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Dear alumni, students and staff of department:
It is my pleasure to bring out the update information of the department for the last 12
months through this department newsletter to you.
I request all the alumni to give suggestions on various programs in the department. Your Suggestions
will be analyzed and will be implemented in the department. It is my proud privilege to announce that
our Department has achieved the 70% placements for the 2010-11 registered students even there
is down fall in software area. We are now concentrating more on research works for the students in
the upcoming years.
PRAGATI ENGINEERING COLLEGE SURAMPALEM
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
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Mrs.K.Ramadevi, Assoc.Prof was registered for Ph.D and cleared Pre-Ph.D exam. She also
presented a paper in International Conference and her paper was published in
International Journal.
Mr.V.Prasanth, Assoc.Prof presented a paper in International Conference at E.G.S.Pillay
college of Engineering on topic “ ”.
Mr.K.Raghuram, Assoc.Prof presented a paper in International Conference at E.G.S.Pillay
college of Engineering on topic “Porting of µIP-TCP/IP stack for ARM”.
Ms.K.Nagadurga, Asst.Prof presented a paper in International Conference at E.G.S.Pillay
college of Engineering on topic “ ”.
An Association of Electronics & Communication Engineers (AECE) has been started at the department level. The association was successful in running the activities like Essay writing Competitions and Elocution, Technical events and supporting students to actively in the department level activities. AECE is arranging Guest Lectures by Resource person from prestigious Organization to make them aware with outside world. The following are the activities of AECE for year 2010-11
Essay writing competition and Elocution competition was conducted on 4th August 2010 in
view of Independence Day celebrations on topic “Is INDIA Successful in Democracy &
Secularism?” for essay writing and “Sustainable & Inclusive Innovations” for
elocution.
Project exhibition contest and Quiz competition was conducted on 15th September 2010 in
view of Engineers day celebrations on topic “General & Science topics” for Quiz Competition
Elocution competition was conducted on 5th March 2011 in view of Women’s day celebrations on topic “Role of women in 21
st Century”.
In view of “World Tele-Communication day, on 17-05-2011”elocution competition was conducted
on 13th May 2011 and topic is “Better Life in Rural Communities with ICT’s”
“Fresher’s Party” by seniors to juniors was held on th December 2010.
“Farewell Party” to the final year students was given by juniors on 30th May, 2011.
ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS
ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
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The 135 students were divided into 34 batches and have done various projects in
the fields of Embedded Systems, VLSI, DSP and Advanced Communication. The best project has
been rewarded 2000/-.Industry oriented mini Projects which has been introduced to provide
industrial interaction to students was handled successfully. Students had done various study
projects in reputed companies like BSNL, Reliance, APTRANSCO, ANDHRA ELECTRONICS, and
DOORDARSHAN etc.Research & Development in “IMAGE PROCESSING” was introduced in last year
and many of the academic projects were done under this R&D department .In this academic year
Research & Development wing on “ANTENNAS” was started and nearly 4 batches did their
academic project in this wing.
Association of ECE organized “e-jive2k11-A National Level Technical Symposium” from 8th -10th
January 2011.The event includes Paper Presentation, Project Presentation, Guest lecture on NANO
Technology , Guest lecture on VLSI,MATLAB workshop, Ad-making ,Group discussions and many spot
events like Transmitter hunt ,Kshipta ,Master minds, Who’s is most wanted were included in the program.
The new concept “CONTRAPTIONS” was introduced in this e-jive event and was made grand success with
the fabulous ideas of students from various colleges and from various departments.
