NIRF 2025

Vel Tech Chennai NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #87 in NIRF 2025.

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0489

Private institution Best in 2025: Engineering #87 1 categories in 2025 9,678 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology is a private institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its best current NIRF result is #87 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 49.2% and a ₹4L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 9,678 students.

₹4LUG median salary
2023-24
49.2% UG placed
785 / 1,596
#87Engineering rank
NIRF 2025
586PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard

Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 72.1% → 49.2%; latest median salary ₹4L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 1,596 graduates
49.2%
  • 785 placed — 49.2% of the batch
  • 326 chose higher studies
  • 485 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹4L

Half of the 785 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹4L
Placement rate
49.2%

Salary and placement rate, year by year

Median salary (₹L)Placement rate %

What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate fell from 72.1% to 49.2%. The reported median salary moved from ₹3.15L in 2017-18 to ₹4L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2020-21 90 / 102 88.2% ₹5L
2021-22 91 / 96 94.8% ₹5L
2022-23 79 / 86 91.9% ₹5L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students9,678All reported programmes
From outside the state83.5%8,079 students
International119Students from outside India
Women20.4%1,976 students
Full fee reimbursement2,564Funded by the institution
Largest programme group9,462UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars586179 full-time · 407 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-247041 in 2021-22 → 70 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects40Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score35.8Was 28.5 in 2021

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹42.52 Cr → ₹82.19 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.

Faculty & staff salaries₹82.19 Cr₹42.52 Cr in 2017-18 → +93%
Academic maintenance₹42.86 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹5.43 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹5.09 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24

Library (₹Cr)Lab equipment (₹Cr)Faculty & staff salaries (₹Cr)

Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹42.52 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹82.19 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹5.09 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹5.43 Cr.

Official sources

Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.

The five NIRF pillars

Teaching & Resources (TLR) improved most: 55.8 → 66.7. Perception (PR) is the lowest latest pillar.

What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. Vel Tech Chennai improved most in Teaching & Resources (TLR) (55.8 → 66.7). Its latest strongest pillar is Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) at 67.3, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 7.6.

Questions about Vel Tech Chennai

Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.

Vel Tech Chennai ranking questions

What is Vel Tech Chennai NIRF ranking 2025?

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #87 with a score of 47.43.

Which NIRF categories include Vel Tech Chennai in 2025?

Vel Tech Chennai appears in the NIRF 2025 Engineering ranking categories on this profile.

Is Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology private or government?

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology located?

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology is listed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of Vel Tech Chennai graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹4L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 785 of 1,596 graduates placed (49.2%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹5L.

What is Vel Tech Chennai's best NIRF category?

Engineering is its best current result at #87 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 47.43.

How many students does Vel Tech Chennai have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 9,678 students, including 8,079 from outside the state and 119 international students.

Is Vel Tech Chennai improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 28.5 in 2021 to 35.8 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 586 PhD scholars.

How much does Vel Tech Chennai spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹82.19 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹5.43 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹5.09 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.

Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.