The four-year (8-semesters) B.Tech Program in Electronics & Communication Engineering aims at professional education & training of students as designers of electronics & communications systems. Towards this at the basic level, the program provides students with a strong background in mathematics and sciences and in communication skills and language along with an introduction to subject domains form humanities and social sciences (HSS). This is further accompanied by courses from technical arts, computer programming and computer skills – notably Web-based programming. Following this basic preparation, the program exposes students to fundamentals of electrical sciences thru courses such as Electrical Science, Digital Logic & Processor, Analog Electronic Circuits, Basic Telecommunication, Signals & Systems.
It is with strong science–based and analytical preparation as above the program then trains students in professional areas from the discipline of Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE). Communication Theory, VLSI Design, Digital Signal Processing, Control Systems Theory are some of the courses in the context that students attend. Importantly, along with these courses – and building on the science-based, computational and analytical preparation in earlier semesters – the program also requires the students to further study relevant courses from mathematics, sciences, computer science, technical arts and HSS.
With holistic and integrated preparatory ECE-discipline-training of the student as above normally completed through first 5 semesters – as can be seen from above this training content is sensitive to the convergence that is taking place between electronics technology, communication technology and computer technology – in its 6th and 7th semesters, the program exposes students to ECE discipline professional elective courses along with R&D Project course. During these semesters, other program highlights are a course in Environmental Science and open electives courses, which consistent with academic regulations students have opportunity to study from across NU offerings as per their individual free choice.
Finally, the program recognizes the importance of experiential learning based instruction, which prepares learners to study in research & discovery mode. Specifically, during the eighth and final semester, under its Industry Practice course the program requires students to undertake at industry an open-ended, mission and goal oriented, time bound problem solving effort of direct interest to the collaborating industry.
On successfully completing the B.Tech in ECE, the program equips students for a career in electronics, telecommunications and computer industries at any product or system development life cycle activity desk, as well as in any other sectors of industrial and service economies (e.g., manufacturing, retail, healthcare, agriculture, education, etc.), which use these technologies. Those with creative minds can even seek technology-driven careers in content industry. Further students can also opt for higher studies as well as for R&D profession.