Salem: The Sona College of Technology has achieved a major milestone in the first phase of campus placements for its BTech graduating class of 2025, with 82 per cent students securing job offers in core engineering disciplines—including Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil—as well as new-age specialisations such as Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Analytics and Data Science.

In the first phase of the placement season nearly 100 students secured offers with starting salaries of over ₹10 lakh per annum. These include over 54 offers from leading steel maker, JSW, and over 32 placements in Japan. Other recruiters offering top-tier packages include Informatica, DevRev, Cisco, SurveySparrow, EmbedUR, and Mr. Cooper.

The average salary offered in the first phase was ₹5.6 lakh per annum, marking an increase of 19 per cent over the previous year.

Major IT services companies—Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Infosys, and LTI Mindtree—together recruited nearly 55 per cent of the batch. While a few regular IT services recruiters gave the season a miss, 25 first-time recruiters stepped in, making 59 offers with an average cost-to-company (CTC) of ₹5.5 lakh per annum.

Thirty-six manufacturing companies hired candidates with annual packages ranging from ₹4 lakh to ₹10 lakh.

Twelve Mechanical Engineering graduates, six from Mechatronics, five from Civil Engineering, and nine from Computer Science, IT, Analytics, and Data Science disciplines were placed in companies based in Japan—excluding those hired by Indian tech firms based on their Japanese language proficiency at N4 and N5 levels.

“The placement performance of the 2025 batch is an outcome of the industry-aligned curriculum updated with AI/ML elements, rigorous internships, and global orientation that Sona College of Technology consistently delivers. With 32 placements from companies in Japan this year the total number of Sona graduates employed in Japan is just two short of 100-mark,” says Prof SRR Senthilkumar, Principal, Sona College of Technology.

Sona College of Technology has been offering Japanese as a credit course since 2017 to strengthen students' global employability.

“We have embedded Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning elements even within non-IT specialisations, ensuring students gain hands-on exposure through projects. This gives our graduates a competitive AI-edge edge in their roles. From large firms in Japan to leading IT companies and steel to textile manufacturers in India, the diversity of recruiters this year reflects the strong confidence employers have in our students’ capabilities,” says Prof. B. Saravanan, Director – Placements, Sona College of Technology.

Companies like GE Vernova and Creation Technologies hired Sona students in large numbers.

75 pc of job offers in IT, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Fashion Technology and Civil

The entire batch of students from the Civil Engineering discipline were placed with 15 top recruiters, at an average salary package of ₹4.5 lakh—an increase from ₹4 lakh for the previous batch. Four students from this department filed patents for their innovative technologies, complementing numerous Hackathon wins. Additionally, around 20 students are set to join their family-run civil engineering consulting and contracting businesses.

Four students completed internships at Universiti Malaya and NIT Trichy, alongside five others who secured full-time roles in Japan.

All 60 students from the Fashion Technology department received placement offers from leading fashion houses, apparel retailers, and textile and garment manufacturing firms—continuing a 15-year tradition of 100 per cent placement. The department has been recognised by CII-AICTE for its exemplary industry-academia collaboration.

Sona College of Technology’s NAAC A++ accreditation with a CGPA of 3.65, along with its inclusion in the NIRF 'Innovation Institute' category, reinforces its commitment to faculty development and elevating the learnability quotient of its graduating class—leading to improved career outcomes.

The Salem-based college’s SonaSPEED division has collaborated with ISRO on the development of specialised motors for key national missions including Chandrayaan-3, the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), and the Gaganyaan manned space exploration programme.

Sona College’s strong industry connect has earned it the prestigious CII-AICTE ‘Best Industry-Linked Institution’ award for seven consecutive years.

Entrepreneurship is actively promoted through the Sona Incubation Foundation, which focuses on thrust areas like medtech, healthtech and assistive technology -- contributing to both research excellence and enhanced employability.

In the July–December 2024 NPTEL examinations, Sona College ranked second nationwide in faculty performance among over 7,000 colleges, maintaining its consistent position within the Top 3 institutions since the inception of this recognition.