The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a professional association
with its corporate office in New York City and its operations centre in Piscataway, New Jersey. It
was formed in 1963 from the amalgamation of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the
Institute of Radio Engineers. Today, it is the world's largest association of technical
professionals with more than 400,000 members in chapters around the world. Its objectives are the
educational and technical advancement of electrical and electronic engineering, telecommunications,
computer engineering and allied disciplines.
IEEE Vizag Bay Section with the geographical boundaries of Srikakulam Dist,
Vijayanagaram Dist,
Visakhapatnam Dist, East Godavari Dist, West Godavari Dist, and Krishna Dist of Andhra Pradesh,
India. The section has six active Chapters, namely the IEEE Computer Society (CS) Chapter, IEEE
Communication Society (COMSOC)/Signal Processing Society (SPS) Joint. Chapter, IEEE Education
Society Chapter, IEEE MTT/AP/EMC Societies Chapter, IEEE Power Electronics Society(PELS)/ Power
and Energy Society (PES)/Industry Applications Society (IAS) Joint Chapter, IEEE Technology and
Engineering Management Society (TEMS) and TWO Affinity Groups – Women in Engineering (WiE)
and Young Professionals (YP). Since the formation, it is the most active small section in IEEE
India.
During the past 41 years, GITAM has been committed to excellence in higher education foraying into
diversified disciplines of learning. It has steadily evolved into a world class university
recognized for the
experiential learning it offers, the competent and compassionate faculty, the stellar research
laboratories,
academic vibrancy and cosmopolitan culture. Founded by Late. Dr. M.V.V.S. Murthi, visionary,
industrialist, educationist, philanthropist and former parliamentarian, GITAM is in the fruitful
fourth decade of its
service to higher education. GITAM has become a diverse and dynamic and undergraduate, postgraduate
research institution and its now led by Hounarable President Shri. M. Sri Bharat . The university
has three
campuses - its main campus at Visakhapatnam, off campuses at Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Known for its
creative dynamism and flexibility, the university offers varied programs blending skill development
and value orientation to shape the career of students and develop holistic personality to be
privileged members
of the civil society. The university also offers several programs through distance learning to
increase access
to higher education with an emphasis on reaching the unreached. The university has been accreditated
by NAAC as A+ grade university and recognized by UGC - MHRD as category - ‘1’ Deemed to be
University.
About EECE
The department started in 1981 with a four-year undergraduate program in ECE, EEE & EI. This program had become autonomous in 2003-04. The department is NBA accredited twice. The department offers a four year B.Tech program and also provides full-time M.Tech programs in Embedded Systems, EDT, Power Systems & Automation and VLSI design .The department also offers Ph.D Programme to carry out research in the areas of Microwave Engineering, Wireless Communication, VLSI Design, Signal Processing and related areas .The department frequently organizes workshops, conferences and certificate courses in Communication Systems, VLSI Design, MATLAB, Microwave Circuit Design etc. All the faculty members are active in pursuing research and publish their research findings in referred journals and conferences very frequently.