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Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay boasts the largest
student strength of any department, with over 300
undergraduate and almost as many graduate students.
As a result of the success of alumni and faculty, the
department already enjoys world-wide recognition.
Academic training and research focus on four main
areas, communication and signal processing, controls
and instrumentation, micro-electronics, and power
electronics and systems.
Despite the recognition that comes with the success of
alumni, during the past decade rapid progress in
technology far outstripped the Departments ability to
acquire the newest instrumentation and equipment for
teaching and research. This has resulted in a loss of
educational and research capacity, harming students
and faculty. In addition, little or no money has been
available for graduate student recruitment and bringing
in visiting scholars from other universities world-wide. In
the rapidly developing field of EE, such interaction is
essential to keep up with technology.
On the positive side, the department has established
partnerships with several corporate giants in technology,
such as TATA and Sun Microsystems, both of which have
sponsored new laboratories for the EE Department. In
addition, private sponsorship has established the
Wadhwani Electronics Lab, which has provided an
immense boost to the Department's education and
research capacity.
Continued progress of the kind already underway with
industry and private donors will enable the EE
Department to reach and maintain ranking with the top
technology institutes in the world.
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