Which is best engineering college Rajalakshmi or Velammal?

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.