Department Profile
The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) was started in the year 2002 with an intake of 60 students. Over the years the Department has steadily grown and currently the student's intake is 60. Along with B.E., the Department also offers an one M.E., degree programme in Power Electronics & Drives. Choice based credit system is introduced in regulation 2018.
The Department has well qualified and experienced faculties to achieve excellence in academic programs. The Department has good infrastructure with well equipped laboratories and an exclusive Departmental library. The Department is regularly organizing programs like International Conference, Seminar, Workshop, Guest lecture, Faculty Development Program etc., with the support of various funding agencies.
Every year the EEE students association is organizing a National Technical symposium, named "GRID", to motivate the students in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The department encourages students to involve in In-House Projects and Inter–Departmental Projects. The Department periodically conducts value added courses and training programs for students to improve their technical skills in theory and practice. The department also runs the IEEE students chapter.
The Department has research center approved by Anna University Chennai to do research leading to Ph.D. The Department has sufficient research supervisors in variety of fields. The research center facilitates funded projects from DST, AICTE etc., and consultancy projects. The research center has good record of Publications and filed patents. Our faculty members are permitted to participate in programmes like FDP, Seminar, Workshop, Conferences and Training programs to update their technical skills.
HIGHLIGHTS
o The Department of EEE has well qualified and experienced faculty team with broad areas of specialization including Power Systems, Power Electronics & Drives, Applied Electronics, Embedded Systems and VLSI
o The department frequently organizes Seminar, Workshops and FDP sponsored by AICTE, ISTE, IEEE, DST, CSIR, Ministry of Earth Science, Anna University and other funding organizations
o Minstry of Education, Saudi Arabia, has granted Rs.27,50,372 towards the consultant for International Collaborated Reseach Projects for the title Improved High Voltage Gain Multi-port Switched Quasi Z-Source DC-DC Converter for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources.
o ACITE has granted Rs. 19,25,000 towards the Modernization of the existing Measurements and Instrumentation laboratory with an emphasis on Real-time computerized measurement system under Modernization And Removal Of Obsolescence Scheme (MODROBS) under Departmental Funded projects
o DST (Department of Science and Technology), New Delhi has granted Rs.13,44,000 towards R&D Projects for the title "Single Phase Matrix Converter Topology for solar photovoltaic enabled Uninterruptable Power Supply"
o Received an amount of Rs.4,78,125 toward the conduction of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) By Technical Institutions from AICTE, New Delhi for the Academic Year 2017-2018
o The department of EEE has conducted International Conferences twice in the year 2010 and 2015 with sponsorship from CSIR, IEEE & ISTE
o The department has been recognized as a research center to do research leading to Ph.D. under Anna University
o Department has 12 faculty with Ph.D qualification and 7 Anna University recognizied Supervisors
o MoUs with leading Industry to provide recent industry exposure to students
o Students of our Department has obtained University ranks consecutively
o Student enrichment programmes like Industrial visit, In-plant training, Placement training, Workshops, Symposia, Seminars, Conferences, IITM-PALS, Association Activities, Sports Activities, Science Club, English Literary Club, NSS, NCC, YRC, Yoga, etc., are arranged regularly to improve the technical & Employability skills
