Electronics and Communication Engineering

Name of the Department*	:	Electronics and Communication Engineering
Course	:	BE
Level	:	UG
1st Year of Approval by the Council	:	730-52-292 (E)/ET/97, 29 June 99
Year wise Sanctioned Intake	:	2009-10 – 120 2008-09 – 120 2007-08 – 120
Year wise Actual Admissions :	:	2009-10 – 120 2008-09 – 120 2007-08 – 120

Cut off marks – General Quota :

Branch	OC			BC			MBC
Branch	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
ECE	191.25	193.75	194.00	189.50	194.80	192.25	185.00	193.00	190

% Students passed with Distinction	:	2009-10 – 48% 2008-09 – 48% 2007-08 – 57%
% Students passed with First Class	:	2009-10 – 50% 2008-09 – 52% 2007-08 – 43%
Student Placed	:	2009-10 – 64 2008-09 – 44 2007-08 – 76
Average Pay Package. Rs/Year	:	2009-10 – 3.75 lakhs / Year 2008-09 – 3.60 lakhs / Year 2007-08 – 3.36 lakhs / Year
Students opted for Higher Studies	:	10
Accreditation Status of the Course	:	Accredited w.e.f. 19.7.2008 (3Y)
Doctoral Courses	:	YES
Foreign Collaborations, if any	:	NIL
Professional Society Memberships	:	IETE - 13 Members ISTE –10 Members IEEE - 2 members

Professional activities

IETE Salem Sub Centre cum IETE student Forum is carrying out all the student related technical activities atleast 3 activities every semester
UNECS is a technical association for students of ECE department

Consultancy activities

Activity	Number undertaken	Research grant/ consultancy fee received
Consultancy work	25 (List attached)	Rs.12,245
Testing services	Lab Equipments	Rs.92,000

Grants fetched

FUNDING AGENCY	PROJECT TITLE	AMOUNT
AICTE RPS	Fabric defect detection in handloom cottage silk industries	Rs.3,00,000/-
TNSCST	Quick Stop Measurement	Rs. 5,000/-
TNSCST	Digitalization of hand written Classical Tamil Language using image processing technique	Rs. 6,000/-

Department Achievements :

S.No	Name of the Project	Name of the Award	Position	Name of the Student
1.	Alcohol Carbon Mono – Oxide Monitoring Equipment	ISTE NIT Kozhikode National Award	First	Mr.A.J.Siva Shankar Mr.P.Pratheep Kumar
2.	Adaptive Filtering in Smart Hearing Aid System	IEEE M.V.CHAUHAN All India Student’s Paper Contest 2007	First	Mr.N.Prabhakaran
3.	Adaptive Filtering in Smart Hearing Aid System	ISTE – L&T National Award	Second	Mr.N.Prabhakaran
4.	Electrical & Electronics session Fifth National Control Instrumentation Conference (CISCON) Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, November 2008	-	Best Paper Award	J.Henry Alex V.Badrinath
5	Green Vechicle	Intel India Embedded Challenge	Third Prize	T.N.Raj Vignesh A.J.Salma Sultana O.Ranganathan P.Sabari
6	Hybride Solar wind electricity Generator Electronically Sensed	IEEE- Bangalore	Cash Prize	1. V.Aswathaman 2. V.Priyadharshini

Distinguished Alumni :

Name	Position
Ananya Sinha Roy	One of the Directors, UNA consultancy, Bangalore
Senthil Balaji	Ph.D UK University