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Achievements Last 10 Years
E&ECE Snapshot
1038Conference Publication
1125Journal Publication
89Patents Granted/Filed
198PHD and MS students
12Product Developed
9Technology Transfer
166Research Projects
30Consultancy Projects
215 CrResearch Project Funding
3.17 CrConsultancy Projects Funding
• We have excelled in the science andtechnology of electronics andcommunication engineering.
• Our longstanding tradition of excellence ineducation and research is complementedby constant innovation and a vision for abetter tomorrow.
• Our Alumni's are placed at respectablepositions in leading institutions across theglobe
• We share our country’s commitment to train and educate the next generation of leaders and innovators
• We are placed as one of the topmost department in the country and world wide
About E&ECE
E&ECE Domain Expertise
E&ECEIIT KGP
Communication
Engineering & Signal
processing
Photonics and
Optoelectronics
Applied and Computational
Electromagnetics, Radar
Remote Sensing
Micro and Nano-
Electronics, VLSI &
Embedded Systems
System Biology,
Bio-electronics
Computer Vision & Machine Learning
Computational
Neuroscience
Cognitive
Sciences
Honors, Awards and Fellowships
Padma Shri
IEEE, INAE,NASI Fellows
Alexander von Humboldt, DAAD, JSPS Fellows
IETE, INAE Chair professor
IBM Faculty award
Lockheed Martin Innovation
Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship
TechnoShield , GYTI Award
Qualcomm Innovation Award
Exemplary Achievements
• Technology developed at E&ECE Department in strategic sector has been identified for production under Make In India program
• Technology developed at E&ECE department has drawn attention of media and appreciation from our Honourable education minister, Honourable Prime minister and Honourable Home Minister.
• IT attracted multi cores funding from private organisation for manufacturing and marketing.
Research Facilities
New Research Facilities Developed
MITS Fabrication facility
DFT platform for material property computation
Eye tracking facility @ IPCV Lab, E&ECE and Machine vision lab
Electron beam evaporation system
Audio and Biosignal Processing Laboratory
CV measurement, screen printer
Interplanetary Network Test Bed in Comm. Networks Lab
FTIR, PTIR, Tuneable Femtosecond laser, quantum communication link (Advanced Photonics Lab)
Multiphoton Imaging, Electrophysiology, Ontogenetic Facility
Bioelectronics Innovation Lab, Electronic Hobby Hub
Nano Bio Lab
• Technical Workshops/Short termcourses
• Technical conferences• Public lectures• Educational presentations• Designing/developing educational
exhibits
• Basic discovery research• Applied research• Industry relevant problems• Address real world problems and issues• Collaborate with community
• Direct community service• Consultation service to public, private
and civic institutions• Knowledge know how to
implementation
Outreach Initiatives
• Department of E&ECE is
committed to help and
nurture the next generation
Engineers/Scientists and
inspire young people to
think about a career in
electronics engineering
• The Department aim to
introduce the subject
matter in a relevant and
engaging way early in the
academic life
Academic Outreach In Teaching
Academic Outreach In Research
Academic Outreach In Service
E&ECE Faculty Outreach Activity•Chair, IEEE Young Professionals Kharagpur Section (2019-2020)•Program Chair Croucher Summer School on Information Theory •Theory Matters talk series co-organizer
•Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems-II•Associate Editor, IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems
Bibhudatta Sahoo
Amitalok Jayant Budkuley
•Guest Editor, SI in Elsevier Computer Communication,•TPC Network Track chair in NCC 2020 and IEEE ICNC 2019
Chetna Singhal
•Associate Editor @ IET Image Processing; Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing;• IEEE MMTC Communications – Review & Co-convener CVIP2016• IEEE KGP Section Young Professional Chair 2016/17/19.
