Departments of the School

  1. Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering
  2. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering


The department started Undergraduate program in the year 1980, and Postgraduate program in Communication & Rader System in the year 2002. The department has well qualified and experienced faculty, well equipped laboratories and a host of State-of-the-art softwares. The unique feature of the ECE department is its manpower, drawn from Academics, Research organizations and from reputed Multinational electronics giants of the corporate world. In addition to the laboratories 4 research centers with sophisticated equipment are in place. Outsourcing projects from AICTE, DLRL, DEAL, UGC, DST, ISRO and other organizations are efficiently handled by the department. The Faculty and students are actively involved in various research activities. The department has MOUs with ECIL and Efftronics.

Faculty

Well qualified and experienced faculty

School No of Phds No. of faculty Pursuing Ph.D Others Total Faculty
School of Electrical Sciences 8 12 11 31

Advisory Board

Advisory board of the department consists of

  • Dr. R. Sreehari Rao, DRDO - New Delhi.
  • Dr. B. Yagna Narayana, X-IIT, Madras.
  • Dr. R.V. Raja Kumar, IIT - Kharagpur.
  • Dr. Vemuri Ranga, Cincinati University, USA.
  • Dr. UB Desai, IIT-Hyderabad.
  • Mr. D. Rama Krishna, M.D., M/s, Efftronics Ltd.

Important Laboratories

The Department has the following laboratories equipped with the very best infrastructure for the conduct of both Undergraduate and Post Graduate programs.

  • Basic Electronics Lab
  • Pulse and Integrated Circuits Lab
  • Digital Electronics Lab
  • Microprocessors Lab
  • Communications Lab
  • Advanced Communication Lab
  • Digital Signal Processing Lab
  • Computer Application Lab
  • VLSI Lab

Research Centers

  • Center for Applied Research in Electronics (CARE)
  • Liquid Crystal Research Center (LCRC)
  • Opto Electronics and Photo Acoustic Research Center (OPR)
  • Aero Space Communication Research Center (ASCOR)

Principal Areas of Research

Microwaves & RF, Antennas, Communication Systems, Optical Communication, Wireless Networking, Coding Theory & Techniques, Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing, Speech Processing, DSP Processor Design, ULSI Design, Low-Power VLSI Design, Chip Design, Micro Controller Design, Embedded Processor Design, Liquid Crystals, Photoacoustics and Space Communications.

Major Subjects

Circuit Theory, Electronic Devices & Circuits, Digital Electronics, Electromagnetic Field Theory, Linear Control systems, Microprocessors, Communication Theory, Linear ICs & Applications, Transmission Line Theory, Digital Communication, Computer Networks, Antennas & Wave Propagation, Digital Signal Processing, VLSI Design, Radar Engineering, Optical Communication, Image Processing, Neural Networks, Speech Processing, Embedded Systems, Microcontrollers.

Salient Features

  • Department is reaccredited for 5 years by NBA
  • Dr.P Siddaiah, Professor has been recognized as Technology Angel by DSIR
  • Successful completion of a research project on "Expendable Transmitters & Receivers" sponsered by DLRL, Hyderabad
  • Faculty from Foreign universities involved in regular teaching activity
  • Microwave anechoic chamber-first of its kind in the engineering colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh
  • Department conducting jointly research Programmes with IIT,Kharagpur on "Emotional Modules" and JNTU,BARC on "Hydrogen Generation"
  • Department procured advanced equipment under "MODROB" project sponsored by AICTE
  • AICTE sponsered project under RPS on Radome Design
  • Has the expertise in various fields i.e.,Communications,Digital Signal Processing,Microprocessors & VLSI,Electro Magnetics Antenna & Propagation
  • 105 research publications in International and National Journals and more than 105 papers in International and National Conferences in the current academic year alone.
  • Faculty are involved in inter-disciplinary research programmes like liquid crystals
  • Department had conducted International Conference "RSPS" in the academic year 07-08 and announced II RSPS in December-2009 in association with IEEE.
  • Conducted AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on Modern Communication Systems
  • Conducted AICTE sponsored Seminar on Vision2020 for Communications
  • Presently dealing a Research project on "Phased Array Antennas" sponsered by DEAL,Deharadun.
  • All students are members of ISTE and IETE profession chapters.
  • The department offers electives in Signal Processing, VLSI, Communications and Networking streams.
  • 100% placements for the past five years.

Ongoing Projects

  • Design feasibility of Dual Frequency Antenna, ISRO, Bangalore
  • Optimized design of Phased Array Antenna, UGC, New Delhi.
  • RF Receivers Spurious Analysis, DLRL, Hyd.
  • Radome Design, AICTE, New Delhi.
  • Characterization of Liquid Crystal Samples, DST New Delhi.
  • Phased Array Antennas, DEAL, Dehradun.

