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Department Of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
About the Department :
The department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was started during
the academic session 1979-1980 to cater the demands of quality professional
education to the students of the country in whole and State of Karnataka
in particular. Initially it was affiliated to Bangalore University and Government
of Karnataka until 1991, wherein the process of affiliation was brought under
AICTE in addition to Bangalore University and Government of Karnataka.
During 1998-1999, the Government of Karnataka established a technical university
through legislation under the name Visvesvaraya Technological University
(VTU) located at Belgaum. Since then, the affiliation is granted by VTU by
forwarding its recommendations to AICTE following which further permission
is accorded to fix the intake.
The department is accredited by NBA team of AICTE and also certified by ISO
9000. The Department has taken up the task of developing competent Electrical
engineers of high quality, capable of facing the various challenges the power
situation poses in the country. The intake of the Department has been enhanced from 50 to 120 with effect from
the 
academic session 2006-07. Furthermore, the Department has been granted 1
(One) Post Graduate Programme viz., M.Tech (Power Electronics) leading to Master’s
Degree of VTU.
The Department provides in depth theoretical and practical knowledge. It emphasizes
automation through computers, experimental investigation and exposure of industrial
problems. A special emphasis is given to the engineering and extensive use of
power electronics in modern transmission systems, electric drives, and controls.
This has been found to be of immense practical utility to students in their carrier.
Why a student has to choose this field:
Electrical Engineering is an old but evergreen course in the engineering stream. An Electrical Engineering graduate has various options to choose for career growth viz., he can easily switch over to software field and can opt for design/fabrication of electronic hardware and thus can become an entrepreneur also. He can also work in the Instrumentation Technology or in Medical Electronics fields. However there is ample scope for growth as a core Electrical Engineer
New subjects/ areas of study:
The student community and staff constantly interact to understand the purpose
content and coverage of the syllabus in various subjects during the course
of the 8 semesters. There had always been fruitful suggestions from the
students about the need to improve the syllabus to cover certain aspects
of the EEE course content
Some of the students felt that though the syllabus is constantly updated
periodically it has not kept pace with the change that is taking place
in the technology front. Some suggest that the time allocated to the various
subjects should be reviewed.
Exposure to the newer softwares like MIPOWER, PSCAD, CAD/CAM will be of immense
use to them ,the students and staff feel.
Industrial visits and understanding of the importance should contain some marks
so that this could be a serious exercise. The total number of subjects should
be reduced by avoiding repetitions .Illumination lab will be immensely beneficial
to the students. Suggestions thus generated will be periodically compiled and
sent to VTU for their consideration.
Current Research Efforts Focus Area of Research
Faculty members of the department have undertaken the following research projects:
- Algorithms to solve Load Forecasting Problems by using ANN & AI Techniques.
- Choice of location and appropriate use of FACTS Devices to enhance power capability.
- Optimal Reactive Power allocation using Genetic Algorithm.
- Artificial Intelligence Applications to Voltage Stability Studies in Power Systems.
- Expert Control of Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Systems for Real & Reactive Power Modulation in HVDC Systems.
- Algorithms to solve Power System Problems related to Energy Control
Centres.
