ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT :

1. The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering was established in the year 2000 with an annual intake of 30 students in B. Tech. Program. Now, the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering has grown with magnificent development with an annual intake of 240 students. The department also runs one M.Tech. Program with specialization
• VLSI Design and Embedded Systems with an intake 12.
2. The B. Tech. Program has been accredited by the prestigious TIER-I system NBA accreditation.
3. To promote the research culture in the department of ECE, all the faculty of the department have been clustered into three groups viz.(namely) Signal & Image Processing,Communications & RF Engineering, and VLSI & Embedded Systems based on their experience and expertise. These groups are nurtured and mentored by IIT & NIT professors to maximize the research output.
4. Faculty members of ECE are inspired to publish scholarly research manuscripts in different reputed journals like IEEE, IET, Elsevier, WILY, Springer, etc. Consequently, both the publication & citation count are in the upswing direction. During the last 5 years, more than 200 research papers have been published in different scholarly journals. These published articles are either SCIE or SCOPUS-indexed. The department faculty are continuously encouraged by the institute to attend the seminars and conferences hosted by other institutes. As a result, more than 100 conference papers were published in various Conferences & Seminars. Besides, faculty members of ECE served as external reviewers for different distinguished Journals.
5. The department has completed several externally funded research projects funded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB), Govt. of India with a grade GOOD by the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) committee.
6. The department also has executed and completed several projects under the MODROB scheme funded by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
7. Currently, the department is engaged in running externally funded research projects to the tune of Rs.98 lakhs funded by DST& SERB, Govt. of India.
8. The department conducts a reasonably good number of national-level workshops on cutting-edge technology to sharpen the knowledge in emerging areas by tapping funds from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Science & Technology (DST) & Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), India.
9. To ramp up the research output further, the department faculty are actively engaged in filing Indian & foreign patents. To date 29 patents have been filed, out of which 15 are granted and 12 are published. In the majority of patent filing, students are acting as innovators.
10. To carry out research effectively,the database has paramount importance for running various state-of-the-art algorithms enabling successful execution of R&D projects. Further to make the students industry-ready, the students of ECE shall undergo internship training in different industries. Because of this, a fairly good number of MoUs are signed with corporate hospitals, Industries, and research labs. They are
    • Simadri Surya Eye Hospital, Nabrangpur, Odisha, India.
    • Drishti Eye Care Systems, Kathmandu, Nepal.
    • BSNL, Visakhapatnam, India.
    • Candela Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
    • Myaccess Pvt. Ltd. India.
    • Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd.
    • Sri ShashaPrayathi Technologies Pvt. Ltd. India.
11. The majority of the faculty members have qualified in advanced courses under NPTEL certification conducted by IITs.
12. 53% of the faculty have been awarded with Ph.D. degree and 38% of the faculty are pursuing a Ph.D. in various reputed institutes.
13. A fairly good number of faculty members have membership in various professional bodies like IEEE, IETE, IE (India) and ISTE.
14. The department has successfully conducted two in-house International conferences namely INDISCON-2020 and ICMEET-2018 under the banner of IEEE India Council, Bangalore & Springer India, Chennai.
15. Students of ECE are engaged in various vibrant club activities under the IETE student forum & IEEE student branch, to hone their technical and non-technical skills.
16. The ECE students are performing exceptionally well in the GATE exam thereby getting excellent ranks in India enabling them to be admitted in IISc., IITs, NITs, IIITs etc.
17. The placement activities by the T&P division are outstanding. Thus, more than 70% of students are placed in various companies even in the unprecedented situation prevailing in the current scenario.
18. The students of ECE are outshining in getting admission overseas by writing exams under the GRE, IELTS, etc. enabling them to get placed in the top 100 QS-ranking universities.
19. The few laboratories of ECE are augmented with various state-of-the-art industry software Viz. CADENCE, HFSS, MATLAB, etc. to carry out research beyond academics.Besides, the laboratories are equipped with a PCB Machine, Spectrum Analyzer with VNA mode,Fundus Camera, Tonometer, Gonioscope, Direct& Indirect Ophthalmoscope, 3D Printer, & HFA 840 for Glaucoma detection.
20. The faculty members are acting as supervisors/co-supervisors in various universities for guiding the research scholars. Consequently, few research scholars have been awarded Ph.D degrees in the recent past.
21. The department has a Research Lab "Centre for Medical Imaging Studies(CMIS)" for developing state-of-the-art AI-based algorithms for early detection and diagnosis of patient complications related to ophthalmic& brain imaging.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS :

