Vision of the Department

The Department of Electronics and Communication

Engineering envisions to be a world class department of

eminence nurturing responsible citizens who would serve as

an effective technical manpower excelling in the global

industrial requirements.

Mission of the Department

M1:To strengthen the basics, update and introduce courses

that are relevant to the current trends in the field of

Electronics and Communication which can enhance the

employability skill

M2:To extend frontiers of cognizance through relevant and

contextual Research and Development

M3:To furnish the graduates with leadership and

entrepreneurial knowledge and skills

M4:To inculcate ethical behaviour in order to serve the

community at large

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

Graduates will be able to

Excel with extensive knowledge in the field of

Electronics and Communication to practice and to

pursue higher studies.

Serve the final users with innovative technologies to

meet current industrial requirements.

Resolve technological issues to serve the society in a

socially ethical and responsible manner.

Excel in their chosen career by working as an individual

or in a team.

About the Institution

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology is a

premier institute imparting knowledge in the areas of

Engineering, Science and Technology, Dental and

Management. Since its inception, Sathyabama along with

various research sectors has made considerable progress in

presuming continual growth and evolution in knowledge and

understanding of Engineering and Technical education by

organizing national conferences in the field of scientific

interest thereby benefitting society by providing the next

generation of scientists, Engineers and technocrats with a

deeper knowledge.

About the Department

The Department of Electronics and Communication

Engineering, established in the year 1988 offering UG

Program on Electronics and Communication Engineering.

The prime focus of our department is to impart quality

education with a strong emphasis on converting basic

science to technology, through hands on training, workshops

and research in the frontiers of VLSI Design, Embedded

systems, Nanotechnology, Image Processing and wireless

communications. We enjoy a symbiotic relationship with

many leading institutions and industries in India. The

curriculum has been framed such a way that they cater to the

needs of core electronics and communication companies and

software giants like TCS, CTS, Wipro, Infosys, Accenture,

Mind Tree, etc.,. Our students not only excel in state of art

technologies in their field of specialization but also show

excellent skill in problem solving, software development

and testing. They also cultivate leadership qualities and team

work with a positive attitude. It opens a wide spectrum of

opportunities for placement in dream companies not only

limited to their area of study. Our department faculty has

successfully completed projects sponsored by government

and R&D organizations like DST, TNSCST, DRDO, BRNS,

BRFST, DAE and UBA.

Guest Lectures

Guest Lecture has been arranged by Department of ECE on

"Wearable power

generators for

medical

applications". The

technical lecture

was delivered by

Dr. Pandiyarasan

Veluswamy, DST

School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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2019-2020 Vol. 1 June – August 2019

N E W S

Letter

Dr. Pandiarasan Velusamy

2 INSPIRE Faculty in Electronics & Communication

Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology

Design and

Manufacturing,

Kancheepuram,

Chennai-127,

on 4th July,

2019, to third

Year ECE

students. He

shared his

insights on fabric materials covered with metal-oxide

nanostructures for the application of wearable thermoelectric

power generators.

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

organized a guest

talk on

"Applications of

Microprocessors,

Microcontrollers

and Embedded

Systems in day

today life" by Mr.

Stefan

Manoharan, Texas A & M University, Texas, USA. He

elaborated the topic

with many examples

and concepts related

to various embedded

system devices and

applications to third

year ECE students

on 26th July, 2019.

The session was

very interactive and informative to beneficiaries.

Motivational Talk

Motivational Talk has been arranged by the Department of

ECE for final

year students to

motivate and

help them to

appear for

placement

interviews. Mr.

A. Mohitheen

Batcha, Head of

the

Department - Psychology, Sathyabama Institute of Science

and Technology, Chennai delivered the motivational talk on

"Path to Career Success". He addressed around 650 students

from the ECE department in different sessions which were

distributed and arranged on the dates 1st, 11th, 12th, 13th

and 19th of July, 2019. It was indeed the right time and in

just the right way to prepare final year students to thrive

academically, personally and socially, and assist them in

exploring their options after their professional education.

Guest Talk using Skype

Modern teaching pedagogy refers broadly to the theory and

practice of education, and how this influences the growth of

learners. The pedagogy adopted by instructors shape actions,

judgments, learning, understandings of students and their

needs. As part of the modern pedagogical initiative, the

department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

has organized a guest talk using Skype video call. Skype is a

wonderful tool that brings in professionals into the

classroom irrespective of location and time constraints.

Dr. Kadirvelayutham Prasanna, H.C. Ørsted Post-

Doctorate Fellow from Technical University of Denmark,

Anker Engelunds Vej 1, Lyngby, Denmark addressed first

year students of ECE department under the title "Modern

Battery Technologies in Electric Vehicles and Opportunities

for Advancement" on 2nd August, 2019 between 2pm and

3pm IST. It was indeed a wonderful presentation. Students

Dr. Pandiarasan Velusamy

Guest Talk

Mr. Stefan Manoharan

Mr. Mohitheen Batcha

Dr. Kadirvelayutham Prasanna

Guest Talk using Skype

3 were engaged and very enthusiastic about the topic. This

kind of online technical talk would enable the speaker to

inspire the next generation of global citizens through

transformative learning over Skype.

