The Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering was established in 1984 after trifurcation of the Electrical Engineering Department. The Department runs B.Tech., MTech., and Ph.D. programmes in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

The course curriculum covers both traditional and recent concepts. The Department imparts training in multifarious fields and it encompasses the area of Electronics and Communication systems. The theoretical knowledge is further supplemented with well equipped laboratories like Electronics Laboratory, Electronic Systems Design Laboratory, Microprocessor Laboratory, Computer Laboratory, Microwave Laboratory, Communication Laboratory, Optical Fiber Laboratory, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory and the newly developed PG Laboratory. The course curriculum of the Department is regularly updated at time to time and the latest upcoming subjects are added to give knowledge of new fields developing.