ECE Department has conducted one day national workshop on “digital image processing” on 30 September 2011. Mr. V Ganeshan, CEO, Androit Solutions, Bengaluru was the Resource person of the Workshop. He is an expert from industry on digital image processing and conducted earlier such workshops in VTU, Belgaum, Karnataka. During the inaugural session, a seven-minute video on digital image processing and five-minute video on ECE department achievements was shown. A CD containing PPT slides on digital image processing and POSITRON – a departmental newsletter was released by the Resource person. Subsequent to inaugural function, two technical sessions of 2-hours duration each were held at 11.00 AM and 2.00 PM by the resource person. The first session focused theoretical aspects of the digital image processing and second session was used to demonstrate the image processing programs using MATLAB software. The programs were demonstrated using Image Processing Tool (IPT) box of MATLAB. At 4.00 PM valedictory function was conducted. A total of 54 participants have registered and participated in the workshop. The feedbacks from the participants indicate that they have benefited immensely from the workshop. Subsequent to feedback by participants, Participation Certificates were handed over to each participant by Resource person. The workshop was closed after the distribution of certificates.

International Workshop on Data Communications IC Design is held from 25.6.2012 to 29.6.2012 in ECE Department, MITS, Madanapalle under TEQIP-II program and in association with IUCEE. IUCEE has deputed the resource person, Dr Shoba Krishnan, from Santa Clara University, USA. The inaugural function is held from 10 AM to 11 AM on 25.6.2012. Dr P Sathyanarayana, Professor, Sri Ventaswara Univeristy College of Engineering, Tirupathi is the Chief Guest and he stressed the importance of Data Communications in his inaugural address. The resource person has conducted workshop consisting of both theory and laboratory experiments. Each session is interactive in both theory and laboratory classes and participants have learned data communications IC design. A total of 44 participants have attended the workshop. Each participant is provided with a kit consisting of Bag, pad, pen and reference material. The reference material is very useful for data communications IC design. On evening of 27.6.2012, the participants were taken to Horsely Hills.

Dr Kishna Vedula from USA has conducted the concluding session through Video conference and all the participants have given the feedback on the Workshop. At the end of concluding session, Dr Shoba Krishnan has given the Certificate of participation to each participant.

Five-day IUCEE workshop was held from 20 to 24 June 2011. On the first day, inauguration function was conducted at 10.00 AM. The inaugural function was chaired by Secretary and Correspondent, MITS, Madanapalle. In the opening remarks, Dr. K. Srinivasa Reddy, Principal, MITS, highlighted the importance of faculty training on new technologies. Dr. K Soudara Rajan, Professor, JNTUA College of Engineering, as a Chief Guest, stressed that students should be trained in various skills such that industry will be able to use them. Dr Santosh Pande, Professor, Georgia Tech University, USA, as a resource person, indicated the importance of embedded systems and how computers have invaded our lives. Subsequent to inaugural function, technical sessions on “embedded computing systems: from processor design to code optimization” were held every day during the workshop period. A total of 67 participants have attended the course. On the last day, a valedictory function was conducted. Written and oral feedback was collected from the participants. Majority of participants have graded the Workshop as Excellent. They expressed to have such workshop on “Image processing” with laboratory sessions. At the end, a certificate was given to each participant.

One Day National Workshop on “Advanced Processors for Embedded Systems” was held on 25 October 2010, in Seminar Hall, Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Madanapalle. The main resource person is Mr. AS Ramkumar Reddy from Phoenix Technologies and Services Ltd, Bengaluru. The resource person is an expert from industry and had wide experience in the development of embedded systems. The Workshop focused on Advance RISC Machine (ARM) Processors. The architecture, registers and instruction set of ARM processors were discussed in detail. As an example, LPC 2129 processor board was used for live demonstration. Programming examples were explained in detail. Apart from ARM7 board, ARM9 board was also exhibited to the participants. The workshop addressed the tools required for programming these boards. A brief introduction to Beagle board was also discussed during the workshop. With this, the aim of the objective to provide technical know-how on latest embedded boards is achieved. More than 50 participants, mainly consisting of teaching faculty, have attended the workshop. The workshop attracted the participants from various states of the country. They have all immensely benefited by learning latest ARM boards. The live demonstration of ARM programs with emulator and board was appreciated by all participants.

