Activities and Events
Electronics and Communication Students Association (ECSA ) -Activities
The Department of Electronics and Communication has been supporting its students to participate in Curricular and Co–Curricular activities. ECSA, abbreviation of Electronics and Communication Students Association, was established on 16th April 2009. All the students of Electronics and Communication Engineering department are the members of the ECSA Forum. ECSA was founded with a view of giving a new dimension to the present education system. This Forum provides ample opportunity to students to discover and exhibit technical skill, presentation skill, and communication skill in organizing various events. Department forum publishes newsletter periodically. It gives wide exposure to the students to express and share technical knowledge and also gives the bird view of department activities, achievements of staff and students. Under ECSA forum the Cass Toppers and University rank holders are felicitated with certificate of appreciation and cash rewards.
Association Members for the Academic year 2023-24
Dr. Vinayambika S Bhat, HoD
Mrs. Deepthi Shetty , Faculty Coordinator
Mr. Prakash L S, Faculty Coordinator
Mr. Shivananda M, President
Mr. Sharan Shetty, Vice President
Ms. Maithreyi, Vice President
Ms. Shamnaz, Secretary
Mr. Guruprasad Kamath, Joint Secretary
Mr. M Dheeraj D Rao, Treasurer
Mr. Sheshank Kulkarni ,Cultural Coordinator
Mr. Anith H M , Sports Coordinator
A Quiz Copetition "Minds At Work: Engineers Edition"
Date : 15/09/2023
One Day workshop on Literature Review & Reference Management
Resource Person : Dr. Sri Krishna Shastri C, Associate Professor, Dept. ECE, MITE
Dr. Ramalingam H M, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept ECE, MITE
Date : 16/09/2023
An Invited Talk on " Tech Horizons Empowering Tomorrows Innovators - A Journey with IEEE"
Resource Person : Mr. Anirudha Prabhakaran, IEEE Student Member, Dept of ECE, NITK Surathkal
Date : 03/10/2023
One day workshop on “Designing the Future: Navigating Virtual Cloud,5G Beamforming, and Physical Design"
Resource Person : Dr. Shylashree N, Associate Professor, Dr. Shushrutha K S, Associate Professor and Dr. Sahana B, Assistant Professor, R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru
Date : 26/10/2023
A peer-to-peer talk on "Innovate and Elevate: Insights into ECE Core Companies & Cultivating Positive First Impressions"
Resource Person : Mr. Aston D Silva & Ms. Chaithra Ramdas, 7th Sem E&CE Dept
Date : 09/11/2023
Technical talk on "Life of Chip"
Resource Person : Mr.Ravi Marate, Agriculturists, freelance trainer
Date : 18/11/2023
"Stepping into Professionalism: An IEEE Membership Awareness Week"
Date : 22/11/2023 to 29/11/2023
Profession Tech Empowerment Initiative Program
Date : 25/11/2023
A Technical Talk on “Basic Understanding of Power Sector & Electrical Safety Measures”
Resource Person : Mr. Sandesh, Junior Engieer, MESCOM
Date : 29/11/2023
Inaugural function of "ECSA Activities 2023-24”
Chief Guest : Mr. K Ramesh, Deputy Chief Engineer, New Mangalore Port Authority, Mangaluru
Date : 14/12/2023
Invited Talk on " Know the Student in You"
Resource Person: Mr. K Ramesh, Deputy Chief Engineer, New Mangalore Port Authority, Mangaluru
Date : 14/12/2023
One Day Workshop on "Internet Safety and Ethical Hacking"
Resource Person: Mr. Vineeth Shetty, Cyber Security Engineer, Tietoevey India Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
Date : 21/12/2023
A Coding Competiton " J'AI COMPRIS"
Date : 22/12/2023
Invited Talk on "Navigating the Art of Interpersonal Communication"
Resource Person: Prof. Raviraj Kini, Head- NITTE Institute of Communication, Mangalore
Date : 02/01/2024
Industrial Visit to "Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited", Kaiga
Date : 06/01/2024
Invited Talk on "How Big a Role Modern Technology Plays in Agri-Entrepreneurship "
Resource Person:Mr. Joseph Alvares, (Alumni, Batch-2010-14), Entrepreneur/Manager (Plant & Operations), Whitegrove Agri LLP, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru
Date : 12/01/2024
Webinar on "Careers with IEEE & Path to Abroad Studies"
Resource Person: Mr. Mahendra Nath Reddy E, MSc AI & Robotics, University of Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Date : 19/01/2024
NSS activity on " Value Education: The Self Discipline Expedition " in Govt. Aided Higher Primary School, Sampige
Date : 18/01/2024
Three Days Training on VLSI Design using Cadence Tool Suite
Resource Person : Mr. Shivaprasad B K, Senior Field Application Engineer, Entuple Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
Date : 8/09/2022
A one-day workshop on "Literature review & reference management tools."
Resource Person : Mr. Ramalingam H M, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of ECE
Date : 27/09/2022
Webinar on “Industry of Knowledge now and in the next decade”
Resource Person : Bhawik Raja, Principal Data Scientist, AT&Ts Customer Advocacy Group, Bengaluru
Date : 07/10/2022
Invited Talk on “Creative Thinking, Innovation and Design Thinking”
Resource Person : Dr Dasharathraj K Shetty, Associate Professor, Dept. of Data Science and Computer Applications, MIT, Manipal
Date : 13/10/2022
Technical talk on “Embedded Control Systems and Opportunities”
Resource Person : Dr Kanthi M, Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
Date : 14/10/2022
Technical talk on “MIMO Technology”
Resource Person : Dr. Prashanth Kumar H, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, NITK Surathkal.
Date : 04/11/2022
Inaugural function of “Electronics & Communication Students’ Association (ECSA) Activities 2022-23”
Chief Guest : Mr. Ronald S D’Souza, Executive Director, Leksa Lighting Technology Pvt.Ltd
Date: 8/11/2022
Invited Talk on “Career Building Towards Success”
Resource Person : Mr. Ronald S D’Souza, Executive Director, Leksa Lighting Technology Pvt.Ltd
Date : 08/11/2022
Three Days workshop on Signal and Image Processing using Python
Sponsored by: IEEE-MITE
Date : 23/11/2022 to 25/11/2022
Invited talk on Skill Awareness in IT Field
Resource Person : Mr. Pramod, Software Engineer, Torry Harris, Bengaluru (Alumani Batch: 2017)
Date :10/12/2022
Technical Talk on Embedded Systems in Automotive and Employment Opportunities
Resource person : Mr. Vinay Kumar Dongre, Software Developer, LTI Mindtree, Bengaluru (Alumni Batch-2017)
Date :10/12/2022
Industrial Visit to Hydro Power Plant, Soham Energy, Iruvail.
Date : 13th -14th December 2022
“EUREKA 2.0 – A Fusion of Puzzles & Quiz Competition”
Date : 20/12/2022 & 21/12/2022
ZUMBA Workshop Resource
Person : Ms.Shan, Fitness Trainer, Biceps Fitness Centre, Mangalore
Date : 31/12/2022
A Peer Learning talk on “Cybersecurity: An era in which Data is more valuable than Money”
Resource Person : Gouthami Purohit , 4th year student, Dept. of E&C Engineering, MITE
Date : 11/01/2023
Three Days Workshop on Analog Circuits Design & PCB Design: An Industry Perspective
Sponsored by : ISTE-MITE
Date : 25th, 27th & 28th February 2023
Professional development Program on Role of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Sciences & IoT in Engineering Disciplines
Resource Person : Dr. Ashok Rao, Former Head, Network Project, CEDT, IISc, Bengaluru.
Date : 06-03-2023
Industry visit to Varahi Hydro Electric Project, Hosangadi, Udupi.
Date : 24th March 2023
Three Days Workshop on “Application-Specific IC Design using Cadence Incisive and Virtuoso”
Sponsored by: ISTE-MITE
Date : 27th April 2023 – 29th April 2023
An Invited talk on “Semiconductor Industry and Careers"
Resource Person :Mr. Jayasheel Shetty, Sr. Member Technical Staff, and Mr. Ravichandra R G, Jr. Engineer, Karnataka Microelectronic Design Center (KarMic Design), Manipal
Date : 29thApril 2023
An Invited talk on “All about being Professional”
Resource Person : Ms. Verina D’Souza, Assistant Professor, Department Management Studies, MITE, Moodabidri
Date : 04-05-2023
“PLACEMENT DAY”
Resource person : “Mr. Guruprasad S A”, Senior Project Manager, Semnox Solutions Private Limited.
