RV College of Engineering is a reputed Engineering college that has ranked 7th among the best private engineering colleges by The Week in 2020. Choosing whether you should go for Electronics or Mechanical is a difficult choice. However, some of the points can be helpful in this regard.

Course Details and Admission:

• In order to pursue B.E in Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering students have to qualify COMEDK UGET and KCET, and to pursue M.TECH, students have to qualify GATE.

• The average course fee for both the courses remains around 3.9 Lakh in total. There are around 120 seats for the Mechanical branch and around 180 seats for Electrical students are available.

• Around 45% of seats are filled with KCET qualified students 30% of seats are filled with COMEDK qualifiers and the rest is reserved for management quota.

Placement:

• More than 80% of Mechanical students and 85% of Electrical students get placed every year in various companies.

• Some of the major recruiters who offer placement to the mechanical students are Reliance Industries ltd, Rolls Royce, Honda, ITC, and more.

• Mechanical students are mostly offered roles of data scientists, business developers, data analysts, and business trainees.

• The highest and the medium salary packages that are offered to the students of Mechanical are 10 LPA and 4 LPA.

• Major recruiters who offer placements to the students from the Electrical department are Infosys, ABB, Tata Motors, Schneider, GE Healthcare, Boeing, and more.

• The highest and the medium salary package remain around 19 LPA and 7 LPA for Electrical students.

Other Factors:

Apart from these factors, the infrastructure that is offered by the institute is really well. There is a library which contains a plethora of books and e-sources for the students. Boys and Girls hostel is available. Classrooms are spacious and well-equipped with modern facilities.

These factors should be taken into account while deciding your suitable course. However, no matter which course you choose, faculty members are helpful and well experienced. Therefore, the all-round development of students is ensured by the institute.

Kumaraguru College of Technology is a private engineering college in Sarvanampatti ranked 82 among top engineering colleges in NIRF 2019 Rankings. It has a campus of about 156 acres of campus area with a total of 5,974 enrolled students.

Bannari Amman Institute of Technology is a private and autonomous college in Sathyamangalam with a campus area of about 181 acres. It has been ranked 98 among engineering colleges in NIRF 2019 Rankings.

Cut off:

• For admission in Mechatronics Engineering at Kumaraguru College of Technology, the cut off for the general category went up to8141.
• On the other hand, students received relaxation while taking admission inBannari Amman Institute of Technology as the cut off for the general category was 32078.

Placement:

Kumarguru College of Technology

• Placement in Kumaraguru Mechatronics Engineering as somewhat like 50% of students were placed and the rest opt for higher studies.
• The students received the highest package of INR 9.60 LPA whereas the lowest package was INR 2.40 LPA.
• The top recruiters of the college includeTech Mahindra, HP, Polaris, Bosch, Federal Bank, IBS Software Services, Newgen Software, Informatica Business Solutions Pvt Ltd., Manhattan Associates, Skavasystems Pvt. Ltd., Athenahealt, Visual Soft, and many more.

Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

• The college recorded a total placement rate of 45% in Mechatronics Engineering.
• Students received the highest package of INR 6 LPA while the lowest package was INR 1.20 LPA.
• Placement Companies in Bannari Amman Institute of Technology includes Zoho, Axis Bank, Gokuldas exports, Cognizant, Best Price, CSS Corp, Accenture, Excelacomm, GRE Edge, Axis Global Automation, Bajaj Capital, Hyundai, HP, Jockey, Titan Industries, CGVAK Software & Exports Ltd., Cognizant, Brahma Design Mumbai, Bosch Ltd., Decathlon, Maveric.

This depicts a factual description of both the colleges related to the Mechatronics Branch. Now it depends on the student’s interest and course details to select a particular college.

Usually, finding a job in a core company right from the campus itself takes a lot of effort, time, and skill. Along with these, there should be some help from the college itself, like MOUs with specific industries and skill development programs for the industry readiness of the student.

If all these things go in your favor then landing in a core company isn’t too difficult as it seems. But in reality, there are not many colleges that provide such opportunities. And for a branch like mechatronics, it’s quite difficult to find a college good in placements in that branch.

Speaking of Acharya Institute of Technology (AIT) here, it’s no different. Campus placements do happen but not specific to the Mechatronics branch. The companies which usually visit campus are mass recruiters, IT service-based companies, and Marketing and sales companies. A student who has pursed Mechatronics with a lot of aspiration to work in Core Company wouldn’t like to get into an IT of marketing-related jobs.

Keeping these things in mind, it’s good to tell that, there are no Mechatronics related placements at AIT. But if one is determined enough, he/she can always look for an internship in Core Company and later convert it into a full-time opportunity. The standard of education at AIT will make sure that you have specific skills that will land you in a job sooner or later