Dr. M. Rajanbabu has been working as the Head of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He has a total work experience of 26 years in the education sector and he has done PhD in Wireless Communication as part of his education. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous national and international seminars, workshops and conferences and has also published 12 research papers in reputed international journals. Dr. M. Rajanbabu has also authored 8 book and is a proud member of the Institution of Engineers and Indian Society for Technical Education.

Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology

Which factors make the ECE program of your college worth pursuing for students?

Our ECE Department has an amazing team of highly qualified and extensively experienced faculty members who put all their efforts, skills and knowledge to train students as per industry standards. Then comes the infrastructure of our institution, which has been developed keeping in mind the world-class standards and guidelines of our university. Last but not the least, we provide wonderful learning opportunities to our young and ambitious minds and educate them about VLSI, Embedded Systems and IOT Communication. Hence, I would say that all these factors together makes our ECE program a best fit and worth pursuing for students. 

What best practices has your college adopted to deliver the finest quality education to students?

We have adopted the concept of project-based learning and hands-on training for delivering quality knowledge to students. Hence state-of-the-art laboratories have been established on campus. Also, once a subject is finished, students are asked to prepare a project so that they can learn how to use their classroom knowledge to real-world scenarios. Apart from this, we give special attention to slow learners so that their skills can be developed in par with other students. Last but not the least, we have put in place a continuous counseling mechanism to regularly monitor students academic progress and skills enhancement.

How do you build a strong connection between your department course and industry demands?

For the purpose of building a strong connection between our department courses and ever-growing demands of the corporate world, our department has signed MOUs with different companies dealing with domains like Embedded Systems, VLSI and IoT etc. Then we have a Board of Studies, in which industry experts are present and they regularly help us in the development and upgradation of the curriculum in accordance with current trends, technologies and demands of the corporate sector.

Another benefit of these MOUs is that students are engaged in training sessions right from the first semester. Apart from this, workshops and project expos are regularly conducted by us to educate students about happenings of the outer world, bridge gaps between academia and industry and showcase unique work of our students to the outer world.

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What challenges have you faced while inculcating the ECE program in the curriculum of your institution?

For us, the biggest challenge was to train and prepare students for the outer competitive world within the periphery of our college. Hence what we are doing, we contribute 4-5 hours in delivering lectures and rest time frame is dedicated for students' skills enhancement by providing them necessary training programs. In addition to this, sometimes we even call them for practicing those skills on Saturday. 

On what kinds of projects students of your department usually work on?

Students of our ECE department usually work on socially relevant and research oriented projects using tools and technologies like Raspberry Pi, IoT, RFN, Cadence and Metrographics Tools followed by NVIDIA Boards, ARM Boards and VLSI and our we provide our full support and guidance to them for each of these projects.

What benefits and career options would be available to students after pursuing an ECE course from your college?

The major benefit for students will be that they will go out in the outer world with the sound knowledge of Electronics and Communication Engineering and will also be capable of securing good scores in the GATE exam. They can also appear for other competitive exams after gaining in-depth knowledge of ECE concepts. Apart from this, if we talk about the employment opportunities, students can either choose the path of Entrepreneurship or can do jobs in public or private sector firms as a Design Engineers, ASIC Engineers, Embedded Engineers, Network Support Engineer, Software Engineer, Quality Analyst or Data Analyst.

As a Department Head, what are your key roles and responsibilities towards students?

Being the Head of ECE Department, my key responsibility is to educate, guide and empower students so that they can fulfill their dreams. Apart from this, providing necessary skills enhancement training programs and much needed opportunities to students and teachers so that they can thrive on both personal and professional levels comes under the scope of my work. Last but not the least, preparing students to confidently face challenges of the outer world is part of my job.