How are the placements of B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from SASTRA University?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I wish placement had a universal objective KPI but unfortunately, currently, it is measured in terms of the number of students who get offer letter at the end of the degree. Measuring just quantity without measuring the quality lead to biased insights. The mechanical stream is a very promising stream. There are hardly any good product companies such as Flipkart or housings visiting the campus nor are there Google and Linkedin nor are there any start ups being run by Alumni nor is anyone starting any company on the campus. However, you don't have to worry about getting a job in TCS for which SASTRA held the world record for highest campus placements for some time. So, to put long story short, if you have options to join any such college where you will get opportunity to get interview with Google or Flipkart then please join there and if you are shit scared about the prospect of getting 'placed' itself then SASTRA is the right place for you where you don't have to worry about getting an INR 3 lacs job for the rest of your 4-years.

manpreet 2 years ago

SASTRA University is a private university located in the extreme end of South India. Though it is an old university, it does not get a very nice placement record in the 4th year. Students only above 8 and 9 CGPA are allowed to sit in the campus drives and there are very rare or almost no students touching the placement record of 10 LPA. Most of the students there are working in companies such as TCS, Wipro and Infosys. All I want to say is that the chances of global placements are very less. Also, you need to do hard work for getting into a multinational company. Sometimes entering an MNC will not get you a very good package. For mechanical students, one should have thorough knowledge about the working model of an appliance and the automobile. The knowledge should be focussed related to stream and one should have great presentation skills. The average placement there is around 2 or 3 LPA for UG students and some may get 5 LPA but more than that is exceptional. Thank you. Take a wise decision.

manpreet 2 years ago

There's a funny saying- if you get admit into SASTRA, you are a future TCS employee. Every year, atleast 80% of all engineering students get into TCS. And some companies are CGPA biased. Above 8.0 or 8.5 will allow you to sit in some good companies like Ashok Leyland, EBay, etc. So, get above 8.0 and it's almost a guarantee that youll get a job. The core companies that are hitting sastra for mechanical dept is very less probably three or four not more than that and to place in such companies you need to bag up with lot of technical stuff and a bit of Quants and the recruitment is purely based on the technical stuff of that person if the persons performance is exemplary then he'll be selected if not he'll be out of that, these companies hardly recruit some 57 members not more than that so don't keep that much expectations because the competition is very tough(10/260).This is one scenario the other is completely different which you never dreamt of it's nothing but TCS hope you guys are well aware of this organisation the only way for most of the mechies to get placed is the TCS so my adivce to all the mechies out there who are dreaming day and nights to get placed in a reputed organisation you have to put your body and soul to get placed in that if not shun all your expectations.