ELECTRICAL ENGG. DEPARTMENT AT HBTI KANPUR

Electrical Engineering Department

The Department of Electrical Engineering, established in the year 1965, is counted in the premier departments of the institute. The number of the students having completed their graduation program has reached the 1000 figure mark.

The pass out students have proved their mettle in various private, public sector and multinational companies both in India, and abroad. Electrical Engineers rolling out of the institute are well groomed in the core areas of Machine Design and Power Generation/Transmission/Distribution as well as Software Development/Handling and R&D work.

The continuous updating in the curriculum polishes the budding engineers, in a way, to meet the challenges posed by newer technologies and reach the ever-expanding horizons. The experience, expertise and enriched knowledge of the faculty members are the ‘distinguished features’ of our department. The department has an annual intake of 30 students in the undergraduate B.Tech program.

The department is continuously engaged in research and development activities; several National and State level seminars; Technical festivals are part of its annual program. National level technical festival called “RESONANCE” is organized every after four year, it being an event of a king, where in core expertise is sought, the speakers delivering lectures on the latest technology in the field of electrical engineering and related fields; it gets support from the distinguished alumni of the department, and is scheduled to be held this year.

The department has been accredited by National Board of Accreditation, (NAC).

With an eye towards growth and personality development of students, an association named AEE (Association of Electrical Engineers) has been formed which organizes different student activities round the year.

A workshop on emerging challenges in power system was organized in the department from October 29 th 2005 to October 31 st 2005. Speakers of high repute as Professor S.K. Srivastava ,Dean R & D IIT Kanpur , Engineer P.K. Asthana , Panki power plant, Professor B.K. Tyagi, IT BHU, Professor M.K. Verma , IT BHU, gave their views on the topic .The experts discussed on emerging challenges in power scenario and gave their theories on futuristic technology on restructuring of power systems and non conventional energy sources. For the hands on experience, lab sessions were held for the participants.