The department was established in the year 2006 with the aims of providing leadership in the field of Electronics & Communication Engineering and pioneering interdisciplinary research with Information Technology. We strive to train and empower our students who will make the world a better place by using power of engineering principles, techniques and systems.

Several initiatives have been taken to establish state of the art research laboratories in the area of VLSI design and technology, MEMS and sensors, embedded systems, wireless and optical communication, cognitive radios, MIMO technologies, RF and microwave engineering.

Besides, being a center of excellence in Information Technology, the institute provides greater exposure of core areas of IT to the students of ECE department at IIITA. Students are encouraged to undertake project in a group starting from Vth semester and advance research project in VIIIth semester under the able guidance of faculties in these emerging areas. Opportunity for innovation and incubation is provided at this stage to successful projects by the institute for industrial standards.