SASTRA (Deemed to be University) Thanjavur Answered Questions

SASTRA University conducts the admission in two streams. In the stream 1, 70% of seats are allotted based on the candidates' JEE (Main) scores and 10+2 marks. The remaining 30% seats are allotted based on 10+2 or equivalent marks scored by the candidates, after that the counselling process.
Courses offered by SASTRA University:
Aerospace Engineering
Bio-Engineering
Biotechnology
Civil Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Computer science and engineering, etc.
Placements are also good. 80% placements are there in Sastra University, whenever students leave the college they have a good job, they have been recruited for top MNCs in India and abroad. SASTRA University arranges the interview for particular companies Paypal, Google, Microsoft, Zoho, Freshdesk and other various companies. Placement cell does a very good job and almost all the students get place. The average package is 3.18 LPA. The main companies hiring our students are TCS, Wipro and Accenture.
The highest package goes up to INR 14-15 LPA.
Companies like EBay, Amazon and some Chennai based companies hire students with nice package. There is a training and placement department which trains everyone after 6th semester. It boosts up confidence in every one to get placed in a good company. Many companies visit our university in 7th semester whereas some visit even in 6th semester.

SASTRA University is located in Thanjavur and it is accredited by NAAC.
It is ranked 65 in the list of top colleges of India by 'the week'.
It offers many courses out of which aerospace engineering is the course in which it offers about 120 seats to students.
It is well known for its good infrastructure knowledgeable faculty with experience of teaching and many facilities like Wi-Fi Sports Complex and labs with better equipments and machines.
Sastra University is known for its research in chemical engineering but it cannot be compared to IIT or NIT research.
There are core companies like Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Ranbaxy, Manali Petrochemicals, etc.
These are some of the core companies that comes for the placement of chemical engineering students in Sastra University and provides package average salary about 9 lakh per annum.
But around 10 to 15% students of Chemical Engineering only get placed in core companies and rest of the students get placed in the mass recruiter IT companies like TCS, Accenture,etc.
They provide average salary about 3 lakh per annum.
Hope it helps.

Hello,
To get a good branch in NITs you need to score 200+ marks
& to get any branch in NITs you need to score 150+ in JEE exam.
Further, the board exam covers 40% weightage and the rest is JEE Exam score.
You can also apply for other colleges from your JEE score:

Sastra University is one of the best colleges which give good placement to their student on the basic of their academic record. Many companies such as AMAZON, PAYPAL, THOROGOOD, CISCO, MICROSOFT are paying between 11 LPA to 24 LPA to its students. All you need to crack Amazon or PayPal is skill in coding or programming with a minimum CGPA of 7.5.
Speaking of average package, we have a pot including ZOHO, GOFRUGAL, MU SIGMA, IBM, INAUTIX, FRESH DESK, TVS, HYUNDAI, HONEYWELL etc. which are giving a package between 4 LPA to 6 LPA.
Most companies in this list don't have a stringent eligibility criteria. Over and above, these few major recruiters, SASTRA attracts a lot of startup and small scale enterprises like NOLOGO, NORTON, SUNMAR, SUPER GAS, TAFE, FACE, MURUGAPPA which are paying a decent package of 2.5 to 4 LPA.
For complete details about the department:
http://src.sastra.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=251&Itemid=370
Detail about the placement:
http://src.sastra.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=251&Itemid=3705

Yes, you can change your department from mechanical to CSE at the end of first year through sliding process provided that you must have a CGPA greater than 8.5. As CSE is most demanded department and I may not assure you surely you will get CSE as vacancies should be there at the end of the counselling or one must slide from CSE to other department to create a vacancy.