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AICTE Sponsored International Conference on Emerging Trends in Communication and Networking (ETCAN’21)

Organized by

Department of ECE

22nd-23rd October 2021

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
 

The vision of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Communication and Networking (ETCAN)’21 is an opportunity for the participants to discuss the recent developments and challenges faced by the community in the 21st century in the area of Communication and Smart Networking. It also provides the leading interdisciplinary forum for scientists, engineers, industrialists and researchers to present their latest research idea, applications and innovations in communication and networking. The Conference invites industry persons and professors from IITs / IISCs / NITs / Government / Private institutions to provide keynote addresses in the relevant fields and to review, give suggestions to the author’s articles. All full paper submissions will be peer reviewed, best articles will be identified and awarded during the conference. Surely, the outcome of this conference will kindle the mindset of Research scholars, Faculty Members, Students and Industry Persons to learn and promote their research work in the thrust areas of communication and networking. The faculty, research scholars and students from Electronics & Communication, Computer Science, Information Technology and Electrical and Electronics Engineering are invited to submit the articles to this conference.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
 

Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology (KNCET) was established in the year 2007 ,having world class infrastructure for students best career growth in peaceful ambience for Academic, Research, Employability and Entrepreneurial culture as par with global competency. Our institute provides good opportunities to develop the student's interpersonal skills through various clubs & activities to make them industry ready as well as versatile personalities in real life. Our institution is having Learning Rooms with Multimedia, Visual Equipments, Digital Library and Modernized Laboratories.

Our institution is an Autonomous, self financing Engineering College, Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, Accredited by NBA(CSE,ECE,& EEE),NAAC, Recognized by UGC with 2(f) & 12(B) and certified by ISO 9001:2015.

The college is having 9 UG courses such as B.E Agriculture Engineering, B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science,B.E Bio Medical Engineering, B.E Civil Engineering, B.E Computer Science and Engineering, B.E Electronics and Communication Engineering, B.E Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B.Tech Information Technology, B.E Mechanical Engineering and 2 PG Courses such as M.E Applied Electronics and M.E Computer Science and Engineering.Permanent affiliation has been obtained for ECE, Mechanical, CSE and EEE & Civil departments.

Anna University has approved the research centre to the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering during 2016. Our institute is recognized as a Host Institute for business incubation by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) during 2021.

An exclusive Placement Cell C to C (Campus to Corporate) department is functioning whose main motto is to build potential expertise in students and to evolve them into successful aspirants. It creates many job avenues for the students and acts as a transformer between the college and the corporates. C to C has been patterned with a view to give a complete corporate look to our budding job seekers. Every year, this team providing 90% and above job opportunities to students in various reputed MNCs like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, CTS, Zoho, Accenture, Visteon,FIS, Msys, Tech Mahindra, Syrma,Voltech,TVS group,Nu Technologies,8K miles, Episource, Aspire, Daebu,PSK, PST, Ashok,GRM Constructions, Mitsuba, Sutherland etc.,

The following Centre of Excellence is continuously supported to Faculty Members and Students to update their skills for converting their ideas into Prototype/Product.

  1. AICTE Sponsored MODROBS- IoT Lab
  2. PCB Design and Development Centre
  3. Signal Processing & Networking
  4. Dell EMC Data Science and Big Data Analytics
  5. Cisco Networking Academy
  6. TVS Harita
  7. IoT and Embedded systems laboratory [Texas Instruments and ABE Semiconductor Designs]
  8. Industrial Automation laboratory [Powered by Siemens and Mitsubishi]
  9. Centre for Energy Studies

The college has received research grants from Funding Agencies such as AICTE,DST,NIMAT-DST, CSIR, TNSCST, SERB, ISRO & EDC for doing Projects, organizing National & International Conferences, conducting Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp, Guest Lectures, Seminars and Workshops. Consultancy works have been undertaken from various industries.

