ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

About the Department

  • Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has been successfully functioning since 2005. The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was started in the year 2005 with an intake of 60 students.
  • The Strength and uniqueness of the department stems from its devoted and keen faculty who work enthusiastically to achieve excellence.
  • The Master degree course in Power Electronics and Drives was started in the academic year 2011-2012.
  • The department has been recognized as a research centre in the year 2018.
  • The department has well equipped laboratory facilities supported by experienced and well qualified faculty members who witnessed the tremendous growth in academics and research. 
  • We have undergraduate programs – B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering also has postgraduate programs – M.E in Power Electronics and Drives provides students with a broad range of choices.

Programmes Offered

  • B.E - Electrical & Electronics Engineering - 4 years
  • M.E - Power Electronics & Drives - 2 years
  • Ph.D - Research Programme

Vision & Mission

Vision

To become a department, imparting quality education to the students to meet the global challenges in electrical energy creation and conservation with professional ethics and social consciousness.

Mission
  • To provide technical, intellectual and ethical environment to the students through knowledge centric education and research.
  • To collaborate with industries in the vicinity, nationally and internationally for students’ skill development.
  • To enable the students to serve society through prolific ideas and innovation.

PSOs,  PEOs & POs

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

The students will demonstrate the abilities

  • Apply the fundamental knowledge of mathematics, science, electrical and electronics engineering to analyze and solve the complex problems in electrical, electronics and allied interdisciplinary areas.
  • Understand and apply core domain knowledge of electrical engineering to analyze and solve complex engineering problems of machines, control systems, electronics and power systems.
  • Create conducive environment to develop professionalism, entrepreneurial skills and leadership qualities with ethics.
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
  • PEO 1: Core Competence   Graduates will be competent to design, develop and solve Engineering problems and shall have expertise in programming tools
  • PEO 2: Breadth  Graduates will acquire the skills required to be employed in National, International and Government Organizations.
  • PEO 3: Lifelong Learning   Graduates will be equipped with the skills to pursue higher education and be expert in their profession adopting lifelong learning.
  • PEO 4: Professionalism   Graduates will have the ability to present and practice team based projects with professional ethics and social responsibility
Program Outcomes (POs)

  • Engineering Knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
  • Problem Analysis:  Identify, formulate, review research literature and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences.
  • Design/ Development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, the cultural, societal and environmental considerations.
  • Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
  • Modern tool usage: Create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
  • The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
  • Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts and demonstrate the knowledge of and need for sustainable development.
  • Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
  • Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual and as a member or leader in diverse teams and in multidisciplinary settings.
  • Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, and make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
  • Project Management and Finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
  • Life-Long Learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

Advisory Committee

Department Program Advisory Committee (DPAC)

S.No

Member

Designation

1

Dr.R.Anand

Associate Professor & Head,
Department of EEE,
Mahendra College of Engineering.

2

Dr.V.Geetha

Professor& Head,
Department of EEE,
Government College of Engineering,
Salem.

3

Dr.B.Adhavan

Associate Professor, PSGInstitute of Technology Applied Research,Coimbatore.

4

Dr Mahendran N

Professor and HoD
Department of EEE
Saintgits college of Engineering
Kottayam Kerela.

4

Dr.S.MuthuBalaji

Professor, CMR College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad

5

Dr.S.Umamaheswari

Professor,
Department of EEE,
Mahendra Engineering College.

6

Dr.G.Arunkumar

Professor,Department of Software systems.
Vellore Institute of Technology

7

Dr.S.Sumathi

Professor,
Department of EEE,
Mahendra Engineering College.

8

Mr.M.Parthiban,

Managing Director, Caliber Virtual Technologies, Salem.

9

Er.K.Saravanakumar

Design Engineer (R&D),
Megawin Switchgear Pvt. Ltd., Salem.

10

Dr.Vimal Kumar Eswarlal

CEO,
Mangla Smart Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Tirupur.

Board of Studies

Members of the Board of Studies

S.No

Category

Position

1

Dr.R.Anand, HoD - EEE

Chairman

2

Dr.V.Geetha, Professor and Head, Govt. College of Engineering, Salem.

Member

3

Dr.B.Adhavan, Associate Professor, PSG Institute of Technology Applied Research, Coimbatore.

Member

4

To be Nominated

Nominee of Anna University

5

Mr.M.Parthiban, Managing Director, Caliber Virtual Technologies,Salem.

Member from Industry

6

Dr. M S Saravanan, Associate Professor, Department of EEE

Member

7

Ms. M Inbaarasi, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE

Member

8

Mr. S Thangapandian, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE

Member

9

Mr.T.Ramesh,   Assistant Professor, Department of EEE

Member

10

Ms.S.Nirmala,    Assistant Professor, Department of EEE

Member

11

Mr. J Ramkumar,   Assistant Professor, Department of EEE

Member

12

Ms. Subashree sathish,      project manager, Caresoft Global India PVT Ltd, Chennai.

Alumnus

List of Laboratories

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has various laboratories to help students in achieving industrial standard practical knowledge in various streams of electrical sector. Students are allowed to use our laboratories and other facilities any time for academic purposes.

