Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. Heritage Institute of Technology, popularly known as "HITK" is a self-financed institute in the state of West Bengal. The campus is situated on the southern fringes of Kolkata. It is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata. It became the autonomous college on 2017 from UGC. According to the 2022 NIRF ranking (Engineering), it ranked on 201-250 rank band.

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 (Internet of Things and Cybersecurity including Blockchain technology)
 Computer Science and Engineering
 Design (Expected to start)
 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), Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-MAIN) and Management Quota. For Lateral Entry or 2nd year admission in B.Tech, JELET (Jee Entrance Lateral Engineering Test) Rank card and Diploma Certificate are required. Lastly, for M.Tech admission, GATE Score or PGET (Post Graduate Entrance Test) Rank score required.

Campus

Facilities and infrastructure 
The 10 acre campus of this institute also held other institutes that comes under the Heritage Group of Institutions. These are - 1) Heritage Law College (For LLB and LLM), 2) Heritage College (For BSc and MSc), 3) Heritage School, 4) Heritage Academy (BCA, MCA and Media Science), and 5) Heritage Business School (For BBA and MBA). However, the whole campus provides the following facilities for all students:

Sports facilities 
There are facilities for the sports basketball, volleyball, archery, football, cricket, table tennis, wall climbing, and carrom inside the campus.

Banking facilities 
Panjab National Bank and its ATM are available for the banking activities.

Healthcare 
A dedicated building for medical facilities available for the students.

Fire safety 
The whole building is protected under the fire service protection. Emergency fire extinguishing pipes, sands seen at the important corner of the building.

Transportation 
Only auto vehicles are available (from Ruby more) for the students to come in or out from the campus.

Cafeteria 
There are two cafeterias. One is called Labours Canteen and the another one is called Main Canteen. Inside the Labours canteen, it provides only snacks and Bengali meals. While in the Main Canteen, though snacks are limited, different types of meals like: Chinese Meal, South Indian Meal and Bengali Meal are available. Both canteen ensures hygiene and healthiness in terms of food.

Student Accommodation 
There are 4 girls hostels with a capacity of 350 students inside the campus. Single, Double and Triple bedrooms are available for the same. Though there was once a boys' hostels, it is closed since 2020. Probable reasons for this closure are - boys leaving the hostels too frequently, high price per bed compared to other areas, conflict between student groups.

Student life 
There are 22 active clubs for student's physical and mental well being. These clubs arrange all types of cultural, scientific and technological activities held throughout the year. Those clubs are:

 Google Developer Groups(Technical Society)
 Ghungroo (Dance Club)
 Resonance (Music Club)
 Anubhab (Drama Club)
 HFC (Heritage Fashion Club)
 Anubhuti (Writings and Poetry Club)
 Pravasana (Art, Photography and Videography Club)
 DEBSOC (Debate Club)
 Atmadweep (Quiz Club)
 GEEKS United (Coding Club)
 Hega (Environment Club)
 NSS Club, formerly Rotaract Club (Social Welfare Club)
 EDIC (Entrepreneurship Club)
 ARC (Alumni Relation Club)
 Flyers (Drone Club)
 Gaming (Computer Gaming Club)
 Sports Club (Football, Cricket, Archery, Basketball, Volleyball and Table Tennis)
 News Club
 Yoga Club
 Language Club
 Robotics Club
 Science Club

Student exchange
The institute signed an MoU with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for a student exchange programme. Every year both 2nd and 3rd year students with the highest CGPA from each department get the chance to avail this internship programme. Per department, only the 2 or 3 students get selected.

It has signed an MoU with the College of Natural Science, Sungkyunkwan University.

It has also signed an MoU with IIT Guwahati.

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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