The Panimalar Engineering College in Chennai is affiliated under Anna University and approved by AICTE. It has a faculty strength of 3500 members and was ranked 201 for BTech by NIRF 2020 among top engineering colleges.

The institute offers a BE program for ECE. ECE deals with the researching, developing, designing, and testing of electronic equipment. They also consider and supervise the manufacturing of communications and broadcast systems.

Here are some of the key information about the BE ECE program at the institute.

Admission Requirements - 

• Students seeking admission for BE ECE should have 50% in their 10+2 qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
• For final selection, TNEA ranks are considered.

Placements:
 

An ECE graduate can work as an electronics engineer, field test engineer, network planning engineer, electronics and communications consultant, electronics technician, service engineer, and technical director.

• More than 50 companies participated in the placement process in the last placement drive of the institute. 
• The top recruiting companies included Wipro, Infosys, TCS, HCL, Google, DBS Bank, Mindtree, HTC Global Services, DRDO, ISRO, Accenture, Phillips, Texas Instruments, DMRC, etc.
• The placement average at the institute is 84%.
• The highest CTC offered was 8 LPA.

Industry-Institute Interaction:

• The In-plant training cell of the ECE department offers In-plant training to interested students in collaboration with various industries during summer and winter vacations.
• Many industrial visits are also arranged around the academic year to provide the students with an insight into the internal working of the industries.
• The department signed MOU's with ABE Semiconductor Design, Einnel Technologies, Infosys Private Limited, Suntastic Solar Systems Pvt. Ltd., and many more. 

Faculty:

The ECE department has a dedicated group of faculty members, consisting of 54 professors.

Facilities:

Apart from the central library, there is an ECE departmental library. The departmental library has subscriptions to 32936 National and International E-Journals. 

The institute also has well-equipped labs, cafeteria, computer labs, healthcare centers and also provides hostel facilities.

Both RL Jalappa and Panimalar are good institutions for ECE. Before choosing an institution consider important facts like the faculty, the infrastructure, the placements, events, etc. The placement at RL Jalappa has been a big issue which still exists now. Overall the college seems to be average when it comes to placements. The Panimalar Engineering College also has a good placement cell. Visiting the college websites will give a better idea about the college.

While looking for colleges also go through other institutions offering this course and compare their attributes. There are other universities in India offering better placements, infrastructure and faculty Some of them are Lovely Professional University (LPU), BITS Pilani, Delhi College of Engineering, VIT Vellore, etc.

The table given below shows factual information of both institutions:

These universities provide industry training, exposure and skill development programs for their students, to make them accustomed with the corporate world. Choose a college that will provide all these opportunities and the required exposure for working in the industries.