Electronics & Communication Engineering

Vision, Mission, Program Educational Objectives (PEOs), Program Outcomes (POs), Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

About The Department
About The Course
About The Head Of The Department
Department Facilities
Professional Bodies
Faculty Details
Staff Achievements & Awards
Research @ECE
Skill Development Program
Conferences / Workshops
Student Achievements
Events
Department News Letters
PPTs Of The Department
Innovative Teaching Methodologies
Results

About the Department

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, established in the year 2001, has a present intake of 120 students and staff student ratio of 1:16. It has well experienced and dedicated faculty with qualifications obtained from premier research institute like the Indian Institute of Science. The average experience of the faculty members is 16 years. Many of them possess a rich industrial experience from organizations like ITI, Mindtree, ISRO and Infosys. The aculty members execute integrated efforts to groom students in a good academic and research ambiance. Measures are also taken to develop students with abilities for life-long learning

The propitious environment of the Institution has enabled most of its students to pass with distinction and to maintain high pass percentage. The placements have been excellent with several reputed companies like National Instruments, Mentor Graphics, TCS, Accenture etc, visiting us for campus recruitments. The outstanding performances have enabled a large number of students to acquire admissions in M.S degree programs in reputed international universities as well.

Workshops, Seminars and Invited Talks for students and staff are regularly organized in the department for continuous learning and updation of knowledge. Skill development programmes and industrial visits are organized for students. To make the learning process interesting, innovative teaching methods have been adopted by the faculty. For overall development of the students, the department conducts soft skills and personality development classes. Academic performances of the students are excellent with thirteen university ranks since the inception. The students engage themselves in innovative projects in the lab, internship training in industries and academic projects in reputed organizations. The students regularly participate in Technical, Cultural and Sports events at intra-college and inter-college level and they have regularly bought laurels to the department.

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About the Course:

Courses Offered:

B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering (120 Intake)
M. Tech in VLSI Design and Embedded systems (24 Intake)
Ph.D and M.Sc (Engg), broadly in the areas Sensors,Communication, Image processing,Pattern recognition,Real time embedded systems and VLSI Design,AI & Data sciences

In modern society, scope of Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) is very vast that is applied in every field. The Electronics & Communication Engineering Program provides students with a solid scientific/technical background and research capabilities in the design, development and manufacture of electronic devices and systems used in a wide spectrum of applications. From household appliances to sophisticated satellite communication, from electronic ignition to neural networks and signal processing chips,the program integrates academic discipline with project-based engineering applications, classroom learning theory with real world experiences. The program is structured in a way to provide better opportunities in industry and increase confidence and opportunities of employment prospects. The core advantage of this field is to involve in designing and developing complex electronic devices and systems.

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About Head of the Department:

Dr. P. A Vijaya

Dr. P A Vijaya obtained BE degree from MCE Hassan, ME & Ph.D from IISc Bengaluru. She has 33 years of teaching experience with 112 publications in reputed International Journals & Conferences. Three research scholars have obtained Ph.D degree & one industry expert has obtained M.Sc Engg degree from VTU under her guidance. She is currently guiding 6 research scholars in the area of Pattern Recognition, Image Processing & Real Time Embedded Systems. She is a member of IEEE, ISTE & IACSIT. She has worked as BOE chairman, BOS & LIC member in VTU. She joined as Professor in the Department of ECE, BNMIT on 1.2.2013 and is heading the department since 23.1.2016. She has given more than 20 technical talks in conferences, workshops and FDPs and has chaired the technical sessions in more than 20 international conferences. She is a reviewer for reputed international journals

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Staff Details:

Number of teaching staff – 33 (Prof: 06; Associate Prof: 7 ; Assistant Prof: 20)
PhDs – 10
Pursuing Ph.D. – 16
Average experience of staff – 16 Years
Staff with industrial experience – 09
Technical, supporting & Maintenance staff – 19