Date : 13/05/23
"Mission LiFE Towards Protection of Environment"
Resource Person : Dr Ravi D R, Environmental Officer, KSPCB, Mangaluru
Date : 16.05.2023
Three Days workshop on Research Dissemination Through Publications and Patents.
Sponsored by :IEEE-MITE
Date : 18/05/2023 to 20/05/2023
Invited talk on "Electronics Core Industry and Scope of VLSI in it "
Resource Person : Ms. Fazila Naz, Design Verification Engineer, MaxLinear Technology, Bengaluru (Alumna Batch-2018)
Date : 20/05/2023
Technical talk on "Cyber Security "
Resource person : Mr. Prasanna Poojari, Senior Security Analyst, London Stock Exchange Group, Bengaluru (Alumni Batch: 2017)
Date : 20/05/2023
Invited talk on "Journey to Salesforce "
Resource Person : Ms. Jasmin Caron Santhmayor, Senior Software Engineer, Apisero, Bengaluru (Alumna Batch-2020)
Date : 05/06/2023
A Hands on Session on “GitHub : A step by step procedure to create a project repository”
Resource Person :Mr. Ranjith H D, Senior Assistant Professor Dept. ECE, MITE, Moodabidri
Date : 12th & 13thJune 2023
MATLAB Tech Day
Resource Person : Ms. Niveditha Mohankumar, Mr. Rakshith B S, Mr. Anand Geethagovindan, CoreEL Technologies, Bengaluru
Date :13th June 2023
Invited Talk “Built to Last”
Resource Person : Dr. Malini Hebbar, Personality Development Trainer & Principal, Swastika National School, Mangalore.
Date : 17/06/2023
International Yoga Day “Flow To Glow- An Introduction Suryanamaskara Flow”
Resource persons : Ms. T S Nagashree (Alumni Batch: 2012-16) Certified Yoga Practitioner (YIC & MSc. In Yoga) & Software Engineer Lead, Cezentech, Bangalore
Organizer : Dept. of ECE, Dept. ISE in association with NSS-MITE
Date : 21.06.2023
Invited talk on Mastering the Art of Business
Resource Person : Ms. Nidhi Shetty, Senior Associate Specialist, Factset Research Systems, Hyderabad (Alumna Batch 2020)
Date : 13/07/2023
Visit to Spoorthi Special School - Moodabidri
Organizer : The Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering in Association with NSS-MITE
Date : 24-07-2023
Substance Abuse Awareness Program at Swami Vivekananda PU College, Yedapadav
Organizer: Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering in association with NSS MITE
Date: 18.08.2023
One day workshop on Ideation and Design Thinking
Organizer : Dept. of ECE, Dept. of CSE(IOT& AIML)
Date : 02/09/2023
IEEE ProEdge: Empowering Student Professional Awareness
RESOURCE PERSONS: Dr. Mohit P. Tahiliani, Chair IEEE Mangalore Sub-Section & Asst Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering NITK, Surathkal, India
DATE: 07.06.2023
A Peer learning talk on Machine Learning using TensorFlow
SPEAKER NAME: Mr.Ruchira, Student 6th Semester, Dept. of ECE, MITE, Moodabidri.
DATE: 24.06.2023
A Peer Learning on Get Started: Image Analysis using MATLAB
SPEAKER NAME: Prabal Raj & M Ullas Pai, Students 4th Semester, Dept. of ECE, MITE, Moodabidri.
DATE: 01.07.2023
A Peer Learning talk on The Art of Communication
SPEAKER NAME: Dhrithi Rao, 6th Semester, Dept. of ECE MITE, Moodabidri
DATE: 08.07.2023
A Peer Learning on MATLAB Image Analysis and Processing: A Step-by-Step Approach
SPEAKER NAME: Prabal Raj & M Ullas Pai, Students 4th Semester, Dept. of ECE, MITE, Moodabidri.
DATE: 22.07.2023
Workshop on Python Application in Medical Image Processing.
Resource Person : Dr. Niranjan U C, Director , Research & Training, Manipal DoT Net.
Date :15-07-2023
A Peer Learning on Exploring Perspectives and Solutions using Technical Debate
DATE: 22.07.2023
Circuit Tinkering: An Approach to Electronic Circuit Exploration
SPEAKER NAME: Ms. Deepthi Kotian Asst Professor & Mr. Prakash L S Asst Professor, Dept. of E&CE, MITE Moodabidri.
DATE: 05.08.2023
A Peer Learning talk on Exploring the Journey Through IEEE
SPEAKER NAME: Alwin D’Souza student 6th Sem, Dept. of E&CE, MITE Moodabidri.
DATE: 12.08.2023
A Peer Learning talk on Insights on Areas in Semiconductor Industries
SPEAKER NAME: Prabal Raj student 4th Sem, Dept. of E&CE, MITE Moodabidri
DATE: 19.08.2023
Mind the Master of Body: A Mind Mapping Program
SPEAKER NAME: Mr. Prakash L S Assistant Professor, Dept. of E&CE, MITE Moodabidri
DATE: 26.08.2023
Power of Music in Facilitating Professional Growth
SPEAKER NAME: Dr. Sruthi Dinesh Assistant Professor, Dept. of E&CE, MITE Moodabidri
DATE: 02.09.2023
Webinar on "Jump to the Edge of AI"
Resource Persons: Mr. Bharathi Athinarayanan , Principal Engineer, Solution Innovation & Architecture Business Unit, Unisys, Bengaluru.
Date: 5/8/2022
Invited Talk on "IEEE and other Avenues to Pre-Launch your Career"
Resource Persons: Ms. Ashwini Holla V R , Vice Chair, IEEE Mangalore Subsection, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Canara Engineering College .
Date: 6/7/2022
Induction Program for S.N.M Polytechnic Students
Resource Persons: Mr. Dony Dsouza, Mr. Ramanath Kini M G, Faculty, Department of E&CE, MITE, Moodabidri
Date: 17/6/2022
Webinar on "Career Opportunities in VLSI & Embedded system Industry"
Resource Persons: Mr. Arun John Mathiasis , Manager Sandeepani CoreEL Technologies(I) Pvt. Ltd & Mr.Pronadeep Bora.
Date: 7/6/2022
Industrial Visit To "4MW - Solar Power Plant, New Mangalore Port Authority", Mangaluru
Date: 25/05/2022 & 26/05/2022
Two-Day Workshop on "Internet of Things Constrained Application Protocol "
Date: 7/04/2022 & 8/04/2022
Technical Talk on “System Application Program & its fundamentals”
Resource Person:Ms. Swarna Gowri working as an Application development Senior Analyst, Accenture, Bengaluru.
Date: 5/03/2022
Technical Talk on "Technological Developments in Transistors"
Resource Person: Ms. Anusha A M, Analog & Mixed signal Layout Engineer, KarMic Designs Pvt. Ltd, Manipal.
Date: 16/02/2022
Invited Talk on "Career Guidance and Career Opportunities in Industry "
Resource Person: Ms. Ananya Alva, (Alumni Batch 2014-18), Software Developer, Emage Vision, Bengaluru
Date: 29/01/2022
Invited Talk on "Nano Technology - The Future of Electronics"
Resource Person: Prof. B.S.Satyanarayana , Vice Chancellor,
C.V .Raman University, Odisha
Date: 12/01/2022
Organized Mind, Body and Breath (YOGA Way of Better Life Style)
Resource Person: Dr. Sagar Sawadi, BNYS( Naturopathy and Yoga Practitioner) and Ms. T S Nagashree, Certified Yoga Instructor, Former Devops Engineer, Unisys.
Date: 1/01/2022, 10.00 AM
Webinar on "Career building in VLSI & Semiconductor Industry"
Resource Person: Mr. Dileep Kudva, Senior Verification Engineer, Dialog Semiconductor -A Research Company, USA.
