In terms of teaching, both Rajalakshmi Engineering College and RMK are good. The faculty is well qualified who are dynamic and many of them are Ph.D holders. REC is good in terms of exposure and extra co-curricular activities, compare to RMK. RMK has a mess in which you get good non-veg food with desserts along with tea and snacks in the evening. But REC has 3-4 canteens inside and outside which gives you good quality of food but the only negative point is that they don't serve non-veg food. REC is lenient when compared with RMK in terms of dress code, communicating with your classmates, using phones and laptops. Campus ambiance is good in both REC and RMK. Now the REC campus has been renovated and it has more greenery when compared to past days. In terms of placement at RMK, you will get several opportunities for IT companies and limited offers for civil and mechanical. REC provides a lot of training programs and ensures that each student gets placed. Some of the recruiters are TATA, WIPRO and the list goes on.

Out of the two colleges, Panimalar College is good for Mechanical Engineering. The faculties are well educated and well qualified that deliver the best lectures to promote conceptual learning but the environment is quite strict. The college offers placement for almost every student with the highest package 15-20 LPA and an average package of 4.5 LPA, as per recent statistics. The fees of the college are also affordable. Getting admission in Panimalar has an edge over Rajalakshmi in terms of placement, quality of education provided, type of faculty, study environment, and most important of all fee structure. Get out of your comfort zone and search for the various options suitable for you for your holistic development.

Rajalakshmi Engineering College is better than Easwari Engineering College. In comparison, it gives more importance to academics. The institute also offers proper guidance and training for job search. Around 322 recruiting companies took part in Rajalakshmi Engineering College placements. TCS, Accenture, HCL, Wipro, L&T, IBM, Cisco, Infosys, ICICI Bank, etc. were among the major recruiters that took part in the campus recruitment. 

Rajalakshmi Engineering College and Velammal Engineering College, both are private colleges in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and affiliated to Anna University. Rajalakshmi Engineering College: Rajalakshmi Engineering College has been ranked 73 for Private Engineering by India Today 2020, 100 by The Week 2019, and 106 by NIRF 2020. The college offers 31 courses across 4 streams. The courses offered are BE, ME/ MTech, MBA, and Ph.D. Fees: The course fee ranges between INR 70,000 to INR 2 lakhs for various courses. BE/ BTech- INR 2 lakhs ME- INR 1 lakh MBA- INR 70,000 Admission process: UG courses: For BE/ BTech admission, TNEA rank is considered. Lateral entry is also offered. PG courses: For MTech, TANCET, or GATE score. For MBA, TANCET MBA score followed by Group Discussion and Personal Interview. Ph.D. course: On the basis of entrance exam conducted by Anna University Placement scenario: A total of 1100 students were placed from the batch of 2018-19. The highest package is INR 24 lakhs while the average package is INR 4.5 lakhs. The top recruiting companies are Alliance Group, Amazon, Apollo Munich, Bajaj Capital, Boston Harbor, Capgemini, Cyient, Deltax, etc Velammal Engineering College: It has been ranked 93 for engineering by Times 2019. It offers 14 courses across 2 streams. BE/ BTech, MBA/ PGDM, ME/ MTech are the courses offered by the institute. Fees: Course fees for different programs ranges from INR 70,000 to 2 lakhs. BE/BTech- INR 2 lakhs ME/MTech- INR 1 lakh MBA- INR 70,000 Placement scenario: The overall placement rate is 90%. The highest package is INR 12 lakhs while the average package is INR 4.5 lakhs. Top recruiting companies: Tata Elxsi, Infosys, Zoho, Amazon, Michelin Tyres, Coda Global, L&T Infotech, Kotak Life, etc. The fee structure is the same in both the colleges while the placements are better at Rajalakshmi Engineering College.

SVCET is better than Rajalakshmi. It is an old engineering college and offers quality education in the field. It has a brilliant academic environment. SVCET encourages students to pursue research in the field they are interested in. You will get the required help and co-operation from the faculties. Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering placements has a rate of around 96.20. During last year’s placement drive, students received an average CTC of around INR 25 LPA. 

For CSE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College will be better. It has better infrastructure and offers better placement to students. According to the recent placement highlights of REC, around 85% of students get placed from CSE branch. TCS, and Infosys are some of the major recruiters that visit the campus placement. The average CTC received by the students of the CSE branch is around INR 4-5 LPA.