Debasish Sen
•Editorial board member of Wiley RF and Microwave CAD, •Reviewer of IET Electronics Lett, Microwave Antenna Propagation, IEEE trans on AP, IEEE trans on MTT, IEEE trans on CAS-II, IEEE trans on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Microwave Comp Let., IEEE Antenna and Wireless Propagation Let. •Senior Regional Editor, Advanced Electromagnetics
•Coordinator of IMPRINT-India Healthcare domain•Coordinator of Signals and Systems for Life Science•Program Coordinator of National Service Scheme at IIT Kharagpur•Development of two Virtual Laboratories under NMEICT•Development of one SWAYAM (NPTEL) MOOC Course•Coauthoring two text books•Member of Task Force and Review Committee at ICMR
Goutam Saha
Bratin Ghosh
•IWPSD 2019 invited talkGourab Dutta
• Coordinator IMPRINT-India ICT Domain• Group Chairman – SERB EMEQ Expert Committee Govt of India• Board Member – West Bengal Electronic Industries Development Corporation• National Coordinator – DST ICPS IoT Program• RCD – International Collegiate Programming Contest• Member – SERB MATRIX Expert Committee, GOI• President – Indian Unit for Pattern Recognition & Artificial Intelligence
Prabir Kr Biswas
• Chair, DSP Technical Committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2016-2018).• TPC Chair, 2018 IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SIPS), Cape Town, October, 2028.• DSP Track chair, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2015-2020.• Gabor Track Chair, DSP-2015, Singapore• General chair and also TPC chair, National Conference on Communications, 2012• Co-General chair, National Conference on Communications, 2020• Research proposal evaluator, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong.• Member, faculty selection committee from overseas, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
MrityunjayChakraborty
•Reviewer of papers submitted in IEEE journals• Delivered Invited talk in Conferences
Pradip Mandal
E&ECE Faculty Outreach Activity
•National coordinator from IIT Kgp for Talk to Ten Thousand Teachers programme• Developed Online Class Room Software DEEKSHAK• Organized Courses on State of the Art Networks• Organized Intl. Conferences
Raja Dutta
•Editorial Board Member, IETE journal of Research• IETE Technical Review, Examiner of 5 PhD thesis in NITs and IIEST• Offered course under TEQIP project• Chief guest and Speaker for Faculty development program on 5G in NIT
Rajarshi Roy
•Session chair (American Control Conference, 2017)•Reviewer (IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control)
Ritwik Kumar Layek
•Associate Editor, IET Circuits Devices and Systems• Executive Director – IIIT Kalyani
SantanuChattopadhyay
•IEEE AP-MTT SBC faculty advisor, 2019 and 2020.Sarang Pendharker
•Adjunt faculty at IITBBSR, IEEE Kharagpur Section Chair 2019•Organized Photonics-2014 in IITKGP• Executive Committee member national level for Smart India Hackathon 2019,
Shailendra Kumar Varshney
•Associate Editor (IEEE Journal of ERM), IEEE KGP EMBS chair 2019 & 2020, IWPSD 2019 invited talk, IEEE BioCAS 2018 Session Chair, SGRIP short course 2019 ,
Sudip Nag
•Editor of IETE Journal of Review from 2014, IETE Journal of Research and associated editor of IASC Journal Sadhana from 2018
SudiptaMukhopadhyay
•Course coordinator Analog and RFIC Design under C2S program, Digital Assisted Farming Sponsored by NAHEP funded by World Bank, Mixed Signal and RFIC course for 10KT
Tarun KantiBhattacharyya
•Guest Associate Editor for Interdisciplinary Physics, Frontiers in Physics
Vivek Dixit
•Arranged micro-credit course under SPARC project: Speaker Prof Girish Chowdhary (from UIUC)•Session co-chair-IEEE Sensors 2018, Program Committee Member-IWPSD 2019
Prasanta Kr Guha
QS Ranking
Criteria IIT KGP IIT D IIT B IIT M IISc
Academic Reputation
69.6 73 74.9 70.8 70.4
Employer Reputation
74.7 81.8 84.2 78.4 65.1
H-index Citation
71.7 81.2 70.9 72 72.4
Citation per paper
81.7 86 80.4 80.6 80.1
Electrical & Electronics : Rank 51 - 100
Mission Vision Strategic Goals
Approach
• To provide a quality education for ourstudents and to inculcate in them theattitude, values, and vision that will preparethem for a lifetime of continued learningand leadership in their chosen careers.
