Overview
The Electronics and Communication Engineering Department was established at CET Campus , Sreekariam in 1964-1965. The undergraduate program on Electronics and Communication engineering was started with an intake of 33 students.
Currently, the department offers: (i) B. Tech. Degree programs on Electronics and Communication Engineering (full-time and part-time), Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (full-time only); (ii) M. Tech. degree programs on Applied Electronics & Instrumentation, Signal Processing, Micro & Nano Electronics, Robotics & Automation and Communication systems.
Our Vision
To transform young students into responsible and competent professionals with focus on dissemination of knowledge in the sphere of Electronics, Communication and Instrumentation Engineering
Our Mission
To impart quality engineering education to satisfy the needs of academics, industry and society
To achieve excellence in teaching-learning, research and innovation in the area of Electronics, Communication and Instrumentation Engineering
To facilitate networking with alumni, industries and institutions in bringing about excellence and nourishing the entrepreneurial skills of the students
To practice highest level of professional integrity, transparency and accountability
NBA Accreditation and ISO certification
1999 – The ECE branch was accredited with A5 grade
2001 – The department got ISO 9002: 1994 certification
2007 – Both the B. Tech programs(ECE ,AEI) and M.Tech (MTV) were accredited with A5 grade. The M.Tech program on AEI got A3 grade
2013 – B. Tech programs on ECE and AEI, and M.Tech on MTV are accredited with A5 grade. The M.Tech programs on AEI and SP got A3 grade
2019 – B. Tech programs on ECE and AEI are accredited with A3 grade.
2022 – Accreditation extended till 30-06-2025
2024 – M. Tech Signal Processing is NBA accredited for 3 years i.e. from AY 2024-25 to 2026-27 upto 30-06-2027
Milestones
- B. Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engg) – 1965
- M. Tech. (Microwave and Television Engg)- 1972
- B. Tech. (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engg) – 1981
- Part Time B. Tech (Electronics and Communication Engg)- 1982
- M. Tech. (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engg)- 1986
- Part Time M. Tech. (Microwave and Television Engg)- 1988
- Part Time M. Tech.(Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engg)- 1988
- PROJECT IMPACT – 1991
- PROJECT NETWORK – 1995
- Department Library – 1995
- Leased Line Connectivity – 1996
- PROJECT RESPOND – 1998
- Accreditation: B. Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engg.) A5 grade – 1999
- Accreditation: B. Tech. (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engg.) B5 grade – 2000
- ISO 9002: 1994 certification – 2001
- PROJECT FIST – 2003
- M. Tech. (Signal Processing) – 2005
- New generation PG Labs (VLSI, Embedded systems ,Advanced Commn. & Fiber Optics lab) – 2006
- Accreditation: B-Tech (Electronics and Communication Engg.) A5 Grade – 2007
- Accreditation: B-Tech (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engg.) A5 Grade – 2007
- Accreditation: M-Tech (Microwave and Television Engg.) A5 Grade – 2007
- Accreditation: M-Tech (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engg.) A3 Grade – 2007
- POWER ELECTRONICS RESEARCH LABORATORY (PERL) – 2008
- PROJECT NPMaSS- 2010
- ECE New Block- 2011
- Approved as QIP centre-2011
- Regular Full-time Ph. D. program under CERD, SPEED-IT -2011
- Increase of intake in PG programmes (MW & AEI) – 2012
- Establishment of Computer Vision Lab – 2013
- M-Tech (AEI) and M. Tech (SP) accredited for 3 years – 2013
- B. Tech. (EC), B. Tech. (AEI) and M. Tech. (MTV) accredited for 5 years – 2014
- M. Tech. (Micro and Nano-electronics) -2015
- Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) – 2015
- Ph. D. Center – 2015
- M. Tech. (Robotics and Automation) – 2016
- PG & Research Block Construction -2017
- Ph. D. under National Doctoral Fellowship scheme – 2018
- B. Tech. (EC) and B. Tech. (AEI) accredited for 3 years – 2019
- Patent received for the project titled ‘ An automated duct fan based wall climbing device’ -Sep 2020
- Developed Tabletop Pulse Oximeter for GoK – CET – Oxymonitor during COVID – 19 – 2021
- NBA Accreditation extension: B. Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering) 3 years – 2022
- NBA Accreditation extension: B. Tech (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering) 3 years – 2022
- Development of RISC V processor by CET in association with TrEST Research Park & Westguard – 2022
- Approval for establishing C V Raman Centre for Nanoelectronics by GoK – 2023
- Approval for establishing Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre for Machine Intelligence by GoK – 2023
- Inauguration of ECE Golden Jubilee PG & Research block – 2023
- M. Tech Microwave and Television Engineering renamed as Communication Systems – 2023
- C2S Project funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, GoI (4.7 Crore INR) – 2023
- Approval of second batch of B. Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering – 2024
- 2024 – M. Tech Signal Processing is NBA accredited for 3 years
Achievements and Awards
- Patent was awarded for the project titled ‘ An automatic safety system that enhances safety of a user while riding a vehicle’ (Date of patent: 07/11/2015; granted and recorded in the Register of Patents on 17/11/2023)
- Patent was awarded for the project titled ‘ An automated duct fan based wall climbing device’ (Sep 2020)
- Received IEEE Region 10 Outstanding student branch award 2013 (2nd place)
- NSS unit, College of Engineering Trivandrum, under the leadership of Prof. (Dr.) Deepa P. Gopinath, Assistant Professor of the department, bagged 4 state level awards of Technical Cell- i) Best Unit ii) Best Programme Officer Award iii) Best Volunteer and iv) Top scorer award. (2013-14)
- Ciza Thomas – Got Appreciation award from Higher education department ,Govt. of Kerala for implementing k-base project for all Engineering and polytechnic colleges (2010)
- Baiju M.R – Received Gold medal for best PhD thesis from IISc, Bangalore (2005)