The Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu, has reported yet another exceptional placement season.
During the latest placement season 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 students who got 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 and Tube Investments were among the companies looking for core engineering skills.