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Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Head of Department: Dr. S Dawnee, Professor

About the Department

Overview

The department was started in the year 1962 along with the establishment of the Institute. In 2003, the Department has been recognized as a Research Centre by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi and offers Ph.D and MS (by Research) programs. UG programme has been accredited by NBA since 2001. The department is recognized as QIP center by AICTE. The department has 12 well-qualified faculty members. The entire faculty holds PhD degree specialized in diversified areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering like Power Systems, Power Electronics, Control Systems, Nanoscience etc. The faculty members are doctorates from various esteemed institutions like IISc, Bangalore, NITK, Surathkal, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry and Jain University, Bengaluru. In addition, the department is actively involved in research, testing and consultancy. The focus of the department is to impart quality technical education to students in UG, PG and Ph.D levels based on OBE. Many technical activities are in place to enhance both technical and communication skills for students and staff.

The Department has several laboratories including High Voltage , Electrical Machines , Building Automation, Power Electronics, Digital electronics, Microprocessors and Digital Signal processing Lab. The department also has industry supported labs like Schneider Centre for Building Automation and NI Labview Academy. The faculty has several publications and patents to their credit. The faculty has received external grants from various funding agencies like DST, AICTE, TiH IIT Bombay etc. Consultancy work has been carried out for several organizations including Aeronatical Development Agency, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. The department has stalwarts from various academic institutes and industry including IISc, Bangalore, NITK, Surathkal, GE Healthcare, Accenture, Dover India Ltd, AMD, Intel, PR&DC etc contributing towards curriculum development and design.

Vision

To excel in engineering education and research, inculcating professional ethics in students and emerge as leaders globally in the field of electrical & electronics engineering.

Mission

The mission of the department is to produce graduates who will:

  1. Be able to apply their knowledge to identify and solve problems arising in any domain.
  2. Be able to contribute to research and developmental activities in frontier areas.
  3. Master innovative skills to be entrepreneurs.

Programmes Offered

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Department Faculty

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Labs & Infrastructure

Electrical Machines Lab

Electrical Machines Lab

Power Electronics Lab

Power Electronics Lab

Control Systems Lab

Control Systems Lab

Power Systems Simulation Lab — MATLAB/PSCAD

Power Systems Simulation Lab — MATLAB/PSCAD

High Voltage Engineering Lab

High Voltage Engineering Lab

Renewable Energy Lab

Renewable Energy Lab

Microcontroller & Embedded Lab

Microcontroller & Embedded Lab

Electrical Measurements Lab

Electrical Measurements Lab

Top Recruiters & Industry Collaboration

Top Recruiters

ABB Siemens Schneider Electric BHEL Bosch L&T Kirloskar Delta Electronics Tata Power Wipro

Industry Partners / Collaborations

ABB

Schneider Electric

Siemens

Delta Electronics

Placements

2024 Batch: 90% placed Average package: ₹6.9 LPA Highest package: ₹28 LPA Core & IT sector placements

Research Areas

Power Systems & Smart Grids Power Electronics & Drives Control Systems & Automation Renewable Energy & Storage Electric Vehicles High Voltage Engineering

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. 1.

    PI-TFN: Enhancing forecasting robustness under limited historical context via Physics-Informed Temporal Fusion

    Abhay Bhandarkar, S Sridhar, Neelamsetti Kiran Kumar, R Madhumitha, SG Rahul, TM Amirthalakshmi · Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal · 2026

  2. 2.

    Predictive analysis of wind power using bi-directional permutation enhanced LSTM-RNN on SCADA dataset

    S Sridhar, Shamanth M Hiremath, Neelamsetti Kiran Kumar, SG Rahul, · Array · 2026

  3. 3.

    SCUD-Smart Culinary Utility Device: Leveraging edge AI for battery optimization and operation cycles

    Sesidhar Dvsr, Chandrashekhar Badachi, Chandrashekar Nagawaram, Panduranga Chary Kondoju, Pavana Salunkhe, Sahil Kumar Chaurasia · HardwareX · 2026

  4. 4.

    Optimal capacity configuration and scheduling of Wind-PV-battery-based EV charging stations using advanced Optimized Deep Learning Considering Time-of-Use Pricing and Demand Response with Performance Benchmarking

    Mr Arjun, N Mohan, C Nagaraj, KR Sathish, DP Somashekar · Journal of Energy Storage · 2026

Achievements

  • 2024 — Accreditation & Ranking
  • 2023 — Research Excellence
  • 2022 — Industry Collaboration

Board of Studies

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