The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering was established in the year 2008 with a vision to develop competent professionals to meet the global challenges in modern engineering society. At present it offers a 4-year B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering programme with a sanctioned intake of 120 students, M.E Applied Electronics programme with a sanctioned intake of 9 students and Ph.D programme.
The Laboratories are equipped with latest technology in the fields of Electronic Devices and Circuits, Digital Electronics, Linear Integrated Circuits, Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, Digital Signal Processing, Communication System, VLSI, Embedded Systems, Optical & Microwave that offer opportunities on a wide range of hardware and advanced software packages.
The Department has a team of committed faculty members with sound knowledge in the areas of Applied Electronics, Communication systems, VLSI, Embedded Systems, Signal processing and Networking. The Department encompasses professional technical associations such as IEEE, IETE and ISTE chapters which provide students the platform to learn professional and soft skills.
Dr.P. Sampath completed B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem (Madras University), in the year 1998. He completed M.E. in Communication Systems from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (Anna University) in the year 2005. He completed his PhD under Anna University Chennai in 2011. He has published 60 papers in International Journals and 4 papers in National Journals. He is a recognised supervisor in Anna University and six scholars have completed Ph.D. under his guidance and six scholars are currently pursuing their Ph.D. He has 25 years of experience and is currently working as Professor and Head in the Department of ECE at KGiSL Institute of Technology. His main research interests include VLSI design and RF circuit design.