Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, GNDU, Amritsar

Department of Electronics is one of the oldest departments of this university, established right back in July, 1983. The department through its commendable services has matched up to the 5 star status accorded to the University by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The department has its distinguished by its alumni spread all over the world. Equipped with the most advanced labs, this institution cultivates young minds & provides them the appropriate launching pads to grow and excel in the technical world. The department offers Bachelor of Technology (Electronics & Communications) and Masters of Technology (Electronics & Communication). Selection procedure for the Bachelors of Technology (Electronics & Communication) is based on Common Entrance Test (CET, Punjab) conducted on All- India basis. Apart from academics, the department outshines other departments in inter-departmental cultural and sports competitions. It is worth mentioning here that the department bagged the Interdepartmental Sports Trophy for the consecutive five years.

Vision of the department

Offering wide range of educational programmes and activities in a single campus service.
Keeping linkage and partnership with user-system.
Giving students an opportunity to create ability for employment, for understanding society and for self development.

Mission of the department

Our mission is to provide motivated skilled, intellectual and competent manpower catering to needs of industry.
To provide healthy education climate.
Utilize resources optimally.
Develop globally competent and competitive students, compatible with the needs of changing society.

Objectives of the Department

Providing quality student -centered education and equal opportunities to all.
Providing academic environment to facilitate better teaching-learning process.
Providing opportunities for development of personal and professional quality of students and staff.
Providing better climate for healthy organization.
Fostering innovative and creative education leadership.
Interacting with stakeholders for better quality education and satisfying them

Courses Offered

The Department of Electronics Technology offers various Engineering and Doctorate programmes in

Course	Specialization	Duration
B-Tech	Electronics & Communication Engg. Electronic Communication Systems (To be introduced)	4 Years 4 Years
M-Tech	Communication Systems	2 Years
Ph.D.	Fiber optics, Microwave materials, Wireless communications, Signal processing, Microwave communications, Nano- Technology	-----
PG Diploma	Printing Technology & Management	1 Year

Faculty

The faculty at the department, drawn from diverse fields of electronics technology takes on the role of mentorship with great efficacy. Through their immaculate approach towards developing full-fledged self reliant professionals, they have laid strong foundations. The Department has competent teaching staffs who apart from teaching is actively engaged in research.

Faculty	Areas of Specializations
Dr. Derick Engles (Professor)	Fiber optic components and charge transport in nano devices
Dr. Jasvir Singh (Professor)	Digital Signal Processing and wireless communications.
Dr. Sukhleen Bindra Narang (Professor)	Microwave materials Fabrication and Characterization, Computer Modeling and Neural Networks
Dr. Maninder Lal Singh (Reader and Head)	Fiber optic Communications systems and Electronic Communications Systems
Er. Ravinder Singh Sawhney (Senior Lecturer)	Data Communications and Computer networks
Er. Shalini Bahel (Lecturer)	Microwave Materials, Digital Communication and Software Development
Er. Dhanjeet Singh (Lecturer)	Electrical and Electronic Measurements
Er. Ravinder Kumar (Lecturer)	Electronic Communications and Digital Electronics
Er. Hadeep Kaur (Lecturer)	Digital Communications
Mr. Jagdeep Singh (Instructor)	Packaging and Package Printing

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Infrastructure

The department has the following well equipped laboratories:

1. Electronics Lab. : The lab is equipped with sophisticated testing, designing & measuring instruments like VTVM,DMM-100 MH3 high resolution CROs, digital function generator & counter etc.

2. Microwave Lab. : The laboratory has good microwave bench to train students in the field of microwave engineering. Apart from other equipments, Gunn-oscillators & Klystron-oscillators are available for practicals.

3. Microprocessor Lab. : The department has a well equipped microprocessor lab having sufficient number of 8085, 8086, Z-80, VM-85/9 kits. In addition to this, there are microcontroller kits, microtraining kits & EPROM programmer.
4. Communication Lab. : There are AM, FM, PSK, FSK, PPM, PWM, PAM & QPSK kits available for practicals.
5. Computer Lab. : The computer lab of department has various P-III, celeron based PCs running on Linux and Windows. They all are equipped with multimedia kits. There is a well connectivity of all the terminals in the department through LAN & Internet.

6. TV Lab. : Wide range of receivers and transmitters are available for practical purposes. TV Tutors are also present.
7. Industrial Electronics & Machine Lab.: The Industrial Electronics & Machine Lab has a wide range of thyristor kits like AC-DC load SCR kits, UJT kits.
8. PCB Lab.: Sophisticated PCB development system is available for making high quality printed circuit boards. Photo etching & camera reduction techniques are also present. microcontroller kits, microtraining kits & EPROM programmer.

9. Fiber Optics Lab. : The lab has highly sophisticated equipment for optical fiber study, which include BER (COM) Benchtop Instrument, ED-COM Benchtop Instrument and 2 Channel WDM Kit by OPTOSCI, UK. The latest addition in equipment is WDM kit with 25 KM SMF link in accordance with ITU WDM grid.

10. DSP Lab. The lab has a fully equipped computerized system and advanced microkits like TMS320C25 & TMS320C50 for conducting the requisite practices of final year students.

11.Networks Lab: The lab is equipped with latest Encryption study kits.

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Course-Curriculum - B.Tech. (ECE)

Sem I
Electrical Engineering
Applied Mathematics -I
Applied Chemistry
Applied Physics
Communication Skills
Material Science
Manufacturing Processes

Sem II
Electronics Devices & Circuits
Fundamentals of Computer Programming & IT
Engineering Graphics & Drafting
Fluid Mechanics
Thermal Science
Engineering Mechanics
Applied Mathematics -II

Sem III
Digital Electronics
Analog Integrated Circuits
Network Synthesis & Analysis
Programming Languages
Electrical & Electronic Measurements
Applied Mathematics-III

Sem IV
Fibre Optics
Electronic Circuit Design & Implementation Lab
Communication Signals & Systems
Electromagnetic Field Theory
Linear Control System
Industrial Economics
Electronic Measurements & Instrumentation

Sem V
Microprocessor 8085, 8086, 80286,80386, 80486, Pentium & Pentium Pro.
Antenna & Wave Propagation
Communication System-I
Industrial Electronics
Human Resource Management
Wave Generation & Shaping

Sem VI
Software Engineering
Computer Networks
Microwave Engineering
VLSI Design
Digital Communication
Communication System-II
Major Project

Sem VII
Digital Signal Processing
Optical Fiber Communication
Radar Systems Engineering
Computer Architecture
Television Engineering
Neural Networks
Major Seminar

Sem VIII
Industrial Training(20 weeks)

Areas of Research Work

The department provides the research facilities and opportunities in the following major areas

Microwave communications.
Synthesization and Characterization of Microwave Ferrites.
Neural Networks
Optical Communications Systems.
Optical Components and Sensors.
Wireless Communications Systems.

Areas of Field Training

The students of the department are involved in the following areas for the field training during the degree courses:

Microwave Communication Systems.
Application of Microwave in Agriculture.
Microwave Properties of Ferrites and Dielectric materials.
Optical fiber Components and Sensors.
Optical Communication Systems.
Wireless Communication Systems.
Digital Signal Processing.
Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks.

Electronics Student Forum

A committee constituted by the students of the department. ESF in the department performs the various technical activities like ….

Launched New wall Magazine for display of various technical and informative articles.
Organized a one day seminar on “Recent Trends in Electronics & Communications.”
Organized the first ever National Level Technical Festival “OREGON 2007.”