Tamil Nadu Engineering Colleges witness 20 percent jump in campus placement

The state saw a raise in package amid rising pandemic, shift to remote hiring and a slow start to the job drive. This year, due to digital hiring, the number of companies going for campus recruitment increased significantly compared to last year.

 Top engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu witnessed a 10 to 20 per cent jump in the campus placements for the year 2020-21. The state saw a raise in package amid rising pandemic, shift to remote hiring and a slow start to the job drive. This year, due to digital hiring, the number of companies going for campus recruitment increased significantly compared to last year. Companies were mainly seen hiring freshers to train them in niche areas.

Tier-2 colleges along with top colleges including Anna University, SSN College of Engineering, RMK Engineering College had a good year in terms of placements. Deemed universities also received good response from IT and IT product companies. They witnessed a significant jump in salary package offered to students.

Vice-president of Experis, Manpower Group’s IT staffing company, Supaul Chanda, said that the hiring increased due to pent-up demand and digitalization of operations by IT companies.

SSN College of Engineering in Chennai had 250 companies scouting the 600 students who sat for placement this year. This year, the number of companies increased by 50 as compared to last year. “We were apprehensive of the pandemic at the start of the placement season. Due to the shift to digital mode, more companies have participated in the campus placement this year,” said V E Annamalai, principal of the college.

While the average salary of students increased from Rs 5.6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh, 150 students have received offers above Rs 10 lakh. One student has received an offer of Rs 64 lakh per annum, the highest.

RMK Engineering College, Chennai had 20 new companies visiting for placements this year. “The number of students receiving Rs 5 lakh and above offers increased by 30 per cent this year.

VIT had the highest number of students placed during the 2020-21 placement drive. To date, 640 companies visited its campus and 5,200 students have been placed. The students have received more than 8,000 offers. “This is an increase of 10% compared to last year. The drive will go till June and we expect at least 60 more companies to visit our campus this year,” said V Samuel Rajkumar, director (placement and training), VIT.

S Vaidhyasubramaniam, the vice-chancellor of SASTRA, said, “The number of offers for premium skilled jobs increased up to 12 per cent and students have received 3,500 offers from 150 companies. Internships offered to a majority of recruits have almost doubled this year as the recruiters tried to bring them closer to the workplace before graduation.”

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