Electronics & Communication Engineering

About the Department

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering was started in 2002. The department offers a four year B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering Programme with sanctioned intake of 60 from 2002-2003 onwards. The Department has increased its intake strength to 120 from 2005-2006 onwards. The department offers M.E. Communication System with an intake of 18 from 2013-2014 onwards. All the classrooms are smart classrooms with satellite enabled learning facilities. The Department has 7 Doctorates and 10 of the faculty members are pursuing their research leading to Ph.D. degree. The department also has young, dynamic and energetic faculty members. Texas Instruments sponsored labs- TI analog System Design Lab and TI Embedded System Design Lab have been set up. MOU is signed with Roots Group & Salzer Electronics Ltd., Coimbatore, Texas Instruments, Micromax Systems Pvt. Ltd, Trichy, Sertel Electronics Pvt Ltd, Chennai, Prime SoC ,Chennai for undertaking R&D projects. Faculty members are life members in different professional bodies like IEEE, IETE, ISTE, IETE student forum (ISF) started in the year 2010. The department is a Recognised Research Centre under Anna University,Chennai. The department has 3 recognised Supervisors under Anna University,Chennai and are guiding many Ph.D Scholars. Many scholars have completed their Ph.D Degree under the research centre.

Message from Head of Department

I am very happy to introduce our Electronics and Communication Engineering department as one of the prestigious departments in our college. Thanks to the efforts of our doctorates, teachers and our students, we continue to play a leading role in our discipline. The department has consistently maintained an exemplary academic record. The greatest asset of the department is its highly motivated and learned faculty.

The available diversity of expertise of the faculty with the support of our Principal, prepares the students to work in global and multicultural environment. We produce professionally challenging and socially profound engineers. Also they meet the present and future demands of industry and societal needs. The graduates of the electronics and communication engineering programme have been selected by some of the world’s leading corporates and as well as by most of the leading Indian counterparts.


Programmes

B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering

M.E Communication Systems


The Vision of Electronics and Communication Engineering is to produce professionally challenging and socially profound engineers, capable of working in global environment with centre of excellence in Communication Engineering.

  • To produce quality engineers with managerial skill, ethical and professional standards.
  • To nurture originality, creativity, integration, development activities and apply knowledge on Electronics and Communication Engineering.
  • To impart the basic and modern skills effectively to meet the present and future demands of industry and societal needs.
  • Graduates of Electronics and Communication Engineering who effectively demonstrate Engineering knowledge and entrepreneurial skills by providing practical solutions.
  • Graduates of Electronics and Communication Engineering who effectively demonstrate professionalism in multi-disciplinary engineering environment, leadership quality and team work.
  • Graduates of Electronics and Communication Engineering who make contributions to knowledge and establish best engineering practice through research and development.
  • Graduates of Electronics and Communication Engineering who demonstrate an ethical commitment to the community and the profession through involvement with professional organizations and society.
  • Graduates of Electronics and Communication Engineering who engage in life-long learning as demonstrated through career advancement.
  • 1. Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science,engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialisation for the solution of complex engineering problems.
  • 2. Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyse complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
  • 3. Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet t h e specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, and cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
  • 4. Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
  • 5. Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modelling to complex engineering activities, with an understanding of the limitations.
  • 6. The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal, and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
  • 7. Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
  • 8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
  • 9.Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
  • 10.Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with t h e society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
  • 11.Project management and Finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of t h e engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
  • 12. Life-long learning: Recognise the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.
Students completing Electronics and Communication Engineering Programme will have the:
  • Ability to analyse and solve complex problems in Electronics and Communication Engineering relevant to Telecommunication, Signal Processing, VLSI and Embedded domains.
  • Ability to design and implement diverse automation systems according to the required specifications by adapting to the advancements in technology with ethical principles.

Department Facilities

Laboratory Library