The department was established during the inception of the institute in 1995 as the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE). Since its commencement, the primary objective of the department has been to impart quality education, training and research at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels in various areas of Electronics and Communication Engineering with broad emphasis on design aspects of electronic systems.
Dr. Debabrata Sikdar has been recognized as an Emerging Leader 2023 by the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Dr. Sikdar's research focuses on enhancing LED light extraction, designing smart windows, and advancing dynamic optical modulation using nanophotonic metamaterials
To be a place of academic excellence by imparting quality teaching,carrying out research and technology development in frontier areas of electronics and electrical engineering
To produce electronics and electrical engineers having strong theoretical foundation, good design experience and exposure to research and development.