title: Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
text: Heritage Institute of Technology, popularly known as HITK or HIT is a self-financed institute in the state of the West Bengal. The campus is situated on the southern fringes of Kolkata. It is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata.
  
  History 
  Heritage Institute of Technology was set up on the eastern fringes of Kolkata in 2001 by a group of industrialists hailing from the flourishing information technology, electronics, and related industries around Kolkata, and some public figures. The foundation behind the growth of HITK is the Kalyan Bharti Trust. To meet the demand for technical manpower and in view of fiscal constraints at the governmental level, the Kalyan Bharti Trust supplemented the state government's efforts in setting up new engineering colleges by establishing the Heritage Institute of Technology in September 2000.
  
  Departments in Faculty of Technology and Management
  The institute offers one undergraduate course (B. Tech.) and three graduate courses (M. Tech., MBA, and MCA). All courses are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education AICTE, Government of India, and the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal. Since its inception, it has been affiliated to the West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata.
  
  The institute offers undergraduate B. Tech. course in the following engineering disciplines:
   Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
   Biotechnology
   Chemical Engineering
   Civil Engineering
   Computer Science and Business Systems
   Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)
   Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning)
   Computer Science and Engineering
   Electrical Engineering
   Electronics and Communication Engineering
   Information Technology
   Mechanical Engineering
  
  The graduate school offers full-time two-year Master of Technology (M. Tech.) degree in the following disciplines:
   Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
   Computer Science and Engineering
   Electronics and Communication Engineering
   Biotechnology
   VLSI
   Renewable Energy
  The institute also offers full-time two-year Master of Computer Application degree.
  
  Admission to the undergraduate B.Tech. courses are done through the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) and Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-MAIN).
  
  Campus
  
  Facilities and Infrastructure 
  
   Postal  Facilities
   Sports Facilities
   Banking Facilities
   Healthcare
   Fire Safety
   Transportation
   Cafeteria
   Student Accommodation
  
  Student Life
  
  Cultural and Non-Academic Activities
  
  Student Exchange
  The institute signed an MoU with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for a student exchange programme
  
  It has signed an MoU with the College of Natural Science, Sungkyunkwan University.
  
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  Business schools in Kolkata
  Educational institutions established in 2001
  Colleges affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology
  Engineering colleges in Kolkata
  2001 establishments in West Bengal