B.E. · ECDr. G.S. Sunitha

Electronics & Communication Engineering.

A founding 1979 department. Intake has climbed from thirty seats to 120, final-year pass rates hold above 95 per cent, and its students have taken 35 university ranks.

Electronics & Communication Engineering. building

About the department

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Established in 1979, the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at BIET, Davanagere, is a five-time NBA-accredited department known for quality education, experienced faculty, advanced Laboratory, smart classrooms, and active research initiatives. The department has maintained an excellent academic record, with students consistently securing university ranks and achieving outstanding results. Industry–academia interaction has been enhanced through the establishment of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with reputed industries and organizations. Faculty and students have actively undertaken funded research and innovation projects supported by AICTE, VGST, NAIN, and KSCST, ATAL, ISTE. The department maintains strong professional associations through active participation in professional bodies such as ISTE, IETE, IE and ISOC. The department is committed to developing students' technical expertise, innovation skills, leadership abilities, and career readiness.

EC
Department code
UG
Programme level
31
Programme faculty count
10
Published laboratories
120
Programme sanctioned intake · 2026-27
4 years
Programme duration
1979
Established
VTU
Affiliating university
Eligibility & admission routes
Class 12 with Physics, Mathematics and one of Chemistry / Biology / Computer Science — minimum 45% (40% for reserved categories). Entrance via KCET / COMEDK.
Admission routes: KCET, COMEDK, Management Quota.

Vision & mission

Our vision
To be in the forefront in providing quality technical education and research in Electronics & Communication Engineering to produce skilled professionals to cater to the challenges of the society.

Mission

  1. 01To facilitate the students with profound technical knowledge through effective teaching learning process for a successful career.
  2. 02To impart quality education to strengthen students to meet the industry standards and face confidently the challenges in the programme.
  3. 03To develop the essence of innovation and research among students and faculty by providing infrastructure and a conducive environment.
  4. 04To inculcate the student community with ethical values, communication skills, leadership qualities, entrepreneurial skills and lifelong learning to meet the societal needs.

Objectives

Programme Educational Objectives(PEO)

  1. 01Demonstrate the knowledge in electronics and IT industry for successful professional career.
  2. 02Pursue higher education and to engage in research for professional development.
  3. 03Contribute to the societal needs with constitutional and ethical principles and demonstrate quality of lifelong learning.

Programme Specific Outcomes(PSO)

  1. 01Specify, design, build and test Analog, digital and Embedded systems.
  2. 02Understand and architect wired and wireless analog and digital communication systems as per specifications and determine their performance.
Dr. G.S. Sunitha
Head of department
Dr. G.S. Sunitha
Professor and HOD

Faculty & staff

Infrastructure

Communication Laboratory, benches with instruments
Communication Laboratory
Design Automation Laboratory, students at workstations
Design Automation Laboratory
Networking Laboratory, students at workstations
Networking Laboratory
Processor Controller Laboratory, students at workstations
Processor Controller Laboratory
Analog Laboratory, workbenches with instruments
Analog Laboratory
Digital Laboratory, seen from the corridor
Digital Laboratory
Classroom A354
Classroom A354
Classroom A254
Classroom A254
Classroom A251
Classroom A251
Classroom A249
Classroom A249
Classroom A134
Classroom A134

Placement

Placed per yearElectronics & Communication Engineering · source: department record and BIET Training & Placement Cell
0255075100PLACED2022 — 20269820227 LPA55202310 LPA25202412 LPA63202510 LPA7920267.5 LPA
In-campusOff-campus
Electronics & Communication Engineering placement record by year
YearCompaniesPlaced · In-campusPlaced · Off-campusTotalHighest package
202620790797.5 LPA
2025166306310 LPA
2024152502512 LPA
2023105505510 LPA
202226908987 LPA

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Distinguished alumni

N.D. Vijay Kumar

N.D. Vijay Kumar

Associate Director, at Digicomm Semiconductors, Bangalore
Vinod Iyer

Vinod Iyer

CEO at iNube Software Solutions Pvt Limited, Bengaluru
Vinod has been an entrepreneur and advisor for enterprises in designing Technology roadmap aligning to business and organizational strategy. He is part of several engagements in the area of Cloud, Digital Business and Mobility, which are key futuristic areas of high growth potentials in the Marketplace across the globe. Vinod comes with more than 25 years of industry experience including more than 15 years in the Insurance industry as business leader. He brings deep technology expertise around Insurance domain and in the Banking and Financial Services industry. Vinod has grown iNube, the company he co-founded with other 3 HP colleagues and has steered the company to $5Million from ground zero. Vinod drives strategy, enterprise partnership, geography channel strategy and institutional growth strategy at iNube. Being Chairman and managing director of the company, he spends lot of time mentoring leadership community within iNube. His company iNube was named one among 20 fastest growing BFSI companies in India under Vinod’s leadership. (https://insurance.cioreviewindia.com/vendor/2018/iNube ) ) Vinod managed North America business for Hewlett Packard (HP) Global Delivery organization, where he managed large engagements with big Insurance companies like CIGNA, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of California and few others. In his prior role at HP, he was world wide strategy consultant to global HP customers. Prior to HP, he played leadership roles at various technology companies like Oracle, AT&T Bell Labs. As a thought leader he has contributed to several White Papers and Points of View on technology adoptions by Enterprises and have been fostering innovations. He is a qualified engineer academically and possess certification on strategy by Harvard Business School. Vinod is married and lives in Bangalore with his wife and daughter.
Ganesh Shamanur

