Tamilndu Top Engineering colleges

1. Sri Sivasubramania Nadar College of Engineering ranked (3rd),
2. Velammal Engineering (5th),
3. Meenakshi Sundarajan (9th)
4. Pallavan College of Engineering (11th),
5. Sri Sairam Engineering (12th),
6. Prince Shri Venkateswara Padmavathi Engineering (15th),
7. Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering-Sriperambudur (16th),
8. Jeppiaar Engineering College (20th) and
9. St. Joseph's College of Engineering (23rd)
Above are the institutions in the "Top-25" around Chennai.
The other 21 colleges are from other districts.

However, the colleges in question say that while in some institutions, the pass percentage may be high; the number of students who appeared should also be taken into consideration. For example, Kongu Engineering College has a pass percentage of 81.87, ranked number 4 in the list.
What clearly sets apart the Tier I schools from the Tier II and Tier III ones is the recruiter's perception. Although the survey gave 40% weightage to placements, it's important to realize that recruiter's perception has a definite and undeniable effect on the placement pattern of an institute. It is also a critical component of brand equity and contributes significantly to the brand building process (read IITs). Interestingly, while SSN College of Engineering in Chennai failed to make to the perception chart despite making it to the Tier I list amongst 150 all-India (the perception score given in the survey is an average that was allotted to all institutes recruiters chose not to rate); IIT Guwahati, which came at #6 in the study, features way below at #21 on the perception chart. This IIT has not only failed to leverage the IIT brand name, but has also fallen victim to the political uncertainty in the state.