Deccan Education Society's

Fergusson College (Autonomous), Pune

Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, UGC - College with Potential for Excellence (CPE) UGC- College of Excellence (CE)

UGC Special Heritage Status, DBT - STAR Status College, DST - FIST Supported Science Departments

NAAC accredited “A” Grade (3.62 CGPA on 4 point scale)

NIRF Ranking : 42nd (2020) 35th (2017) 19th (2018) 27th (2019)

AISHE Code : C - 41431

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Electronics Science

About the department

Established in year 1985, department of Electronic Science has become one of the most fascinating and active department on the college campus. Electronic Science subject is developed with a focus on bridging the gap between Science and Engineering and Technology. The Undergraduate course in Electronic Science was introduced in 1985 and Postgraduate course in 1992. The department is also a recognized research center under University of Pune from 1998. Vocational Electronic Equipment Maintenance (EEM) subject was introduced in 2000 at UG level to enhance the Entrepreneur skills. The department boasts of highly qualified faculty involved in teaching as well as research and consultancy projects. The department has well-equipped laboratories and a departmental library with good collection of books and journals. The UG, PG and research students are exposed to core as well as specialized courses in Electronic Science such as Microcontrollers, Embedded systems, Power Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial process control, Digital signal/image processing and communication and networking.

Programs offered

Sr. No.	Courses	Duration
1.	B.Sc. (Electronic Science)	3 years degree course
2.	B.Sc. (Electronic Science)	3 years degree course- With Vocational Electronic Equipment Maintenance (EEM)
3.	M.Sc. (Electronic Science)	2 years degree course
4.	M. Phil. (Electronic Science)	2 years degree course
5.	Ph.D. (Electronic Science)	4 years degree course

Facilities

Electronic Science Department has Eight well equipped laboratories: General Electronics Lab-I & II, Special Electronics Lab, Microcontroller and Computer Lab, PG Electronics Lab, Embedded system Lab, Electronics Research and Development Lab, PICC Electronics Lab. The departmental library contains four sections: UG, Vocational EEM, PG and research.

Student activities

Electronic Science Department subject association carries out various activities for the benefit of the students. These include:

Essay competition,
Problem solving sessions,
Poster competition,
Electronic study circle,
Electronic project competition,
Open book examination,
e-Expert Competition,
National science day activity,
Guest lectures,
Educational Excursion.
SPEED activities
Elektra-Annual Electronic Exhibition

Department also celebrates a week long activity program called as “Elektra”.

Alumni Activities

Get together
Prizes to Meritorious students
Special lectures
Industry-Academia meet

Membership

Society of Promotion of Excellence in Electronics Discipline (SPEED)
Instrumentation Society of India
IAPT and IPA

Research Center in Electronic Science

The research center of the department is established in year 1998. Till date center has received research grants worth Rs. 85 Lakhs from various funding agencies like- DAE, DST, UGC, ISRO, BCUD-UoP etc. More than 8 students have completed M.Phil./Ph.D. from the research center. Currently, 7 students are working for their Ph. D. program.

Focus Research Areas

Smart Instrumentation
Embedded systems
Wireless Sensor Network
Power line communication
Digital signal / image processing

List of Recognized research guides

Sr. No.	Name
1.	Dr. N. M. Kulkarni
2.	Dr. M. S. Zambare
3.	Dr. S. P. Khedkar

Research facilities / instruments

No.	Name Instrument / Equipment
1.	Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
2.	Low temperature Four-probe resistivity setup
3.	Reconfigurable Data collecting networked platform
4.	Crossbow WSN base stations
5.	Crossbow WSN nodes
6.	Spectrum analyzer (1-3 GHz)
7.	Digital storage oscilloscope
8.	NI-based DAS
9.	NI-based real time RIO platform for HIL
10.	Computers
11.	Printers
12.	Microcontroller platforms – 8051, PIC, AVR, ARM & Rabit core
13.	Microwave generation / measurement setup
14.	Robotic systems
15.	PLCs
16.	Softwares- MATLAB/Labview/VLSI design tools and Microcontroller / Embedded System design tools

Please Note

Internal Examination Paper-pattern
Total Marks Per Paper - 20

Multiple Choice Questions- 5 Marks
True Or False - 5 Marks
Answer any 5 out of 7- 10 Marks (2 Marks Each)

All The Best

Dr. Nitin Madhukar Kulkarni

(M.Sc. Ph.D.)