Modern Teaching Pedagogical Initiative

Webinar

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

has organized a Webinar on “VLSI Design using Verilog

HDL” to final year ECE students on 24th July, 2019. This

webinar has been a great opportunity for students to

understand VLSI design and Verilog Coding from Industry

expert Mr. P. R. Sivakumar, CEO - Maven Silicon,

Bangalore – 560076. The program has been designed and

delivered in an amazing combination of Video lectures &

Labs to empower the students with an all round

understanding of Verilog HDL. The key feature this

Webinar was its interactive elements and its ability to have

given, received and discussed information in real-time.

On 9th August, 2019 Department of Electronics and

Communication Engineering has organized a Webinar on

the topic "Fundamentals of PCB Design" for ECE third year

students. The students were addressed by Dr. Howard

Johnson, Electrical Engineer, Signal Consulting

Incorporation, USA who is known for his consulting work

and commonly referenced books on the topic of signal

integrity, especially for high speed electronic circuit design.

On 9th August, 2019, Department of Electronics and

Communication Engineering conducted a Quiz event on the

concepts of "Basic Semiconductor Electronic Devices"

using Kahoot! which is a game-based learning platform,

used as educational technology in educational institutions. It

is one of the modern teaching pedagogical initiatives.

Second year students from ECE department actively

participated in the multiple-choice quiz accessed via a web

browser or the Kahoot app using mobile phone. The event

Mr. P. R. SivaKumar

KAHOOT App

Guest Talk using Skype

Guest Talk using Skype

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enlightened the students by illuminating the knowledge and

giving an exposure towards the rudiments of Electronic

devices.

IEEE Awareness Programme

IEEE Student Branch of Sathyabama Institute of Science

and Technology organized an IEEE Awareness Programme

to set forth various benefits

of IEEE and Membership details to second year ECE

Students. The details were articulated by Dr. Godwin

Premi, IEEE Branch Counsellor on 25th July, 2019.

Workshop

The IEEE student branch of Sathyabama Institute Science

and Technology organised a two day workshop on

“Microstrip Component Design Using ANSYS HFSS and

Testing with VNA” in association with IEEE Madras section

on 11t h and 12th July, 2019 in Department of ECE. The

technical sessions were handled by Mr. Megala Harinath,

Software Engineer, CTS, Chennai, Mr. M. Sugadev, Asst.

Prof., Mr. G. Jegan, Asst.Prof. and Ms. I. Rexline sheeba,

Asst. Prof. from Department of ECE, Sathyabama. The

workshop was arranged for final year ECE students to

provide an insight on the design aspects of microstrip

components and hands on training with ANSYS HFSS

electromagnetic simulation tool. The theoretical and

practical skills gained through the workshop would help the

students to carry out their projects in RF and Microwave

components Design, Analysis and Testing.

Faculty Accolades

Ms. Adeline Sneha J, Assistant Professor, Department of

ECE. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology has

been awarded “Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Innovative

Research" by Society for Engineering Education Enrichment

(SEEE) on 20/7/2019. SEEE is a professional society for

engineers of various disciplines. SEEE functions with and

amongst the professional engineers, academicians and

Quiz

Dr. Godwin Premi

Mr. Megala Harinath

Mr. G. Jegan

Mr. M. Sugadev

Ms. Adeline Sneha J

5 research workers and provides a vast array of technical,

professional and supporting services to the engineers. SEEE

promotes high standards of expertise and professionalism in

the practice of engineering and development of inventions

and improvements in the practice of engineering. SEEE is

dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and

engineering technology education.

Ms. D. Jamuna Rani

Assistant Professor,

Department of ECE.won

best Innovative concept

in Paper presentation

entitled “Light weight

Cryptography for IoMT”

in the Cyber Security

Paper Presentation

Context 2019 held on

22nd June 2019,

Conducted by National

Cyber Safety and Security

Standard in Association with ICSR, IIT Madras, Chennai.

Students’ Participation in Club Activities

Inspired by the speech of Mr. ARUN

KRISHNAMOORTHY and other Eminent people students

from ECE department who are part of ECO CLUB along

with other residents of Chennai took part in the process of

Reviving the Water Bodies by clearing the Waste ( i.e

Plastic and Non Degradable Materials ) in the

SHOLLINGNALLUR LAKE, Opp. to Infosys, OMR Road

on 30th June.

ECO Club Activity

Students form ECE department participated in mass

cleaning camp which conducted at Kumuzhi Village on 19th

July, 2019 by the team of Unnat Bharath Abiyan from

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai.

