For taking admission to PSG College of Technology through lateral entry, there are two main ways. The first is through counseling and the second through management quota. A detailed description of the processes of both ways is listed below.

• For admission through counseling, you have to register for the counseling session that is conducted at Alagappa Chettiar University at Karaikudi.
• The chances of getting a call for counseling depend on your final year diploma result percentage. To be very clear, you will receive a call for the first day of counseling, or have a rank of at least 10, have very high chances of getting admission at PSG college of technology.
• For general category students, a percentage of at least 96% is required for PSG. For BC or MBC students, a score above 94% seems to be a good enough score and for SC/ SCA/ ST, it is 92% and above in general.
• Coming to the second way, students from any state can take admission in PSG College of Technology through management quota.
• The fees for management quota seats at PSG vary from Rs. 5 to Rs. 10 Lakhs donation amount, which is quite a huge sum.
• The application for admission of lateral entry students is issued at all government institutes in all districts of Tamil Nadu and is mostly released during mid of May.
• The application cost is free for SC/ST students provided they submit an attested copy of the community certificate during the time of application filling.

The procedure mentioned above is applicable for all of Tamil Nadu, having similar processes of application and admission.

One of my friends studied in the PSG Mechanical branch. In his opinion, both the colleges are well known and quite famous for Mechanical Engineering. Let me state some facts about them which might help you decide.

• NIT Trichy holds a certain advantage over PSG. 
• It is considered one of the top 5 NITs. It has earned recognition not only in India but also globally.
• In NIT Trichy you will get much more opportunities and the proper exposure. 
• PSG is not bad but while comparing it with NIT Trichy, it gets more leverage. 
• In PSJ the faculty members are really good in their respective fields. 
• In PSG students mostly like to learn their subjects by themselves and are independent of the teachers. 
• NIT Trichy has all the things required for such a core branch, like Good faculty members, excellent academics, internships, connection with industries, placement statistics, etc. 
• All this makes NIT Trichy a better option for Mechanical Engineering.

NIT Trichy develops your physical as well as holistic personality. It makes you confident with all the extracurricular activities it has to offer. Nit Trichy would be better overall and will definitely help you grow as an individual.

PSG is a great college if you are looking for good placements. Since it has been many years since the establishment of PSG, it has had a great rapport. Every year top companies conduct campus interviews in PSG and many students land up in their dream job with a high package – either here or abroad. 

While NIT is a college of national importance whose degree value is evergreen. Apart from that, the facilities in NIT Puducherry are amazing. They have excellent hostels and good food. They have great faculties and teaching methodologies, however, the placement facility is still in the line of improvement and they are inviting more MNCs for conducting college campus recruitment drives. Currently, the median CTC offered at the institute is 6 LPA. 

NIT, Puducherry is a quiet place with no disturbance and a great environment to focus on your studies and self-growth. The faculties are great mentors who afford to motivate you internally. If you are an academic scholar and you bagged a chance to study at NIT Puducherry, don’t miss it.