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B.Tech. (EVD)

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Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) in Electronics and VLSI Design (EVD)

Program Overview DA-IICT launched the unique four-year B. Tech in Electronics and VLSI Design (EVD) from the Academic Year 2023-24 with an objective to create industry ready undergraduate manpower for VLSI industry. The main objective of the BTech (EVD) program is to equip students with necessary core competency to succeed long-term in engineering/ entrepreneurship careers and preparing them for higher studies and research as career options. The curriculum offers a strong foundation in the first two years and then provides the student opportunity to specialise in VLSI System Design and Electronics System Design that trains them both the technical and entrepreneurial skills needed to become a leader in this industry.

Students will learn to use industry ~ standard software such as Cadence, Synopsys, OrCad, MATLAB, Xilinx, etc. and hardware boards viz. FPGA, CPLD, etc. to design Integrated Circuits. For some students, the student design project may culminate as a scientific paper that will help immensely in their career and will open up future study options in their particular field of specialization. Students will also gain direct industry experience through internships. The rural internship during their course will enable the students to appreciate the socio ~ cultural aspect of their course. The program includes compulsory Summer Research Internships to be taken up at various research organizations within and abroad.

The program brochure can be found here.

Program Outcomes (POs)

PO No. Program Outcomes
PO1 Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
PO2 Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences
PO3 Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
PO4 Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
PO5 Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
PO6 The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
PO7 Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
PO8 Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
PO9 Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
PO10 Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
PO11 Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
PO12 Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

The Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs) set the following goal:

After the successful completion of the BTech (EVD) program, students will have:

PSO No. Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
PSO1 To apply the concepts of Electronics, VLSI Systems and Design industrial applications.
PSO2 Develop system solutions involving both hardware and software modules.
PSO3 To work as a socially responsible professional by applying EVD technology in real-world scenarios and applications.
displayNone Program Structure

The curriculum of the program maintains a balance between theory with practice, ensuring the students to gain relevant skills as per the requirement of the industry. The first two years will focus on the basics, leading to strong foundations in humanities, mathematics, logical reasoning, physics, programming skills and basic engineering. In the 3rd and 4th year, the students will have freedom to choose from a wide range of electives. The course structure of the curriculum is broadly classified into four categories.

Foundation or Core Courses

Set of compulsory courses taken by every student for first six semesters. These courses are from the technical areas of Electronics, VLSI Systems and Design, as well as courses in Humanities, Mathematics and Basic Sciences.

Specialization Elective Courses

These courses provide technical depth in Electronics Systems Design and VLSI Design pathways. Students will have options to specialize in the areas based on their interest.

Open Elective Courses

Electives from any of the following from other programs qualify as an Open elective.

  • ICT Electives
  • Technical Electives
  • MnC Electives
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Electives
  • Science Electives

Provision of MOOC courses as electives

A student may be allowed to take relevant MOOC courses that can qualify as electives, subject to prior consent of a faculty mentor assigned by Dean-Academics. Maximum two such courses may be allowed to a student throughout the program and only one such course in a semester will be allowed.

Rural Internship

A unique feature of the program is the mandatory rural internship, which is expected to give the student a feel of his/her social milieu and is typically carried out with an NGO and Govt. organizations. The duration of the rural internship is 4 weeks and is carried out in the Winter break after the third semester. This course is graded as Pass/Fail.

Research/Industrial Internship

The student is required to do a 6-8 weeks industrial/research internship, which is offered in the summer break after the 6th semester. The student has a choice of taking an industrial internship or a research internship depending on his/her career goals.
Research internship is designed to train the students to carry out research and to expose them to research environment. The student learns how to carry out independent research and how to write a research report. This internship can be done on-campus or externally at other R&D organizations and universities.
Industrial internship is designed to train the students to the working environment in industry. Through this training the student learns about corporate culture. The internship enables the students to learn about the team work, to build inter-personal dynamics and behaviour, and to gain experience in real life problems. This course is graded as Pass/Fail.

BTech Project (BTP)

The BTP work can be a continuation of the work done during previous internships. In the BTech project (BTP) the student undertakes a problem of interest, identifies the issues involved, and develops techniques to address the issues. The student can undertake a theoretical study and/or experimental or developmental work. The work can be carried out individually or in groups under the supervision of faculty.
A student has option to do an Industrial Internship in the 8th semester in the off-campus mode. Industrial internship is to be done at an approved industry site with a designated industry mentor and a well specified project. This option is suitable for those students who want to gain an early industry experience to better prepare them as an industry professional. The Placement office will provide assistance in identifying industry for off-campus internships. The BTP and Internship are graded with letter grades on a 10-point scale.

Co-curricular Activities and Exploration Project

Co-curricular activities are non-class activities like sports, cultural and technical club activities. These courses run over the first four semesters and are graded Pass/Fail.
Exploration projects allow students to explore their surroundings to identify interesting problems that admit a design based and/or hardware based solution. Students are expected to work in groups of 8 to 10 under a faculty mentor over two semesters - second and third semester. This course will be graded on a Pass/Fail basis.

Credit Structure

The BTech program is designed to operate on a semester-based credit system with a 10-point scale. Each course is associated with a fixed number of credits. Credits are awarded on an L-T-P-C system (C=L+T+P/2) per semester, that is, the number of contact hours for Lectures (L), Tutorials (T) and Practical (P) in a week. Nominally, since a semester has around 14 weeks of classes, therefore, a 3-credit lecture course would amount to approximately 40 lecture hours in a semester.

Grade in 10 point scale

AA AB BB BC CC CD DD DE F I/W
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 0 Incomplete/Withdrawn
Year 1 (Semester 1 & 2)

In the first year, students will develop foundational knowledge in basic Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Humanities and Social Science, exploration projects and co-curricular activities.

Sem. Course Code Course Name Type L-T-P-C
1 ED111 Engineering Mathematics I Core 3-1-0-4
1 IT112 Introduction to Programming Core 3-0-0-3
1 IT113 Programming Lab Core 0-0-2-1
1 EL111 Basic Electronic Circuits Core 3-0-2-4
1 ED112 Engineering Physics Core 3-0-2-4
1 PC110 Language and Literature Core 3-0-0-3
1 CO111 Co-Curricular Activities I   0-0-2-1
Total Credits 15-1-8-20
Sem. Course Code Course Name Type L-T-P-C
2 ED121 Engineering Mathematics II Core 3-1-0-4
2 IC121 Digital Logic and Computer Organization Core 3-0-2-4
2 IT205 Data Structures Core 3-0-0-3
2 IT206 Data Structure Lab using OOP Core 1-0-2-2
2 SC217 Electromagnetic Theory Core 3-1-0-4
2 HM106 Approaches to Indian Society Core 3-0-0-3
2 PC125 Exploration Project I Core 0-1-0-1
2 CO121 Co-Curricular Activities II   0-0-2-1
Total Credits 16-3-6-22
Year 2 (Semester 3 & 4)
Year 3 (Semester 5 & 6)
Year 4 (Semester 7 & 8)

The curriculum accommodates 163 credits, out of which 144 credits for courses and 19 credits for internships and final semester project/internship work. Out of the 144 required coursework credits, 99 credits are allocated to compulsory courses (Foundation courses) and 28 credits are allocated to Electives (19 credits are allocated to Specialization electives and 9 credits to Open electives) and 17 credits to Individual and Group projects, which the student can pursue according to his/her inclination and interest.

Detailed Course Structures

Year I
Year II
Year III
Specialization Electives

Admission Process

Details on the application process, admission criteria, fee structure and financial assistance can be found here

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