Date: 18/12/2021, 09.00 AM
Invited talk on “Professional Ethics & Its's Importance”
Resource Person : Prof. Jayadev Prasad , Professor & Head, Department of MBA, MITE, Moodabidri
Date : 11/12/2021
Technical talk on “Overview of Machine Learning Application in Industry Perspective”
Resource Person : Dr. U C Niranjan, Adjunct faculty, Director of Research &
training, Manipal Dot Net Pvt.Ltd.
Date : 04/12/2021
Organized "EUREKA" an online puzzle solving competition
Date : 23/11/2021 & 26/11/2021
Invited talk on “How to Leverage Volunteering Opportunities to build an Effective Network?”
Resource Person : Dr. Mohit P.Tahiliani, Secretary IEEE Mangalore Subsection, Assistant Professor, Department of CS&E, NITK Surathkal
Date : 08/11/2021
Inaugural function of “ECSA Activities 2021-22” By Dr. Mohit P.Tahiliani, Secretary IEEE Mangalore Subsection, Assistant Professor, Department of CS&E, NITK Surathkal
Date : 08/11/2021
The Inaugural function of Electronics and Communication Student Association (ECSA) for the academic year 2021-22 was conducted on 8th November 2021. Dr. Mohit P.Tahiliani was the chief guest for the event. The formal ceremony commenced with a prayer song and was followed by virtual lighting of the lamp. ECSA president Mr. Adthiya Umesh Shet introduced the office bearers and presented the ECSA report for the year 2020-21 and highlighted the achievements of the students in curricular and co-curricular activities. Proceeding further the Department news bulletin “CONNECTCHIP” was unveiled.
Online Workshop on "PCB Design Using KiCAD"
Resource Person: Mr. Uday J, Sr. Asst. Professor, Dept. of ECE, MITE, Moodabidri
Date: 10/07/2021, 2.00 PM
An Online Workshop on "PCB Design Using KiCAD", by Mr. Uday J, Sr. Asst. Professor, Dept. of ECE, MITE, Moodabidri, was organized on 10th July 2021.
Mr. Uday J started his presentation with a brief introduction to the Printed Circuit Board(PCB) . During his presentation, he gave insights to the students regarding the materials used in PCB fabrication, types of PCB and the PCB design procedure. He informed which are all the tools available for PCB design- OrCAD, Fritzing, Express PCB, KiCad and he briefed about KiCad tool and its uses. After explaining all the concepts required for PCB Design, he demonstrated the two layer PCB design of an LED blinker circuit using the 555 timer IC. He explained how to see a 3D-view of the selected component. After completing the routing and masking, he display the 3D view of the designed PCB. Finally, he explain how to generate PCB films.
A Webinar on “Insight on Higher Education"
Resource Person: Mr. Rohan Shetty, Mortgage Advisor, Good Money Limited Canterbury, New Zealand and Mr. Praveeth Dsouza, Security Analyst, FireEye Inc, Ireland
Date: 19/06/2021, 3.00 PM
A Webinar on “Insight on Higher Education" by Mr. Rohan Shetty, Mortgage Advisor, Good Money Limited Canterbury, New Zealand and Mr. Praveeth Dsouza, Security Analyst, FireEye Inc, Ireland was organized on 19th June 2021.
Mr. Praveeth briefed on the importance of understanding the cost of living and advised to do thorough research on cost of living, job availability in the city of preference for higher studies. Mr.Roshan further added on few points in specific to cost of living in Auckland and Christchurch situated in New Zealand. Mr.Roshan highlighted the importance of having work experience before doing post graduation which helps in understanding the key concepts while doing the course. They elaborated about the admission process in colleges, its requirements. Speakers further provided guidelines related to visa process , accomodations (guest houses in campus), funding process, educational loan, necessity of having bank account in the country, work visa, skill requirement in the country, advised to look into government policies of the country and internships.
A Webinar on “Yogacharya-Heal From Within"
Resource Person: Dr. Sagar Sawadi, BNYS( Naturopathy and Yoga Practitioner) and Ms. T S Nagashree, Certified Yoga Instructor, Former Devops Engineer, Unisys
Date: 11/06/2021, 3.00 PM
A Webinar on “Yogacharya-Heal From Within" on Dr. Sagar Sawadi, BNYS( Naturopathy and Yoga Practitioner) and Ms. T S Nagashree, Certified Yoga Instructor, Former Devops Engineer, Unisys was organized on 11th June 2021. Mrs. Nagashree Bharadwaj introduced about the concept of Yoga and Philosophical aspects of Yogic practices. Dr. Sagar Savadi took up the theoretical aspects of Yoga described about health by defining health as a Being a state of well-being at physical, mental and social levels of planes. Also explained about “Pancha kosha” philosophy of human body consisting of Five layers and laid out the proceeding and plan of the session..
A Webinar on “Physical Significance of Poles and Zeros of a Second-Order System"
Resource Person: Dr. Guruprsad K R, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NITK, Surathkal
Date: 10/06/2021, 11.30 AM
A Webinar on “Physical Significance of Poles and Zeros of a Second-Order System", by Dr. Guruprsad K R, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NITK, Surathkal was organized on 10th June 2021. The speaker-initiated session with basic concepts of control systems. He briefed about the concept of properties of system like linearity, time-invariance, SISO, MIMO, etc. He also enlightened students about mathematical concept of transfer function and importance of poles and zeros in determining the stability of LTI system. By taking an example of second order system he explained behavior of system for different damping factor. Dr. Guruprasad presented how to design a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller based on the required specifications. Finally he told the performance of the system is basically depending on the pole zero location in s – plane.
A Project Assistance by Alumni
Resource Person: Mr. Praveen K, Paras Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., Navi Mumbai [ Batch: 2011-15] and Mr. Sriganesh Bhat, Analog and RF layout Engineer, Karmic Design Pvt. Ltd., Manipal [ Batch :2011-15]
Date: 9/06/2021, 6.30 PM
Mr. Dony Dsouza, Senior Assistant Professor welcomed and introduced the alumni. He further briefed the rules for the presentation. Final year student project abstracts were scrutinized by the alumni ,10 best project were selected. Presentation of the project along with demo was scheduled on 9th June 2021 for top four batches. The following suggestions were given by the industry experts for the projects and two projects were nominated for VTU financial assistance. After the presentations were completed the panelists gave an suggestion to the students to work on hardware details of their respective project. They further appreciated the ideas of all the project batches.
A Webinar on “Applications of Linear Algerbra in Electronics and Communication Engineering"
Resource Person: Dr. P Sam Johnson, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, NITK, Surathkal
Date: 02/06/2021, 11.30 AM
A Webinar on “Applications of Linear Algerbra in Electronics and Communication Engineering" by Dr. P Sam Johnson, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, NITK, Surathkal was organized on 2nd June 2021. Dr. P Sam Johnson started his presentation with a brief introduction to elementary concepts of linear algebra followed by the electrical properties that are used in the circuits. Later, the speaker delved into the topic of orthonormal sets and gave real time examples of applications of control systems. The main focus of the talk was to make students understand the various applications used in satellite where the control theory plays a very major role. He also elaborated on the properties of the control systems that are controllability, observability and optimality.
A Webinar on “Mobile App Development"
Resource Person: Mr. Sooryakanth Shettigar, Software Engineer- Lead Application Developer, Concentrix, Bengaluru
Date: 18/05/2021, 3 PM
A Webinar on “Mobile App Development" by Mr. Sooryakanth Shettigar, Software Engineer- Lead Application Developer, Concentrix, Bengaluru was organized on 18th May 2021. He briefed on the history of Mobile Application Development and described about its present and future application areas. He also enlightened students about various factors under application development and also told to have awareness on fraud application in the process of developing the app. Later he extended his talk to the topic of ‘Android App Development’ and gave the clear idea on its features and advantages in the field of technology. Mr. Shettigar demonstrated a program on Android App Development- Build App which helped the students to clearly understand the concept of building an App.
A Webinar on “Emerging Aspects of Communication Protocol and Network Management"
Resource Persons: Mr. Prasanna Kulal, Senior Engineer, Robert Bosch, Bengaluru. and Mr. Ramalingam H M, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, MITE
Date: 18/05/2021, 2 PM
A Webinar on “Emerging Aspects of Communication Protocol and Network Management" was organized on 18th May 2021 by Mr. Prasanna Kulal, Senior Engineer, Robert Bosch, Bengaluru. Mr. Prasanna Kulal in his presentation briefed about communication protocols applicable to the Automobile Industry. He gave insights on how communication happen between Electronic Control Units (ECU) with different network interface in Cars. He enlightened the students about the communication between ECU with CAN, LIN, FlexRay and Ethernet. Finally, he demonstrated with a video on functioning of airbags and described the complete working process and explained the network management and different system states such as ON, OFF, sleep and deep sleep of the ignition system.
