Year of Starting – 2007 with AICTE approval
Accreditation – NBA accredited upto June 2025
UG Course: B.E (Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering)
Ph .D : Electrical Engineering
The Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai, was started in the year 2007, and offers an undergraduate Program B. E. Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. It has been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation, AICTE, New Delhi, since 2018. Currently, there are 17 faculty members with more than 350 students. The Department consists of highly qualified and experienced faculty members in the field of specializations such as Process Control, Instrumentation, Power Electronics, Control System, Industrial Automation and Control, Signal Processing, Image Processing, Wireless Communication, and Networking etc. The Department is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories like the Industrial Automation Lab, Process Control Lab, Microprocessor and Microcontroller Lab, Sensors and Transducers Lab, Industrial Instrumentation Lab, etc.
Laboratories : 7 labs
Lab Investment : 1,25,50,000/-
MoU Signed with companies: 9
No of Faculty : 17
Faculty Retention – 91.67%
Department Library Facility – Yes (with 550 volumes)
Graduation Percentage– More than 90% since inception
The main focus of E&I engineers will be in the field of Control systems design, Process control and instrumentation, Electronics design and manufacturing, Engineering research and development, sales and service of technical equipment, Project and technology management etc.,
The challenges involved in studying Instrumentation Engineering (such as problem solving, having a design focus utilizing technology to benefit society, etc) and skills (such as project management, communication, technical, analytical, team membership, leadership skills etc.) needed to perform the job as Instrumentation Engineer.
Most of the students are placed in various core companies in India and abroad i.e.Government institutes dedicated to science and technology etc.
Core companies in India such as
Honeywell Automation
Rockwell Automation
Reliance Industries
L&T Pvt Ltd
Yokogawa India Pvt Ltd
Invensys
Siemens
Essar steels
FLSmidth Automation
Eurotherm India Ltd.
ABB
ISRO
Technip India Pvt Ltd
In order to build consistent rapport with industries, the Department of E&I has its association and relevant activities. In addition to the regular activities like guest lectures by eminent professionals, arranging technical visits, and seminars are in the regular agenda. It has been organizing a National level technical meet every year.