NITN | @notintownlive | 25 Mar 2020, 06:17 am
Salem: The Sona College of Technology, the preferred engineering college for discovering the best of engineering talent from Salem, Tamil Nadu, has reported yet another exceptional placement season.
During the ongoing placement season at Sona College over 100 companies issued placement letters to more than 600 students, with an average CTC of Rs 4,50,000 per annum.
With another month to go, 92 per cent of the students have already found jobs in the industry. What is more, nearly one third of the students received more than one job placement letter. For 21 international placements the average CTC was Rs 21,00,000.
The graduating class of 2016-2020 was picked up by IT majors CISCO and Amazon (for Cloud Computing and Data Analytics), FESTO (for Robotics and automation), IBM (for AI & Machine Learning), Infosys (for IoT, Python and Aircraft Structures), Intel (for Embedded Systems), and MathWorks (for Signal & Image Processing).
Software products and services companies like Cognizant, HCL Technologies, Hexaware, TCS, Tech Mahindra and Wipro were the other large recruiters.
Aditya Birla Clothing, Ashok Leyland, Brakes India, ElGi Equipments, Gokuldas Exports, Rane, Renault Nissan and Tube Investments were among the prestigious companies looking for core engineering skills.
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Sona College, known for meeting the ever-changing knowledge needs and skill requirements through its 36 research labs, and for a deep connect with the industry has been recognised as the Best Industry Linked Institution by CII-AICTE for the past six years.
As an autonomous institution under Anna University, the Sona College runs a dedicated training department with experienced trainers from various fields who help sharpen Problem Solving Ability, Soft Skills, Language Proficiency, Leadership Traits as well as Stress Management. An exclusive team of native Japanese teachers are also engaged in a training program to prepare our students with N5 to N3 levels of Japanese Language Proficiency Certifications.
The Sona Valliappa Group of educational institutions have an extensive experience of over six decades of delivering quality education across Engineering, Technology and Management through its undergraduate, graduate, post graduate and doctoral programs.
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