• Create and sustain an outstanding,supportive and ethical environment whereour students, faculties and staffs can learn,grow and achieve their aspirations
• Conduct research that has a significantimpact on scientific knowledge andprosperity of individuals and societies
• To generate new knowledge throughresearch, utilize such knowledge to improvequality of life, and facilitate technologytransfer for the benefit of the our nation,and the global community
• Promote and communicate the benefits ofscience and scientific methodologiesthrough our outreach activities
• To be a leader in promoting learning,discovery, and innovation, and in providingcurrent and future engineers, educators,and researchers with an understanding oftechnical and societal challenges and thetraining and tools to address them.
• We are committed to excellence in ourresearch, teaching, innovation andengagement in science and engineering.Our vision is to make significant and valuedcontributions in these areas as we addressthe opportunities and challenges of ourtimes.
• To be recognized as one of the leadingElectronics and CommunicationEngineering department across the globeand a respected peer regionally andglobally
• To attract, grow and support world classresearchers and talented professionalfaculties.
• To be the destination of choice for highability students who share our values andare passionate about science andengineering
• To engage broadly, deeply andproductively with industry, governmentand non-government bodies.
• To ensure we have the best possibleinfrastructure, administrative systems andprocesses.
• Identify and collaborate with Alumni's foroverall departmental development
Values
Departmental Values
EnablingWe believe enabling
and inclusion are essential for achieving
excellence
IntegrityWe conduct ourselves
ethically, equitably, and for mutual benefit
EmpowermentWe make our
community a source of strength and creativity
FACULTY VALUES
VALUE BEHAVIOUR
GENEROSITYWe are generous in supporting and encouraging each other and colleagues around the world.
ENTHUSIASMWe seek at all times to provoke and inspire a passion for science, engineering and knowledge
INCLUSIVITYWe bring others into our circles and avoid all forms of discrimination.
EXCELLENCEWe pursue standards of excellence in all aspects of our research, teaching and innovation
COURAGEWe stand by our convictions, make the hard decisions and take appropriate risks.
INTEGRITYWe act with integrity and honesty in our search for answers in science and life.
DIVERSITYWe support the right of individuals to hold diverse viewpoints and to respectfully advocate their views while also respecting the right of others to differ.
FLEXIBILITY flexible to take up new challenges and scientific developments
SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weakness
• Having effective academic programs in different levels• Dedicated and expert faculty members• Strong research potential with proven records of high quality research• Existence of appropriate academic environment• Well defined program assessment (including program objectives, course
learning outcomes). • Honor of taking the brilliant students from schools all around the
country• Having good Industry connect and alumni support• Having excellent track record and historical academic reputation• Strong illustrious alumni base both nation and abroad
• Documentation from the research works• PI and Co PI are not valued equally/ appropriately• High Students to Teacher ratio• Research on areas more aligned Industry needs• Absence of initiative of large scale collaboration• Timeline and schedule tracking for activities needs improvement• Limited infrastructure and Unavailability of a cafe• Industry aligned theoretical and practical courses • Collaborative and multidisciplinary research environment• Internal seminars and knowledge sharing sessions. • Identify and collaborate with departmental alumni's
Opportunities Threats
• Having specific national place and rank• Existence of the highest interest among the learners to join the
department• Having national and international partnerships with Industry and
Research institutions• Having the supports and cares of the government• Eagerness of the public and private organizations to have partnership
with the Department• Paving the ground for the students to be Industry ready• Support government initiatives like Make in India and Atma Nirbhar
Bharat with Hi-tech research and product development initiatives• Maintaining and utilizing better contact to our alumni
• Limited funds to apply essential activities• Limted budget for upgradation and installation of state of the art
infrastructure facilities• Lack of availability of infrastructure to serve turn key projects• Complicated governmental procedures and rules• Development of new IIT’s and other credible technical institutions• Loss of expertise thru retirement of senior faculty • Balancing teaching quality with research• Lack of adequate teaching and research resources• Limited research funding by government agencies• Lack of publicity/marketing of departmental initiatives and
achievements
Departmental Growth Strategy
• To reach our goals, Department of E&ECE ‘s strategic plan sets four focus areas:
Teaching and Learning
Well rounded curriculum with a mix of depth and breadth for prospective
students
Broaden the undergraduate course/specialization
options
Enhance the induction of high ranked students
Enhance international educational opportunities
for students through exchange programs
Research and collaboration
Establish Impactful research and development interactions
with industry nationwide
establish closer research collaboration with academic
institutions nationally and internationally
Hire faculty in areas that will enhance existing strengths in
the department
Track Influential Alumni's and enter into collaborative
research
Service Excellence
Increase faculty involvement in professional societies, and national and international
conferences.
