Oscar Nomination

Hollywood film Lake of Fire’s songs that have been com-posed by Qutub-E-Kripa, an ensemble of student musi-

cians of AR Rahman’s music academy KM Music Conserva-tory, have been shortlisted for the Best Original Song at the 2018 Academy Awards. Sri. Sachin Mannath, our alumnus of (2005-’09) batch, was part of the team.

Congratulations (2013-‘17) batch girls

Few Words From Our HOD

With optimism let us move forward and start the new academic year knowing that obsta-cles can be overcome with a positive outlook and a lot of perseverance. With a positive attitude we can feel joyful, healthier and more energetic. At all times accept the oppor-tunities coming your way and do your best to attain success. -Prof.(Dr.) Libish T.M

“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent ofwhat nature has revealed to us”

-Albert Einstein

Kum. Gowri Muraleedharan was the topper in the Dept. of ECE (2013-

’17 batch) securing a CGPA of 8.75. Kum. Lekshmi M.R. bagged the second

position in the Dept. of ECE (2013-’17 batch) securing a CGPA of 8.71.

Kum. Shivani Baiju was placed in the third position in the Dept. of ECE

(2013-’17 batch) securing a CGPA of 8.7.

The team consisting of Sri.

Raoof Naushad, Sri. Vaishak

Sajeev, Sri. Safwan Rashid (T6B),

Kum. Alma Anvar and Kum.

Brahmadatha M. R. (T6A) was

among the 25 finalist teams of

Yuva Mastermind 2018, jointly

organized by Amal Jyothi Engi-

neering College and Malayala Manorama. Their project got a funding of

Rs. 10000. GoSafe, their product, based on Internet of Things, used car’s

On Board Diagnostics port along with the plugin device to provide a safer

and easier driving experience.

The College Fashion Team, comprising of Sri. Mohammed Riyas

K.V. (T8B), Sri. Rakesh R. (T8B), Kum. Revathy S(T8B), Sri. Aravind C. (T8A), Kum. Gopika Dev (T8A), Kum. Gayathri G. S. (T8A),

Kum. Neha N.S (T6B), Kum. Sanju Mariam Joseph (T6B), Sri. Akh-

il Nair A (T6A), Sri. Vishnu Sreedev (T4B), Kum. Megha P. (T4B),

Sri. G. H. Giri (T4A), Kum. Gayathri S. Kumar (T4A) won prizes in many intercollegiate cultural fests around the state.

The college music team including Kum. Meera S. Prasad (T8B),

Sri. Himesh Gopan (T8A), Sri. Rahul G Sarma (T8B), from

the department, won the first prize in the ganamela in the Kerala

University Youth Festival. The lyrics were by Kum. Anna mariam

Ramacha Thykkadavil (T6A).

Department VisionTo be a centre of quality education and re-search in the field of Electronics and Com-munication Engineering to mould social-ly responsible engineering Professionals.

Department Mission Provide a systematic teaching-learning process aiming quality education in an ambience that encourages re-search, industry interaction and value based education.

Council of Electronic Studies (CEST) committee for 2017-2018.

Staff Convenor-Smt. Bindu V, Chairman-Sri. Bharath Viswam S,

Vice Chairman-Kum. P A Aishwarya, General Secretary-Sri. Gouth-

am Krishnan, Treasurer-Sri. Unnikrishnan M S, Executive Committee

Members-Sri. Abhijit Suresh, Sri. Anoop Krishnan, Sri. Jithu T P, Sri.

Madhav V, Kum. Meera S Prasad, Sri. Pranav A, Sri. Rony Thomas

Samuel and Sri. Sujith Mani.

NEWS LETTERDepartment of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Dr. Aravind V.J., our alum-nus of (2002-‘06) batch,

Analog Design Engineer, ST-Microelectronics, delivered a talk on Visible Light Commu-nication.

Dr. Vishnu Nandan, our alumnus of (2004-‘08) batch, presently re-

search scholar at University of Calgary, addressed the students of various semes-ters of our department on his work on Microwave remote sensing of snow cov-ered first year Arctic sea ice.

BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAMME

Edited and Compiled By: Smt. Sandhya L, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE Designed By: Sri. Bharath Viswam S(T8A)

Sri. S. Ananthasubramonian(T6B)

Alumnus

Who made us Proud....

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The dance team consisting of Manoj M.(T6B), Arya Krishna M. (T6A), Roshan Vinod (T2B), Priya Sebastian

(T2B), Gautami Vijayan (T2A), Gopika R.(T2A), Devika Sivan(T2A), from the department among others, won prizes in many intercollegiate cultural fests around the state.