Staff Achievements & Awards

Dr. P. A. Vijaya- was nominated as a BOS member for ECE/TCE board of VTU, Belgaum for the duration 2016-2018. – Her bio-data has been published in“Marquis Who’s Who – Science and Engineering”. She has obtained best project and best teacher awards.
Dr. Yasha Jyothi Sirur , Dr. Veena S Chakravarthi, Dr. M S Suresh applied for patent with patent no. 201641022110 for the title ” Method ,System and Apparatus for Asynchronous SOC testing and Validation”.
Mrs. Bindu S, Mr. Subodh Kumar Panda ,Mrs. Rekha P received Doctorate degree for their Ph.D work from VTU, Belgaum under the guidance of Dr. M. S. Suresh.
Mrs. Bhuvana Suganthi received Doctorate degree for her Ph.D work from VTU, Belgaum under the guidance of Dr. R. Manjunath.
Mrs. Chaitra.N visited and worked at AU MRI Research Centre, Auburn University, USA during July 2017, to carry out a part of the collaborative research under Dr. Gopikrishna Deshpande, Associate Professor, Auburn University for her Ph.D work.
Mrs. Rekha.P & Mr. Subodh Kumar Panda received best paper award for the paper titled, “Pencil Drawn Films as Ammonia Gas Sensors”, presented in the conference IEEE-ICSPACE,
Smt Yasha Jyothi Sirur got Best Presenter award at Bangkok conference
Smt Prabhavathi got Best Paper & Best Presentation award at INCOH
Smt Chaitra.N obtained 1st rank in M.Tech,Best Paper award in VCASAN, Best Faculty Award
Smt Bindu.S has obtained 2nd rank in M.Tech
Sri N.Shesha Prasad has obtained 2nd rank in M.Tech.
Smt Rashmi S Bhaskar has obtained 3rd rank in M.Tech
Smt Ashwini S Savanth has obtained 1st rank in M.Tech & 2nd rank in B.E
Smt Lakshmi Bhaskar has obtained 2nd rank & Gold Medal in M.Tech

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Research @ECE

The department has an R & D center recognized by VTU. It is empowered by 5 research guides with rich industrial and academic experience.

The thrust areas majority include Conductive Polymers, MEMS, VLSI Optical Fiber Communication, Image processing, Pattern recognition, Real-Time applications, Wireless Sensor Networks & Advanced Instrumentation. Several years of research has resulted in a large number of publications in National & International Journals & Conferences.

Patents Filed

Yasha Jothi M Shirur, Dr.Veena S Chakravarthy have applied a patent for the project ‘Method, System and Apparatus for Asynchronous SOC Testing & Validation’ with patent Application No: 201641022110 in 2016-17
Chaitra N has applied for patent for the project “A System for Real Time Object Recognition using Stereoscopic Images” with patent Application No :201941036072 in 2019-20
Jyoti R Munavalli has applied for patent for the project ”Detachable Smart Faucet Device” with patent Application No: 201941027532 in 2019-20

Research publications [From 2016 till date]

International Journal: 87
International Conferences: 15

Technical books authored: 11

Research Grants:

Sl.No.	Research Area	Research Topic	Funding Agencies	Amount & Year of Sanction
1	RF, Microwave & Antenna Design	Modernization of Advanced communication lab – – RF, Microwave & Antenna Design, Prototype and Test Lab.	AICTE	12 Lakhs, 2019-2021
2	Low Power VLSI	Low Leaky Standard cell development	VTU	17.07 Lakhs, 2011-2014
3	Optical Fiber Communication	Dispersion measurement & Compensation	VGST	K-FIST 10 Lakhs/Year for 2 years 2012-2014

Ph.D Guides in Department:

Sl.No.	Name of Faculty	Area of Research
1	Dr. P.A.Vijaya	Pattern Classification, Image Processing, Embedded & Real Time Systems, Cryptography &Computer Network Protocols
2	Dr. Veena S Chakravarthi	VLSI Design & Testing
3	Dr. Basavaraj I Neelgar	Antennas & VLSI
4	Dr.Yasha Jyothi M Sirur	VLSI Design & Design for Testability
5	Dr.Jyoti R Munavalli	Real time scheduling & tracking systems, Health informatics, Operations research & management, Multi agent system modelling, AI, Smart devices, Data analytics, Biomedical applications