  • A/C Machines Lab
  • D/C Machines Lab
  • Engineering Practices Laboratory
  • Power Electronics & drives Lab /Digital & IC Lab
  • Circuits and Devices Lab / Electronics Lab
  • Control Systems Lab
  • Microprocessor and Microcontroller Lab
  • Power System Simulation Lab
  • Programming Lab / Computer Aided Design Lab

Faculty & Staff

S.No

Name of the Faculty

Department

Designation

1

Dr.R.Anand

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Professor And Head

2

Dr.M.S.Saravanan

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Associate Professor

3

Mrs.M.Inba Arasi

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

4

Mr.S.Thangapandiyan

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

5

Mr.T.Ramesh

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

6

Mrs.M.Iswariya Lakshmi

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

7

Mrs.Nirmala

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

8

Mr.J.Ramkumar

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

9

Mr.A.Aravind

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

10

Mrs.N.Krishna Priya

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

11

Mrs.A.E.Gowthami

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

12

Mrs.A.Jayalakshmi

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

13

Mr.G.Kumaresan

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

14

Mrs.N.Poornema

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Assistant Professor

S.No Name of the Supporting Staff Designation Qualification
1 B.S.Sundar Rajan B.E Lab Technician
2 T.Vivek B.E Lab Technician

Credentials

Centre of Excellence

  • Department is recognized as Research Centre by Anna University.
  • Department is granted with Permanent affiliation by Anna University, Chennai for B.E (EEE) and for M.E. (PED) Courses.
  • 30 students have been trained under the scheme “SKILL COUNCIL FOR GREEN JOBS” under the affiliation for three years from National Skill Development Corporation with association with MNRE(ministry of new-renewable energy)
  • More than 160 students have been trained in Infosys campus connect program in the last three academic years and certified by Infosys Ltd, Bangalore.
  • Our Students have undergone Internship in various Government / reputed Private Industries / Organizations.
  • Alumni strength of more than 600 students and they are working in various industries.
  • Faculty members have published many technical papers in various national and international conference and journals.
  • Established R & D centers.
  • NPTEL local chapter is established for students and faculty members appearing for NPTEL online examinations.
  • Faculty members have published 4 books.
  • All the students are undergoing skill development programs like Soft skills, Communication skills, aptitude and logical reasoning, group discussions and technical interview skills

Short-Term Courses

Short-Term & Value-Added Courses organized in the last Five academic years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21,2021-22,2022-23

S. No.

Name of the Short Term/Value Added Courses

No. of Students Benefited

1

Testing and Commissioning of Electrical systems

145

2

Dismantling and Assembling if Electrical Machines

125

3

Applications of Embedded Controllers in Electrical Engineering

45

4

Smart Electrical Appliances for Household Purpose

60

5

Application of Solar Energy

25

6

Design and Implementation of Electrical Vehicles

60

7

Fault Analysis in Home Applications

27

8

Power Converter Analysis and Design

28

Events

Seminars, Conferences & Workshops conducted through Professional Societies

S.No.

Type of Events

Date

Events Name

Resource Person

1

Workshop

01 Feb 2023

Workshop on Entrepreneurship Development

Er.A.Aravind A.R Engineering, Hosur.

2

Workshop

25 Nov 2022

Workshop on Siemens Energy University

DrBernhard  Gluck,
Senior Experten Service ,Germany

3

Guest Lecture

02 Nov 2022

Guest Lecture on My story -Motivational

DrBernhard  Gluck,
Senior Experten Service ,Germany

4

Guest Lecture

29 May 2022

Basic and Advanced Protection of Substation Equipments

Er.Manikandan ,Power Grids & Grid Automation(Hitachi energy),TANZANIA

5

Webinar

30 Oct 2021

Innovative Technologies for Energy Theft Detection

Mr.M.Sivasubramani, Assistant Professor, Govt College of Engineering, Tanjavur.

RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY WORK

S.No Project Title Funding Agency Amount in Rs Duration
1.

Real time analysis and control of PV
inverters in VAR mode

Fenix Power Solutions

90,000

2 Years

2.

Analysis of solid state transformer interfaced
 with renewable energy system in smart grid

GA Software Solutions

2,50,000

2 Years

MoUs

S.NO

NAME OF THE COMPANY

DOMAIN/ AREA OF ACTIVITIES

NATIONAL /INTERNATIONAL

CONTRIBUTION

1

 

Caliber Embedded Technologies India (P) Ltd

Embedded Systems

National

Technical Training and Consultancy

2

 

Mecton Training & Technical Service Pvt Ltd

Electrical

National

Students training

3

LIVE WIRE – A Division of CADD Centre

PSPICE Training

National

Students are provided in house training

4

KCP Solar Industry

Electrical

National

Workshop

5

Zentronics Manufacturing Co.,

Software

National

Consultancy Projects

6

Electro Solar Solutions

Electrical

National

Consultancy Projects

7

Cosmogems (P) ltd.,

Electrical

National

Consultancy Projects

8

V.K.T. Ginning Mills Pvt. Ltd.

Electrical

National

Consultancy Projects

9

Orbit Edutech Pvt. Ltd.,

Electronics

National

Consultancy Projects

10

M.K.Tech

Electrical

National

Consultancy Projects

11

Orbit Controls and Services

Electronics

National

Consultancy Projects

12

Mangala Smart Energy Solutions pvt. Ltd.

Electrical

National

Training programs

13

Vi Microsystems, Chennai

Electrical

National

Training programs, Workshops, Placement

14

New Technology, Coimbatore

Electrical

National

Training programs, Workshops

15

IPCS Global Solutions Private Limited

Electrical

National

Training programs, Workshops

Contact

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Mahendra College of Engineering,

Mahendra Salem Campus,

Chennai Main Road, Minnampalli, Salem,

Salem 636 106.

Tamil Nadu

Phone: (0427) 2482884

E-Mail id: hodeee@mahendracollege.com