Electrical Engineering

Introduction:

The Department of Electrical Engineering was established in 1919. It takes pride in itself as one of the oldest institutions in the country dedicated to the task of advance training of engineers in the field of Electrical Sciences. From 1949, a separate undergraduate programme in Electrical Engineering is being offered. Later integrated dual degree in power electronics was added.

Electrical Engineering deals with Machines, Control Systems, Power Systems, their devices and the use of electronics therein. The focus is more on machines, power utilisation and control. Department do offer opportunities to work in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. With a well-established course structure, research facilities, the department has successfully emerged as one of the most sought choices after Computer Science and electronics.

FAQs

Q1. What does Electrical Engineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi has for me?

Electrical Engineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi gives you flexibility in pursuing your interests in Computer Programming, Electronics and Core Electrical Engineering. The department has alumni who have done notable work in various fields. The department has faculties who are highly dedicated and motivated to bring the best out of you. College clubs and activities help you to get an all-around development.

Q2. What is the course structure like at IIT (BHU) Varanasi Electrical?

The first-year courses are standard for all departments. From the second year, students get to study more of departmental courses. Some of those are Basic electrical engineering, control systems related to control the action of robots and systems, Induction and synchro machines, Power electronics, Power system (control and switches), etc. The whole course structure makes students apply along with course knowledge. Students do two projects one in 2nd year as an exploratory project and one year-long BTech Project. Apart from Electrical core courses, students from EE can take electives from other departments such as CSE, ECE, Mech , etc to foster multidisciplinary education. Institute also offers HULM courses such as Entrepreneurship, philosophy, development of societies, etc as a part of the curriculum.

Q3. How is the internship scenario and graduation outcome of Electrical Engineering at IIT (BHU), Varanasi?

Students of EE do have good internship record. They get their intern sorted in IT(Google, Microsoft, etc), core electrical and electronics(Nvidia, Texas, Mentor Graphics, etc) and respective research fields. Few number of people goes to foreign institutes (Caltech, Michigan, etc)to work on their research projects. Department has an incredible graduation outcome. Most of gets selected in reputed firms of their interest. Students are not just limited to placement; some pursue PhD and MS from the world’s most reputed institutes. A few students prepare for UPSC – ESE and CSE, have grabbed good ranks also.

Q4. How is the alumni network of the department?

Alumni network of the institute is open for all branches, and some of the department’s famous alumni include, Nikesh Arora: Ex-Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google. (No. 4 at Google) Narla Tata Rao: Winner of Padma Shree, a doyen of the power sector in India. Gyanesh Pandey: co-founder CEO, CTO of Husk Power systems Recent alums: Aniket Sanchan- UPSC CSE(2019) AIR-285 Sambhavi Tripathi- UPSC ESE(2019) AIR-2 College offers Students’ Alumni Mentorship program is one of its kind program where students of IIT (BHU) are mentored by our experienced alumni on a one-one basis. The Alumni Visiting faculty program aims to provide an opportunity to interested students to take up courses taught by the finest alumni in those fields. The sole purpose is to bridge the gap between alumni and students and to provide them with industrial/corporate exposure.

Q5 Difference between Electrical at IIT (BHU) Varanasi and Electrical at other IITs?

At IITs not having a separate branch for Electronics Engineering, there is equal emphasis on a core electrical and electronics courses. At IIT (BHU) Varanasi however, there is a slight bias towards machines, power utilisation and its control. However, as mentioned before, branch culture helps you to explore many fields and find the best one which suits your needs.

Q6. What about the faculty?

This question seems quite superfluous as we are talking about the second oldest college (IIT in 2012), you will find most competent faculty members. Apart from being pioneers in their fields, they also serve as consultants and members of the UPSC/SPSC interview boards. You can check the official IIT BHU Departmental website to check their research contributions: https://iitbhu.ac.in/dept/eee/people/faculty.

Q7. What is the scope of overall personality development?

IIT (BHU) Varanasi offers vast opportunities for personality development through a host of co-curricular activities, Gymkhana councils have everything as per student’s taste. The department also keeps organising technical workshops and invited talks throughout the year. You can check all the councils,

cultural council: https://culturalcounciliitbhu.com/

sports council: http://www.iitbhusports.org/?i=1

Science and Technology Council:https://www.sntciitbhu.co.in/

Social service council: http://ssciitbhu.org/

Film and media council:https://iitbhulife.wordpress.com/film-and-media-council/

Q8. I am also interested in programming. I may want to pursue a branch change to CS. How bright is my chance of getting a branch change? How does branch change option compares with other IITs?

This year: Discussion is undergoing for this year so nothing can be said. Previous years: Students do get the option of branch change in first and second semester totally on CGPA basis. While making the change of discipline, the number of students in a programme should not fall below 50% of the sanctioned strength in that programme. Further, the number would not exceed the sanctioned number of students by more than 10%.The branch change is possible in their respective programs(BTech->BTech, IDD->IDD). Actually, it is really difficult to get your branch changed to CSE and ECE. Only 4-5 students get it done among 100-110 students of EE. Even if you stay on in EE, most software companies do open for EE guys also so in case there is someone who lands up in EE and has tremendous coding interests; he can sit for any software company that comes

Q9. How are placements at Electrical Engineering of IIT (BHU) Varanasi?

Placements have been really fantastic for the session of 2020-21,

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