Totally 54 students have been participated from our

institution. The objective of the programme was "Water

Management and Go Green".

Funded Projects

It is a pride moment to share that three projects have been

sanctioned and funded by the government agencies. The

following faculty members were involved in the projects.

Dr. M.Subramoniam, Associate Professor and Dr. S.

Poornapushpakala, Professor from department of ECE

have been involved in the project entitiled “A Novel Non-

Invasive Electronics for Early Diagnosis of Arthritis”

funded by DST for an amount of Rs. 25 Lakhs.

Dr. S. Barani, Professor, Dr. S. Poornapushpakala,

Professor, Dr. P. Grace Kanmani, Associate Professor, Ms.

T. Vijayashree, Assistant Professor, from ECE department

have been involved in the project titled “Development of

Non Destructive Digital Technology for Restoration And

Archiving of Tanjore Paintings And Murals” funded by

Indian Council of Social Science Research - IMPRESS for

Rs. 10 Lakhs.

Mr. R. Immanuel Rajkumar, Assistant Professor, has been

associated with the project titled “An Integrated Health

Monitoring System for Bulk Milk Cooler and Milk

Transport Management” which is funded by BIRAC for an

amount of Rs. 49 Lakhs.

28th

Convocation – 2019

28th

Convocation was held on 28th

July, 2019 at Sathyabama

Institute of Science and Technology. The following table

shows the convocation summary of ECE department for

batch 2015-2019. 299 students from ECE department have

been awarded UG degree. Eight faculty members Dr.

Balamurugan.V, Dr. N. R. Krishnamoorthy, Dr. Bernatin.T,

Dr. Anitha.U, Dr. Vino.T, Dr. Sugadev.M, Dr. Jegan.G, Dr.

Jayaprakash.S from ECE department have been awarded

Ph.D degree.

Ms. D. Jamuna Rani

ECO Club Activity

NSS Activity

Project Demonstration

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Details 2015-2019

Batch

Total Students 300

Number of Students Awarded 299

Percentage 99.6%

First Class – Exemplary 61

First Class With Distinction 166

First Class 72

Second Class Nil

Dr. N. R. Krishnamoorthy

Dr. V. Balamurugan

Dr. Jayaprakash.S

Dr. Bernatin. T

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Placement Summary

2015-2019 Batch

Name of the company No. of students

Cognizant 65

Capgemini 46

Renault Nissan 8

HCL 22

Wipro 19

L&T 6

Mphasis 8

Hexaware 5

Valued Ebistemics 3

Siemens 1

IBM 1

TCS 3

Equitas Finance 3

Mindtree 4

Byjus 1

Gre Edge 1

DXC 1

Centre of Excellence

Students from department ECE have been undergoing

training by HCL Technologies which helps them to do final

year project based on Embedded Systems and IoT. The

following students are undergoing training given by HCL.

Smart India Hackathon-2019 (Hardware Edition)

Students from ECE department has participated in the Grand

Finale of 2nd

part of the Smart India Hackathon-2019

(Hardware Edition) which was conducted from 8th to 12th

July, 2019 at IIT, Delhi. They worked on one of the seven

problem statements proposed by Yamaha Motor Solutions

India Pvt. Ltd, for 5 days and developed "Robust SOS sytem

using Iridium satellite" for automotive alarm system to be

used in Yamaha vehicles.

Dr. Anitha .U

Dr. Vino .T

Dr. Sugadev .M

Dr. Jegan .G

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Testimonial on Students’ Accolades

Mr. Tumula Mani Kota Rajasekhar of 2015-2019 batch

has been awarded as "BEST RESEARCHER OF THE

YEAR IN ELECTRONICS" presented by RULA in

coordination with WRC (World Research Council) on

August 15th

in

Trichy,

Tamilnadu for

his outstanding

performance on

online

publications in

the areas of

Embedded

Systems and Time Travel.

Faculty Mobility Program

Dr. G. Sumdari, Professor (ECE) and Dean (Student

Affairs) has participated in the Faculty Mobility Programme

to UNIS GRUPO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION,

VARGINHA, BRAZIL, from 1st July to 5

th July 2019. The

purpose of the visit was to gain potential knowledge about

the benefits of faculty exchange program and in particular

about the operational mechanism of Unis grupo Educational,

Varginha, in the key areas of their funding system and

curriculum aspects; innovation lab; international

cooperation; as well as the culture of Brazil. The key

observations during the trip included that there were many

similarities in peoples thought process in the areas of

teaching, technology development, and the differences are

always expected in terms of work nature and in ideology.

She delivered talk on various tech trends such as AI, IoT,

3D printing, Quantum computing, Big Data, Mobile Apps

Development, AR/VR.

Mr. N. Mathan, Assistant Professor from department of

ECE has visited Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as part of

Faculty Mobility Program from 26th

to 30th

August, 2019.