Ganesh Shamanur

Design Automation Manager, Texas Instruments, Bangalore
Mr. Ganesh Shamanur(Batch:1999-2003) works as Design Automation Manager in Texas Instruments, Bangalore. He worked in National Semiconductor for 6 years and thereafter is managing the automation team in Texas Instruments, from past 9 years and has an overall experience of 15 years in VLSI industry. He holds BE (E&C) degree from BIET (1999-2003), MTech (VLSI Design) from VTU (2003-2005) with an University Gold-Medal. His MTech thesis was awarded Best Masters Thesis award by Infineon. He holds 2 Manufacturer Incentive Awards, 2 Trade Secrets and 1 IEEE paper to his credit. He has won company's Million Dollar Idea Project twice. He is instrumental in defining automation-flows used by Circuit Designers worldwide, to realize designs from concept to Silicon, identify reliability failures in ICs and create automation tools that help achieve time-to-market. He is instrumental in hiring the best tech-talent, training new-hires and creating question-bank for his organization.During his free time, he is passionate about doing social-service in villages. He likes trekking and hikes in The Himalayas, Western Ghats and The Swiss Alps.
Yathish Chandra G H

Yathish Chandra G H

SP, ACB, Bangalore
Mr. Yathsh Chandra G H (Batch: 2001-2005) presently working as District Police Chief, Kannur, Kerala. His Experience in the Corporate Sector 1. Motorola India Electronics Pvt Ltd. Bangalore as Software Engineer in the Year 2005-2009 2. Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd. Bangalore as Associate Engineer in the Year 2009-2010 3. Hewlett Packard Bangalore as Senior Software Engineer in the Year 2011. Experience in the Government machinery 1. Trained at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in the Year 2011 – 2012 2. ASP (Under Training) Kannur in the Year 2013 3. ASP Vadakara, Kozhikode Rural in the Year 2013-2014 4. Commandant KAP IV, Kannur in the Year 2015 5. District Police Chief, Ernakulam Rural in the Year 2015-2016 6. Superintendent of Police Crime Branch CID Thiruvananthapuram in the Year 2016 7. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Kochi City in the Year 2017 8. District Police Chief, Thrissur Rural in the Year 2017-2018 9. Commissioner of Police, Thrissur City in the Year 2018-2020 10. District Police Chief, Kannur in the Year 2020 - Present.
Arun Kumar H H

Arun Kumar H H

Deputy Manager, BEL, Bangalore.
Mr. Arun Kumar H H (Batch: 2005-2009)is Working for premier Public Sector Undertaking M/s. Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bangalore for nearly 10 years. His professional journey consists of profound experience in development of Signal Processing Systems for Satellite /Microwave signals, Communication Surveillance and Monitoring Systems, V/UHF Radio or Drone Communication Jamming systems. Campus life by his own words: The teaching staffs are well qualified and updated with current technology and Co-operative in understanding students not only academically but also help in overall personality development. Many events get organized to develop various skills through EC Forum which helps students becoming future leaders. Infrastructure: One of the oldest college with best infrastructure of concurrent times with necessary facilities. Campus Life: Best memories of life gets created at this place.
Waseem Akram B

Waseem Akram B

Senior lead engineer in Qualcomm, Bangalore
Mr. Waseem Akram B (Bach:2008-2012) is a senior lead engineer in qualcomm, Bangalore. Campus life by his own words: Our lectures in the ECE has always pushed us to do better, to learn new things this is something that we really cherish now about our department.
Mirza Qadir Baig

Mirza Qadir Baig

CEO/Area Officer, Krishnapatnam port, Ministry of Railways
Mr. Mirza Qadir Baig(Batch: 2010-2014) has cleared UPSC Civil service exam-2018 with All India Rank (AIR) 336 . Campus life by his own words: Electronics and communications department at BIET with good quality infrastructure and state of the art pedagogical tools, is a brand and speaks for itself, attracting good ranks into its fold.The department is run by a diligent team of mentors (working as a team) motivated to the core to provide quality professional education and training.Its also equips students with intellectual, physical and ethical rigour by means of wide spectrum of extra curricular and co curricular activities ( e- Utsav, papyrus, NB cup, seminars on new technology etc , to just name a few). Also the focus on employability readiness not only gets its students a good job but an agency to choose variety of high paying job (Embedded systems, VLSI, control systems, instrumentation, communications, Power Electronics, IT, Machine Learning, AI etc).
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Advisory board

Programme Advisory Committee 13

Academics, industry representatives, alumni, parents and students nominated to review the programme, as published by the department.

Name & designationRole
Prof. Y VrushabhendrappaMember
Dr. H B AravindMember
Dr. G S SunithaMember
Dr. Nirmala S OMember
Dr. Dinesh Y NMember
Dr. M S NagarajMember
Dr. Nirmala C RMember
Dr. G H LeelaMember
Dr. Banumathi K LMember
Dr. Praveen JMember
Sri. Ganesh ShamanurMember
Sri. Mahadevappa KMember
Sri. Siddanagowda G NMember

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