The schedule of program was as follows
Date Time Event Venue
08-1-2011
10.00 AM to 1.00PM Guest Lecture on NANO Technology Old Library
10.00 AM to 4.00PM Mat Lab Workshop CSE lab -2
10.00 AM to 4.00PM Project Display AC/DC Lab
10.00 AM to 4.00PM Transmitter Hunt PDC Lab
2.00 PM to 3.30PM Spot Poster III – ECE-B
10.00 AM to 4.00PM Master Minds II-ECE -A
10.00 AM to 4.00PM Kshipta II-ECE-B
1.00 PM to 3.00PM Ad making e-Class Room-1
1.00 PM to 3.00PM Who’s the most wanted ECAD Lab
09-1-2011
9.00 AM to 4.00 PM Mat Lab Workshop CSE LAB-2
9.00 AM to 4.00 PM Contraptions AC/DC Lab
9.00 AM to 4.00 PM Group Discussions e-class room-2
9.00 AM to 4.00 PM Master Minds II-ECE-A
9.00 AM to 4.00 PM Transmitter Hunt(6 slots) PDC Lab
9.00 AM to 4.00 PM Kshipta II-ECE-B
TECHNICAL EVENTS
PROJECTS
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1.00 PM to 3.00PM Who’s the most wanted ECAD Lab
10-1-2011
09.00 AM to 2.00 PM PPT e-class room-1&2
10.00AM to 1.00 PM Guest Lecture on VLSI Seminar Hall-1
09.00 AM to 2.00 PM Transmitter Hunt PDC Lab
01.00 PM to 2.00PM Who’s the most wanted ECAD Lab
CARTA PRESENTA-The Paper Presentation Contest
Invitation was sent to 120 colleges all over the country, inviting participants to present
their papers in this tech fest. There was a tremendous response from the participants of all colleges on the
call for papers. 366 were received through email until 29-12-2010.From this list after scrutiny, 50 papers
were selected and the selected participants are invited to present their papers at the venue (Pragati
Engineering College) on 10-01-2011. This event was conducted in two seminar halls, with 25 papers in each
hall. Participants were given 8 minutes (6min+2min) of time to present their papers. All the papers
presented were very interesting, participants mainly focused on the current trends in electronics and
communication engineering.
In seminar hall-1 the judges were
1.) Mrs.Sri Devi 2.)Mr.G.S.Siva Kumar
Associate Professor, Head of the Department Associate Professor
Electronics and Communication Engg Electronics and Communication Engg
Sri Prakash College of Engineering Pragati Engineering College
Tuni Surampalem
In seminar hall-2 the judges were
1.) Mrs.P.Rajini 2.)Mrs.P.Suneetha
Associate Professor Associate Professor
Electronics and Communication Engg Electronics and Communication Engg
Mahatma Gandhi College of Engineering Pragati Engineering College
Nandhigama, Krishna district Surampalem
Total No. of papers presented in both Seminar Hall-1 & 2 are 50 presentations. Participants had very active
participation in this presentation and the winners were announced separately for both the seminar halls
Seminar hall-1 1. First prize: College : JNTUK
Topic : Solar sails Participants : G.Pavani Srujana,
Melissa Ann Warning. 2. Second prize: College : Sasi Engineering College
Topic : Oculographic guidance of a wheel chair using eye movements Codification Participants: B.Harika, G.D.S.Smruthi.
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3. Consolation prize: College: S R K R College of Engineering Topic: Graphene Based Transistor Participants: M.Manikanta Venkatesh.
Seminar hall-2:
1. First prize: College: Sri Vishnu College of Engineering Topic: Optical Camouflage Participants: Y.Jyothsna Devi, S.L.A. Sindhu.
2. Second prize: College: Pragati Engineering College
Topic: Holographic versatile disc (HVD) Participants: B.Suresh, B.S.S.Kiran.
Participants presenting a paper in Seminar Hall-1
AAVISHKAR (Project Presentations)
‘AAVISHKAR’ is one of the highlight events in the STRIDES, the projects are very innovative and
audience gained some technical knowledge by seen projects. Some of the interesting projects are line trace
robot, laser based voiced Transmitter and Receiver, Home appliances using remote controller, light chaser
robot, transformers etc.The following faculty members acted as Judges:
1. Mr. G.S.Siva Kumar, Assoc.Prof of ECE, Pragati Engineering College
2. Mrs. P. Sunitha, Assoc.Prof of ECE, Pragati Engineering College
3. Ms. K. Naga Durga, Asst.Prof of ECE, Pragati Engineering College
Every participant co-operated with us very much to make this event successful..
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The following are the prize winners for Project presentation and Prizes were distributed by Prof.K.Ananda
Mohan, Director of Admin, Pragati Engineering College.
