Electronics And Computer Science

(Formerly known as Electronics Department)

Established in : 1999

Program Offered

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Electronics and Computer Science

Intake: 120

(NBA Accredited till 30th June 2025)

Courses Offered

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Electronics and Computer Science

Intake: 120

(NBA Accredited till 30th June 2025)

Department Strength

The Department of Electronics & Computer Science (formerly known as Electronics Department) is accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and is a part of an Institute which has been accredited with A+ grade in NAAC. It has a permanent affiliation with University of Mumbai. Any Department is known by the people who work there and the students who graduate from it. Department of Electronic Engineering in Vidyalankar Institute of Technology has a strong administration and dedicated and highly qualified team of Faculty, with faculty having doctorate from IIT Bombay, faculty graduated from eminent institutions like VNIT.

The Department provides very good infrastructure with excellent laboratories which are well equipped with computational facilities and latest software tools The Department motivates the students to enhance their technical skills, leadership skills, sports and co curricular activity participation and to develop their overall personality.

Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher has said that “Energy of the mind is the essence of Life”. The Department takes pride in acting like an electron charging the students and forming a strong bond with the students, alumni and all the stake holders.

About the Faculty

Department of Electronics and Computer Science at Vidyalankar Institute of Technology houses highly qualified faculty members from a wide spectrum of Technology. While some faculty members in the Department have Doctoral degree to their credit from renowned institutions like IIT Bombay. Faculty members practice best teaching methodologies, making use of technology of 21st century, for the content delivery in the classrooms and laboratories. Apart from teaching and guiding projects faculty have significantly contributed to their areas of expertise through patents, research publications in various reputed journals and conferences like IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, consultancy and sponsored projects, funded minor research projects and book publications. Department hosts various training programs and workshops for teachers and researchers where experts from reputed industries and organizations are invited. All over expertise, practices, facilities and quality control measures finally converge in to a really experiential and vibrant environment for our students to evolve into best candidates on every path out of our Department..!!!

Dr. Arun Chavan

Professor

A warm welcome to the Department of Electronics and Computer Science. Electronics and Computer Science is an inevitable part of industries ranging from household utility products to space and aviation technology. It is an integral part of Automation, Process Control, and Robotics.

Students get the opportunity to use industry-standard software, state of the art test and measurement facilities, various embedded systems development broads to enhance their technical skills. They also get constant motivation and support from the faculty and technical staff. The students who have passed from the Department in the last 20 years, are holding very good positions in the industry all over the world.

They are creating their marks in research as well through their patents and publications. Electronics and Computer Science being a Core Engineering branch, provides multiple opportunities to the students ranging from IT industry to core industry and also government services like Indian Navy. The students also get multiple doors opened for their higher studies. Hence this becomes an ideal choice for overall development as an Engineer.

FACULTY PROFILES

Dr. Arun Chavan

Professor

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Anuradha Joshi

Assistant Professor

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Amol Sakhalkar

Assistant Professor

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Amaya Pethe

Assistant Professor

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Ms. Akshatha Hari Bhat

Assistant Professor

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Akhil Masurkar

Assistant Professor

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Pranita Padhye

Assistant Professor

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Uma Jaishankar

Assistant Professor

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Nisy Mathew

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Nayana Mahajan

Associate Professor

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Rajashree Soman

Assistant Professor

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Manoj Suryawanshi

Assistant Professor

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Rakshak Sood

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Sangeeta Joshi

Professor

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Javed Patel

Assistant Professor

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Sheetal Patil

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Girish Gidaye

Professor

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EMINENT SPEAKERS VISITED

Research & Student Achievements

Engaging in research is an important part of academic life. Faculty members and students of Electronics and Computer Science Department understand the significance of research in engineering and work for it. Through so many on-going research projects/activities, final year projects, our faculty and graduating students advance and disseminate evidence-based knowledge that leads to improvements in education, applied technology and leadership. These efforts, as well as the involvement of faculty and students in research, result in significant national and international journal and conference publications like IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, books in various publications, and presentations or articles at national and international conferences like IEEE. Department faculties have also received best paper awards, patents and have collaborations with foreign universities for research activities and publications.

