About the Department

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) was established in the year 2000 with student strength of 40 and the student strength increased to 120 in the year 2003 onwards. The UG programme was accredited 5-times by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), 3-times (2007, 2012 & 2016) under Tier –II and 2-times (2019 & 2022) under Tier –I. The department has started Post Graduation Programme M.Tech., in Microwave and Communication specialization in the year 2010. The department is recognized as research center by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kakinada for the past decade.

The department is keen to have industrial collaboration in terms of infrastructure development, human resource, knowledge transfer, skill training, internships and projects. To improve placements and internships to students the department has entered into Memorandum of understanding (MoU’s ) with Government and Private industries. The department has received substantial funds under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scheme to conduct research activities and established industry supported laboratory. Students are deputed to industry for internships and project works to work on real time systems.

The department has 27 experienced faculty members with various areas of specializations in ECE and 14 faculty members completed their Ph.D, 8 faculty members are pursuing their Doctoral degrees. Faculty members conduct research in various disciplines of ECE and are publishing the research outcomes in reputed and indexed (Scopus & SCI) journals and conferences regularly. Innovations by faculty members are filed for patenting and are granted periodically. Faculty members are deputed for industrial training in advanced areas and are conducting training to students and faculty of other colleges. Faculty members of the department are recognized as research guides by the JNTUK and are guiding Ph.D’s.

Curriculum is designed in tune with the National Education Policy (NEP) incorporating the key features and goals to meet the vision of the department. To prepare and monitor academic activities in the department various committees such as Board of Studies (BoS), Program Assessment Committee (PAC) and Department Advisory Board (DAB) are formed with faculty, students and external experts from industry and academics as members.

Curriculum of the department is prepared to meet the societal needs and goals of NEP including the choice based credit system with multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, Community Service and skill courses. Outcome-Based Education (OBE) delivery is implemented in the department to achieve specific learning outcomes and train graduates with skills to be industry ready. The Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), a Digital repository of credits for students to transfer and accumulate credits across institutions with 12 digits Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) ID is generated to every student.

To cater to the needs of the curriculum and research state-of-the-art laboratories are established with latest hardware and software tools. Equipment and software are updated regularly to meet latest technological trends. A modern computer center with 75 computing stations is established to catering to project works, training and research needs of students and faculty members. All class rooms are equipped with LED projectors and connected with internet facility. A research center and incubation center in the department are developed with equipment and computational tools for research and innovation projects by faculty and students.

The department works closely with Professional bodies and has established student chapters with the Institution of Engineers India (IEI), Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) & Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). Activities such as Seminars and Conferences for faculty and events such as Quizzes, Paper presentations, Poster Presentations, Idea presentations for students are conducted with sponsorship from IE and IETE. Skill development programs in association with Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) are conducted to students regularly. Also training on soft skills, programming languages are conducted to enhance placement opportunities to students in core and Information Technology (IT) sectors and more than 80% of eligible students got placed in various reputed multinational companies. Students are encouraged to do certification courses offered by NPTEL, Microsoft, Infosys, ISWDP of IISc. and Smart Tutorials. Students graduated from the department are well settled as employees in prominent core and IT sectors globally.