Electronics and Communication Department of IITR offers a 4-year bachelor course and 2-year Masters Course in various fields involving Microelectronics, Control Systems, Signal Processing and Communication. The course structure for undergraduate students is divided into three main groups VLSI circuits(very large scale integrated circuits), RF (radio frequency), and Communication. There are some really good professors in all the three groups, undertaking research in most recent areas and collaborating with industry as well. The new course structure is beneficial to students as most of the required courses are completed by the end of 3rd year. That way students can apply their knowledge in the internships as well. Most of the courses especially communication courses are highly mathematical. Plus circuits courses require sound interest in physics. First and second year, you will see most of the basic and advanced circuit courses. Communication part will begin from 2nd year onwards. Third year encompasses laboratories on the subjects you have already studied. Under new course structure, you can also take up Minor specialisation in other branches or Honors specialisation in ECE Dept from 6th semester onwards. The Dept. offers Honors specialisation courses in all three above fields.

That said, Our department has the reputation of having some of the most difficult courses and most strict teachers in IITR. The courses really require focus and hard work.

Labs in department are improving for all the fields and significant research work is accomplished in these labs. We are not limited to academics, you will find students from our department in key position in almost all cultural societies, hobbies club and technical festivals. There should never be a time when you don’t have anything to do. If you are a part of IITR E&CE Dept. you can always consult Anand Bulusu, Vinod Pankajakshan, Debashish Ghosh sir, N.P. Pathak, Kartikeyan Sir for any type of guidance at any point of time. Some professors might sound rude but they are in fact very welcoming and accommodating when you visit them for guidance. We would just say that you need not fear from any professors and better talk to them as and when required. Discuss things with them and take up projects from your area of interest. Especially those who want to pursue electronics, projects are must. In terms of placements, Electronics and communication department has one of the best placement stats in the campus, next only to CS. Some of our top recruiters are Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Freescale semiconductor. Non-core companies like Facebook, Directi, Goldman Sachs, Flipkart, Microsoft also provide opportunities. The average package of the batch graduating in 2016 was estimated to be around 16 lpa. While many students sat in the placements, many others joined IIMs, some cracked the prestigious UPSC exams and some went for other Postgraduate programs.

- Vineet Singla & Deep Jain

ANEL Emirates General Contracting, ISRO, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Nvidia.