About ECE Department
The Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department was established in the year 1998 with a sanctioned intake of 40 students in B.Tech. Program. In view of future demand in this field, the intake was enhanced subsequently and the present intake is 360. The department also offers three Post graduate programs, M.Tech. (Digital Electronics and Communication Systems) which was started in the year 2004, M.Tech. (Digital Systems and Computer Electronics) which was started in the year 2006 and M.Tech. (VLSI & Embedded Systems) which was started in the year 2023 with an intake of 18 each.
The department was accredited by NBA in 2009, 2013 and 2017 in Tier-II and 2022 in Tier-I. The faculty is well qualified, dynamic and experienced. The department is consistently achieving good academic results. The placement on the campus of the department is progressively increasing in autonomy. The department has strong research groups in Digital Signal and Image Processing, Bio-Medical Signal Processing, Communications, VLSI Design, Embedded Systems and IoT.
The department offers following programmes:
| Programme | Type of the Programme | Duration | Strength | Year of Starting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.Tech. | Full Time | 4 Years | 360 | 1998 |
| M.Tech.(DECS) | Full Time | 2 Years | 18 | 2004 |
| M.Tech.(DSCE) | Full Time | 2 Years | 9 | 2006 |
| M.Tech.(VLSI&ES) | Full Time | 2 Years | 18 | 2023 |
The faculty members are having many research papers in peer reviewed reputed national and international journals and conferences to their credit. The department is having strong backup of qualified supporting staff to support the laboratory work. The department receives funds from various agencies such as AICTE, DST for Seminar Grant, FDP, MODROBS, STTP, etc. Faculty members are acting as Supervisors for Ph.D. Programs of various universities. Faculty members are also reviewers for many international journals.
The department is a recognized research centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK), Kakinada.
The department has a good academic culture and conducive working environment for teaching learning, research and development. The department boasts well equipped laboratories in the area of VLSI, Embedded Systems, IoT, Signal and Image processing. The department has Embedded Systems and Robotics Lab funded by IIT, Bombay under E-Yantra Project. The department has adequate infrastructure to achieve the academic excellence.
The department conducts regularly faculty and staff development programs under the AICTE/ISTE/IETE/IEEEP for the benefit of faculty members of various engineering colleges. Experts from IIT/NIT/R&D Labs/industry are regularly contributing to these programs. The aim of conducting these programs is to update the knowledge of all the concerned in the advanced technological area. This is helping us in developing good interaction with industry and research and development laboratories of national repute.
