Chandigarh March 16, 2021
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University
Institute of Engineering and Technology(UIET), Panjab University, Chandigarh in
collaboration with Govt. College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu, organized a
TEQIP-III Sponsored Online Curriculum Revision Workshop-2021 under the guidance of
Dr. Subhash Chander Dubey, Nodal Officer TEQIP-III, GCET, Jammu . Dr. Naresh Kumar,
Coordinator (ECE) informed that the objective of this informed that of this workshop
was to upgrade the curriculum of the department in accordance with AICTE
recommendations and NEP2020 guidelines. Subject expert from IITs, NITs, CSIO, SCL,
Qualcomm and other premier institutes across India were invited.
The Chief Guest of the inaugural session, Prof J. K. Goswamy, Director,
UIET, emphasised on industrial innovation, entrepreneurship skill development,
research focus on global issues, improvement of innovation skills of students and
use of science and technology for solving the real life problems. He entitled the
workshop as ‘Sagarmanthan: process of churning the curriculum’. He also stressed
upon the need of value based education so as to develop an individual’s personality
with lifelong learning attitude. Further, the Chief Guest congratulated the
organizing team for the organising such an event.
In view to have a focused discussion, the subjects of B. E. (ECE), M. E.
(ECE) and M. Tech. (Microelectronics) were divided into the four groups and session
wise discussion was carried out.
Session-1 included discussion on subjects related to Signal Processing. It
was chaired by Prof. Renu Vig, she focused on the need to have flexible curriculum.
Prof. Amod Kumar, Dept. of ECE, NITTTR Chandigarh, Prof. B. S. Saini, Dept. of ECE,
NIT Jalandhar along with alumni Ms. Vartika, TCS Research joined as the experts for
this session. Mr. Sumit Budhiraja and Dr. Gurpreet convened this session. In this
group experts suggested to include subjects such as Robotics, AI and IOT in the
curriculum. Experts also insisted on adding same practical examples and case studies
within the syllabus.
Session-2 focused on subjects of Communication Systems. It was chaired by
Prof. Sunil Agrawal. The subject experts for the session were Prof. M. L. Singh,
Dept. of ECE, GNDU Amritsar, Dr. S. S. Saini, CSIR-CSIO Chandigarh along with the
Alumni Dr. Ribhu, IIT Guwahati. Ms. Preeti Gupta and Ms. Harvinder carefully noted
the feedback given by the experts. It was a very insightful conversation and the
inclusion of latest 5G communication technology was suggested by the panel.
Session-3 concentrated on Digital Circuits and Systems. It was chaired by
Ms. Sharmelee Thangjam. Prof. Brajesh Kumar Kaushik, Dept. of ECE, IIT Roorkee, Dr.
Arvind Kumar, Dept. of ECE, NIT Kurukshetra along with alumni Mr. Prachir Puri,
Qualcomm participated in the discussion. Dr. Nidhi Garg and Dr. Pardeep Kaur managed
the session. An insight on the industry requirements in order to improve
employability of students was kept in view and accordingly suggested changes in the
current curriculum were proposed.
Session-4 discussed Electronic Devices and Circuits related subjects. It was
chaired by Dr. Arvind Kumar, UIET while Mr. Vijay Kumar briefed the syllabi in front
of panel of experts. Dr. H. S. Jatana, Scientist, SCL-ISRO, Mohali, Dr. Balwinder
Singh, Joint Director and Head ACSD, CDAC Mohali, and alumni Dr. Swasti from IIT
Bombay participated in the detailed discussion. They gave vision on the
semiconductor industry requirements and accordingly suggested changes in the current
curriculum.
The event has witnessed an enthusiastic response with more than thirty
participants in each session. The proceedings of workshop were convened by E Dr.
Charu Madhu, Er. Ajay Abrol, and Dr. Garima Joshi.
