Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, located in Krishnan Koil, Tamil Nadu, teaches engineering to a student body of 9,937 with a faculty of 709. In NIRF 2025, it was ranked #33 in the Engineering category, with a score of 59.03 out of 100, and #48 in the Overall category, with a score of 55.68 out of 100.

Placement data gives a sense of outcomes across programmes. In 2023-24, the Engineering UG 4-year programme graduated 1,476 students, of whom 1,359 were placed, with a median salary of 6.1 LPA. The Engineering PG 2-year programme graduated 104 students that year, placing 100, at a median salary of 6.6 LPA. The Overall UG 3-year programme graduated 468 students with 329 placed and a median salary of 4 LPA, while the Overall UG 5-year programme graduated 34 students, placing 20, at a median salary of 4.15 LPA.

Looking back over the previous two years shows a broadly similar pattern. In 2022-23, the Engineering UG 4-year programme placed 1,219 of 1,278 graduates at a median salary of 6.75 LPA, and in 2021-22, it placed 1,147 of 1,220 graduates at 5.5 LPA. The Engineering PG 2-year programme placed 104 of 107 graduates in 2022-23 at 7 LPA, and 109 of 129 in 2021-22 at 6.84 LPA.