

Location
Chowbaga Road, Anandapur, P.O East Kolkata Township, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700107
Heritage Institute of Technology, established in 2001, is an autonomous institute located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It enjoys recognition from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and approval from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The institute is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT). In 2025, Collegedunia ranked it 231st in the engineering category, while the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) placed it at 108th. Additionally, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited HIT Kolkata with an A Grade. The institute offers B.Tech and M.Tech programs in various specializations, along with a lateral entry option for B.Tech. The B.Tech program is particularly popular at this institute. To enroll in the B.Tech course, candidates must have completed their 10+2 education and cleared the WBJEE or JEE Main entrance exams. The annual fee for the B.Tech program at Heritage Institute is INR 1.73 Lakhs. In the 2024 placement season, the median salary package for undergraduate programs at HIT Kolkata was INR 4.78 LPA. Some of the prominent recruiters during this placement drive included Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd., Akash Institute, Amazon, IBM India Pvt. Ltd., and Samsung R&D.