Mr. Ramalingam, highlighted the advanced areas of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He described various points like Demand for skill level, Core topics, Career opportunities, Emerging areas in ECE branch
QUIZ Competition “ANVEER 2.0”
Date: 26-12-2020 & 29-12-2020
Timings: 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Target Audience: 2nd and 3rd year Students of ECE
About Competition: Quiz competition ANVEER 1.0 was conducted by ECSA on 26-12-2020. This quiz competition was conducted in two phases where all 2nd and 3rd year students had undergone the first Phase of the quiz, i.e. preliminary round. 30 MCQ questions were asked on the domain of general knowledge, current affairs and technical topics. Team consisted of two or three team member’s. The students appeared for the quiz conducted through google form medium. The teams were shortlisted based of the team with highest average.
In Preliminary round of the quiz, top 8 teams with highest average were qualified for Final round. The Final round of the quiz conducted in an online mode via Google meet based on the topics general knowledge, polity, sports, tourism and animal kingdom. Each team were asked 6 different questions from different from the topics where each question carried 5 marks and duration of 45sec each. Winners and Runner up were announced on the official ECSA Instagram handle.
Webinar on “Wavelet Analysis for Signal Processing
Resource Person: Dr. Ram Bilas Pachori , Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore.
Date: 04/12/2020
A Webinar on “Wavelet Analysis for Signal Processing” was organized on 4th December 2020 by Dr. Ram Bilas Pachori, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore. The session started with a brief introduction of signal representation in three basic domains- namely time, frequency, and scale. He enlightened the students about the concept of Fourier Transform and narrated on how Fourier succeeded in his life inspite of all his difficulties. He then emphasized the Applications, Advantages, and Shortcomings of Short-term Fourier Transform (STFT), Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT), Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) along with necessary equations. He concluded the session by urging students to show interest in various topics of interest like signal processing and machine learning to mention a few. At the end of the session, a quick Q&A session was hosted to clear doubts and queries regarding Wavelet analysis and it was addressed by the guest speaker with the affirmative.
Title: Dance and Singing Competition “ANTARAGNI”
Date: 28th October 2020
Time: 5:00PM to 6:00PM
Target Audience: 2nd , 3rd and 4th year Students
ANTARAGNI -Virtual Cultural Mania was organized on 28/10/2020. Ms. Tulasi Pejathaya of Shri Vishnu Sangeetha Nilaya and Mr Arpith Manohar of Red Hawkz School of dance were the judges. An official announcement concerning the rules and regulations of the event was sent to all the branches. There were two events in the contest: Dance and Singing. In both the events there were two prizes: best sensational performance and most loved performance. Best sensational performance was considered based on the assessment by the judges whereas the most loved performance was based on the number of likes that he/she received on their post on the official ECSA Instagram page. There were a total of 29 participants. 17 for singing and 12 for dancing. Best sensational performance was awarded to Ms. Anjana R Shetty (dance) and Mr. Adhitya Shet (singing). Most loved performance was awarded to Ms. Krithi K Shetty (dance) and Ms. Rithika Srinivas (singing).
GATE Quizzards
Date: Every 1st week of the month. Starting from 10/10/2020
Target Audience: 2nd and 3rd year students of ECE
'GATE Quizzards' – A series of online quizzes were conducted by the Department in association with ECSA for the 2nd and 3rd year students. It was initiated with an objective of helping students to strengthen their fundamentals in the core subjects of ECE. The main emphasis was to build the confidence of the students who aspire to appear for the GATE examination. These series consisted of an hour long quiz organized in the first week of every month from October 2020. Every quiz would focus on a specific GATE-related topic and the students would be given sufficient time to prepare. At the end of the academic year, the top two students, each from 2nd and 3rd year were felicitated.
Webinar on “Software Testing and Importance of Accessibility Testing”
Resource Person: Mr. Ramesha N, Associate Manager – QA, Excelsoft Technologies Private Ltd, Mysore.
Date: 10/10/2020
A Webinar on “Software Testing and Importance of Accessibility Testing” was organized on 10th October 2020 by Mr. Ramesha N, Associate Manager, Excelsoft Technologies Private Ltd, Mysore. The speaker briefed about software testing, its importance, types of software testing, disabilities of software, the different standards of compliance and the tools for testing the software. This was followed by a brief introduction to different types of software testing such as Smoke and Sanity testing, Automation, Compatibility, System, Performance, Usability testing and so on. He then dived into the concept of accessible software and its importance. This concept focuses on enabling access for people with disabilities such as visual, hearing, physical & cognitive impairment. Further, he narrated how accessibility testing is performed to ensure that the application being tested is usable by such people. He also informed the students about the three compliance standards which have been proposed by the WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). He also showed the usage of testing tools which included screen recorder, screen magnifier, color test, keyboard, and automated tools. The session was concluded by briefing the benefits of software and accessibility testing, and a Q&A session wherein the queries of students were resolved. The webinar helped to demonstrate the knowledge of software testing and its applications in multidisciplinary environments.
Activity on "Know Your Aptitude "
Date : Every Friday from 25/09/2020
Aptitude tests are a way for employers to assess a candidate's abilities through a variety of different testing formats. Aptitude tests will assess the ability to perform tasks and react to situations at work. Realizing its significance, the Department has introduced “KNOW YOUR APTITUDE” test series. Online Aptitude Test series are conducted for 2nd and 3rd year students. It focuses on Logical reasoning, Verbal ability and Quantitative aptitude. The event is scheduled every Friday virtually. The Placement Department has extended their support by conducting Aptitude training classes. These test series were helpful in familiarizing the students with the test pattern commonly used in the recruitment process. Active Participation was shown by the students every week, which drastically improved their problem-solving skills.
Webinar on “An Overview of Semiconductor Industry- From IC Fabrication to Trends and Opportunities”
Resource Person : Mr. Muralikrishna Pattaje, Technical Manager, Synapse Design Automation Inc., Bengaluru
Date : 28/09/2020
In his address, Mr. Murulikrishna Pattaje, enlightened the students about the Semiconductor industry. He explained how there is a paradigm shift towards the electronic industry now and how a fresher could prepare in order to reap maximum benefits. He gave an insight on the generational trend towards Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Internet of Things, Augmative and Virtual Reality etc. He also gave an overview on the manufacturing of VLSI chips. The process of making wafers, Masking, Etching, Doping, Testing and Packaging were very well explained by him. He discussed the dominance of IP- fabless companies. Fabrication companies are limited to TSMC, Samsung and GF. He gave a complete insight on the chip making process. Steps include Chip specification, Design Entry/ Functional verification, RTL synthesis, partitioning of chips, Design for Test (DFT) insertion, Floor planning, Placement stage, Clock tree synthesis (CTS), Routing stage and Final verification. He advised the students to grab opportunities and update their skills to accommodate changing technological trends. Knowledge on verilog, UVM, C language, Scripting, Linux handling, protocols such as AXI, AHB, I2C, SPI, PCIE, Ethernet, HDMI etc. Handling of tools such as Mentor, Synopsis and cadence could be greatly beneficial in boosting the career prospects of a fresher.
Inaugural function of “ECSA Activities 2020-21”
Resource Person : Mr. Muralikrishna Pattaje, Technical Manager, Synapse Design Automation Inc., Bengaluru
Date : 28/09/2020
The Inaugural function of Electronics and Communication Student Association (ECSA) for the academic year 2020-21 was conducted on 28th September 2020. Mr. Murulikrishna Pattaje was the chief guest for the event. The formal ceremony commenced with a prayer song sung by Adithya Shet and was followed by virtual lighting of the lamp. ECSA president Mr. N Prajwal introduced the office bearers and presented the ECSA report for the year 2019-20 and highlighted the achievements of the students in curricular and co-curricular activities. Proceeding further the Department news bulletin “CONNECTCHIP” was unveiled. This was succeeded by a brief Articulation and Inauguration of the programme by the Chief Guest Mr. Muralikrishna Pattaje, Technical lead, Synapse Design Automation Inc, Bengaluru. He encouraged the students by citing instances of failures from his own life and motivated the students to never settle for a loss and keep practicing and learning from mistakes. This was accompanied by the Presidential Address delivered by our Principal Dr. G L Eashwara Prasad. Mr. Rahul Katoor proposed the vote of thanks, thus marking the end of the formal session.
