Tamil Nadu

Yes, absolutely. A fashion design student from Chennai can definitely work for international brands like Gucci or Zara. Success in the global fashion industry comes down to your portfolio, networking, and strategic education, rather than where you start.

The placement rate recorded for the some of the departments during SRMIST Kattankulathur Chennai placements 2025 and recent past is mentioned below:

Mechanical Engineering placements highlights at SRMIST for 2026 and 2025 are mentioned below:

Note: Placements 2026 were ongoing at the time this answer was updated.

SRMIST Kattankulathur Chennai has released department-wise placement data for its Faculty of Engineering and Technology. As per the report, the highest package offered in Data Science and Business System department in recent past was 41.2 LPA. The overall the highest package offered in 2026 was 60 LPA.

Absolutely, and many do exactly that. After completing BDS, students have the option of opening their own dental office, in addition to working with hospitals, pharmaceutical firms, or medical device manufacturers.

According to the NIRF ranking 2025, SIMTS Chennai ranked as the top Dental college in Chennai followed by other top colleges like SRM Dental College and SRIHER. Candidates can check the table below for the top colleges with NIRF ranking 2024 and 2025 -

Disclaimer: Rankings taken from official NIRF site and the rankings might change in future.

No, there's no backdoor here. Candidates willing to get admitted to undergraduate dental courses need to qualify the NEET exam, which is the national entrance test for BDS admission. Whether you're applying to a government or a top private college, NEET is non-negotiable.

You can apply for admission in B.E./BTech at AAA College of Engineering & Technology if you are not from Tamil Nadu in the following conditions:

• If you studied classes 8 to 12 in Tamil Nadu schools.
• If you are a child of IAS/IPS/IFS officers assigned to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
• If your parent has worked in TN as central government/public sector employee for the last 5 years continuously.

Institutes like MMC (a government institute) have very low fees and extremely good clinical exposure since they are a part of some of the largest government hospitals in India. These colleges are close to major hospitals, which means that they have great exposure to actual cases from day one.

Institutes like SRM and SRIHER (private colleges) have better campus development, better placement, more international connections and a more structured learning experience.