Improve the quality of the graduate program and expand
participation
incorporate discussions on ethical issues in various undergraduate and post
graduate courses
Deliver a distinctive learning experience through application
oriented learning
Governance
Enhance the sense of community and inclusiveness
Achieve efficiency and agility to respond to ever-changing operational conditions. Take
timely decisions
Improve and streamline research management and
outcome
Ensure Faculty leaders have the data, systems and support
they need to manage operationally and strategically
Initiative to Achieve Goals
Work Quality Metrics
• Provide our students a broad range of specialization options at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Contact Industries/ Professional bodies for offering attractive internship programs
• Promote and support educational interactions with international academic institutions.
• Introduce fresh theoretical and practical courses more aliened with industry requirement
• Enhance the Department’s online presence through departmental website.
• Focus on producing ‘ready to hire’ Graduates embedding more practical and industry aligned courses in the curricula
• Introduce special lecture sessions from top Industry professionals
Teaching and Learning
• Assessing our progress against the targets set by the departmental Framework
• Monitoring annually our rankings, where appropriate, nationally and globally
• Assessing our impact annually – through numbers of external collaborations, external awards etc.
Initiative to Achieve Goals
Work Quality Metrics
• Interact with high performance research groups that will complement our strengths
• Ensure research facilities are regularly upgraded to retain outstanding researchers and Attract Industries and Research organization for Turn Key Project/Product development
• Ensure our Master of Research and PhD offerings are innovative and high quality and maximizes employability for students
• Become a destination of choice for female researchers by developing a transparent and evidence-based gender equity process
• Engage Industry R&D leaders in seminars and workshops conducted in the department
• Introduce a advisory committee at department level to monitor the research progress quarterly
Research and collaboration
• Annually assessing the number of National and international partnerships
• Monitoring the Revenue growth on YOY basis in terms of project funding
• Monitoring the Patents and Publication growth on YOY basis
• Annually assessing the number of partnerships in place, and the number collaboration with external partners
Initiative to Achieve Goals
Work Quality Metrics
• Recognize faculty serving professional societies and conferences by highlighting their activities on our website and in our newsletters.
• Enhance funding for the graduate and post graduate programs and invite more speakers of high stature. Encourage undergraduate students to attend the talks
• Develop a “learning space” strategy for the Faculty
• Enhance research-integrated teaching in our coursework programs with an emphasis on students as active participants in their learning
• Introduce merit scholarship for students at all levels
• Introduce more and more practical oriented courses
Service Excellence
• Annually determining the number of students who hold merit scholarships
• Assessing our impact annually – through numbers of external collaborations, external awards, interactions with Industries
• Review the number and nature of programs on offer annually
• Monitoring the employment data of our pass out graduates and review our coursework YOY
Initiative to Achieve Goals
Work Quality Metrics
• Continue funding and encouraging Departmental Faculty/staff to obtain training for developing their technical and professional skills.
• Continue obtaining student feedback from the Undergraduate and Graduate Student Advisory Committees. Provide these committees resources for organizing technical events.
• Continue regular meetings with the Faculty Advisory Committee for dealing with short- and long-range Departmental issues and bring ideas and action items to relevant departmental committees and the general faculty meetings.
• Establish a Staff Advisory Committee to regularly provide the Department Head feedback from the staff.
Governance
• Annual reports from each department against a set of targets from this plan
• Review of Technical and administrative processes