First Prize Winners: IONIZER MAINS
College: SRKR, Bhimavaram
Names: 1) A.Srikanth
2) B.Anil Kumar
Second Prize winners:
REMOTE CONTROLLED ROBOT
College: SRKR, Bhimavaram
Names: 1) Mohan Krishna
2) Usha Rani
3) Archana
CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNERS:
AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE CONTROLLER
College: Pragati Engineering College
Names: 1) N.RAJESH
2) CH.SATISH
3) CH.LAKSHMI PRASAD
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Another most excited event was “CONTRAPTIONS” which is an innovative idea of 08-ECE batch to
convert one form of energy to another form. There was a huge response from other colleges and large
number of student’s gathered. Many concepts were explained but only some concepts were accepted due
to area and timing factors. The teams that were participated in the Contraptions event are as follows….
TEAM’S COLLEGE NAME
1. Hybrids(2nd ECE,EEE) Pragati engineering college
2. Endeavoring eagles(3rd ECE,EEE,CSE) Sri sai Aditya institute of science and technology
3. Techno stars(1st ECE-B) Pragati engineering college
4. MAGNETISERS(2ND ECE-A) Pragati engineering college
5. EBULLIENT CHAMPIONS(2ND ECE) Pragati engineering college
6. INNOVATORS Pragati engineering college
7. GIZMO(3RD ECE) JNTUK
8. CREATORS(1ST ECE) Pragati engineering college
9. Pioneers(2nd EEE) Pragati engineering college
10. GENIUS -5(1ST CSE,ECE) Pragati engineering college
Prize winners of the event were honoured by Mrs.P.Sunitha and the following are the prize winners and
their photos
Pioneers team grabbed the first
price with the maximum number
of points. Mrs. Sunitha, one of
our judges is handling the cash
price of Rs 3000 and certificates
to the team members
Techno stars team and genius 5
have grabbed the 2nd price.
Mrs.sunitha madam distributed
the certificates and the cash
price of Rs 2000 to the each
team.
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Following are the faulty members of E.C.E.:
S.No. Names of the Teaching
Faculty Designation
1 Dr.G.Raghu Ram Principal & Prof.
2 Prof. K.Ananda Mohan Prof. & Director (Admn.)
3 Prof. D.M.Rao Prof.
4 Dr. L R D Suresh Prof.
5 Smt K.Ramadevi Assoc.Prof.
6 Mr. G.S.Siva Kumar Assoc. Prof.
7 Smt. M.Kezia Joseph Assoc. Prof.
8 Mr. VVSVS. Ramachandram Assoc. Prof.
9 Ms.K.Satya Sri Assoc. Prof.
10 Mr.K.Raghu Ram Assoc. Prof.
11 Sri Ch.Venkateswarlu Asst.Prof.
12 Sri V.Prasanth Asst.Prof.
13 Ms.P.Sunitha Asst.Prof.
14 Ms.K.Nagadurga Asst.Prof.
FACULTY IN THE DEPARTMENT
Gizmo team has grabbed the 3rd price.
Mrs.K.Ramadevi, Assoc.Prof and
department coordinator of strides has
distributed the certificates and the cash
price of Rs 1000 to the team
members.
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15 Mr. A.L.Siridhara Asst.Prof.
16 Mr. A.V.K.Yadav Asst.Prof.
17 Ms. P.Swathi Asst.Prof.
18 Ms. K.Surya Kumari Asst.Prof.
19 Ms. P. Hema Asst. Prof
20 Mr. Y. Ravi Bhushan Asst. Prof
21 Ms. R.Chandana Asst. Prof
22 Ms. D.S.L.Prasanna Asst. Prof
23 Ms. V.Shyamala Asst.Prof.
24 Ms. A.Madhuri Asst.Prof.
25 Ms. Ch.Anusha Asst.Prof.
26 Mr. Ch.Satish Asst.Prof.
27 Ms. B.Praveena Asst.Prof.
28 Mr. D B V N S M Nagesh Asst.Prof.
29 Ms. P.Mastani Asst.Prof.
30 Mr.R.Raghunar Asst.Prof.
Academic results:
Following are the academic results 1st and 2nd semester of academic year 2010-2011
S.No Class Overall Pass Percentage
1 II-I 66.92% II-II 60.61%
2 III-I 60.28% III-II 57.14%
3 IV-I 74.07% IV-II 77.78%
The efforts of our placements officer have brought MNC companies to campus recruitment. All the student’s development activities implemented in the department helped students in getting Campus recruitments .The following students of final year E.C.E. are selected for the reputed Companies.
