The Sona Group is steeped in more than 100 years of success and tradition tracing back to pre-Independence. The group was founded by the doyen of textile industries of the early twentieth century, Karumuttu Thiagarajar Chettiar. Sona College of Technology, Salem is ranked 150 by NIRF 2020 and ranked 1 among Top Engineering Colleges Super Excellence by CSR-GHRDC Engineering College Survey 2020. The institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the discipline of Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science and many more. Admission is done on the basis of the merit and cutoff criteria of the institute.