The Electronics and Computer Science Department has been instrumental in nurturing young talents and provides various stages to hone their talents and abilities in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities by hosting many events. Our students have published numerous technical papers in Springer, IEEE and national and international conferences. Students have participated in Virtual Lab Development program and have represented VIT in Ahmedabad and won Silver Developer Certificate. Our students are also the part of ROBOCON team and have stood 23rd and 30th ranking all over India for the last two years. Department imparts entrepreneurial skills to the students. Mr. Shripal Jain has started his own company Techon Touch when he was in Third Year Engineering. Mr. Kaustubh Vagal has also started his own firm related to Power Industry, Mr. Rajat Jain is a very good programmer who has developed many apps which are launched and are being used.

Technical Enhancement

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE-VIT) a professional body and Electronics Engineering Students Association (EESA-VIT), internal students’ body are non-profit making Student Chapters run by the students.

Our Student Chapter won IEEE Bombay Section’s Best Student Chapter of the Year Award for the 2014-15 tenure and we were also among the 11 nominees for IEEE India Council’s Outstanding Student Chapter Award for the same period.

IEEE-VIT have also organised a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) workshop at local schools through which poor and underprivileged children were exposed to the various tricks and technology. The following are some of our most significant activities of the Department BizzNext: An entrepreneurship & finance symposium organized by IEEE VIT, E-yantra workshop: an interactive workshop on E-yantra, a national level robotics competition held in Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai., Python and Web Crawler Workshop: A hands-on workshop introducing students to web crawling using Python, IRIS: IRIS which stands for Inspire, Resonate, Integrate and Succeed is IEEE-VIT’s flagship event in which we hold a series of inspiring talks by non-technical speakers who have achieved some remarkable milestone in their field.

Student Projects

Department of Electronics and Computer Science firmly believes that Project-based learning is the key to effectively engage students in technical activities develop technical mindset and provide practical solutions to real-life problems. In its constant endeavour to carry out quality projects, the project team of the Department has a very well-defined plan to integrate Project Based Learning (PBL) in all its courses.

INTERNSHIPS

Internships are thus a regular feature of the curriculum, where students spend their time constructively and from the feedbacks received, it is an enriching experience for them, which adds value to their engineering education.

Top-notch Placement Support

Placement Cell in VIT plays a vital role in creating the eminent placement record for the institute. Placement drives are golden opportunities that every student eagerly waits for. Many reputed companies have visited the campus such as G.E., Godrej, Silicon Labs, Hind Rectifiers ATOS, Axis Bank, CapGemini, TCS, Just Dial, L&T, Think and Learn (Byju’s), Reliance, etc. In some of cases, the core domain, research based projects have helped the student to get good jobs in the core industry.

2023-2024

List of Students placed

2022-2023

List of Students placed

2021-2022

List of Students placed

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Realizing the importance of learning beyond classrooms, the EXCS Department of VIT encourages students to indulge in co-curricular activities as well as extra-Curricular activities. We at Vidyalankar encourage students to participate in various National and International technical and non –technical competitions. One of the prestigious technical activity among the world is ROBOCON. Students possessing good knowledge about mechanical design, embedded systems, electronic circuit design & programming are involved with this competition.

Every year a Team of students along with one faculty guide participates in this event. Our students proactively takes part in Smart India Hackathon a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving.

Successful Alumni

Department of Electronics and Computer Science has produced some notable alumni, who are known in the field of technology through their research, patents and other contributions to the society.

Electronics and Computer Science Department is proud of many star alumni who are currently holding illustrious positions in various multinational companies including Apple, Facebook, Oracle, Tesla, AMD, Intel, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Amazon, Barclays. Our alumni are doing remarkable work in the field of research as well. Himanshu Naik is SSD system design Engineer at Western Digital , who has two US patents to his credit. Jajnabalkya Guhathakurta a Researcher at University of Stuttgart,has US patent to his credit. `Abhay Valsangar of Alter Ego Learning, received a National Award from 13th President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee for securing an All India Rank 1 in Ministry of HRD ISTD Diploma Program. He is constantly motivating the students through his enriching sessions.

Successful Alumni

Department of Electronics and Computer Science has produced some notable alumni, who are known in the field of technology through their research, patents and other contributions to the society.

Electronics and Computer Science Department is proud of many star alumni who are currently holding illustrious positions in various multinational companies including Apple, Facebook, Oracle, Tesla, AMD, Intel, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Amazon, Barclays. Our alumni are doing remarkable work in the field of research as well. Himanshu Naik is SSD system design Engineer at Western Digital , who has two US patents to his credit. Jajnabalkya Guhathakurta a Researcher at University of Stuttgart,has US patent to his credit. `Abhay Valsangar of Alter Ego Learning, eceived a National Award from 13th President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee for securing an All India Rank 1 in Ministry of HRD ISTD Diploma Program. He is constantly motivating the students through his enriching sessions.