Sem Toppers- Keep it up…1. Sri. Nithin X.Johnson (T6B) secured 3 ‘OS’ grades in S5 KTU examination.2. Sri. Hari Shanker O.K. (T4A) secured 5 ‘OS’ grades in S3 KTU examination.3. Kum. Akshita R. Nair (T2A) and Sri. Atul Krishna A. (T2A) secured 6 ‘OS’ grades in S2 KTU examination.

Achievements

Sri. Arjun Saseendran

(T4A) secured 1st

prize in different inter-

collegiate music competi-

tions across the state.

Sri.Darshan Pradeep and Kum. Gowri Rajesh

(T4A) were selected from among top 1000 stu-

dents in all over Kerala for Internship program in

association with Grand Kerala internship fair con-

ducted by Fourthambit.

Advisory committee of

TECHFEST selected Sri.

S. Ananthasubramonian (T6B),

the winner in the contest for

proposing Name and Logo of

TECHFEST.

Sri. Manukulathilakan S(T4B)Secured second position in

case study competition ,Green Energy Summit 2018,IIT Chen-

nai as part of Shastra 2018

Scanned by CamScanner

Jagriti Yatra is a 15-day long, nation-

al train journey of 8000 kilometers

across the length and breadth of India, to

understand and build the India of small-

er towns and villages through enterprise

with 500 bright young minds, backed

up by solid mentors, with the intent of

seeing and learning about social entre-

preneurship across “real India”. Kum. Brahmadatha M. R. (T6A)

was selected to participate in the Jagriti Yatra 2018.

Sri. Carmel K. Tha-

dathil (T4A) secured

a national rank below

1200 in cube solving

Sri. Rahul R. (T2B) won

second prize in Mappi-

lappattu and third prize in

classical music in Ragam

2018.

Publication: Sajan Ambadiyila , Divya Prakash , Sheeja M.K , V P Mahadevan Pillai, “Secure Storage and Analysis of Fingerprints for Criminal Investigation using Holographic Techniques,” ELSEVIER, Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2017) 4389–4395.

Promotion :Under the Career Advancement Scheme, 1. Dr. Libish T.M got promoted as Professor 2. Sri. Sajith Sethu P., Sri. Salim Paul, Smt. Deepa A.K., Sri. George M. Joseph and Smt. Sandhya L. got promoted as Associate Professor.

• Dr. Sheeja M.K., Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, served as a reviewer for Journal of Electronic Imaging during the calendar year of 2017.• The department organized a KTU sponsored and DTE approved FDP on “Re-search Methodology: A Step into the World of Research” from 05th to 09th Feb-ruary 2018. The FDP was coordinated by Dr. Sheeja M. K., Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering & Smt. Bindu V., Asst. Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering .• A talk on “Texas supported labs” was conducted by the Texas Instruments for the faculty of Electronics and Communication Engineering.• Expert talks on various courses were conducted by experts from the industry and academia to bridge the gap in the syllabus.

Sri. Milan A. S (T4B)

•won the best journalist award at Cross-roads, Annual techno- cultural fest of Mar

Baselious

•got selected for participation in Green Energy Summit 2018,IIT Chennai as part of Shastra 2018

•was placed in third position in Theschoop, an online journalism event,held as a part of Dhwani 2018, Annual techno cultural fest of College of Engineering, Trivandrum

•participated as a delegate in United Nations Academic impact collo-quium, Model United Nations 2018, ECOSOC council held at TKMCE, Kollam.

NPTEL local chap-ter was started in

SCT College of Engi-neering in January 2018 with Smt. Preetha V.H., Assistant Professor in ECE, as the SPOC.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

COUNCIL OF ELECTRONIC STUDIES(CEST)

•Logo Design Competition(4 October 2017)•Let’s Code Together(8 October 2017)•Spawn- An idea presentation(13 October 2017)•PCB fabrication workshop(21 & 22 October 2017)•Back to School Programme: Talk by Dr. Aravind V.J (22 January 2018)•Let’s Code Together(27 & 28 January 2018)•3D Circuit Competition(30 March 2018)•Android Workshop(3 & 4 March 2018)

The Grace Hopper Celebration India (GHCI) conference, which is a great opportunity for women students to gain inspiration and get guidance for a career in technology.

Kum. Deepthi N P (T8A), Kum. Ritu Sunil (T8B), Kum. P. A. Aishwarya (T8B) and Kum. Priyanka Chandran (T8B) was the GHCI scholars from the department in 2017-18.

Kum. Arya A.R. (T6A) and Kum. Harshita Vijayam (T6B) attended

the Young India Challenge held at Mum-bai on 28/10/17 and 29/10/17.

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Kum. K.V.Aishwarya

(T6A) was select-

ed as Infosys campus

champ in 2017.

Sri. Sujith S. (T8B) received Rs. 192500

from Kerala startup mis-sion through IDE grant ,Rs.30,000 from CERD and got selected to the finals of Startup League.