Programme Overview
Electronics & Communication sits at the boundary between hardware and software, and that is exactly where a lot of interesting work now lives. Students learn circuits from first principles — analog, digital, then integrated — and finish able to design a PCB, write firmware for it, and reason about the radio link it talks over.
The department deliberately keeps a strong embedded and IoT bias. India's electronics manufacturing push has created steady demand for engineers who can bridge board-level design and software, and our IoT prototyping lab exists so students graduate having built devices rather than only simulated them.
ECE is the branch that most often produces cross-over careers: roughly a fifth of each batch ends up in software roles, and another fifth in core hardware. Both routes are open from here.
What You Will Learn
- Analog and digital electronic circuits
- Network theory and electromagnetics
- Microprocessors and microcontrollers
- Embedded systems and firmware in C
- Signals, systems and digital signal processing
- VLSI design with Verilog and FPGA
- Analog and digital communication
- Antennas, microwave and 5G fundamentals
- IoT architecture and edge devices
- PCB design and hardware prototyping
Curriculum — Year by Year
Common engineering first year, preceded by the compulsory three-week bridge course.
- Engineering Mathematics I & II
- Engineering Physics & Chemistry
- Basic Electrical Engineering
- Fundamentals of Electronics
- Programming for Problem Solving (C)
- Engineering Graphics & Design
- Professional Communication
- Electronics & Workshop Labs
The circuits core. Placement preparation begins in semester four alongside coursework.
- Electronic Devices & Circuits
- Digital System Design
- Network Analysis & Synthesis
- Signals & Systems
- Electromagnetic Field Theory
- Analog Circuits & Op-Amps
- PCB Design Lab
- Mini-project I + summer internship
Students choose a specialisation track and take their first department electives.
- Analog & Digital Communication
- Microprocessors & Microcontrollers
- VLSI Design with Verilog
- Digital Signal Processing
- Antenna & Wave Propagation
- Control Systems
- Department Elective I & II
- Mini-project II + second internship
Semester eight is a six-month industry internship. Capstone teams typically ship a working hardware device.
- Embedded System Design
- IoT & Edge Computing
- Wireless & Mobile Communication (5G)
- Microwave Engineering
- Capstone Project (two semesters)
- Six-month industry internship
- Department Elective III & IV
- Open Elective (any department)
Specialisation Tracks
Embedded Systems & IoT
Microcontroller firmware, sensor integration, low-power design and edge connectivity in a dedicated prototyping lab.
VLSI & Chip Design
Verilog, FPGA implementation, timing analysis and the digital design flow from RTL to layout.
Communication & 5G
Modulation schemes, channel coding, antenna design and the architecture of modern cellular networks.
Signal & Image Processing
Filtering, transforms and real-time DSP, with a bridge into the AI department's computer vision work.
Laboratories You Will Use
- VLSI & FPGA design lab
- IoT & embedded prototyping lab
- Analog & digital electronics lab
- Communication & microwave bench
- PCB fabrication & soldering station
- Project studio open until 10 PM
Careers & Placement
In the 2025 cycle, 95% of eligible ECE students received at least one offer, with a median package of ₹5.6 LPA and a highest of ₹19 LPA. Around 21% took software roles and 24% went into core electronics or telecom.
- Embedded Systems Engineer
- VLSI / Verification Engineer
- Hardware Design Engineer
- Telecom / RF Engineer
- Software Development Engineer
- IoT Solutions Engineer
- Public sector — BSNL, DRDO, ISRO, SSC-JE
- Higher study — M.Tech, MS, MBA
Recruiters for this branch: Samsung R&D, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Havells, Reliance Jio, Airtel, Sterlite, Bharat Electronics vendors and 70 more.
Head of Department
Dr. Shabana Parveen
Ph.D. in VLSI from Jamia Millia Islamia with sixteen years of teaching experience. She set up the department's FPGA laboratory and supervises its IoT prototyping projects.