The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering was started in 2001 and is currently running B.E, M.Tech and Research programs. The department is headed by Dr. Vipula Singh, who has around 23 years of experience in teaching and research. She has obtained her doctorate from Guru Gobind Singh Indra Prastha University New Delhi in the area of image processing. She has published more than 25 papers in international / national Journals and Conferences. She is currently guiding 3 students for Ph.D and 2 students completed Ph.D. She is the author of a book on image processing.
Department has Well qualified, committed and experienced Faculty members with an average experience of 15 years. Department has total of 35 faculty members with minimum qualification as MTech and 14 with Ph.D degree and 14 faculty are pursuing their PhD. Excellent infrastructure with well-equipped and sufficient laboratories and library facility and Seminar halls are available for the usage of Lecture/NPTEL Videos/Demos.
NBA Accredited during 2018-2021. Department is Recognized as Research center by VTU, Belagavi, 19 scholars from Industry and academia are currently pursuing PhD/MSc(Engg).The Department of ECE has been consistently securing university ranks from past five years and this has led to a goodwill about the college at the state level. In the last five years, a total of 28 students ranks, out of which 6 have been first rank. The average performance of the student is around 85% in vtu exams. 90% of the students get placed in reputed companies with minimum package of 3.5 L pa and maximum package of 24 L pa. Good Academic and Extra, Co-Curricular records by students, Consistent performance in university exams and placement of the students in Core Companies
Good number of Paper Publications by both Faculty and Students. Good number of technical interactions like Guest Lectures, Workshops, Competitions & Conferences are conducted by the Department Students Club Techkruthi, Robotics Club, mini project exhibition, Professional societies IEEE and IETE for the benefit of faculty and students to alert their skills.Training Classes are carried out to prepare the students for Placements/ GATE/ GRE Examination.
In 2012-13, UG intake has increased from 120 to 180 and Current PG intake is 18. The department has 35 faculty members, with 6 Professors and 5 Associate Professors.The Department has VTU recognized R & D centre in which 17 faculty members are pursuing Ph.D & 5 completed Ph.D in diverse areas of ECE , such as, Digital Electronics, VLSI, Biomedical Engineering, Power Electronics, Image Processing and Communication. The faculty are zealously involved in improving their skills and qualifications. Some of the highlights of the achievements of the faculty are
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Conquering technical frontiers in the field of Electronics and Communication.Mission
The department promotes an intellectual and ethical environment in which the strengths and skills of Electronics Professionals will flourish by.
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Department releases news letter NOESIS- once every semester. Noesis means it is the perception of mind and a study of intellect. Noesis started in 2010 and department has released 15 newsletters till date. News letter is a collection of both technical thoughts and artistic skills. It is also a report of all the activities conducted within the department during the semester.
Every year the ECE department conducts Open house Expo for final year UG and PG students. About 250 students participate and showcase their technical and also communication skills. Projects are carried out in various fields of Electronics &Communication Engineering namely Core communication, VLSI, embedded systems, Image processing, robotics, IoT, control etc. Majority of the projects are carried In-house where-as some are carried out in external organizations like ADE, LRDE, ISRO, IISc, BEL etc. Some of the projects can be rolled out as products to help in health care, military and the society in general like robots to monitor the health of senior citizens and the disabled, robots that help the injured in war, pill vending machine, detection of landmines in war zones using Ground Penetration Radar, IoT based water &electricity billing system, storing and tracking of solar power, industrial pollution monitoring system, segregation of waste. Experts from various fields from industry and academia are brought to judge the projects &give expert inputs. Based on the students performance, the judges have continually expressed their happiness regarding the quality of the projects and the enthusiasm of the students in explaining them. They appreciated the students for trying to analyze the need/problems of our day to day life &solve them through reliable and cost effective projects. Many of the students start the work early (3rd and 4th sem) as mini-projects and continue on the same work until their final years and bring out more useful products to the society. This is a great initiative towards realizing our PMs dream of Make-In-India for creating successful young scientists &entrepreneurs directly from the Institution.
Mini Project Open House Expo is a celebration of ideas, thoughts and innovation of the 1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year students, which is being conducted every semester. Students showcase their projects in the various domains like embedded systems, VLSI, Microcontrollers, Robotics and image processing etc. More than 150 projects are exhibited every semester . These projects are judged by experts from the industry and academics. It promotes out-of-the-box thinking in students and fosters interaction between juniors, seniors and professors. Its a platform where students apply their conceptual knowledge for practical applications. This bridges the gap between what we learn in the classroom and what is needed in the real world.
The projects are evaluated under 4 categories like Hardware, Software, Hybrid and Social Impact and best projects are awarded with certificates and cash prize in each category. Hardware projects are those which include electronic circuitry without any software control. Software projects are those which mainly use software tools like LabVIEW, MATLAB and programming in SQL, HTML etc., Hybrid projects are a mixture of hardware and software, i.e., all embedded applications. And Social Impact projects, as the name implies, includes all projects which aim towards the betterment of the society. This event has helped students to perform better during placements and get placed in core companies. It enriches their technical skills and soft skills. Few of the projects are further continued as a final year projects. Project expo has also resulted in publishing of papers in national and international conferences .
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Mrs. Roopa K R
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Mrs. Smitha Gayathri D
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Mrs. Shree Lakshmi G
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Mrs. Soumya Prasad
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Mrs. Veena S
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Mr. Shivakumar S
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Mrs. Sandhya G Hegde
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Mr. Anand M
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Mr. Shivayogaiah
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Mr. A V Lakshmi Prasanna
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Mr. Ravi M G
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Mr. Vasantha Kumar
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Mr. Ramamurthy
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Mrs. Lakshmi
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