The Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, established in 1963. The department is accredited by NBA for the period 2007-2010. Plans are afoot to renew the accreditation for a further period. The present intake for Electrical and Electonics Engineering is sixty.

Mission

• To produce Electrical and Electronics Engineers with dynamic well rounded personalities adaptable to ever increasing demands of emerging technologies involving analytical and practical skills.

Vision

• To develop the department as a renowned academic center of learning in the discipline of electrical and electronics engineering.
  
• To establish research and development center of repute so as to encourage active participation with industry by staff and students to take on practical problems of industry and to provide feasible solutions.
  
• To establish tie-ups with institutions of national and international repute and to foster building up of a wide knowledge base to keep in tune with ever increasing demands of technologies.
  
• Developing simple, appropriate technologies, which will be instrumental in the upliftment of rural society.
  

Academic Program:
Courses offered:

• BE course in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  
• M Tech course in Power Electronics.
  

The department has a steady complement of staff and now has a staff to student ratio of 1:13
This department has a complement of highly qualified, dynamic and dedicated faculty. Majority of the faculty have rich experience in academics and industry. A sizable number of faculty members are engaged in research activities in frontiers of technology.

With the advent of Autonomous status, the course pattern has been significantly revised to render it more comprehensive and in keeping with modern trends of EEE education. RVCE is one of the first to receive the autonomous status, in 2007.. Autonomy has permitted revision of the syllabus periodically to bring it in tune with the latest trends. In keeping with modern practice, the students are required to undergo quizzes, on line tests in addition to periodic tests and assignments.

The selection of course material and topics is a reflection of the changing trend in the study of classical power engineering subjects, all over the world; that is it is a reflection of the ever increasing permeation of electronics and computers in the practical electrical engineering field. The course is a healthy amalgam of power engineering, electronics and computers. As the title of the course indicates, the course coverage is comprehensive, covering power engineering, electronics and instrumentation and software.

The department has a complement of five laboratories that cater to the entire gamut of experimental work for the BE degree course. Several special experimental set-ups are created from time to time which serve to create interest in students. This is in addition to the VTU defined syllabus. Qualified faculty continuously supervise lab work. The students are expected to study beyond mere standard experiments

The department hosts a number of educational software. Principal among these are: MATLAB and MyPower. Software for transients and electromagnetic fields are being planned.

The equipments are maintained meticulously. Plans are being drawn up for a comprehensive development of experimental facilities by the addition of several equipments that would cater not only to special experiments but also for undertaking both UG and PG projects in-house. For example, generalized machines, power system simulators, power supply units and digital storage oscilloscopes, etc., are being planned.

The department library has a collection of about 2000 books and many subscribed technical magazines. Students and the faculty are seen to make immense use of the same. Additional books are also being added frequently.

The department has a tradition of organizing seminars, workshops and conferences for both students and faculty from time to time.

Current topics are chosen as themes. Leading experts from industry and other academic institutions are invited for lectures. Many faculty from various institutions attend as delegates. The last two seminars were:

TRANSFO ’08 - A Two-day seminar on “RECENT TRENDS IN POWER TRANSFORMERS” held in, 2008. The seminar was focused on present design, testing and protection techniques.

RECENT TRENDS IN DRIVES & POWER SYSTEMS PROTECTION: A two-day national level seminar , 2006. The focus was on applications, new technologies of system protection.

In this context, it may be noted that many faculty members are regularly invited to present state-of-art papers in seminars conducted by other institutions.

This stimulates interest among students and staff and provides initial exposure to many new areas.
Regularly, technical lectures by experts from industry and R&D organizations are organized for the students and faculty.

The areas include Power systems, Embedded Systems, VLSI, Software Systems, DSP. Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Sources, Electromagnetic Compatibility.

A total of nine faculty members have registered for PhD program in different Universities. Many of them are in an advanced stage of completion. Many research papers have found acceptance in leading journals and conferences both in India and abroad. Among these, faculty with international publications have received recognition from the RSS Trust.

The department attracts talented students. A total of 32 ranks have been bagged since inception of the VTU in 2002 till 2009, averaging more than 3 ranks every year. The students have been presenting papers in various student Tech fests conducted by various institutions. Many prizes have been won. It is a hallmark of the department in as much as students are specifically encouraged to participate in large college projects. Examples are:

• Involvement in “Ashwa”
  
• Model aero plane- USA competition
  
• Renewable energy, wind mill

Participation in such projects result in developing creative skills and confidence significantly. It will also act as encouragement to take up developmental work in later years.

The faculty members are actively pursuing research in diverse fields.

• In the area of power systems, the themes include system analysis, stability, linear and non-linear controls and system protection.
  
• In the high voltage area, the topics include studies on surface phenomena, remnant life estimation and partial discharges.
  
• Modern areas of research include energy modeling, image processing and fuzzy logic.
  

The department has two on-going, sponsored projects: One project titled “Sensor Fault Diagnosis in Dynamic Systems” sponsored in 2008 by the Indian Space Research Organization and the other project titled “Accuracy Improvement of Differential GPS Signals” was sponsored in 2007 by the Directorate of Naval Research and Development. Both projects are in the area of computer applications in electrical engineering.

The department enjoys a fruitful relationship with many industries in the Bangalore area. The interaction has opened the way for both our UG and PG students to get opportunities to carry out their projects in the industry. There are many instances when the industry has directly offered attractive openings for jobs. Very often the project work at the industry makes students get exposed to modern technological developments.

On the basis of the high reputation that the college enjoys, M/s ABB Ltd, Bangalore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with our college. As a part of MoU, ABB has donated sophisticated equipments to establish a full-fledged laboratory called ‘RVCE-ABB Power and Automation Technologies Lab’, the only one among all VTU colleges. Staff members are encouraged to take up projects from ABB.

The industries/institutions where our students have carried out project works include BHEL, HAL, NAL, GE, Schnieder Electric, CPRI, PRDC, AREIVA etc. Every year, approximately half the number of projects are industry-based.

Many of our faculty members deliver expert lectures for the companies like WIPRO, MAHE, Valtech Software, etc.

As a policy, in addition to a depth of knowledge, which is given primacy, the students are also encouraged to participate in activities related to personality development. Course work is complimented by activities like the ELEKTRON Club. This active club conducts inter-departmental, intra departmental fests which include cultural and technical activities. Quizzing is a major part of the activity. The students are given inputs on personality development and soft skills. Our faculty members are members of professional body like ISTE. The faculty also attend programmes conducted by WIPRO, Pegasus and NITTTR.

A two day Techno-Cultural Festival 'Vidyut-2010' was organized on March 27th & 28th ,2010 in the Department. Technical events such as Circuit Debugging, Technical Papers Presentation, Hybrid theory, Mock GRE were conducted.

Cultural events like Snakes & Ladders, Anthakshari, and Treasure Hunt were conducted.

Sport events like Lagori, Age of Empires, Mini football, Mini Basket ball were conducted.

Computer game competitions like Clash of Titans , Paint ball were conducted.