Faculty who received Ph.D degree from the research centre

Sl.No.	Name of Faculty	Guide Name	Research Topic
1	Yasha Jyothi M Shirur	Dr. M. S. Suresh Dr. Veena.S Chakravarthi	DFT techniques for Asynchronous dominate SoC.
2	Bindu S	Dr. M. S. Suresh	Characterization of PEDOT-PSS for its usability as flexible strain gauge material
3	Subodh Kumar Panda	Dr. M. S. Suresh	Evaluation of quality of peppers(chillies) using electronic sensors
4	Rekha P	Dr. M. S. Suresh	Study of PEDOT:PSS sensors for evation of quality of Jasmine aroma.

MoUs

Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AGIMUS Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru for establishment of Industry Standard IoT Lab on 19th February 2020.
Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Digital Shark Technologies,Bengaluru for the establishment of innovation lab on 3rd February 2020.
Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Electronic city, Bengaluru on 2^nd July 2019. The MoU aims at joint proposal writing to get funded projects on health management and technology and Knowledge sharing by experts from both ends.
Signed a Tripartite MoU between Rajarajeshwari Medical College and Hospital (RRMCH), BNM Institute of Technology and Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) on 23^rd October 2019. The main objective is to apply for joint proposal writing to get funded projects on medical devices using various technologies, Knowledge sharing by experts from each institution Medical or diagnostic data for student or faculty projects.
Signed a MoU with Mentor Graphics – A Siemens Business (Higher education License Donation Agreement) in 2019 for System on Chip Design & Development.
Signed a MoU with Semi –Conductors Laboratory,SAS Nagar, Chandighar, Punjab, India in 2019((180nm Standard Cell Libraries) for System on Chip Design & Development(NDA).
Signed a MoU with SenseSemi Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru in 2018 to get Internship and Projects for ECE students

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Skill Development Program

Industries / IT companies today recruit graduates based on skills acquired by them during the years of gradation. We have seen in the past that just scoring 70% and above marks does not guarantee job for students. Apart from looking for soft skills, industries want individuals who are ready to take up work immediately after joining their companies. Further, graduates with higher and better skills, adjust / adopt to dynamic environment, and more effectively to the challenges & opportunities at work. Hence, there is a need to produce skilled and industry ready individuals in the domains of current interest. In order to address this issue, the institute has introduced Skill Development Programme (SDP) for 3^rd year B.E. students. The expected outcome of the programme is to mould students to be industry ready technocrats of tomorrow. This, in turn would increase the employability of students in industries – particularly core industries.

The SDPs conducted are listed below:

Rapid Prototyping for Embedded System Applications by Digital Shark Technology Pvt Ltd

Data Science and Machine Learning using Python by Cranes Technology

SoC based IoT system using Xilinx Vivado by CoreEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Applications of Signal Processing Using MATLAB by Department of ECE, BNMIT

VLSI- ASIC Logic Synthesis by Trident Tech Labs

RTL Design using Verilog HDL by Nanochip Solutions

Machine Learning Techniques for Signal and Image Processing By Lehrer IT Services.

Embedded Systems and its Applications by Digital Shark Technologies .

IoT & Its Application by Preva Systems.

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Conferences/Workshops/FDPs Conducted:

Faculty development Program on “Digital Design Flow Using Xilinx and MatLab for Image processing Applications ” was organised during 20th -24th January 2020

Faculty development Program on “IoT based Project Design & Development ” was organised during 24th -29th June 2019.
Two days students workshop for skill development on “ MSP430 Microcontroller” in association with Jyothi Embedded Labs at BNMIT was organised on 14th & 15th October 2017
Faculty development Program on “MSP430 Microcontroller and Its Applications” was organised during 31st July, – 5th August, 2017.
Faculty development Program on “Physical Design challenges in DSM Node VLSI systems”, was organised during 16th – 21st January 2017
Faculty development Program on “Computer & Wireless Networks” was organised during 11-16 July 2016.
Faculty development Program on“ARM Cortex M3” was organised during 08-14 Jan 2016.
Faculty development Program on “Electronic Communication & Trends” was organised during 19-23 Jan 2015.
International Conference ”VCASAN” was organised during 17 -19 July 2013.

