The Department was established in 1970 with B.E. programme in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Later on, in 1981 post graduate programme in M.E. Applied Electronics and in 2003 M.E. VLSI Design programme were also started in the Department. All the courses are offered as both part-time and full-time.
The Department has total staff strength of 25 including Teaching and Non-Teaching staff. The experienced professors guide the Department aiming at educating and training students with sound knowledge and awareness in the fields of electronics, communication and information technology.
The Department is recognized for research under Information and Communication Engineering affiliated to Anna University::Chennai. The Department has signed MoU with several companies like PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore, Novi Tech R&D, Coimbatore, PAN-TECH e-learning-Coimbatore, SunShiv Electronic Solutions-Coimbatore, VI Microsystems PVT LTD-Chennai, Maven Silicon PVT,Ltd, Bangalorewhich provide training to faculty and students on recent techniques.Various workshops and trainingprogrammeare frequently conducted in the Department. Every year Department organizes National conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems. A National level technical symposium ‘NEXUS’ is being conducted by ECE students association.
