The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering was established during the inception of the institute, in the year 1995. The department grew into a full fledged one with two batches in the year 2001. The annual intake for undergraduate programme is currently 120 students. A Postgraduate programme in Signal Processing, with an annual intake of 18 students, was started in the year 2011. The department is an approved research centre under APJ Abdul Kalam Kerala Technological University (KTU) from 2016 and currently there are 5 research scholars in the department. With its state of the art facility and a highly qualified faculty, this department is the best among its counterparts in Kerala.
The focus of the department is to produce graduates and post graduates with strong fundamentals in electronics and communication domain and experience in the latest happenings of the industry, so that they can meet the upcoming challenges in the field. The undergraduate program provides a strong foundation in the fundamentals of engineering and science and a variety of electives to tailor studies to a specific technical interest. With a firm grounding in the basics, SCTCE Electronics students are well prepared for either post graduate studies or the high-tech corporate environment.
The ECE department includes some of the finest faculty members in the state who are highly qualified, experienced and dedicated, with a strong commitment to the advancement of knowledge among the students. The faculty has expertise in various fields of Electronics & Communication like Signal Processing, Image Processing, Applied Electronics, Communication Systems, VLSI & Embedded Systems, Optoelectronics, Microwave Engineering, Network Security, to name a few. The department organizes several national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, faculty development programmes and community development programmes for the benefit of students, faculty and society.
The BTech course in Electronics and Communication Engg. was accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). The department is certified by International Organization for Standardization under ISO 9001:2000 and has been selected for first phase of World Bank aid under TEQIP. The department has consistently produced toppers in the university examinations and majority of the final year students use to be placed in leading organizations every year. A large number of our alumni are pursuing higher studies in premier institutions like IISc, IITs, NITs and IIMs in India and in reputed Universities abroad also.
VISION
To be a centre of quality education and research in the field of Electronics and Communication Engineering, to mould socially responsible engineering professionals.
MISSION
Provide a systematic teaching-learning process, aiming quality education, in an ambience that encourages research, industry interaction and value based education.
