Velammal Engineering College, Panimalar Engineering College, and RMK Engineering College, all three are located in Tamil Nadu. These private colleges are among the best engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu and are affiliated to Anna University.

Velammal Engineering College:

It has been ranked 93 by Times 2019 and provides 14 courses across 2 streams. The fees are INR 2 lakhs for BE/ BTech and INR 1 lakh for ME/ MTech.

Engineering courses:

• BE/ BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical, Automobile, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Instrumentation, Civil, Production.

• ME in Power System Engineering, Computer Science, and Engineering.

Placement scenario:

• The overall placement rate is 90% with the best placement rate in the CSE department followed by the Mechanical department.

• The highest salary is around INR 12 lakhs and the average salary is around INR 4.5 lakhs.

• The top recruiting companies: Zoho, Infosys, Michelin Tyres, L&T Infotech, TCS, Amazon, HSBC Technologies, Tata Communication, Kotak Life, HFFC, Sunbeam Technologies, Wipro, Milekal, Tata Motors, Extra Marks, BGR Energy Systems.

Panimalar:

The college offers 12 courses across 3 streams with a total of 1920 seats. The fees are INR 2.2 lakhs for BE/ BTech and INR 1 lakh for ME/ MTech.

Engineering courses:

• BE/ BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Civil, Electronics, and Instrumentation.

• ME in Computer Science and Engineering, Communication System.

Placement scenario:

• In the session 2017-18, the placement rate is 99%. A total of 1356 students received placement offers.

• The average salary is around INR 4 lakhs and the median salary is INR 2.2 lakhs.

• The top recruiting companies are TCS, Hyundai, Infosys, Accenture, Sanmar, Tata Motors, Renault, Berger Paints, Cognizant, CADeploy, Hitachi, Polaris Financial, Vortex, Wipro, HTC.

RMK Engineering College:

It has been ranked 61 by Times 2020 and 66 by India Today 2020. The college offers 16 courses across 3 streams. The total number of seats is 880. The fees are INR 1.35-2 lakhs for BE/ BTech and INR 1 lakh for ME/ MTech.

Engineering courses:

• BE/ BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication, Information Technology, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Instrumentation.

• ME in Computer Science and Engineering.

Placement scenario:

• The placement rate is around 80% with the highest salary of INR 11 lakhs and the average salary of INR 4 lakhs.

• Top recruiting companies are Infosys, Wipro, Soliton, Cognizant, WDM Technologies, HCL, KPIT, DeltaX, Mind Tree, Dell, Hexaware, Coda Global, Virtusa, TCS, EY, Hitachi, TCS NINJA, Multicore India Pvt. Ltd.

In terms of placement opportunities, Velammal and RMK Engineering College are better as compared to Panimalar Engineering College. The fee structure is almost similar in all three colleges.