The Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering is headed by Dr.Ramesh Challagundla who has
obtained Ph.D. in engineering in the area of Electro Magnetic
Interference and Compatibility from Andhra University. Prof.Ramesh
Challagundla had an experience of 23 years in teaching and 6 years in
research. He has been serving the department since its inception and is
responsible for establishing all the Labs, and are being known as
excellent labs.
Department was started with UG program
in 2001 with an intake of 60, and subsequently enhanced to 90 in 2003
and to 120 in 2005. A PG program, M.Tech in Communication Systems with
an intake of 18 has started from the academic year 2011-2012. The
Department was accredited by NBA.
A team of highly qualified faculty
members run the Department with specializations in Antennas,
Communications, Microwave Engineering, Electronic Instrumentation,
Signal processing and VLSI areas. The team comprises Prof. Ramesh
Challagundla (HOD), 4 Associate Professors, and One Sr. Asst. Professor,
19 Asst. Professors, One Instrumentation Engineer and 4 Technicians.
The Department has well equipped labs
with excellent infrastructure. Various labs in the Department are
DSP/VHDL Lab, Digital ICs Lab, Microprocessors and Applications Lab,
Communication Lab, Electronic Devices and Circuits Lab, Microwave and
Antennas lab and project lab. Project lab consisting of 24 PCs connected
in LAN is dedicated for carrying out the final year projects and for
enhancing research activity, also R &D lab and M.Tech Communication
Engineering lab. All the faculty members are easily accessible to the
students for counseling and guidance on academic matters. The students
are encouraged to take active part in cultural programs, technical
student events, seminars, workshops and sports. As a result, the
students are faring well in university examinations and campus
interviews. The faculty members are actively involved in research and
are publishing papers in various National and International
Conferences/Journals. During the academic year 2010-11, 106 out of 123
students were placed in reputed organizations like Infosys, Syntel,
Efftronics, TCS, CTS, Accenture, Microwave Astra, Medha Servo Drives,
Wipro, Convergys, Persistent and HCL etc.
Department has an exclusive Departmental
library with around 400 Volumes and consisting of E-Learning resources
like NPTEL Videos. Department is provided with internet facility with 4
Mbps speed.
The Department has signed 3 MOUs with
eminent industries Andhra Electronics, Kakinada; UTL Technologies,
Bangalore and The Etikoppaka Co-operative and Agricultural Society Ltd,
Darlapudi, Visakhapatnam District envisaging industry-institute
interaction. The purpose is to bridge up the gap between Industry and
Institute. Some of the problems from above said industries are
identified and given as projects for the final year students and
prototype models are developed in the form of projects in the
department. The outcome of this is that the industries will also get
mutual help in technical support. Periodically the Department organizes
guest lectures by eminent people from academic, industries and research
organizations.
View the information about our Department here
http://anits.edu.in/ece.php