Is mechanical engineering a better option in Sona College of Technology?

Mechanical Engineering is one of the oldest fields of engineering which deals with design, construction and use of heavy machinery. They require a knowledge of heavy tools and equipment.

Sona College of Technology is affiliated under Anna University, Chennai and approved by AICTE. Their student intake is 60-180 in each department. It is ranked 150 for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Admission Requirements 

• Candidates should have 60% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are compulsory.
• Final selection will be based on the entrance exam score.

The table given below shows a brief overview of the institute:

Placements

• More than 80 companies participated in the placement program.
• The median salary package offered is 3 LPA.
• More than 416 offers were made.
• The top recruiters include Infosys, TCS, Essar Steels, JSW Steels, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), BHEL, NTPC, NHPC, Armed Forces, L&T, etc.
• Students graduating with Mechanical Engineering can work in Manufacturing Industries, Maintenance Industries, Refrigeration Industries, Air Conditioning Industries, Automotive Industries, etc.

The aim of their training and placement cell is to provide students with high quality job offers and to train students to match industry expectations. 

Facilities

• They have separate boys and girls hostels.
• They provide Transport and Medical facilities.
• They also include a computer centre, satellite live lectures, innovative teaching, apple lab, incubation centre, etc.
• They have 3 auditoriums, 2 seminar halls and a gym.
• The campus is wifi enabled.
• The library consists of 73498 books and e-journals.

Industry Collaboration

They have an Industry Academia Collaboration with JSW Steel limited, Federation of all the Civil Engineers Association of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Irrigation Management Training Institute (PWD) Water resource Govt. of Tamil Nadu, CADD Centre, KCube Consultancy Services Pvt.Ltd., Data Crop, Texas Instruments Innovations Lab, Infosys Computer Connect, National physical Research Laboratory, New Delhi, Nottingham Trent University and many more.

These collaborations will benefit the student’s career development, they will provide internships, industrial training, industry visits, seminars, guest lectures and hands-on-experience. This helps them to get accustomed with the industry very early in their career.