National Instruments

National Instruments offers a flexible platform ideal to teach, perform research in the area of Embedded System, Signal Processing, Communication and Electronics circuit design in KLU. It also helps to explore embedded system. National instruments lab view is powerful design environment for signal acquisition, measurement analysis and data presentation, giving the opportunity of a programming language without the complexity of traditional development tools.

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering


About the Department

The department started Undergraduate program in the year 1995 and Postgraduate program in specialization of Power Electronics and Power Systems in the year 2004. The department has well qualified, experienced faculty and state-of-the-art laboratories and softwares. Active research is going on in the areas of Power Systems, Power Electronics & Drives and Control Systems. The department has undertaken AICTE & UGC sponsored R&D Projects. The department has very strong interaction with several reputed industries like LANCO, VTPS, Vijay Electricals, Medha Servo Drives, etc. and R&D organizations like CPRI.

Faculty

Well qualified and experienced faculty

School No of Phds No. of faculty Pursuing Ph.D Others Total Faculty
School of Electrical Sciences 7 10 14 31

Advisory Board

Advisory board of the department consists of

  • Dr. M. Rama Moorthy, IIT-Kanpur.
  • Dr. N.K. Kishore, IIT - Kharagpur.
  • Dr. S.R. Kolla, Bowling Green State University-USA.

Special Equipments

  • Machine Tutor
  • DC Machine Transfer Function Module
  • Winding Machine
  • Power MOSFET Chopper
  • PWM Converters
  • IGBT-Based DC and AC Drives
  • Multiphase Chopper
  • Load Commutation Inverter
  • DSP-Based AC Drives
  • Capacitance Pick up Module
  • PLC Trainer
  • Motor Protection Simulation Unit
  • EHV Simulator

Areas of Research

Power Systems, Power Electronics & Drives and Control Systems.

Laboratories

  • Electrical Machines Lab: DC Machines. 1-ø & 3-ø Transformers, 1-ø & 3-ø Induction Machines and Synchronous Machines.
  • Electrical Measurements Lab: Various Types of Bridges, Transducers, Transformer Oil Testing and CT & PT Test Benches.
  • Control Systems Lab: Compensators (Lag, Lead, Lag-Lead), PID Controllers, Process Controllers and Transfer Function of DC Machine Module.
  • Power Electronics & Drives Lab: Rectifiers (Controlled and Uncontrolled), Inverters and Choppers, IGBT and MOSFET-Based PWM Converter drives, Microcontroller and DSP-Based drives.
  • Power Systems Lab: 220 KV Transmission Line Model, Different Types of Relay Testing Kits and Motor Protection Module.
  • Simulation Lab: Mi-Power, MATLAB, PSPICE, PSCAD, ETAP and EMTP Softwares.

Major Subjects

Circuit Theory, Electro mechanics, Electro Magnetic Field Theory, Electrical Measurements, Linear Control Systems, Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, Electronic Devices and Circuits, Digital Electronics, Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Switch Gear and Protection, Power System Operation and Control, Power System Stability and Analysis, High Voltage Engineering, HVDC Transmission.

Salient Features

  • Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering is reaccredited for five years by NBA.
  • Received sponsored projects from AICTE and UGC.
  • Active Interaction with Industries like CPRI, LANCO, VIJAY Electrical and Medha Servo Drives.
  • More than 30 research papers are published by the Faculty in the International and National Journals during last two years.
  • Few students have published research papers in Conferences and Journals.
  • One Professor was awarded "Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineer's Prize 2006" by Institution of Engineers (India).
  • A research centre called "Centre of Intelligent Systems" has been established in which active research is going on.
  • Many students got GATE ranks including top ranks like 7th, 13th etc.
  • Many students got admission in reputed foreign universities through GRE and TOEFL.
  • Students participated in Projects Exhibitions conducted by IITs and won the prizes.
  • More than 150 students have presented their technical papers in the year 2007-08 & 2008-09 in various National level contests conducted by other organizations and won prizes.
  • The department is offering electives in the streams of Power Systems, Power Electronics and Drives, Control Systems and Energy Systems.
  • 100% placements for the past five years.

Xilinx

Xilinx works in the area of reconfigurable design like Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). The tools offered by the Xilinx are useful for faster, cheaper complex designs. The devices offered by the Xilinx like Chipscope, Spartan, Vertex, etc., are reconfigurable through Xilinx starter kit, which is useful for academic purposes. The embedded designs, DSP designs can also be implemented on those devices. The students trained in these tools offered by the Xilinx have an edge in VLSI industry and research organizations.