Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering is approved as Research Centre by Anna University, Chennai (Code: 4260907) to carryout research activities in Electronic and biomedical engineering, digital communication, image processing, wireless networks, Optical communication and Photonics, VLSI technologies.

Faculty members guiding Ph.D. scholars:

Name	Area of Specialization	Number of Research scholars
		Progress	Awarded
Dr.R.Samson Ravindran	Biomedical Engineering	3	7
Dr.N.Viswanathan	VLSI - NOC	4	-
Dr.M.N. Shanmukha Swamy	Digital Communication	5	2
Dr.V.Ellappan	Image Processing	4	-
Dr.N.Parasuram	Image Processing Instrument and Control	2	-

List of Faculty Members Pursuing Ph.D

S. No.	Name of the faculty	Specialization	University
1	Mrs. D.Chitra	Communication Networks	Anna University
2	Mrs.S.Saraswathi	Image Processing	Anna University
3	Mr. V.Senthilkumaran	Low power VLSI	Anna University
4	Mr. R.Mothi	Image Processing	Anna University
5	Mrs. P. Bala Shanmugavadivu	Image Processing	Anna University

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS (2014-2017)

Project Title	Funding Agency	Amount in Rupees(Rs.)
Fund for Improvement in S&T Infrastructure (FIST)	Department of Science and Technology (DST)	19,21,000/-
Railway Track Pedestrian Crossing Without using Staircase	Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology	10,000/-
IIT, Bombay - Remote Center	IIT, Bombay	2,81,090/-
Two-Week ISTE STTP on CMOS, Mixed Signal and Radio Frequency VLSI Design	IIT, Bombay	1,81,000/-
Two Week ISTE STTP on Electric Power System	IIT, Kharagpur	1,25,450/-
Fund support for Foundation Program In ICT For Education - Teachers	IIT, Bombay	25,000/-