About Department

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.

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