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Student Achievements:

The department has obtained 13 VTU Ranks (12-UG Ranks, 01-PG Rank)

Vaishnavi. B.R – 3^rd Rank
2017-18

Prathima R- 6^th Rank
2013-14

Niharika R M – 9^th Rank
2010-11

Hari Priya E R- 8^th Rank
2009-10

Sarah Iram L Indikar- 3^rd Rank
M.Tech ECE – 2015-16

Bindhya Shree V- 2^nd Rank
2015-16

Shwetha R – 7^th Rank
2013-14

Sharvari B R – 7^th Rank
2010-11

Lakshmi J- 7^th Rank
2008-09

Pavan Kumar M P – 4^th Rank
M.Tech ECE – 2018-19

Bhagyalaxmi D S – 6^th Rank
2015-16

M HanumaTeja – 10^th Rank
2011-12

Sowmya R-5th Rank
2010-11

Chandrakala C S – 5^th Rank
2006-07

Technical achievements:

Swetha Holla U and Sri Hari Priya Rai of 4 Semester won first place in the intercollegiate event Corporate Conglomerate sponsored by West Point in Technical fest TATVA2019, 22-23 Mar 2019.
The project team members, Raghavendra D S, Rishab Bhansali, Vishnu Prasad Bhat, Mohan D of VI ‘C’, won Project Champion award with cash prize of Rs. 10,000 at IPL Summer competition-2018 (College level) on 4^thMay 2018
Deeksha More E K, Divya S, Kalyani G, Gouthami R of VI ‘A’ as a team, won Best Project award at 6^th semester (College level) with Cash prize of Rs. 5000 in IPL Summer competition-2018 on 4^thMay 2018.
The project team members, Kritika M Sharma and Aishwarya A of VIII ‘A’ won 3^rdprize for their project at Technovate – 2018, at the State level Project Model Exhibition and Contest organized by BIT, Bangalore on 2^nd May 2018.
Zeeshan Saquib, Suhas N. Bhargav, Vishaka Murari VI Sem were one among top 26 projects selected at national level to showcase their project “BlinDar: The invisible eye” at 12^th National Innovation Challenge, IIT Delhi during 14^th -15^th July 2017.
The project from 7^th sem ECE students –iBrella : A Smart Parasol won 3^rdprize at IIT Guwahati during 31^st Aug – 3^rd Sept 2017. The team – Zeeshan, Sana & Ujjwal was declared as ”The best social innovation champions” by better India!! The team also received a cash prize of Rs 45,000 .
Kritika M Sharma, Aishwarya A, Dr. Yasha Jyothi M Shirur published a journal titled “Power Efficient Destination Address Generator of Direct Memory Access Controller in Multiprocessor SoC” in IJIRCCE, Vol. 5, Issue: 7^th, July 2017.
Akhila K, Karuna N, Kavya C, Dr. Yasha Jyothi M Shirur published a journal titled, “Design and implementation of Power Efficient Linear Feedback Shift Register for BIST using Verilog” in IJIRCCE, Vol. 5, Issue: 7^th, July 2017.
Tejas C, Tejashwini V, Shuvankar Dhal & Sirisha P.S. of VII Sem presented a paper titled, “Flex controlled robotic arm for the amputees”, in ICCES 2017 organized by PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore during 19^th-20^th Oct 2017.
Zeeshan Saquib, Sana Anaum & Ujjwal S of VII Sem presented a paper titled, “iBrella: A Smart Parasol”, in ICICI 2017 organized by Ranganathan Engineering College, Coimbatore during 23^rd -24^th November 2017.