Webinar on “VLSI Design – A Glimpse of it’s Relevance to Electric Vehicles and Healthcare Sector”, by Mr. Jim Terence Colaco, Sr. VLSI Engineer, Wipro, Bengaluru.
Date : 14/07/2020
Mr. Jim in his talk he enlightened the students about the current trends in VLSI Design technology and its applications in Healthcare and Automobile sector. He spoke about the difference in the front end and back end designing and how both are crucial for the complete output to be made. Front end involves RTL designing, test bench and back end involves fault models etc. He described about numerous physical design processes such as floor planning, pre-placement of critical paths, RC extraction etc.
Title: Webinar on “E-Commerce Trends and Career Opportunities” by Ms. Rohini Deshpande, Sr. Technical program manager, Carousell, Singapore
Date : 4/07/2020
She enlightened the students about the current trends in E- commerce technology and the career opportunities in the E-commerce sector. She started her address by giving an introduction to E-commerce technology. E-commerce is basically a process of buyingand selling essential items on an online platform. She stressed that the future of E-commerce largely depends on the user’s requirements and also the internet/ mobile connectivity. She emphasized that new innovations are the key factors in the success of E-commerce technology and also the need of the day to survive in the market. Now new technology such as voice commerce, visual commerce have come up to add more features into online trading.
Invited talk on “Accelerating the Pace of Coding: a Roadmap to Future”, by 1.Ms. Manila Amin,Consultant, Deloitte USI, Bangalore, and 2. Ms. Niketha Shetty, Senior Developer, EOX Vantage, Bangalore.
Date: 29/02/2020
Ms. Manila and Ms. Niketha Shetty briefed the students about the current trends of technologies in the market. They briefed about Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Data Science/Analytics, Machine Learning and IoT. They encouraged students to think out of the box and to acquire the logical thinking skills which will be helpful in coding. They also interacted with the students and cleared their doubts which were mainly on coding and insisted them to come out of their comfort zone. Ms. Manila and Ms. Niketha Shetty suggested students carry out their passions as it will help them in grooming their life.
Session on “Professional Ethics and its Importance” Resource Person: Prof. Jayadev Prasad, Prof & HoD, Dept of MBA, MITE
Date: 23/09/2019
In his address, he enlightened the students about the Good Ethics which is a fundamental requirement of any profession. It is integral to the success of the business as well. Ethics is a system of moral principles governing the appropriate conduct of a person or a group. Maintaining good ethics is being consistent with the principles of correct moral conduct constantly. He mentioned some of the major threats which are harmful for the workplace ethics such as fraud, black money accumulation and dishonesty with data which affects the customers by misleading advertisements. He also gave insights of insider trading which is illegal to make profit with prior known information and also about conflicts of interest where maintaining close relationships affects the growth of the individual and can also hinder the organizations growth.
Invited Talk on “Hardware Connectivity with MATLAB & Simulink” by Mr. Tabrez Khan, Senior Application Engineer, Math Works India.
Date: 06/11/2019
In his address, he enlightened the students about the hardware connectivity with MATLAB and Simulink. MATLAB combines a desktop environment tuned for iterative analysis and design processes with a programming language that expresses matrix and array mathematics directly. He explained about Modern MATLAB toolboxes which are professionally developed, rigorously tested and fully documented. Mr. Tabrez Khan briefed about how to integrate the generated code as source code, static libraries or dynamic libraries into the applications and the usage of Embedded Coder to translate the models into high quality source code and executable files for prototyping and production. Simulink is integrated with MATLAB program and data can be easily transferred between the programs. The talk was helpful in demonstrating the knowledge of engineering in multidisciplinary environments.
Title: Humanitarian Activities
Date: 30/10/2019
Humanitarian aid aims to bring short term relief to victims until long term relief can be provided by the government. Humanitarian aid consider as a fundamental expression of the universal value of solidarity between people and a moral imperative. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity.
Three days Workshop on “Real Time Applications of Embedded Systems”
Resource Person: Dr. Mahantesh R. Choudhari, Founder & Director at
MARC Edu-Tech Solutions, Bengaluru.
Date: 08/11/2019 to 10/11/2019
In his address, he enlightened the students about the real time applications of Embedded Systems. He briefed about embedded systems and the usage of modern tools for real time application. He also briefed on the development of the control theory and computer technology, some intelligent controls which were used in embedded control systems. From the workshop students have gained knowledge in the field of embedded system in real time applications and able to carry out projects in the said domain.
Title: Invited talk on “How to Crack Interview”
Resource Person: Mr. Krishna Narasimha, Account Director, Salesforce, Bangalore
Date: 12/10/2019
He is a seasoned sales professional and has helped customers find solutions for development and other IT requirements in the areas of Information Security, Website Optimization, Data Analytics, Business Process Automation and CRM tools. He is also a proud alumnus of MITE. Mr. Krishna Narasimha, in his talk gave an insight on how to build a resume effectively and described the general tips to crack a job interview. He highlighted the need to scale up one’s skills with the changing technology and develop knowledge on big data, block chain and analytics to engage in independent and lifelong learning in the broadest context of techno logical change. He suggested the students to apply the knowledge of mathematics and science to analyze complex engineering problems. Developing excellent communication skills can help propel future prospects. Confidence is the key to effective communication. Being able to articulate well provides a significant advantage. Punctuality, politeness and maintaining a good body language are some of the key aspects to crack an interview. Having a firm determination, confidence and a never say no attitude opens the door to the ‘dream job’ was the highlight of the session.
QUIZ Competition “ANVEER 1.0”
Date: 28/09/2019
Quiz competition Anveer 1.0 was conducted by ECSA on 28/09/2019. This quiz competition was conducted in two phases where all 2nd year students had undergone the first Phase of the quiz, i.e. preliminary round. 50 MCQ questions were asked on the domain of general knowledge, current affairs and technical topics. In 1st round of the quiz, 30 students were qualified for second round. The second round of the quiz conducted in auditorium-I where all 30 participants were accommodated in different teams. Various rounds were conducted such as Pick-a-Topic, Rebus, Puzzles and General knowledge conducted back to back. Based on the scores, three best teams were selected for 1st , 2nd and 3rd places. The event ended successfully with happiness for all the participants. The finalists have received prizes for their efforts they put in.
Technical talk on “Electronic Devices and its Application”, by Dr. Srinidhi G A, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Telecommunication Engineering, SSIT, Tumkuru.
Date: 28-09-2019
Dr. Srinidhi first emphasized on the history of semiconductors, and gradually went into deeper aspects like Band theory, Fermi energy, Charge carriers, Conductivity, Hall effect and Doping. This helped the students understand why the discovery of this breed of materials have had such a profound impact on the world of electronics. He also spoke about the different steps involved in the manufacturing of Silicon -an abundantly available semiconductor material from sand and shed light on the process of IC fabrication. He concluded his session by providing an overview of the present technology illustrating how much it has changed from the past due to progressive innovation and modification of electronic devices. This session was beneficial for the students and enlightened their minds to view their surroundings with a perspective of an Electronics Engineer.
“College Level Anveshana - A Innovative Project Exhibition” in Association with Agastya International Foundation and Synopsys Corporation, Bangalore.
Date: 28-09-2019
College level Anveshana was organized on 16/09/2019 and it was initiated by Agastya International Foundation, Bangalore in association with Synopsis India Ltd. The main aim of College level Anveshana was to bridge the knowledge gap between schools and engineering colleges and to develop Innovation and Creativity through mentoring. The invitation by Agastya international foundation, Bangalore has been the result of consistent performance of students of the department in the previous editions of State Level Anveshana. Students participated enthusiastically and presented their projects. Mr. Ruthwik Kashyap, Agastya International Foundation Bangalore, Dr. Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept of Mechanical engineering, NITK and Mr. Pradeep Kumar B R, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept of MBA, MITE were the jury members. The project evaluation was based on Project Status, Innovation and Feasibility. The program provided an opportunity for school students to interact with engineering students and find technical solutions to problems encountered, facilitate integration of ideas and learn new concepts.