Two Day National Conference on Advanced Communication Systems & Applications was held from 25.6.2013 to 26.6.2013 by the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering under the support of TEQIP-II. The inaugural function was held from 10 AM to 11 AM on 25.6.2013. Prof. Pallapa Venkataram, Chairman of Center for Continuing Education, IISc Bangalore, was invited as the Chief Guest and he spoke about the importance of upgrading of the technology in the inaugural function. Conference proceedings were released by the Chief Guest and other dignitaries, Prof. P. Khayum, Dr. K. Sreenivas Reddy, Dr. A. R. Reddy, and Dr. D. Asha Devi on the Dias. Later the Chief Guest spent one hour interaction with the participants. He appreciated about the papers published in Conference Proceedings. Papers were invited in multiple streams from academicians, researchers and industrialists and we have received several papers, and selected 41 quality papers out of them after peer review and plagiarism check. A total of 54 participants (43- External and 11- Internal) have attended the Conference. Each participant is provided with a kit consisting of Bag, pad, pen and conference proceedings. Paper presentations were conducted in three parts – Part-A (VLSI Design and applications) on 25.6.2013 from 12.00 AM to 1.00 PM, and continued after lunch. Part-B (Signal & Image Processing) and Part-C (Communications, Networks and others) were conducted on 26.6.2013. Two external judges Prof. P. Khayum and Prof. P. Sudhakar Reddy, and the two internal judges Dean Dr. Raja Reddy and Dr. S. A. K. Jilani shortlisted the presentations. The valedictory was conducted on 26.6.2013 at 4.00 PM and feedback was taken from the participants and the certificates were distributed to each participant.

One-day National Level Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications was held on 20 March 2012 at MITS, Madanapalle. A brochure and poster were sent to more than 225 colleges. We received 140 research papers from various colleges spread across the country. A total of 48 papers are presented and 78 participants have registered by paying the registration fee of Rs.100/- per participant. We invited Dr. Ushaa Eswaran, Principal, SIST, Puttur and Professor A Siva Sankar, Head, ECE department, GKCE, Sullurpet, to be Chief Guest and Guest of Honor, respectively. They accepted our invitation and addressed the students during the inaugural session and conducted the conference proceedings. Based on their evaluation, prize winners were selected; First prize: S Sowjanya and T Sowmya Sree, KEC, Kuppam for paper titiled “ Touchscreen and wireless communication based personal assistant for dumb and illiterates”, Second prize: A Vedhavathi, Oxford College, Bangalore for the paper titled “Reconfiguraable 2-bit adder design using genetic algorithm” , Third Prize: IT Sreehitha and P Rajitha, SVIST, Madanapalle for paper titled “Advanced robotic applications cyborgs”. Apart from the paper presentation, projects were exhibited by ECE students. A total of 34 projects were exhibited and live demonstration were made. Students made elaborate arrangements such as charts, electrical power points, and other required items. During the closing function, Prizes were distributed by Chief Guest and Certificates were distributed by Chief Guest, Guest of Honor, Principal, HOD, and Dr SAK Jilani. Feedback was collected from the participants (oral and written). At the end, Chief Guest and Guest of Honor were facilitated by Principal by presenting a shawl and memento. The program closed at 5.00 PM.

In response to our Brochure and Poster, we received a total 165 papers for full length presentation. Among these papers, 45 papers were short listed for full length presentation and 18 papers for Poster presentation at the National Level Conference on “Electronic Communication Systems”. The National Conference was held on 16 March 2011 in ECE department, MITS, Madanapalle. The program started at 9.00 AM with registration and closed at 5.00 PM with the distribution certificates. A total of 36 full length papers and 18 Poster session papers were presented by UG and PG students. The conference was inaugurated by Dr A Subbarami Reddy by lightening lamps. Dr A Subbarami Reddy, Principal, SKIT, Srikalahasti, is the Chief Guest for the Conference. He delivered the keynote address on Electronic Communication Systems. The Souvenir containing the abstracts and CD containing the full length papers were released in the inaugural function. Two technical sessions, in two parallel tracks, were started at 11.00 AM and continued up to 4.00 PM with a lunch break at 1.00 PM. Apart from the Chief Guest, two external Judges were invited for chairing the sessions and evaluating the paper presentations. Prof. Prabhakar Reddy, SVIST, Madanapalle, and Prof S Nagaraj, SVCET, Chittoor were the two external judges. The paper presentations were also assessed by three internal judges: Dr. SAK Jilani, Prof. GNK Ramaiah, and Prof. BDVR Reddy. Eighteen Poster presentations by the PG students was a major attraction during the Conference. Also, some of full length paper presentations were made by the PG Students. These presentations have met the objectives of the conference, i.e., original research paper presentations by the students. After the completion of presentation, these five judges have finalized the prize winners for the first, second and third prizes. The winners were felicitated by the prize money and Certificate. Each participant was also felicitated by a Certificate.