After a critical analysis of Sona College of Technology, my cousin analyzed the pattern followed by the engineering colleges all over India. Here is what she has to say about her experience from her time as a student of that college: It is a private college and she strongly advises looking for other, better options. The faculty is inexperienced and the faculty is not in touch with what they are imparting. This college is not the right place for foreign students. The students come through counseling and most of them have never heard about IITs or the AIEEE and/or JEE exams. Their IQ is low. The college system is absolutely horrible. They do not care about your interests or goals. If you are a foreign student, then go for NITs and/or II(I)Ts. Or you can opt for studying in some country or stay back in your native country. Most of the teaching staff as well the non-teaching staff verbally abuses the students and more often than not in public. Despite the college having a good reputation when it comes to providing opportunities, there are a lot of drawbacks. The faculty demands to be ‘respected’. Some of the teachers pry into the personal lives of their students and use that against them. The staff uses unfair scrutiny while signing records and attendances. They unfairly judge the students and belittle them thus, denting their self-esteem. Partiality is rampant in this institute. No wonder my acquaintance had such a traumatic experience in college.

According to one of my friends who graduated from Sona College of Technology in the year 2016, the placement reports for the final year students have not been great for his batch. Compared to other colleges like KCT, Karpagam, Sona College of Technology is pretty bad in terms of Placements and overall student experience. Here are the recent placement highlights of the institute. Average CTC 5 LPA Highest CTC 15 LPA Major Recruiters Amazon, Cisco, Paypal, Wiley, Infosys, Dell, TCS, Wipro, IBM, etc. The strategy and approach that Sona Institue of Technology uses to help students in getting placed by Companies are not at all good as compared to other such colleges.

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: Categories Sona College of Technology Entrance Exam TNEA Cut Off 7540-7540 Course Fee 1,20,000 Placement Percentage 90% Highest CTC 9 LPA Average CTC 3 LPA 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. 

Sona College of Technology is affiliated under Anna University, Chennai and approved by AICTE. Their student intake is 60-180 in each department. The college has been ranked at 150 among BTech colleges in NIRF Rankings 2020. They have their dedicated Training and Placement cell. Their aim is to provide students with high quality job offers and to train students to match industry expectations.  The table given below shows a brief overview of the placement: Categories Sona College of Technology Placement Percentage 90% Highest CTC 9 LPA Average CTC 3 LPA Placement Highlights 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 HCL, Infosys, Capgemini, Bosch, Honeywell, TCS, Vedanta, IBM, Wipro, Accenture, Essar Steels, JSW Steels, Future Group, etc. 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. 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. Students technical knowledge is developed to meet the corporate requirements. It helps develop the student’s personality in terms of career planning, setting a goal and obtaining skills. They assure that a maximum number of students will be placed in top companies, both through on and off campus placements.