Project Exhibition on “Innovative Idea Presentation”
Resource Persons: Dr. S. Rama Murthy & Ms. Prabhavati Rao
Date: 07/09/2019
Project exhibition of MITE Alumni students has arranged. All over the college 10 projects Selected and in which Two from Computer Science and Engineering, one from Civil Engineering, Two from Electronics and Communication engineering, Two from Mechanical Engineering, Two from Mechatronics Engineering and one from Interdisciplinary projects. Dr. S Rama Murthy and Ms. Prabhavathi Rao juries for exhibition. Mechanical engineering project bagged first and Mechatronics project bagged second prize. After announcing the result, juries gave suggestions about their idea implementation, presentation, resource usage also motivated participants to convert project as a patent.
TEQIP 1.3 Sponsored Three Day Student Employability Workshop on “Innovations and Incubations: from Ideation to Realization (IIIR - 2019)
Date: 06/09/2019 and 07/09/2019
A three day student employability program on Innovations and Incubations: Ideation to Realization (IIIR-2019) was inaugurated on 06th September 2019. The workshop is sponsored by TEQIP 1.3, Govt. of India and is organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering from September 06th to September 8th 2019. The workshop was inaugurated by Mr. Socrates K. Deputy Director, MSME, Mangalore Division. Dr. Divakara Shetty. S, Dean (Academics) presided over the function. The main objective is to provide the awareness and build entrepreneurial expertise through Innovations and Incubation: From Ideation to Realization to pursue dreams and to gain economic, technical and entrepreneurial expertise in the chosen field. It aims to develop lateral thinking and innovation skills for societal and business prospective. This program is a complete journey of Innovative ideas, its Nurturing, Prototyping, Product, IPR, Business Plan, and Financial Assistance by State and Central Government and private agencies.
Technical talk on “Disruptive Technology and Innovation-The survival game for the next decade” by Mr. Ashish Saradka, Electrical Hardware Engineer, HPE-R&D, Bengaluru,
Date 30-08-2019
Mr. Ashish Saradka in his talk briefed about the importance of Disruptive Technology in the industries. He gave an insight on how this technology provide a solution to the complex problem in business and it forces companies to change the way they approach their business approach. He also addressed about the potential of Disruptive Technology in risk-taking companies and how companies can find ways to incorporate new technology into their business processes. Finally he in formed to the student that how social media play an important role in providing news.
Two Days Workshop on “Hands-On Electronic Prototyping and Debugging” by Mr. Edwin Thankachan, Founder & Ms. Simran Banu, Product Development Engineer, Circuitzpro, Kasaragod.
Date: 16-08-2019 and 17-08-2019.
A two day workshop on ‘Hands-On Electronic Prototyping and Debugging’ was organized on 16/08/2019 and 17/08/2019. Mr. Edwin Thankachan emphasized on fundamentals of electronic components and their applications. Working of a relay switch, voltage regulator 78XX series, 555 timer IC, LDR, IR transmitter and receiver, voltage divider circuit and Potentiometer were explained with real world examples. The students gained an experience in debugging basic circuits, identifying the faults and simulating circuits using Proteus software. By the end of this workshop, students were able to design operational amplifier circuits and gain practical knowledge on the applications of transistors.
Academic Year:2018-19
Technical talk on ‘Advancements in Artificial Neural Networks’ by Dr. U C Niranjan, Director, MDN Labs, Manipal.
Date: 12/03/2019
Dr. U C Niranjan, Director, MDN Labs, Manipal delivered a talk on March 12, 2019. In his address, he enlightened the students about various aspects of Video Analytics, Deep Neural Network, Face Detection and Recognition algorithms, Automatic License Plate Recognition, Biological Neural Network. He motivated the beginners in Artificial Neural Networks and made them aware of its real-time applications. He also briefed on the Video Analytics and its applications using ANN.
Technical talk on ‘Signal Processing & its Applications’ by Dr. U C Niranjan, Director, MDN Labs, Manipal.
Date: 12/03/2019
Dr. U C Niranjan, Director, MDN Labs, Manipal delivered a talk on March 12, 2019. He gave an insight about various types of Signal processing, DSP Applications, De-Interlacing and Filtering. He explained the need of Discrete Fourier Transform to represent and analyze the signals in frequency domain. He also demonstrated the use of Discrete Cosine Transform in image processing applications. He motivated the students to learn the basic concepts of Signals and Systems in order to understand the Electronics and Communication concepts more clearly.
Invited talk on ‘Higher study opportunities in abroad’ by Mrs. Priya K, Operations Head, Planet Education, Manipal.
Date: 18/02/2019
Mrs. Priya K, Operations Head, Planet Education, Manipal delivered an invited talk on February 18, 2019. In her address, she said that higher study in abroad is not only an indicator of prestige and quality, but also a good investment in future. She explained how to take steps at starting point on the path of building a successful career and how to build a unique opportunity to gain invaluable knowledge and skills. Then she briefed on the various high ranked universities across different countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, USA and Singapore. She also briefed the various scholarships available for Indian students to pursue their higher studies in abroad.
Technical talk on ‘Microcontrollers, Open-Source Tools & Embedded Applications’ by Mr. Mohammed Sadiq, Director, Tech-Graylogix, Mangalore.
Date: 15/11/2018
Mr. Mohammed Sadiq, Director, Tech-Graylogix, Mangalore delivered a technical talk on November 15, 2018. Mr. Sadiq spoke on the aspects of selecting microcontroller depending upon the need, requirements, ambiance, number of I/O peripherals, power management and availability speed of process commands. He briefed on the functionality of vital electronic components, importance of regulated power supply and voltage comparators in sensor design, relay switching mechanism from heavy loads. He also explained the different types of open source tools like IDE for Arduino, Board package for STM32, Energeia – IDA for MSP430.
Technical talk on ‘Data Mining and Data Analytics’ by Prof. Sangwon Yoon, Binghamton University, USA
Date: 04/10/2018
Prof. Sangwon Yoon, Binghamton University, USA delivered a talk on October 4, 2018. Professor Sang Won elucidated on Data Analytics Framework and Application in detail. Topics covered are the characteristics of real-life data sets, how to discover meaningful knowledge from it, how to integrate, pre-process, transform and analyze data. He explained how to apply data mining & analytics techniques to develop intelligent systems to solve real-world problems. Session helped students in gaining a general understanding of data mining & analytics techniques. He explained the concepts associated with data analytics in practice, learn tools in use in data mining areas, various areas of advanced analytics including clustering, statistical regression model, classification, etc.
Invited talk on 'Placement Tips', by Mr.Prasanna Poojari, Cyber Security Engineer, DXC. Technology, Bangalore. [Alumni, ECE (2013-17Batch)]
Date: 25/08/2018
Mr. Prasanna Poojari, Cyber Security Engineer, DXC Technology, Bangalore delivered a talk on August 25, 2018. In his talk he highlighted the importance of Placement and the various skills needs to be developed and adopted during the course of Engineering. He also brought awareness about the various government job opportunities
Technical talk on 'Cyber Security Awareness' , by Mr.Prasanna Poojari, Cyber Security Engineer, DXC. Technology, Bangalore. [Alumni, ECE (2013-17Batch)]
Date: 24/08/2018
Mr. Prasanna Poojari, Cyber Security Engineer, DXC Technology, Bangalore delivered a talk on August 24, 2018. Mr. Prasanna Poojari emphasized on making students fundamental knowledge strong and its importance in area of cyber security. He started the session by giving an introduction about Cyber security and its types. At the end of the session he quoted “Cyber Security Is Everyone’s Responsibility”.
Technical talk on ‘Analog Layout Design’ by Mr. Gopalakrishna Kallimar, Senior Layout Engineer, KarMic, Manipal.
Date: 19/09/2018
Mr. Gopalakrishna Kallimar, Senior Layout Engineer, KarMic, Manipal delivered a talk on September 19, 2018. He enlightened the students about the opportunities available in the field of Analog circuit design & layout design. Then he briefed on the different layers in designing methodology, challenges in each layer and design optimization. He motivated the young minds with the marvels of electronics industry. He briefed the process of formulating the Integrated Chip from the design level to the fabrication process. He also explained the significance of an analog layout for various applications where the data has to be preserved in its analog form .