| SNo. | Research paper title | Published by | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Transmission loss computation in restructured electricity markets using real power tracing | ProfK.N Bhanuparakash | BIT Bangalore |
| 2. | Enhancement of system static security under N1 contingency through optimal placement of TCSC | Prof.K.Shanmukha sundar | 15th Annual symposium 2006,IEEE, Bangalore Section CPRI. |
| 3. | Studies on water and energy conservation in irrigation | Prof.MS Balasundaram Prof.K.N.Bhanuprakash | 2-Day National Seminar on Modern Trends in Power Systems-2005, DSCE |
| 4. | 4.Water energy Nexus | Prof MS Balasundaram | International seminar on water and health at SJCE Mysore |
| 5. | An Integrated approach to power quality and reliability | Prof MS Balasundaram | 15th Annual symposium 2006,IEEE, Bangalore Section CPRI. |
| 6. | The Allure of Parallel Processing in Power Systems. | Prof.K.Shanmukha sundar | 2-Day National Seminar on Modern Trends in Power Systems-2005 ,DSCE |
| 7. | Petri net – A powerful tool | Prof. R V Parimala | 2-Day National Seminar on Modern Trends in Power Systems-2005 ,DSCE |
| 8. | SMES and its applications in power systems | Prof. P.Usha | 2-Day National Seminar on Modern Trends in Power Systems-2005, DSCE |
| 9. | Genetic Algorithms and its application to power systems | Prof. Shankar C.B | 2-Day National Seminar on Modern Trends in Power Systems-2005, DSCE |
Overcoming Challenges:
The objective is to achieve the vision and mission of Electrical and Electronics
engineering department and they are:
- To succeed in our mission, the students are trained to be punctual and disciplined in their curricular and co-curricular activities.
- Our object is to motivate every student in his/her field of interest.
- Students are given sufficient opportunities to interact with the industries.
- To expose the students to the latest technical developments, seminars are being regularly conducted in the department by inviting eminent personalities from various fields.
- To have a staff student interaction a methodology has been adopted.
- Continuo encouragement is been given to students to present technical papers.
Department Strengths
Placement
Our placement record as of now is 100 % of our students willing to participate
in palcements. A few of our students are enterpreuners and employ technical
manpower.
The present 7th semester students have been placed to an extent
of 50% with reputed multinational companies and the remaining will also be
placed during the course of the year. Some of the students would like to
pursue higher education and counselling for those students by the staff in
the coming days will help sustain the high degree of placement standard of
this department. The coming years also will witness superior placement records
at par with leading campuses in the country.
Infrastructure
We have the separate Departmental Library, and laboratories like
Machines
Lab,
AEC Lab / Power Electronics Lab,
DEC Lab/ Control Systems Lab,
High
Voltage/ Microprocessor Lab,
Simulation Lab
Measurements Lab/Micro Controller
Lab and vii) Internet Lab etc., All the labs are well equipped and adequate
to cater to the needs of the syllabus.
| Course | Required(K) |
Available in the Dept | Lab area shared with other Dept. | Total Area available | % Short fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UG-Bachelor of Engg.(Electrical & Electronics) | 800 sqm for Laboratories | 6 Lecture Halls, each to accommodate 60 students, with a total area of 341 sqm | Nil | 824 sqm | Nil |
| PG- Master of Technology - Power Electronics | 1 Lecture Hall with area of 40 sqm | NA | NA | Nil |
Industry Interaction
Interaction with National Power Training Institute:
The NPTI has two institutions in Bangalore.
One is Power Systems Training Institute, which is equipped with latest softwares
on Power system analysis and a training simulator of load dispatch function.
We have a ongoing relationship with them where in our students and staff
are trained on the simulator and software packages. Our Prof.Balasundaram
is on their list of active resource persons and delivers lectures on topics
of interest in the institute.
The second Institute is Hot line training Institute where staff from the
utilities are trained in maintenance and repair of High Voltage lines, with
out taking a shutdown, when the lines are hot. We have been continuously
sending our students and staff for lectures and live demonstrations at their
facilities.
We have with us two staff members with long years of Industrial experience. We are contemplating possibilities of using their experience in identifying industries for interactive collaboration in the areas of power and in process industries like metal and paper industries. We are targeting utilities where one of the staff members has some consultancy experience. Five of our staff members are carrying out research in their efforts in pursuing their PhDs. We are investigating if we can transport their work to industry for applications and for patents.
Consultancy
Consultancy taken up and seminars conducted.
| Consultancy/seminars | Faculty | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Invited for giving lectures at PSTI on Power system harmonics. Rural energy alternatives Automatic metering Line compensation Load Management |
Prof MS Balasundaram | PSTI Campus. |
Rank Students
| Sl.No. | Name of the student | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mr. Karthik R | 2007 | 10 |