost housing or environmental impact assessment. 

If you have chosen Civil Engineering, based on your electives, you could opt to specialize in Hydraulics engineering, Structural engineering, Environmental engineering, Building materials, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Construction Management, Infrastructural engineering, and other relevant disciplines. 

It is best to get familiar with the topics briefly noted above. Based on your knowledge and expertise, choose one (or more, if required) of the many specializations and then do a brief research on the basic amenities, like faculty strength and similar aspects of NIT Trichy. 

However, in terms of academics, NIT Trichy is an excellent choice.

One of my friends pursued Civil Engineering from IET Lucknow. According to him, Civil engineering at IET Lucknow is really good. Let me share some facts I gathered from him, which might help you understand the question a bit better.

• When my friend joined the college, the word was that IET Lucknow has one amongst the best faculty when it comes to the Civil Engineering Department.
• The curriculum requires you to follow standard books which help in building fundamental concepts and are helpful for the preparation of various competitions.
• As far as the laboratories of the department are concerned, some laboratories are not up to date but rest assured, these are amongst the best you will get in any AKTU college.
• The laboratories which are not up to mark, still have most of the instruments in working condition.

The Civil Engineering course at IET Lucknow is good. It is suggested that you should go for it, as it will help you shape your career ahead. Civil Engineering might have a bit fewer placements than CSE or IT, but on a standard basis, it is quite a good institution.

FISAT Kochi has been ranked at 96th for Engineering among Indian Engineering colleges, SCMS Cochin has been ranked 85th and Saintgits (SCE) is ranked in the bracket of 125-150 among Indian engineering colleges. All the above colleges are approved by the AICTE.

Admission Process:

• Admissions to the FISAT BTech program is based on the scores obtained inKEAM/JEE Mains, followed by counseling, and admission to the program through management quota is based on the rank in the merit list.
• At SCMS Cochin, Admission is through counseling based on rank obtained in Kerala Engineering, Architecture, Medical (KEAM), and the same is for the Management quota.
• At SCE, admission is granted on the basis of the performance in KEAM. The minimum age for an applicant should be 17.

The above colleges have been compared on a categorical basis below:

Placements:

• Accenture, HCL, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, TCS, Wipro, Vodafone, are some of the top recruiters at FISAT Kochi. The college recorded 70% placement last year for the Mechanical batch.
• Some of the top recruiters of SCMS Cochin include IBS Software, Infosys, HCL, Info view, MRF, MU Sigma, Mytrah Energy, UST Global, Wipro, Tech Mahindra are the top recruiters. Around 80% of students got placed last year at SCMS Cochin.

Accenture, Amazon, Bosch, Rolls Royce, MRF, Nila constructions, Indian navy, Infosys, TCS, Shobha developers, are some of the major recruiters at SCE. The college provided placements to around 70% of the students from the Civil batch last year.