BASIC DETAILS:
- Short Name: SONA
- Counselling Code: 2618
- Year of Establishment: 1997
- Status: Private Autonomous College
- Address: Junction Main Road, Salem.
- Phone : 0427 4099999
- Email Id : info@sonatech.ac.in
- Website: https://www.sonatech.ac.in/
How to Reach?
Start from Salem Bus Stand:
- Start from Salem City Center: Head towards Suramangalam (southwest direction).
- Take the Salem-Bengaluru Highway (NH44): Drive towards Bengaluru via the Salem-Bengaluru Highway.
- Continue on NH44: Stay on NH44 for about 5-6 kilometers until you reach Suramangalam.
- Look for Sona College Signage: As you approach Suramangalam, you will see signboards directing you to Sona College of Technology.
- Turn into the College Campus: Follow the signs to enter the college premises
Proximity from Main Cities:
- Chennai to Salem: Distance: 335 km / Travel Time: 6-7 hours by car
- Coimbatore to Salem: Distance: 160 km / Travel Time: 3-4 hours by car
- Madurai to Salem: Distance: 300 km / Travel Time: 6-7 hours by car
- Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) to Salem: Distance: 150 km / Travel Time: 3-4 hours by car
- Erode to Salem: Distance: 100 km / Travel Time: 2-3 hours by car
- Vellore to Salem: Distance: 200 km / Travel Time: 4-5 hours by car
- Tirunelveli to Salem: Distance: 450 km / Travel Time: 8-9 hours by car
Courses Offered (UG Engg):
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Bio medical engineering
- Information Technology
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Fashion Technology.
Accreditation:
- NBA Accredited Programs: Fashion Technology, EEE, ECE, Civil, CSE, Information Technology.
- NAAC Accreditation: The college is accredited with an ‘A++’ GRADE
- NIRF Ranking: Sona is ranked in the #151-200 BAND among engineering institutions in India
What the Students say about this college?
LIKES:
- Supportive teachers.
- Good campus life.
- Well-maintained infrastructure.
- Many student clubs.
- Regular cultural events.
- Strong placement training.
- Sports encouraged.
- Good hostel food (vegetarian).
- Helpful faculty.
- Organized study plan.
- Beautiful campus.
- Diverse events (TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL EVENTS, INCLUDING HACKATHONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS)
- Good facilities.
- Skill-enhancing clubs.
- Growth encouragement.
DISLIKES:
- Bus service: The college bus doesn’t serve all areas, making travel difficult for some students.
- Traffic: Getting to college can be tough because of heavy traffic.
- Hostel food: The hostel food is vegetarian, but there aren’t many options.
- Canteen: The main canteen isn’t very good.
- Hostel rooms: The rooms in the hostel are a bit small.
- Hostel rules: It’s hard to go home from the hostel because of strict rules.
- Placement help: Students don’t get help with finding jobs until later in their studies.
- Classrooms: Some classrooms need repairs.
- Library: There aren’t enough computers in the library.
- Cafeteria: The cafeteria is too crowded at lunchtime.
- Parking: It’s hard to find a place to park.
- Utilities: Sometimes the water or electricity doesn’t work properly.
- Wi-Fi: The Wi-Fi signal isn’t very strong.
- Student concerns: The college might not always pay enough attention to what students need.
Key Strengths:
- Strong Industrial Connections:
- SCT boasts strong industry collaborations with 18 diverse organizations, providing students with significant benefits:
- Tech Innovation: Infosys and VMware..
- Global Reach: Nottingham Trent and Swinburne.
- Career Pathways: BEL and Titan.
- Certified Skills: Livewire and Red Hat..
- R&D Access: ISRO and National Cyber Security..
- Real-World Learning: JSW Steel, SmartBridge, and TNPCB.
- Research and Development: SCT fosters a strong research culture with over 30 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE, promoting interdisciplinary innovation and applied research across science, engineering, and technology.
- Research Centres : Sona CRND , Sona CNM/MM , Sona3Dx (new) , Sona METFORM , Sona SPEED , Sona PERT , Sona PEDAC , Sona PLC , IoT Security Lab , Sona MINE , Sona NET , Sona AI&DA , Sona FOSS , Sona SIPRO , Sona VLSIComm , Sona COIN , Sona SERC ,Sona STARCH ,Sona PAN ,Sona CRRP, Nano-COED, Sona AROMA, Sona REACH, Sona CRP, Sona SEDA
- Patents: (Research Outputs) – No of Patent Filed: 236 , No of Patent Published: 191 , No of Patent Granted: 40
Awards:
- SCT has received numerous awards recognizing its excellence in education, industry collaboration, and innovation.
- Notable institutional awards include the IE(I) Engineering Education Excellence Award, NITTTR Outstanding Engineering College Award, and multiple AICTE-CII Best Industry Linked Technical Institute awards.
- Faculty members have been recognized with awards like the AICTE Visvesvaraya Best Teacher Award and IEI’s Best Teacher Award.
- Students have also achieved significant success, winning awards in competitions like the Smart India Hackathon and receiving accolades such as the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award.
- Japanese Language course by NATIVE JAPANESE LANGUAGE TEACHER
- SCT offers a Japanese language course taught by a native Japanese language teacher, preparing students for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) at the N4 level, which requires approximately 220 hours of study.
- This proficiency opens up diverse career opportunities in Japan, where there’s an estimated need for 200,000 skilled engineers in the next 2-3 years, with potential growth to 800,000 by 2030.
- Over 30 Sona students have successfully secured positions in Japanese companies.
- Library: SCT’s library provides extensive resources, including a physical collection of over 86,000 books and a digital library with significant online journal and e-book access: 218 e-journals from IEEE ASPP, 275 from Science Direct, 523 from EBSCO, 13 from SAGE, and 14,260 e-books from Elsevier Science Direct.
- Apple Lab: Sona College of Technology’s Apple Lab, featuring 15 iMacs and 20 Mac minis, provides students with cutting-edge training in mobile application development for Apple products, cross-platform systems, and mobile computing, aiming to produce skilled iOS professionals.
College Fee Structure:
- Total College Fees: INR 1,15,000/Annum
- Total Hostel Fees: INR 95,000/Annum
Placement Stats:
- Placement Percentage: 91%
- Total number of offers: 1097
- The highest domestic offer: 19.94 LPA (Zscaler)
- The highest international offer: 33.6 LPA (Howa Co Ltd, Japan)
- The highest internship stipend offered : 98,000 (Cisco)
- The no offers (more than 10 LPA): 62
- AVERAGE SALARY (CSE, IT & AIDS): 5.4 LPA
- AVERAGE SALARY (ECEC, EEE): 5 LPA
- AVERAGE SALARY (MECH): 6.8 LPA
- AVERAGE SALARY (MECHATRONICS): 6.2 LPA
- AVERAGE SALARY (BIOMEDICAL, CIVIL & FASHION TECH): 4.1 LPA
SAFE CUT OFF MARKS (FOR CSE):
- OC – 182
- BC – 178
- BCM – 170
- MBC – 174
- SC – 139
- ST – 130