1. Students of ECE are securing TOP Ranks in GATE and joining in M. Tech. in IITs and PSUs with GATE Score.
   • N. L. Venkatesh (Roll No.15131A04E6) student of ECE secured AIR-2 in Engineering Services Examination (ESE) - 2022.
   • Gopi Krishna Yadav (Roll No.11131A0437) student of ECE secured AIR-22 in Engineering Services Examination (ESE) - 2019.
   • T. Krishnamurthy Naidu (Roll No.14131A04L2) student of ECEsecured AIR-37 in GATE-2019.
   • N. L. Venkatesh (Roll No.15131A04E6)student of B. Tech (ECE) secured AIR-97 in GATE-2019.
   • Gadidamalla Naga Narasimharao (Roll No.16131A0455) student of B. Tech (ECE) secured AIR-101 in GATE-2021.
2. Alumni of ECE are working as Scientist, R&D Engineers and Design Engineers in reputed Organizations like ISRO, DRDO, BHEL, INTEL, TCS, WIPRO and other multi-national Companies.
3. Students are also joining for M.S. in Reputed Universities like George Mason University, California State University.
4. Students published 5 SCI Journals , 2 Scopus Journals, 2 Peer Reviewed Journals.
5. 2 Hardware models of Students were awarded with patents and additionally two more patents are published by students.
6. 3 students are acting as Entrepreneurs for various Start-ups.
7. Students are participating in International Innovation fairs, Hardware Competitions and Conferences organized by the reputed organizations like IITs, IISc, NITs and securing 1st and 2nd positions.
   • B. V. Mahesh Subrahmanyam (Roll No:17135A0405), was recognized as the Best Innovative Start-up Prototype Growhitha in APSCHE Start-ups Competitions -2022 and also was awarded with cash prize of 1 Lakh held on 10th July,2022 at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
   • A.V.N.Rahul(Roll No.14131A0406)student of ECE established a Startup "M/S PARNA TECHNOLOGIES" ARS INNO INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED" on 2nd January, 2020.
   • B.V.Mahesh Subrahmanyam (Roll No.17135A0405)student of ECE was selected as CEOsof MARS INNO INDIA Pvt. Ltd. (Based on his performance in TIDE-2.0 organized by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology in 2020.
   • B.V. Mahesh Subrahmanyam (Roll No.17135A0405)student of ECE presented his hardware model GROWHITHA in the International Innovation Fair-2019 during 1st-3rd December, 2019.
   • Shanmukha Saketha Ramanujam Samavedam(Roll No.15131A04I6) student of ECE is recognised as INNOVATOR for their concept "Static Object Detection using Raspi and Machine Learning" at Techgium conducted by L&T Technology Services on 13thApril 2018.
   • A.V.N.RAHUL (Roll No.14131A0406)student of ECE was awarded BRONZE MEDAL for outstanding Innovative Approach inInternational Innovation Fair, Visakhapatnam held on 9th-11th September, 2018.
   • M.Sai Ashok(Roll No.14131A04B0), K.V.S Chakravarthi (Roll No.15135A0424) and K. Anusha Priyadarshini(14131A0486)students of ECE presented their project in Shaastra Circuit Design Challenge organized by IIT Madras and got BEST INNOVATION PROJECT Award during 23rd - 26th January 2017
   • A.V.N.RAHUL (Roll No.14131A0406)student of ECE presented "Smart Agriculture" at Vizag Fest held on 1st - 10th December 2017.
   • Bhavyatha Pandrangi (Roll No.14131A0415), Sona mohammaed(Roll No. 14131A04J4), Srujana Kameswari Renduchintala (Roll No. 14131A04I8) students of ECE bagged Second Prize with cash award of Rs.7000/- in "Women of the New Millennium Hackathon - A road to GES" during 25th - 26th November, 2017. The students got opportunity for attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)S-2k17.
   • Sreenivasa Rao Yammanuri(Roll No.14131A04M8), Venkata Rama Sravana Lakshmi Sanapala(Roll No.14131A04L0), Bhavyatha Pandrangi(Roll No.14131A0415), and Srujana KameswariRenduchintala(14131a04I8) students of ECEhave been recognized as the University Innovation Fellows by the Stanford University's Hasso Platter Institute of Design, USA in October, 2017.
   • P.Vinay Raja (Roll No.14131A04H4), N.R.S.D Mahesh(Roll No.14131A04E0) students of ECE stood in Second Position in Maze Rover Competition at Shaastra fest, IIT Madras during 23rd -26th January 2017.

The Faculty, Staff and Students are working in-line with the

VISION AND MISSION

of the Department