Placement Report | Year-wise Statistics

Why RIT Chennai

Why RIT Is Among the High Placement Colleges in Chennai

A high placement percentage doesn't happen at the recruitment stage alone. It's built through four years of academics, training and industry exposure, RIT structures all three around one goal: a job offer before graduation.

Strong Academic Foundation

RIT maintains a consistent pass percentage of around 85% and a similar four-year graduation rate, with a faculty-to-student ratio of 1:13 and a well-stocked library offering 24x7 internet and online journals. Recruiters read consistent academics as a proxy for consistent hiring outcomes.

Industry-Aligned Skill Training

Students go through skill-oriented training programs run in partnership with TCS, Wipro, Zoho, ICT Academy, BOSCH and MSME, alongside guest lectures, industrial visits and internships built into the curriculum.

Employability Skill Camps

Soft skills and employability training run as dedicated camps rather than one-off sessions, so communication, group discussion and interview readiness are practised repeatedly before final placements begin.

Live Industry Projects

Professional clubs, seminars and company-sponsored projects (including with organisations like NEC and Systech) give students national-level competition exposure and real project experience recruiters look for.

About The Cell

The RIT Training & Placement Cell

The RIT Training and Placement Cell exists to give students personal and career-related support, with special emphasis on employability skills, not just interview scheduling. It works across academics, alumni networks and recruiters year-round, not only during the placement season.

What the cell actually does, in practice:

1Works with faculty and department heads to fold career planning and internship coordination into the academic calendar.
2Runs structured sixth-semester industrial training placements before final-year recruitment begins.
3Builds and maintains connections between current students, alumni and recruiting employers.
4Organises recruitment assessments, group discussions, mock interviews and aptitude practice ahead of every drive.
5Coordinates in-plant training, industrial visits and higher-studies guidance for students not placed through campus drives.
6Maintains a live database of eligible students to match against recruiter requirements as vacancies come in.

Placement Team Contact

Mr. G. Sai Krishnan

Head, Placement & Training

WhatsApp: +91 97102 34579
placement@ritchennai.edu.in
+91 89259 77445
Kuthambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600124

Preparation

Placement Training Programs

Every RIT student goes through a structured training track well before their first campus interview.

Personality Development

Confidence, workplace etiquette and professional presence.

Communication & Vocabulary

Spoken and written English built for interviews and workplace use.

Resume & Email Writing

Resume structuring and professional email etiquette.

Group Discussion Practice

Timed GD rounds modelled on actual recruiter formats.

Interview Skills

HR and technical mock interviews with structured feedback.

Aptitude Training

Quantitative, logical and verbal aptitude practice tests.

Foreign Languages

Japanese and German language training for global-facing roles.

Residential Employability Program

A flagship in-campus residential bootcamp before major recruitment drives.

Placement Report

RIT Chennai Placement Percentage: Year-Wise Placement Report

RIT Chennai's placement percentage has stayed above 95% for three consecutive years, from 2023-24 through 2025-26, with a high of 99.71% in 2023-24. The table below is RIT's full year-wise placement report since 2019-20.

Academic Year	Eligible Students	Students Placed	Placement %	Training Programs
2025-26	805	787	97.70%	51
2024-25	624	601	96.31%*	42
2023-24	349	348	99.71%	39
2022-23	281	280	99.28%	38
2021-22	382	379	99.21%	37
2020-21	494	471	95.34%	31
2019-20	536	470	87.68%	25

Department-Wise Placements, 2025-26

Department	Students Placed
Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)	189
AI & Data Science (AI&DS)	184
Computer Science & Business Systems (CSBS)	121
Electronics & Communication (ECE)	119
Computer & Communication Engineering (CCE)	59
AI & Machine Learning (AI&ML)	58
Mechanical Engineering (MECH)	57
Total	787

Placement Drive at RIT Chennai

A glimpse of recruiters on campus during the 2025-26 placement season.

RIT Chennai Placement Drive, 2025-26 Recruiters & students on campus

Recruiters

Top Recruiters at RIT Chennai

Over 180 companies recruit from Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology every year, spanning global IT services, product companies, core engineering and BFSI.

Showing 20 of 180+ recruiters. See the full recruiter list→

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

RIT's placement rate is 98% (787 of 805 eligible students placed in 2025-26). It has stayed above 95% for three consecutive years, peaking at 99.71% in 2023-24.

The highest package offered to an RIT Chennai student is ₹56 LPA, as published in RIT's official placement figures.

RIT Chennai's average package among its top 20% of placed students is ₹19.75 LPA, based on RIT's published placement figures.

RIT's top-paying and most frequent recruiters include Zoho Corporation, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, Amazon, IBM, Robert Bosch and L&T Infotech, among 180+ companies that recruit from campus each year.

No. RIT Chennai (Kuthambakkam) and Rajalakshmi Engineering College, REC (Thandalam), are two separate, sister institutions under the same group. The placement percentage, highest package and average package figures on this page are specific to RIT Chennai.

Reach the Placement & Training team at placement@ritchennai.edu.in, WhatsApp +91 97102 34579, or call +91 89259 77445.

RIT Chennai Placements: Best Placement College in Chennai