Technical talk on "Evolution of Semiconductor Devices" by Dr. Alok Rastogi, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, USA.
Date: 13/08/2018
Dr. Alok Rastogi, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, USA delivered a technical talk on August 13, 2018. Dr. Rastogi gave a brief introduction about the semiconductor materials and their characteristics. He also explained the various semiconductor devices and the process involved in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips. He enlightened the students about the opportunities available for the graduates in VLSI industry.
IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER 2018).
Date: 13/08/2018 to 14/08/2018
A Two day IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER2018) in association with IEEE, Bangalore Chapter and Binghamton University, USA was held on 13th and 14th of August 2018 at Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering, Moodbidri.
The primary aim of the two day event is to create an opportunity for the researchers of various Colleges / Universities / Industries / Research Organizations / Organizations to exhibit and present their innovation, creativity and research also to help researcher of the rural areas.
Academic Year: 2017-18
Invited talk on “Acquiring Necessary Skills to Build Career” by Mr. Thakshak Shetty, External Automotive System Engineer, Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany.
Date: 10/04/2018
In this interactive session, the speaker briefed about the present market scenario of placement and how a student need to prepare to face an Interview by acquiring the necessary skills. In the present era, campus placement holds a great importance for students and educational institutes. While, it helps a student in building a strong foundation for the professional career ahead without facing the real-world job struggle, peer-competition or family pressure, a good placement record gives a competitive edge to an institute/ university in the education. He added that, to successfully work in a growing collaborative and global community, employers will be looking for candidates who show an ability and openness to communicate with unfamiliar cultures and ideas. To build these skills, students will need exposure to open discussions and experiences that can help them feel comfortable communicating with others.
Two day workshop on “Machine Learning and its Applications in Engineering & Technology”, organized by E&C dept. MITE, Moodbidri
Date: 6/04/2018 to 07/04/2018
The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of MITE Moodbidri, organized two day workshop on “Machine Learning and its Applications in Engineering and Technology” on 6th & 7th of April 2018. Aim of the workshop was to create awareness among the teaching faculties and students about Machine Learning & its applications. The workshop focused on following topics:
Building mathematical background to the subject (Linear Algebra and Probability/ Random process ideas)
Machine learning for Multi-biometric tasks
Highlighting different aspects of Machine learning
Applications of Machine learning in various fields – ECG, EEG, Weather Forecasting
Hands on session using appropriate tools for machine learning
A Technical talk on “Neural Networks and Applications” by Dr. Ashok Rao, Former Head, Network Project at CEDT, IISc Bangalore.
Date: 17/02/2018
A Technical talk on “Neural Networks and Applications” by Dr. Ashok Rao, Former Head, Network Project at CEDT, IISc Bangalore was organized on 17th February 2018. Dr. Rao emphasized on the importance of Artificial Neural Network and its Applications. He started with the explanation about the functioning of the human brain followed by the comparison of the brain with traditional computers. The basic reason why we are interested in building the artificial neural networks and the working of artificial neural networks was explained using the Boolean OR and EXOR gates. The error estimation and the two basic types of learning were explained. Finally, applications of ANN in different fields followed by its advantages and disadvantages were discussed. The talk was concluded by stating that ANN is an initiation of the biological neural network in a much simpler way.
A Invited talk on “Ace the Technical Engineering Interview” by Mr. G Radhakrishna Prabhu, Deputy Manager, Process control and Instrumentation in MCFL, Mangalore.
Date: 04/10/2017
An alumni interaction session by Mr. G Radhakrishna Prabhu from the batch of 2008-12 was arranged on 4th October 2017. Mr. Radhakrishna is currently working as a Deputy Manager, Process control and Instrumentation in MCFL, Mangalore. He gave a talk on ‘Ace the technical engineering interview’ targeting an audience of third year students. He addressed some of the critical topics such as experience in industry environment, how to grab the opportunities during the interview and overall view of life of a fresher after graduation.
A Technical talk on “Application of Engineering in Healthcare” by Mr. Vishwaprasad Alva, Managing Director, Skanray Technologies, Skan-X Radiology Devices Europe.
Date: 26/09/2017
A Technical talk on “Application of Engineering in Healthcare” by Mr. Vishwaprasad Alva, Managing Director, Skanray Technologies, Skan-X Radiology Devices Europe was organized on 26th September 2017.Mr. Alva, mainly focused on the use of computer processed combination of X-rays. He also spoke on the generation of modern day 3-Dimensional and 4-Dimensional analysis in medical imaging. He compared the operations and advantages of CT scan over X-rays and MRI scan. The CT scan uses X-ray beams for scanning the body as it moves through an arc taking many pictures. Unlike CT scan, which uses X-rays, MRI scan uses powerful magnetic field and Radio Frequency pulses to produce detailed pictures of organs, soft tissues, bone and other internal body structures. He also stressed on the side effects of using Ultra sound.
A Motivational talk on “Sustainable ambitions and meaningful achievements” by Dr. Madhukar Shetty, IPS, Deputy Director of S.V.P, National Police Academy, Hyderabad .
Date: 25/09/2017
A Motivational talk on “Sustainable ambitions and meaningful achievements” by Dr. Madhukar Shetty, IPS, Deputy Director of S.V.P, National Police Academy, Hyderabad was organized on 25th September 2017.
Dr. Madhukar spoke on how to choose a life of truth over the present lifestyle of hype by mentioning some of the instances of his life. He advised the students to maintain ambitions which are sustainable on a long run. He shared his personal experiences which he had when he was deputed to be a part of the team assigned to capture the notorious brigand Veerappan. According to him, achievements should be meaningful and should satisfy the self-consciousness.
A Technical talk on “Video Analytics” by Dr. U C Niranjan, Director Research and Training, Manipal DotNet, Manipal was organized on 21st September 2017.
Date: 21/09/2017
A Technical talk on “Video Analytics” by Dr. U C Niranjan, Director Research and Training, Manipal DotNet, Manipal was organized on 21st September 2017.
Dr. Niranjan started the session by giving an introduction about his company and the various projects. He stressed upon the necessity of video surveillance in various fields and the existing methods for the same. He also demonstrated the implementation of video analytics with step by step procedures. Video Analytics is the industry's most advanced and comprehensive range of analytics, allowing users to capture, index and search faces, license plates, objects, colors and more. He encouraged the students to take up various innovative projects which could help them in getting recruited in core companies.
A Motivational talk on “Indian Navy- A way of Life” by Lt. Cdr. Priyambada Sahoo, Indian Navy
Date: 05/09/2017
A Motivational talk on “Indian Navy- A way of Life” by Lt. Cdr. Priyambada Sahoo, Indian Navy was organized on 5th September 2017.
Lt. Cdr. Priyambada Sahoo had participated in the prestigious Indian naval women officers marching contingent during the Republic Day parade 2015 is currently posted as an Instructor in E & C Engineering faculty at the Indian Naval Academy. In her address, she enlightened the students about the opportunities available for the graduates in the Indian Navy. She shared her training experiences at INA. Then she briefed on the different examinations and screenings that are carried out by the Indian Navy before recruitment.
One day workshop on “Analog and Digital Circuit Simulation using Multisim”, by Mr. Srikrishna Shastri C, Associate Professor, MITE, Moodabidri
Date: 04/08/2017
One day workshop on “Analog and Digital Circuit Simulation using Multisim”, by Mr. Srikrishna Shastri C, Associate Professor, MITE was organized on 4th August 2017.
The main objective of this workshop is to provide the awareness to the students on Simulation of Anolog and Digital Circuits using open source tool. The session started with types of open source tools are available for simulation of analog and digital circuits like PSPICE, MultiSim , SiMetrix , TINA, PowerSim, TopSpice, Circuit Simulator 1.5j, NgSpice, EasyEDA, CircuitLogix, MacSpice, SimScale, Micro-Cap 10, PECS, Proteus, QUCS, Solve Elec, XSpice, ect,.
Academic Year: 2016-17
A technical talk on “Applications of Signals and Systems” by Dr. Niranjan U.C, Director Research and Training, Manipal.net, Manipal.