Gagandeep K. Bhullar

Founder & CEO, SuperHumanRace

Linkedin Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gagandeep-k-bhullar/
Rohit Vijayaraghavan

Engineer at Facebook

Linkedin Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-v-b0296a16
Jajnabalkya Guhathakurta

Researcher at University of Stuttgart

Linkedin Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jajnabalkya-guhathakurta-8503ba169/
Shivank Dhote

IP Design Verification Engineer at Apple

Linkedin Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivankdhote/

Top notch Laboratories

Electronics and Computer Science laboratories are equipped to cater the requirements of various domains of electronics and computer science.

Laboratories are well equipped with industrial standard software visual TCAD, Cadence, XILINX ISE, MATLAB (Campus License- all tool boxes), Multisim, Keil, Proteus, Fluidsim, Flash Magic etc as well as the hardware like Spectrum Analyzer, Programmable Robotic Arm, Rasberry Pi development board, Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA) boards, Universal Programmer, Test and Measurement equipment like high frequency function generators, DSOs, CROs and many more in these laboratories.

ADMISSIONS TO PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES

We at VIT have a dedicated career counselling committee to ensure that our students become competent to proceed for qualification upgradation at renowned national and international destinations. We provide students with comprehensive guidance on planning career and higher education. We organise various sessions, talks, webinars and seminars from renowned career guidance experts to expose our students to latest trends in career planning and other facilities like funding, cost of living, qualifying exams, etc.

AWARDS

The Department of Electronics Engineering has been accredited by National Board of accreditation and has also played a significant role in fetching A+ grade in NAAC. Few of our faculty members are honoured with prestigious fellowships by reputed technical bodies and societies like IE, IETE and also are senior members of IEEE. Our faculty and HOD Dr. Anjali Deshpande has received multiple awards like recognition from IEEE USA for her contribution to Women in Engineeringand the most popular SKEP speaker for IEEE Bombay Section. Dr. Sangeeta Joshi is a recognized PhD guide and has supervised 4 doctoral candidates with her valuable experience and knowledge. She also has one Patent along with many research publications to her credit. Our faculties have got recognitions and funding for various research and sponsorship projects including multiple Indian railway projects.

Dr. Sangeeta Joshi has received awards like the Best Teacher Award of University of Mumbai for the A.Y. 2019-20 on 5th september,2022 and IEI BLC-FCRIT Excellence Award for recognition of Academic Excellence in Faculty(Regional) Category on 16th January,2021.

AWARDS

VISION

To be recognized as a centre of excellence in the field of Electronics and Computer Science where learners are nurtured in a scholarly environment to evolve into competent professionals to benefit society.

MISSION

Evolve a curriculum which emphasizes on strong engineering fundamentals with the flexibility to choose advanced courses of interest and gain exposure to tools and techniques in Electronics and Computer Science.

Encourage a teaching-learning process in which highly competent faculty share a symbiotic association with the institutes of repute.

Facilitate creation and dissemination of Electronics and Computer Science knowledge through a digitally-enabled learning environment.

Develop academic and infrastructural facilities with modern equipment and other learning resources and encourage reciprocal sharing with other institutes through networking.

Establish a centre of excellence to enhance academia – Electronics and Computer Science industry partnership and work on collaborative projects for benefit of society.

PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

To enable the students to apply Electronics and Computer Science knowledge to design technically sound systems, adapt to new technologies through lifelong learning and excel in their career.
To inculcate research and development ability and enable the students to analyze real life problems in diverse domains to become entrepreneurs  
To make the students understand human, social, ethical and environmental context of their profession and contribute positively to the needs of individuals and society

Ability to understand fundamentals of electronics and computer science, Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits, Signal Processing, Embedded and Communication System and their application in solving real world problems.
Ability to solve complex Electronics and Computer Science problems, using latest technology, to produce cost effective solutions.
Apply knowledge of Electronics and Computer Science to assess societal, environmental, health and safety issues with professional ethics and work in diverse teams as an individual or a leader to manage different projects for life-long learning

Engineering Knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

Problem Analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

Design/development of Solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate considerations for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

Conduct Investigations of Complex Problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

Modern Tool Usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.

The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.

Environment and sustainability : Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.

Individual and Team Work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

Project Management and Finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects in multidisciplinary environments.

Life-long Learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in the independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.