The S.A Engineering College is one among the prominent engineering colleges in Chennai. The Training and Placement department of the college make necessary arrangements for campus placement. They carry out training in areas of aptitude test, GD, etc and organize summer internship in companies. L & T Infotech, Cognizant Technology Solutions, ICICI Prudential, Tata Consultancy Services, etc are some of the reputed firms visited the college (in previous years) for placement.

Functionalities of Training and Placement in S.A Engineering College

There is a Training and Placement department functioning in the college to develop a balanced set of technical and interpersonal skills in students. They act as an interface between the institute and industry. The main objectives of the training and placement cell are:-

• Assist students in developing their academic and career interests through training, counseling, and group sessions
• Assist students in developing successful job search strategies
• Integration of career planning and academic curriculum/project work/summer training/internship with the help of faculty members, department heads and administrative staff
• Empower students with long term career goals
• Facilitate career planning through training activities
• Generating career awareness among students
• Up-gradation of student skills with industry expectations
• Arranging summer internship for students after sixth semester

The training department is also responsible for inviting different companies for campus recruitments. Assistance will be given for students interested in international placements.

Training process in S.A Engineering College

The training process includes the following activities

• Aptitude Test
• Career Talks / Expert Lecture:
• Counseling
• Industrial Training
• Mock Group Discussion
• Mock Interviews
• TPO/Placement Coordinator Lectures

Companies visited S.A Engineering College for Campus Placement

• Alfon India Pvt. Ltd.
• Bajaj Capital
• Cognizant Technology Solutions
• Data Patterns India (P) Ltd
• EDS – Electronic Data Corporation Ltd.
• Essar Oil & Steel Ltd.
• GDA Technologies
• HCL Technologies
• IBS Software Services Pvt. Ltd.
• ICICI Prudential
• I-flex solutions Ltd
• Infosys Technologies Ltd
• Integra Micro Systems
• L & T Infotech
• Protech Soft Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Satyam Computer Services
• SCM Micro Systems
• Siemens Ltd.
• Syntel Inc
• Tata Consultancy Services
• Tata Elxis Ltd
• Wipro Technologies Ltd

Placement Process in S.A Engineering College

The placement process starts when the placement department sends invitation letters to prospective companies, enclosing the summary of the courses available. In reply for that, interested companies send letters, e-mail, or fax including company details, job profile, and company placement process. Upon receiving this information file, interested students are asked to submit resumes and this is handed over to the company. Eligible candidates, short listed for campus placement, can attend the recruitment drive. On completion of the selection process, the company will issue the list of selected students. Such students are given with offer letter via placement office.