Participation of teachers in academic and personal counseling of students

We have teacher guardian scheme ( for first year students), where each teacher monitor a set of students. The students can approach the teacher guardian regarding their academic and personal problems. Teacher guardian forms an interface between his students and concern faculty/administrators in solving students’ problems. Teacher guardian also keeps informing progress of the students to their parents.
We have faculty advisor scheme (for higher semester students), where each faculty monitor a set of students. The students can approach the faculty advisor regarding their academic problems. Faculty advisor forms an interface between his students and concern faculty/administrators in solving students’ problems.
We have Class committees, represented by both teachers and students. The committee meets thrice a semester to discuss and solve academic problems and other issues.
There are section coordinators and lab in charges to try and resolve issues related to students in classes and laboratories.
We have a process to address/counsel academically weak students. As per the process, an academically weak student needs to be identified and transform them to see that they are going to be one in the mainstream.

Details of faculty development programmes and teachers who benefited during the past five years

We have organized one national conference one International conference and five workshops /tutorials during last five years.
More than eight seminars and guest lectures were organized in different areas of Electronics and Communication from scientists and professors from reputed institutions / industries.

Workshops / Tutorials conducted:
1) Two days National workshop on “EMBEDDED SYSTEMS WITH ARM PROCESSOR”, August 26th & 27th , 2008.
2) Three days National Workshop on “Design of Embedded Systems using FPGA’s” September 12 – 14, 2008.
3) “Essentials of Non-Engineering skills for Engineers” by Dr.Narasimha Bhat,
MD, Manipal Dot Net Pvt.Ltd, Manipal on 31st January 2009.
4) A one day workshop by Dr. Muralidhar Kulkarni, Professor of E&C, NITK, Surathkal on "Unraveling the Mysteries of Cellular World" conducted by Institution of Engineers (India) - E&C Students chapter, MIT on 27th March 2010
5) Tutorials on SoC/SiP, Nanoelectronics & Macroelectronics, on December 6, 2007

Conference conducted:
1. National Conference on Devices, Intelligent Systems & Communications (MITDISC07) during December 7- 8, 2007
2. International Conference on Electronic Design & Signal Processing (ICEDSP – 09) during December 10-12, 2009

Guest Lectures organized :

• Prof.A.Chockalingam, ECE Department, IISc Bangalore on i) Evolution from 2G to 3G in Mobile Communication (ii) OFDM in M.I.T, Manipal, 19th October 2007.

• Dr. Arjun Kasturi Pai, ECIT, Northern Ireland on “Research activities & the world class Laboratories at Institute of Electronics, Communication & Information Technology (ECIT) in Northern Ireland” M.I.T, Manipal, 17th December 2007.

• Mr. Praveen Suthrum, alumni of M.I.T., addressed the pre-final E&C students on 11th February 2008. The talk was “Entrepreneurship Opportunities”

• Dr. P.V.Anand Mohan, Executive Director (Tech), R&D, Electronics Corporation of India Ltd., Bangalore on “Mixed Signal Design” in MIT, Manipal, 8th March 2008.

• Dr. P.Subbanna Bhat, Emeritus Professor, BVB College of Engg & Technology, Hubli on “Signal Processing Theory” in MIT Manipal, 2nd August 2008.

• Dr. Vinay Kumar, MDN, Manipal on “Machine Learning” in MIT, Manipal, 7th & 8th November 2008.

• Prof.C.Ramachandra, TESSOLVE Services Pvt.Ltd., Bangalore on “Challenges in Submicron Device Fabrication Technology”, Dept. of E&C Engg., MIT on 9th April 2010

• Dr. P.V.Ananda Mohan,Fellow of IEEE, R&D, Electronics Corporation of India Ltd, Bangalore on “Analog Circuit Design”, Dept. of E&C Engg., MIT on 21st August 2010

• Ramesh Kamath, Intel Cor, Bangalore, on “Synthesis and Design flow” , Dept. of E&C Engg., MIT on 3rd September 2011.

• Manjunath Pai, Mask Design Engineer, San Disk Corp, Bangalore on “Full – Custom Design Flow”, Dept. of E&C Engg., MIT on 3rd September 2011.

Seminar conducted by the Department:
• Prof. Ramesh Garg, IIT Kharagpur on “Antennas ( Microstrip, Printed & Sensor Applications)” on 6th September 2011, Seminar Hall, E&C Engineering Dept.

Participation of Teachers in academic and research activities

All faculty were participants in the workshops / conferences organized by the department.
Faculty have also participated / presented papers in more than hundred workshops / conferences in India and abroad, organized by other Institutions / Universities.
Some of our faculty members were resource persons in various workshops and conferences organized by other Institutions / Universities.
Publications by faculty in Journals / Book Chapters ( in last five years) : 35
Publications by faculty in National / International conference proceedings( in last five years): 64
Faculty members are coordinators of various administrative units and students’ chapters of various technical and cultural clubs.

Department’s significant activity is research and the thrust areas are;

 MEMs and Nano Technology
 Signal and Image Processing
 Information Theory and coding
 Wireless and Optical communication
 Analog and Digital VLSI
 Embedded System Design and Application



There are more opportunities for students in technical activities through technical clubs such as IE (E&C) student chapter and IEEE student branch. Various events pertaining to the science and technology are conducted by these clubs. Students are taken to industry as a part of the technical tour.