Awards and Recognitions:
  1. Times Engineering Survey 2021: Top 175 Engineering institutes in India and Top 25 Engineering institutes in Tamilnadu
  2. Careeres360 2021 Ranking : “AAA" rating among top Engineering institutes in India
  3. Intellectual Property (IP) Award-2019 from Anna University ,Chennai
  4. Recognition in IIT Madras- IDEA SPARK competitions- 2019.
  5. AICTE Clean and Smart Campus Award – 2019
  6. AICTE Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award 2019
  7. AICTE Chhatra Vishwakarma Award 2019.
  8. Innovative Banana Product 2019 from ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy.
  9. Active SPOC Recognition during 2019 in NPTEL Examination registration 2019
  10. Active SPOC for spreading IIT Spoken Tutorials, an Intiative of National Mission on Education through ICT, MoE,Govt.of India during 2019.
  11. Appreciation from Texas Instuments -2019
  12. Recognition in AICTE National Startup-Summit IISF -2017.
  13. 5 s Platinum Award 2015
  14. CISCO Academy of 5 Years of Service Award-2018
  15. ISTE Best Student Award 2019 & 2020 ,Dewang Mehta Award 2017, Dr.Kalams Best Student Award 2019, Appreciation for IEEE Activities 2020
  16. Best N.S.S Unit Award for College, Best N.S.S Volunteer Award and Best N.S.S Program Officer ward for our Faculty 2019
  17. 14th position among Anna University affiliated Engineering colleges based on the university academic result pass percentage during November/December 2016
  18. Innovative Ideas are selected in Smart India Hackathons 2018 & 2019 ,Toy-Cathon 2021 and achieved many prizes by our students through various competitions such as symposium and conferences
  19. 30 Patents and 06 Industrial Designs
  20. 24 MoU’s with various research institutes and Industries
  21. Many more ….

Kongunadu Innovation Council (KIC) is framed to promote innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students and Faculty Members through the Ministry of Education, Institution Innovation Council (IIC), and New Delhi. Kongunadu Innovation and Start-up Policy (KNISP’21) is created based on National Innovation and Startup Policy, Tamil Nadu Start-up Policy and Anna University. Our institute provides an Incubation support for start-up for our students, alumni, faculty and outside entrepreneurs.

Faculty members and students are doing online courses through NPTEL,UDEMY,Edureka and etc.,Totally 98 NPTEL courses by faculty members have been successfully completed.1730 students have received certificate from IIT Spoken Tutorials.

The institute has a world class indoor stadium and sufficient no. of playgrounds for various games. The college has attained first position in overall championship in games and sports in zone 8 (Salem Zone) during the year,2018-19, 2016-17 and 2015-16.

  1. Green Environment and High-Tech Infrastructure.
  2. 24 hours Power back up with 1120 KVA.
  3. Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Plant and Recycled Water System for gardening.
  4. Learning Rooms with Multimedia and Visual Equipments.
  5. Digital Library and Modernized Laboratories, Wi-Fi Connectivity with100 Mbps.
  6. Transportation: 53 Buses cover Namakkal, Trichy & Karur Districts.
  7. Hostel and Residential Facilities with Solar Water Heater, LCD TV, Laundry Plant, etc.
  8. Modern Men and Women Gym covering 3000 sq.ft with Modernized Instruments and Equipments. Well equipped Dining Hall and Hygienic Cafeteria
  9. Clubs – NSS, YRC, RRC, English Blossom, Tamil Mandram, Music Club, Nature's Club, RETC, Multimedia Club, Science Club.
  10. Cells - R&D Cell, Entrepreneur Development Cell, Innovation Council Cell, Editorial Board Cell, Industry Institute Partnership Cell, Women Development Cell, Internal Quality Assurance Cell & Higher Educational Cell.
  11. Professional bodies –IETE, IEEE, ISTE, CSI & SAE
  12. Indoor Stadium exclusively for Riffle Range, Ball Badminton, Basket Ball, Carrom, Table Tennis, Chess, Shuttle Badminton, Fencing, Boxing, Weight Lifting, Squash, Billiards and Tennis and separate GYMs for Boys and Girls.