ACADEMIC RESULTS
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S.No. Roll No. Name Selected for
1 07A31A0404 Gayathri Chintha TCS
2 07A31A0405 Kamala Mounika K TCS
3 07A31A0407 Koduri Naga Yasaswini TCS
4 07A31A0408 Krishna Ramya Konakanchi TCS
5 07A31A0412 Mogali Chakraveni TCS
6 07A31A0413 Lakshmi Divya Mamidi TCS
7 07A31A0419 Vedurupaka Swapna TCS
8 07A31A0422 Abdul Faisal Khan TCS
9 07A31A0432 Dheeraj Santosh V TCS
10 07A31A0442 Naveen Dangeti TCS
11 07A31A0450 Sarvasomaraju Manepalli TCS
12 07A31A0454 Shyam Vinaykumar G TCS
13 07A31A0460 Vamsi Krishna Kanth D TCS
14 07A31A0461 Venkata Sai Rakesh Balusu TCS
15 07A31A0468 Nandipati Anusha TCS
16 07A31A0471 Lakshmi Haritha Medida TCS
17 07A31A0472 Narra Madhuri TCS
18 07A31A0475 Nanduri Sameera TCS
19 07A31A0476 Penneru Ramya Vani TCS
20 07A31A0477 Penta Santhi Rohini TCS
21 07A31A0479 Radha Tulasi Akasapu TCS
22 07A31A0480 Sohini De TCS
23 07A31A0482 Sri Lakshmi Adabala TCS
24 07A31A0484 Surya Priyanka Tummala TCS
25 07A31A0487 Yellamelli Sameera TCS
26 07A31A0491 Burri Prabhat TCS
27 07A31A0499 Gottupulla Karthik TCS
28 07A31A04A0 Hirnesh Jain TCS
29 07A31A04A4 Kondisetty Yashwanth TCS
30 07A31A04B3 P S Satyanarayana K TCS
31 07A31A04B5 Poduri Vamsi Krishna TCS
32 07A31A04B7 Ravi Tej Nulu TCS
33 07A31A04B9 S M K Somayaji Aneel M TCS
34 07A31A04C4 V V D V Prasad Nukala TCS
35 08A35A0402 Eswari Devi Adapaka TCS
36 07A31A0470 Krishna Kumari Siddana SYNTEL
37 07A31A0490 Barla Dileep SYNTEL
38 07A31A0495 Sravan Kumar Dondapati SYNTEL
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39 07A31A0496 Dontula V Raja Chaitanya SYNTEL
40 07A31A0436 Harish Kalidindi GENPACT
41 07A31A04B1 Nanduri Santosh GENPACT
42 07A31A04C1 Tirumala Sundarapalli INFOTECH
43 07A31A0410 Madhuri Lakshmi Nekkanti INFOTECH
44 07A31A0428 Chakradhara Rao Kalla INFOTECH
45 07A31A0435 Harsha Anusuri INFOTECH
46 07A31A0440 Namassivaya Paluri INFOTECH
47 07A31A0404 Gayathri Chintha HONEYWELL
48 07A31A0461 Venkata Sai Rakesh Balusu HONEYWELL
49 07A31A0484 Surya Priyanka Tummala HONEYWELL
I cordially appeal and invite settled alumni to sponsor merit awards / scholarship for deserving students of the department. Based on your kind suggestion, a variable scheme will be chalked out for your participation. The structure can be designed in the next phase. Management has already been rewarding best students of each year as per the college policy. I request the alumni to consider the possibility of helping the department by contributing to the department library and for special laboratories for speedy development of the department. All your suggestions and enquiries in this regard will be very valuable for us. I look forward for your kind attention and response.
I wishes you all the best to each and every alumnus.
With best regards
Yours sincerely,
V.Prasanth, Assoc. Prof
Head of the Department ECE
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FROM ALUMNI: