Top 14 colleges for Electronics & Communication Engineering

Look around. The whole world is connected. Use of mobile phones, computers and internet has revolutionised our lives. Information through various formats of sound, visual images and computer data is being relayed all across the world through electronic signals.

Transmission of data is happening through various channels that involves work on equipments and devices such as routers, fiber optics, copper telephone facilities, circuit boards and transistors.

Electronics and communication engineering (ECE) is the key behind all this revolution. More developments are being fuelled by the constant innovation in this field. Apart from designing new electronic devices and software interfaces, ECE graduates also ensure the safety, installation and functioning of various mechanisms.

In recent times, ECE has emerged as one of the most popular courses. This branch of engineering degree has an important place in the field of computers, Information Technology, power system operations, electrical, and communication systems etc.

Take a look at the top fourteen colleges (both IITs and non-IITs) of country offering Electronics and Communication Engineering:

1. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP)

The institute offers some of the latest courses in the field of Electronics and Communication. Known for their research and development projects, the department has been sponsored by the likes of ISRO, Defense departments, Nortel Technology (Canada), EU, Intel, and so on. Some of the major courses offered are Telecommunication, Microelectronics, Computer Vision, Electromagnetics, Light wave Engineering.

2. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)

The chief areas of focus are Communication Systems, Microelectronics and VLSI, RF and Microwave Engineering and System Modeling and Control. The department is known for their study of current technology trends and has state-of-art laboratories facilitating research and development in ‘solid state devices, VLSI, RF Engineering, digital signal processing, image processing and wireless technology.’

3. Indian Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU)

This department specialises in Communication Systems Engineering, Digital Techniques & Instrumentation, Microwave Engineering and Microelectronics. Located in the centre of Varanasi, the institute has some well equipped laboratories.

4. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Guwahati)

As compared to the previous three IITs, IIT Guwahati’s ECE department is relatively young, being established in 1995. Within a short span of time, it has made some major progress and has established itself as one top departments of the country.

Their chief areas of specialisation are “Biomedical Signal Processing, Communication Systems, Computer Networks, Control Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing & Computer Vision, Instrumentation, Multimedia Security, Power Electronics, Power Systems, Radar Signal Processing, RF and Microwaves, Speech Signal Processing, VLSI Systems and MEMS,” informs the official website.

5. Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani)

With well-equipped laboratories and extensive practical work, the institute focuses on areas such as VLSI, Embedded Systems, Power Electronics, and Communication Systems. The students are encouraged to study interdisciplinary courses such as Image Processing, Medical Imaging, Renewable Energy, Pattern Recognition, etc.

6. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

The department claims to have won various national and international design prizes. It has various collaborations with foreign universities such as Heriot-Watt University, University of Edinburgh, State University of Binghampton, New York, Georgia Tech, USA, and University of Saskatchewan, Canada. The department is known for innovative approaches for teaching-learning and virtual learning.

7. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

NIT Warangal’s ECE is one of the oldest departments of the institute. Their chief areas of study are electronic components, integrated circuits and microprocessors. They also design, fabricate, test, maintain and supervise the manufacture of electronic equipments.

8. National Institute of Technology, Mangalore

The chief areas of study for this department are VLSI Design, Digital Signal Processing and Communication Engineering and Wireless Networks. It handles various quality enhancement projects such as Project IMPACT, PI-SSS, EENP, UK-INDIA REC Project and SMD-VLSI Project. As a centre of excellence, the faculty is providing consultancy to Indian Railways and various PSU banks.

9. Birla Institute of Technology, Patna

This department prizes itself for their state-of-the art laboratories. They are equipped with Analog and Digital Communication Kits. They also have a Fiber Optic Laboratory, VLSI Design lab and Wireless Communication and Networking Lab.

10. Jadavpur University (Faculty of Engineering & Technology)

This department is called Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering. Several alumni of this department were working at important positions in National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). They have more than 20 laboratories.

11. International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H)

“ECE courses electronics, signals and systems, communications, VLSI, and embedded systems are introduced in early semesters. The institute also conducts workshops for hands-on experience in electronic circuit design in the third and fourth semesters. Advanced courses and electives enable students to specialize in communications, signal processing, robotics, VLSI, embedded systems, and other streams,” informed the official website.

12. Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

The chief areas of study are Digital Signal Processing, Microwave engineering and Bipolar and MOS Analog IC design. The institute claims that the faculty has diverse interests, which inspires the students to follow research in various areas of Electronics and Communication.

“The NSIT is known for having very good and advanced laboratory facilities which are totally accessible to all students and the ECE Department has some of the best lab facilities. Students get easy access to the labs and are free to work on any projects they like in conjunction with the faculty,” states the official website. It further states, “The current research areas of the department are Circuits and Systems, Bipolar and CMOS Analog Integrated circuits, Current Mode Signal Processing, Chaotic Nonlinear Dynamical Circuits, Simulation and Modeling, Digital Signal Processing, Analog and Digital Communication, Computer Communication and Electronic.”

13. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

The ECE department is only about seven years old. However, according to industry experts, the graduates are innovative and research-oriented. The ECE curriculum electronics, signals & systems, communications, VLSI, robotics and embedded systems. The deaprtment organises special workshops for realtime experience for students.

14. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

The department specialises in Digital Signal Processing, Active Circuits, Data Communications and Networking, Mobile and Wireless communications, High Speed Networks, Optical Networks and VLSI and Micro-electronics. 

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