Sports achievements:

Kanakaraj of 6 Sem ECE participated in VTU Inter-Collegiate Zonal Tournament and won runner up place in Volley Ball held at NMIT, Bangalore on 8-9 Mar 2019.
Girija Unnibhavi of 6 Sem and Sri Hari Priya Rai of 4 Sem participated in VTU Inter-Collegiate Zonal Tournament and the team has won runner up place in Volley Ball held at NMIT, Bangalore

S Maganti was part of team which won 4^thPlace in VTU (signal Zone) State Level Lawn Tennis (W) Competition 2018 organized by VTU, Belgaum on 29^th& 30^th Sept 2018.
Raksha Ramkumar and Sowmyashree of VI sem ECE, are the runner ups in State level Inter Collegiate Memorial Tournament BMSCE Kreedotsav, organized by BMSCE, Bangalore during 8^th– 10^th March 2018.
Deeksha More K and team of VI sem ECE were the runner ups in VTU inter Collegiate Bangalore Zone Chess (M & W) Tournament, organized by RVCE, Bangalore on 16^th-17^th March 2018
Shreya Deepak of VIII ‘B’ secured 2^ndPlace (Silver Medal) in VTU Bangalore Single Zone cross country (M & W) competition -2018 organised by NMAIT Nitte, Mangalore on 27^th -28^th Feb 2018
Raksha Ramkumar of VI sem, ECE, won the best player award for table tennis in Jain University Inter Collegiate (VIE 2018) Tournament, organized by S.J.M. Institute of Technology during 25^th – 28^thJanuary 2018.
Raksha Ramkumar & Sowmyashree, of V sem are the runners up in VTU Intercollegiate Bangalore Central Zone Table tennis tournament, organized by HKBKCET Bangalore on 28^th and 29^th August 2017.
Shreya Deepak of VII sem, won 2^nd and 3^rd place in 200 mtrs Fly and 400 mtrs Medley in VTU State level Swimming Competition, organized by BNMIT, on 30^th August 2017.
Raksha Ramkumar & Sowmyashree, of V sem are the runners up in VTU Inter Zone Table Tennis (women) Competition, organized by RLJIT, Doddaballapur, during 31^st August to 1^st September 2017.
Ujwal S of VII sem & Raksha Ramkumar of V sem, are the winners in VTU Inter Zone Lawn Tennis Tournament, organized by VVCE Mysore during 12^th – 14^th September 2017.
Shreya Deepak of VII sem secured Gold Medal in 5000 mtrs, 10000 mtrs, 21km Half Marathon in VTU Inter – Collegiate Athletic Meet organized by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum during 2^nd– 6^th November 2017.

Cultural achievements:

Anirudh Aithal of V sem won Gold Medal in Light Vocal Solo at Annual Inter-college VTU Cultural Youth Festival 2018-19 held at BKIT, Bhalki, during 2^nd– 4^th Nov 2018.
Shivani Rajan of V sem won Gold Medal in Western Solo at Annual Inter-college VTU Cultural Youth Festival 2018-19 held at BKIT, Bhalki, during 2^nd– 4^th Nov 2018.
Rakshitha, Shreya and Sonika were part of Folk Dance team which won Gold Medal at Annual Inter college VTU Cultural Youth Festival 2018-19 held at BKIT, Bhalki, during 2^nd– 4^th Nov 2018.
Rakshitha A, Pooja R and Anirudh Aithal were part of Indian Group Song Team which won Gold Medal at Annual Inter-college VTU Cultural Youth Festival 2018-19 held at BKIT, Bhalki, during 2^nd – 4^th Nov 2018.
Sujatha Kamath and Shivani Rajan were part of Western Group Song Team which won Silver Medal at Annual Inter-college VTU Cultural Youth Festival 2018-19 held at BKIT, Bhalki, during 2^nd– 4^th Nov 2018.
Priyanka of V sem won Bronze Medal in Cartooning at Annual Inter-college VTU Cultural Youth Festival 2018-19 held at BKIT, Bhalki, during 2^nd– 4^th Nov 2018.
Anirudh Aithal of V sem won Bronze Medal in Classical Vocal Solo at Annual Inter-college VTU Cultural Youth Festival 2018-19 held at BKIT, Bhalki, during 2^nd– 4^th Nov 2018.
Gowri, Vishnu N and Ganesh Murthy were part of One Act Play team which won Bronze Medal at Annual Inter-college VTU Cultural Youth Festival 2018-19 held at BKIT, Bhalki, during 2^nd– 4^th Nov 2018.
Anirudh Aithal of IV sem won Gold in the Classical Vocal Solo at State Level VTU Youth Festival held at Angadi Engineering College Premises, Belagavi, during 11^th – 13^th April 2018.
Rakshitha R, Rakshitha A, Pooja R were part of Indian Group Song team which won Gold at State Level VTU Youth Festival held at Angadi Engineering College Premises, Belagavi, during 11^th – 13^th April 2018.
Ganesh Murthy of VI sem won Bronze in Percussion (Ghatam) at State Level VTU Youth Festival held at Angadi Engineering College Premises, Belagavi, during 11^th– 13^th April 2018.
Vishnu N of II Sem was part of Skit group which won Bronze at State Level VTU Youth Festival held at Angadi Engineering College Premises, Belagavi, during 11^th – 13^th April 2018.
Madhuri Kaushik B J of VIII sem won 1^st place and Gold medal in Classical Vocal (Solo) at 17^th VTU Youth Festival, Yuva Kalanjali, organized by Sir MVIT, Bangalore during 16^th -19^th March 2017.
Ganesh Murthy of IV Sem won 1^stplace and Gold medal in Percussion at 17^thVTU Youth Festival, Yuva Kalanjali, organized by Sir MVIT, Bangalore during 16^th -19^th March 2017.

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Events

IE Student chapter: A technical talk on “How Internet Works…” by Mr. Suhas Krishna, was organized on 26^th October, 2019 (Click here for details)

ISTE Student Chapter : A two day workshop on Arduino based IoT using LoRa Technology was organized on 20th & 21st September, 2019 (Click here for details)

FCD Function-Odd Semester 2019 (Click here for details)

FCD Function-Even Semester 2019(Click here for details)

FCD Function-Odd Semester 2018 (Click here for details)

FCD Function-Even Semester 2018(Click here for details)

FDP Broucher(Click here for details)

FDP Invitation (Click here for details)

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Department Newsletter:

Department Newsletter – ELECTRONICA Nov 2016

Department Newsletter – ELECTRONICA May 2017

Department Newsletter – ELECTRONICA Dec 2017

Department Newsletter – ELECTRONICA June 2018

Department Newsletter – ELECTRONICA December 2018

Department Newsletter – ELECTRONICA June 2019

Department Newsletter – ELECTRONICA December 2019

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PPTs of the Department

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Innovative Teaching Methods:

Dept of ECE adopts several innovative teaching methods that attract the student’s attention in the classroom,makes them interested in the subject, creates an eagerness to learn more,stimulates their minds, makes them understand the subject rather than just memorizing it, promotes student interaction and improves student’s ability to apply what they learn. In addition to this, the novel assignments lead to increased student engagement in the class.

The Innovative teaching methods followed for various courses are:
Basic Electronics – II Sem

Quiz

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Management & Entrepreneurship – V ECE

Information Theory & Coding – V ECE

Dumb Charades

Digital Communication VI ECE

Computer Communication Networks-VI Sem ECE

Forage

Principles of Communication Systems – IV ECE

Dumb Charades

Electronic Instrumentation III ECE
Who am I ? (Quiz)

Open Book Test

Nanoelectronics – V ECE

Crossover Learning

Verilog HDL V ECE

Think out of the box

Open book Quiz

Group activity

Network Security – VIII ECE

Dumb Charades

Story telling

Image Processing -VII ECE
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Quiz (Oral & Written)

Interactive Seminars

Satellite Communication – VI ECE

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Open book Test

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Final Year Results:

Year	2015-19	2014-18	2013-17	2012-16
Pass percentage	100	98.47	98.49	98.41
No of students	125	131	133	126
No.of FCD	93	108	96	105
No.of FC	31	19	34	19
No.of SC	1	2	1	0

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