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.