Communication Systems (Comm. Sys)

Profile of the Department

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering was established in the year 1996 along with the College with a modest intake of 60 in its UG Programme. The intake has been increased to 120 in the year 2000, besides an additional 20% under lateral entry scheme.

The Department has three PG programmes namely Digital Electronics and Communication Systems (DECS) started in the year 2008, VLSI in 2009 and Communication Systems (CMS) in 2011 with an intake of 18 in each programme. The intake has been increased in VLSI from 18 to 24 in the year 2012.

The department is accredited by NBA of AICTE for 3 years starting from March 2007 and applied for reaccreditation.

Faculty & Staff
The Department is headed by Prof. P.V. Ramana. The Department is adequately staffed with 35 faculty members with 14:1 student faculty ratio. The department has 5 Professors, 3 Associate Professors and 27 Assistant Professors. Most of the faculty members have either Ph.D. or PG qualifications. The Department is also supported with eight non-teaching staff.

Achievements of the Department

• The Department has NBA Accreditation for 3 Years for UG Programme (March 2007 – March 2010) and applied for reaccreditation.
• MODROBS grant of worth Rs.9 Lakhs was sanctioned by AICTE and invested for development of PG Laboratories during the academic year 2009-10.
• MODROBS grant of worth Rs.10 Lakhs is sanctioned by AICTE for development of Electronic Computer Aided Design Laboratory during the academic year 2011-12.
• MEMS Design Centre is established for research in inter-disciplinary area in collaboration with IISc, Bangalore and IITB, Bombay during the academic year 2011-2012.
• A Research Project of Rs.15 Lakhs is sanctioned by INUP, IITB on “Simulation and Fabrication of A Novel Fractal Tree Antenna for Wireless Applications” during the academic year 2011-12.
• Seminar grant of Rs.50,000/- was sanctioned by AICTE and utilized during the academic year 2007-08.
• New Laboratories for M.Tech programme in Communication Systems worth Rs.85 Lakhs are being established with TEQIP-II grants under
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• Two Doctorates are awarded in the academic year 2009-10.
• Throughout during the past 5 years, largest number of students (431) got placed through campus placements.
• Largest number of students (214) got admissions for higher education through GATE/GRE/TOEFL in India and abroad during the last 5 years.

Department Library

The Department has 10 class rooms for Lectures / Tutorials. All classrooms are equipped with Glass make Black board which are echo free with good ventilation. Each Classroom size is in the range of 75 to 100 Sq. M with 26 benches.

The Department has its own Library in addition to the Central Library with 515 Titles totaling to 851 Volumes, Audio Visual Multimedia CDs, Conference Proceedings, Magazines and IEEE Transactions.

Overhead and LCD projectors are used as modern teaching aids.

Communication Lab – I & II
M. Tech. (Communication Systems)

In this lab Communication and Signal Processing concepts were simulated using MATLAB with Simulink, Communication, Image Processing and Signal Processing tool boxes.