Vice Principal and Head Of the Department, Associate Professor in Electronic Science

Teaching Faculty

Mrs. Shubhangi Satish Katti

(M.Sc.)

Associate Professor

Teaching Faculty

Mrs. Amruta Prasad Kathe

(M.Sc., SET Qualified)

Associate Professor

Teaching Faculty

Dr. Madhukar Sarvottam Zambare

(M.Sc. Ph.D.)

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Dr.Vijay Popat Labade

(M.Sc. M.Phil. Ph.D)

Controller of Examinations, Assistant Professor, Dept of Electronic Science

Teaching Faculty

Ms. Kalpana Anand Kulkarni

(M.Sc., NET Qualified)

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Yogita Sandip Khandge

(M.Sc., NET Qualified)

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Mrs. Tilekar Ranjana Tulshiram

(M.Sc. )

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Ms. Panchsheela Bansidhar Kamble

(M.Sc., NET Qualified)

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Note: Biodata of any of the above mentioned faculty member can be downloaded by clicking on their name.

Dr. Nitin Madhukar Kulkarni, Vice Principal and Head Of the Department, Associate Professor in Electronic Science , M.Sc. Ph.D.

Mrs. Amruta Prasad Kathe,Associate Professor , M.Sc., SET Qualified

Experience of more than 22 years teaching at Under-graduate and 5 years at post-graduate level

4 research papers at National level.

Worked on:

UGC sponsored Minor Research Scheme-“4 Channel ECG Monitoring System”

GPIB interface design and programming for instrument control

Serial communication systems’ design

Biomedical signal handling and instrumentation

Analog and digital circuit design

Completed 1 Minor Research Project sponsored by UGC

Member of SPEED (Society for promotion of Excellence in Electronics Discipline),

Delievered guest lectures on medical instrumentation for R & D Engineers

Worked as visiting faculty for IBB integrated M.Sc. course in University of Pune

Contributed to e-learning activity of Fergusson College

Elected as top ranked teacher(2009) in students’ feedback

Published poetry collection book “Pratibimba”

Published article in SPEED e-magazine on problems in biomedical instrumentation

Working for webpage management at department level.

Dr. Madhukar Sarvottam Zambare,Assistant Professor , M.Sc. Ph.D.

Dr. Chandrashekher Aiyer Award (Best Project Guide), IPA (Pune Chapter), 2011

Dr.Vijay Popat Labade,Controller of Examinations, Assistant Professor, Dept of Electronic Science , M.Sc. M.Phil. Ph.D

· Awarded as Teacher Fellowship (Faculty Improvement Program) under UGC XI plan from 5^th Jan 2011 to 4^th Jan 2014.

· Awarded as a Black Belt in Judo Karate by the Indian Marshal Art (IMA), India affiliated by country Vietnam, 1996

Ms. Kalpana Anand Kulkarni,Assistant Professor , M.Sc., NET Qualified

Yogita Sandip Khandge,Assistant Professor , M.Sc., NET Qualified

Mrs. Tilekar Ranjana Tulshiram,Assistant Professor , M.Sc.

Experience: 4 Year

Research Title: Research Projects

Researchers :

Details:

Sr. No.	Name of Teacher	Title of Project	Funding Agency	Duration of Project	Amount (Rs.)	Outcome
1.	Dr. M.S. Zambare	“Development of reconfigurable wireless sensor nodes for water quality monitoring” (Proposal No. 15SC001567)	BCUD, SPPU	2016-2018	2,60,000	IoT based water quality system prototype is developed
2	Dr.Vijay P. Labade	“Development of an embedded automated sequence musical note generator for musical note quotient testing.”	BCUD, SPPU, Pune	2006-2008	1, 00,000	Developed embedded automated sequence musical note generator
3	Dr.Vijay P. Labade	“Development of HV battery discharge system for industrial application.” and Proposal id : 15SCI000367.	BCUD, SPPU, Pune	2016-2018	1, 70,000	Developed HV battery discharge system for industrial application.
4	Mrs. S. S. Katti	Solar Powered on chip Laboratory	Phoenix Contact, Germany	2011-2012	2,10000	Remote Laboratory
5	Mrs. S.S. Katti	Educational Tool for Identification and Sorting of Electronic components	Phoenix Contact, Germany	2014-2015	2,10000	Reuse of Electronic Components to Reduce E waste
6	Mrs. S. S. Katti	Vision Based Medical Assistant for Elderly and Visually impaired People	Phoenix Contact, Germany	2017-2018	2,1000	Medical Assistant