Date: 06/05/2017
He enlightened the students about the basics of Signals and Systems with real time applications. The session was mainly focused on various types of signals and their processing. He also explained the processing steps of EEG and ECG signals in diagnosing various disorders.
A technical talk on “Covert Communication” was delivered by Dr. K B Shivakumar, HoD of Telecommunication Department, Training and Placement officer, Shri Siddhartha institute of Technology, Tumkur.
Date: 28/04/ 2017.
His talk was focused on the significance of using different information securing techniques in communication. He briefed the students on different types of covert communication in practice starting from the age old technique of watermarking, cryptography and the most widely used method of steganography .The latter can be used in applications of different forms of data like images, audio, video and texts. He concluded on the note of preparing well for placements
Technical talk on ‘Electronics Prototyping’ by Mr. Mohammed Sadiq, Director, Tech-Graylogix, Mangalore.
Date: 13/04/2017
Mr. Mohammed Sadique briefed about Embedded Systems using various types of Microcontrollers. He explained the working of different Microcontrollers and types of electrical components. He also encouraged the students to come up with new ideas and build projects with these microcontrollers and to explore the horizons of this domain.
Technical talks on “Machine Learning and its applications” by Mr. Sudeendra, data scientist from Datalore labs Bangalore and “Electronics Prototyping” by Mr. Mohammed Sadique, Director, Tech Graylogix, Mangalore.
Date: 13/04/ 2017
Mr. Sudeendra shared his knowledge on the advancements of Machine learning in modern days. He elaborated on the immense scope of working in this field and also spoke about the machine learning applications in reputed companies like Google, Facebook, video gaming, Robotics, credit transactions and driverless car which is the face of the upcoming technologies .
Technical talk on “Industrial Automation and its future” by Mr. Sagar Chakraborthy, Technical Alliance Manager, Technologics Global Pvt. Ltd., Manipal.
Date: 08/03/2017
He explained the importance of undergoing internship during vacation and presented the various internship trainings available at Technologies, Bangalore. He also explained the job opportunities available in Automation industries and industry expectations from students
An invited talk on “Motivation for Achievements” by Mr. Sundar Sheregara, Assistant Director of MSME, Development Institute, Mangalore was arranged on
Date: 23/02/2017.
He explained the various funding schemes available in MSME and asked the students and faculty to write the project proposals. He also motivated the students to do some innovative projects which provides solution to the real time problems.
Invited talk on “Opportunities in Industries”, by Mr. Yashassu Rai U, Manager, Bosch and Siemens Household Appliances Manufacturing Private Ltd., South Karnataka Region(TSM).
Date: 17/2/2017
He enlightened the students about convergence of existing technologies, better economics, and corporate strategies. He also told about various opportunities for electronics engineers in different industries. He also focuses on the scope and requirements of an IoT.
A Technical talk on “Applications of Digital Signal Processing” by Dr. Niranjan U.C, Director Research and Training, Manipal.net, Manipal
Date: 18/11/2016
He enlightened the students about the various real time projects on DSP carried out at MDN Lab, Manipal. He also explained the importance of understanding the concepts of the subjects and instructed the students to apply the same in their academic projects.
A Technical talk on “Applications of Mathematics in Engineering” by Dr. Arulalan Rajan, Asst. Professor, NITK Surathkal .
Date: 15/09/2016
He explained the importance of Mathematics in Engineering field. The relationship between various concepts such as convolution, modulation and filtering are well explained using simple mathematics. The session helped the students to understand some of the complicated engineering concepts using simple mathematical equations.
A technical talk on “Fundamentals of Analog VLSI Design” by Dr. Shivaling S. Mahant-Shetti,Chairman Emeritus, KARMIC Design Private Limited, Mangalore.
Date: 18/08/2016
The ECSA (Electronics and Communication Students Association) entered into another academic year with its branch inauguration ceremony on 18th August 2016. The function for welcoming new members to the ESCA family was presided by the chief guest, Dr. Shivaling S. Mahant Shetti, Chairman Emeritus, KARMIC Design Private Limited along with the Principal, Dr. G.L. Easwara Prasad, HOD of ECE, Mr Sathisha, ESCA coordinator, Mr. Prakash K Shetty and the newly elected president of ECSA , Mr. Mohammed Sharique. The inauguration was followed by a technical talk on “Fundamentals of Analog VLSI Design” by Dr. Shivaling S. Mahant-Shetti. He explained the basics of various analog components and their workings with some analogy. He also briefed the various opportunities available for the ECE students in VLSI industry and motivated the students to come up with some innovative project ideas
Technical talk on “Control and Embedded Systems” by Mr. Thakshak Shetty, External Automotive system Engineer, Robert Bosch, Stuttgart, Germany.
Date: 12/8/2016
Mr. Thakshak Shetty, briefed about Control and Embedded Systems. Modern embedded systems are often based on micro-controller i.e. microprocessors with integrated memory and peripheral interfaces, but ordinary microprocessors using external chips for memory and peripheral interface circuits are also common, especially in more complex systems. He elaborated on the working of SoC design complexity, demands, and comprehensive verification methods to accelerate verification and debugging. He encouraged the attendees to have the opportunity to expand their own understanding of embedded design and the inspiration behind it. He concluded by highlighting the applications and said that, embedded systems are used in transportation, fire safety, safety and security, medical applications and life - critical systems.
One day Workshop on “Signal Processing using Octave”, by Mr. Sanjeevi kumar, Asst. Professor, Dept ECE, MITE, Moodabidri
Date: 12/08/2016
The Main objective of this one day workshop is to provide the awareness to the students on Simulation of Signal Processing using open source tool. He explained about Octave, is one of the free software, runs on GNU/Linux and Windows and he explained how its syntax is largely compatible with MATLAB. He given a demo on the Octave interpreter that can run in GUI mode, as a console. It is having one good advantage is MATLAB scripts can run in Octave. He briefed on octave software with examples of easily extensible and customizable via user defined functions written in Octave language. Also using dynamically loaded modules written in C++, C, Fortran, or other languages. This software useful to Visualize data in 2D and 3D using high-level plot commands and executed code by taking some simple examples.
Academic Year: 2015-16
Technical Talk on “DSP Applications on Embedded System” by Dr. Niranjan U.C,
Director of research and training at Manipal Dot Net Pvt. Ltd.
Date: 06-10-2016
The talk mainly focused on the applications of DSP in the field of Computing, Medical Imaging, Telecom and Machine Learning. He gave an insight on the implementation of Embedded Systems. He then briefed about the various projects undertaken by Manipal Dot Net Pvt. Ltd. including flexible architecture for real-time fisheye correction using soft-core processors and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).
A Motivational talk on “Opportunities in Indian Navy”, by Lt. Cdr Priya Jeyakumar, Staff Observer, INAS 311/INS DEGA, VIZAG.
Date: 11/03/2016
Lt. Commander Priya Jeyakumar initiated the motivational talk on “Opportunities in Indian Navy” with an inspirational video, which instilled a sense of pride and nationalism in every eyes watching it. She briefed about primary objectives of the navy in safeguarding the territory, people or maritime interests of India against any threats or aggression both in war and peace. Insight on how women are inducted into different cadres/specializations of the Navy was highlighted in the talk. The commander concluded the session by encouraging and motivating the young minds to take up Indian Navy as their career to serve the country.
Technical Talk on “It’s a Analog World”, by Dr. Laxmi Nidhi T, Professor and Head, Department of ECE, NITK-Surathkal.
Date: 29-09-2015
The main objective of the talk is about the significance of Analog Technologies. Dr. Laxmi Nidhi explained how analog technologies offer several important benefits and made the audience to analyze the never ending demands of it. The speaker emphasized that the world we live is an analog-one as the stuffs that surround us.
Technical talk on “Introduction to Biomedical Engineering and its Application”, by Dr. Ramesh. Galigekere, Professor and Head, Department of ECE, MIT-Manipal
Date : 20/8/2015
Dr. Ramesh gave a brief introduction on fundamentals of biomedical engineering, applications and the prominence to educate it. He specified the involvement of cross disciplinary activities that integrate the engineering science with biomedical science to improve the human health. He explained how engineering concepts and technologies could be used for the development of instrumentation, artificial organs and medical devices needed in health care and hospitals.