You need to look for internship opportunities on your own and arrange industrial training. 

There are limited branches such as ECE, CSE where the students are provided with internships and industrial training programs inside the college campus.

Electrical Engineering is more about the field jobs so most of the students select the internship outside the campus. There are industry opportunities provided by Barauni Refinery, IOCL, Begusarai. Most of the students manage their internships by themselves rather than depending on the IOCL. You can send a mail to IOCL with all the information about you. 

HIT has maintained its reputation in terms of internships. It will be either from you or by default from the college HIT.

There are very few core companies that visit the campus of Haldia Institute of Technology to recruit students enrolled in Instrumentation and Control engineering courses. 

• If you wish to get employment offers from IT companies, then the institute would allow you to sit for the selection rounds of IT firms in On-campus recruitment drives organized every year.
• Also, there is an extremely high chance that if you are looking for job roles in core instrumentation sectors, then surely the Haldia Institute of Technology is not suitable for you.
• You can prepare for GATE Examinations and then join one of the PSUs in India.
• The department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering at HIT would offer you ample opportunities to work at PSUs.

It is suggested that you extract out all of the benefits you can out of the placement cell of the institute. The standard of teaching and the methodologies followed at the institute can be considered to be above average. You can always perform well by putting in effort and by working hard.

One of my brothers was placed in a prominent company through on-campus placement. As per his experience, CGPA isn’t required for the process of getting a good job. 

He scored 9 CGPA and many of his friends scored less than him yet they were successfully placed in prominent companies. The reason behind this is that marks hardly matters when recruiters visit campus moreover, they are all focused on your knowledge and skills. 

Getting a good placement is definitely a dream for all the engineers but you definitely have to brush up on your skills and knowledge before sitting for the recruitment process. 

Haldia Institute of Technology has a decent infrastructure and a highly experienced faculty to impart the best of knowledge and practical learning for civil engineering.

Regarding placement opportunities at this institute, you will need to score exceptionally good marks in GATE. Their GATE rank would determine the opportunities and placements in the corporate sector. Apart from the GATE rank, your technical knowledge, aptitude, and skills would give you an edge during campus recruitment.

According to the recent placement highlights the average and highest CTC offered was 3.5 LPA and 24 LPA.

Do not go for Software Companies once you are done with Civil Engineering as you would have to venture into alien fields of learning for acquiring related knowledge and expertise. Instead, go for companies that suit your course of study and would help you gain better experiences.

Based on what I heard through my friends at the Haldia Institute of Technology, the institute does not provide students with a laptop. There are several computer labs that are made available to the students to use the services. The professors impart knowledge related to your computer science subjects in these labs. The computer labs are sometimes accessed by non-computer science students as well.

Nevertheless, you are allowed to keep a laptop of your own for personal and academic purposes.

Chemical Engineering at Haldia Institute of Technology used to be one of the best courses at the institute. But with years the condition of this branch has gotten worse. The old faculty members have retired. The current faculty base is not that great. 

I have a few friends from the institute and according to them, if you are keen on exploring the field of chemistry then Haldia would not be one of your best choice institutes. But the placements here are decent. In the 2020 placements, the highest and average CTC offered was 3.5 LPA and 24 LPA. 

The ranks keep getting fluctuate every year and there is no surety about the exact ranks. 

It is suggested to wait until the third round of counseling if you are unable to secure a seat.

However, you can absolutely get a seat in Applied Electronics with this rank. In fact, you will get it in the 1st round itself. For 2021, the opening and closing rank of this course is 9490 and 21759 respectively.

You can proceed with further admission process very easily.

My cousin is currently in the 2nd year of his production engineering course at Haldia Institute of Technology. Here are some things I got to know from him.

Positive aspects:

• The faculty members of the department of production engineering at Haldia are skilled and have years of experience.
• The curriculum for production engineering is very similar to that of mechanical engineering.
• The students of the production engineering department are eligible to appear for the recruitment drives organized for the mechanical engineering department.
• If you are interested in appearing for the GATE examination through PE or ME papers, It would be a good decision at least in my opinion.
• The candidates are required to study subjects from the domain of management which offers several advantages, unlike the mechanical department.

Negative aspects:

• You should not expect a lot about the placement scenario for core companies as most probably you would get employed by IT companies.
• If you prepare and appear for PE GATE examinations then you only would be eligible for admission at IITs or NITs.
• There are very few PSUs that accept candidates from production engineering.

If you don’t have an interest in Mechanical Engineering subjects and topics then I would advise you to not opt for this branch at Haldia Institute of Technology.

Haldia Institute of Technology is a decent institute. If you are interested in civil engineering then you should rather continue with your preparation for the JEE. I say this based on the conversation I had with my friends from HIT.

• The placement scenario for core branches at HIT is not good.
• Companies that provide 10k - 20k salaries usually visit the campus for recruitment.
• The least you would get is an opportunity to sit in an IT sector company which would be a waste of your talent, knowledge, skills after studying civil engineering for 4 years.
• If you want to prepare for GATE or ESE exams, you would have to go to Kolkata for coaching. Online lectures are always an option but that requires your focus as well.

Therefore, it is advisable to opt for other colleges in Kolkata for any core branch rather than the Haldia Institute of Technology. If there is a possibility or you believe that you could get into NITs or IITs then go for a year drop to try out your best luck. Otherwise, do not take a risk with it.

Placement for core branches is not good irrespective of which private institute you belong to. So, if you are choosing a private institute make sure that it is in a location from where you can easily take coaching for competitive examinations such as GATE or ESE.

HIT is a private college whereas GCECT is a government college. Following are the points of differentiation between both colleges:

1. GCECT has comparatively very less fees which almost amount to INR 10,000 per semester and the fees for HIT approximately go up to INR 50,000 per semester.
2. GCECT is an autonomous institute which means that the evaluation is done on the campus. However, on the other hand, Haldia Institute of Technology is affiliated with MAKAUT. 
3. For CSE, GCECT has great labs that are very poorly maintained and the faculty is also not so impressive. It has a poor infrastructure when compared to HIT. 
4. Both the colleges have almost the same average placement rates which range from 4 to 5 lakhs per annum. More service-based companies visit HI.
5. GCECT has no on-campus placement drive and it jointly organizes placements. There is the same amount of competition. The companies still take a good amount of students from one college campus rather than multiple campuses.

You can go to Haldia Institute of Technology if fee structure is not an issue. It will offer you great exposure when compared to a government institute.