The list of notable alumni of IIEST Shibpur is infinite and cannot be inscribed in a single document. It is increasing day by day, and so some of the available names of alumni at dignified positions are listed below.

• Dr. T. Mukherjee National Metallurgist CMD Tata Metallics Dy.MD TISCO, Director Tata Group Director Chorus Steel UK.
• Dr. Tapas Som Distinguished Engineer IBM USA
• B.R. Choudhury Executive Director Indian Oil Corporation New Delhi
• Tathagata Roy "Hon. Governor of Tripura" Ex. GM / Chief Engineer Metro Railway Former Founder Professor & HOD Construction Engineering J.U.
• Chintamoy Ganguly "Chief Nuclear Scientist" International Agency for Nuclear Power Vienna Austria Also Ex. Chief Scientist Nuclear Fuel Complex India.
• Dr. Soumitra Banerjee "Shanti Sarup Bhatnagar Awardee" Professor IISER Kalyani
• Dr. Sriman Kr. Bhattacharya Director Central Building Research Institute Roorkee Former Head Civil Engineering IIT Kharagpur
• Air Vice-Marshal Archan Kumar Bhattacharya Indian Air Force New Delhi
• Dr. Ashok Ray "Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering” since the year 2000, Pennsylvania State University USA
• Dr, P.K. Basu Chair Professor & Director Graduate Studies Vander Built University USA
• Dr. Gautam Dasgupta Professor of Civil Engineering Columbia University USA
• Dr. Ashok K Mallik Legendary Professor of Mechanical Engg. IIT Kanpur Voted Best Professor of IIT Kanpur for several years.
• Sir Rajen Mukherjee Leading Industrialist, Founder & CMD Indian Iron & Steel Company ( IISCO)Ltd. MD Martin Burn Ltd.
• Mr. B.C.Ganguly First Indian Chairman Railway Board New Delhi
• Dr. Supriyo Chakrabarti Dean University of Massachusetts USA Ex.Director, Centre for Space Physics & Research Boston University USA
• Dr. Arun Banerjee Principal Research Scientist Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center USA

This is just a list of a few famous names among several dignified personnel, CEOs, Directors, VCs, MDs, CMDs, etc in various top institutes, organizations, and MNCs across the globe.

For M.tech students the hostels are provided as per the distance of their homes. Male candidates would get a downing hall of residence, Hostel 15 and then PG. Hostel 15 is quite spacious and you will be getting beautiful scenarios outside the hostel. The downing hall is a bit congested as more number of students are accommodated in one hall. PG hostel is similar to hostel 15 only it is bit congested but it is better than downing hall. You will get PG hostel in the second year you will get Downing hall and hostel 15 in your first year. For female candidates the accommodation is given at Sister Nivedita hall.

You will get a bed, locker, and table individually in each room. There are a total of 11 rooms on each floor. Each floor has got 2 hi speed wifi routers. Some hostels also have paid canteens. There is an RO water cooler in the mess. Overall the hostels are pretty good considering it is a government college. You will also be sharing rooms with B.tech students.

The fees of IIEST Shibpur keep changing with time, and the present structure is published on the institute’s website accordingly. The present overall first-semester fee is Rs. 42,500, for M.Tech, which is broken into different fragments as stated below in the following table.

Key Highlights:

• The total first-semester fee includes a refundable caution deposit of Rs. 3000. For the other three semesters, the fee remains Rs. 39,400.
• There is a hostel fee of Rs. 1900, which is not mentioned in the fee breakup table.
• Other than the hostel fees, there is a variable mess fee of about Rs. 3500. There is also an extra annual mess fee of near about Rs. 4000-5000, which depends upon the expenditure.

This is the overall structure for the M.Tech fee in IIEST, Shibpur. Other than this, there are other expenses that depend upon the candidate’s way of living and standards.

IIEST, Shibpur formerly known as BESU is doing really well in all the departments. Whether it is about faculty or infrastructure it is growing steadily and gradually.

But as one wants to take a deeper look in comparing mechanical engineering, EE and ETC, let’s take a look on it:

• The research facility of the mechanical engineering department is quite decent and comparable with EE and ETC.
• It is even better at some aspects like it has research collaboration with some of the renowned foreign universities, some of the excellent facilities etc.
• When IIEST, Shibpur was known as BESU even then the mechanical engineering was considered to be the highest ranking department in one of these three departments.
• Also, one cannot forget to boast of tremendous alumni including a couple of directors of IITs.

• When it comes to placement, the mechanical engineering department has a decent placement record so far.
• ME and EE have almost equal numbers of core placements. And ETC has less core placements but the highest package is grabbed by ETC itself.
• The placement for mechanical engineering is really good though. Core companies such as Maruti Suzuki, CESC, Vedanta, coal India, Tata steel, Bridge and Roof, L&T, elegant marine services come on campus.
• So you can easily expect a very bright future of mechanical engineering graduates from IIEST SHIBPUR.
• After becoming an IIEST the placements have improved and after 5 years it will improve more.
• IIEST, Shibpur has always been known for its excellent core teachings. Also, it has one of the best and oldest labs in the country in EE and Mech which has been improved from time to time.

The college is very good for students interested in any of the three departments as mentioned. All the three mentioned departments are very good in IIEST. The thing that matters is your interest and will.