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 Microwave & Television Engineering, Applied Electronics & Instrumentation, Signal Processing, Micro & Nano Electronics, Robotics & Automation.
All the courses in the department are accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). The department is also ISO (ISO 9001-2000) certified since 01-01-2001.
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
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
Achievements and Awards
- 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)