Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Prominent Alumni

Notable Alumni Details ECE

Alumni Award Winners

The following alumni members are recognized at the SVCE Alumni Awards Function organised by SVCE Alumni Association Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (AASVCE) during the academic year 2024-25

Lectures delivered by Alumni

• Mr. Karuppiah Vishaal ,alumnus of batch 2013-2017, SVCE and Quality assistance Engineer at Amazon delivered a webinar on ‘Embracing failures’ on 09/07/2022.
• Ms.Srestha Kannan,ECE alumna 2019 batch, Graduate Electrical Engineer, Brisbane ,Australia, delivered a guest lecture on ‘How to utilize your skills to be unique in the Engineering Industry’ on 19th September 2022.
• Mr.Adithya.K, Senior Software Engineer at Nokia,Sunnyvale,US delivered a guest lecture on ‘Future opportunities in high speed networking’ on 23/09/2022
• Mr.Keshav,ECE Alumnus 2021, currently working as Software Engineer at Multicoreware Inc delivered a guest lecture on ‘Career opportunities’ on 31/10/2022.
• ECE Alumni Association had successfully organized “ HACKELITE” a 24 hours inter department hackathon on 06/03/2023 and 07/03/2023.The Keynote Address was delivered by Chief Guests, Mr.Sunil Mukundan, Co- Founder &; Chief Architect at Infiot,Chennai, ECE Alumnus from 1997-2001 batch and Mr.Sashikumar.S,Founder - Rasi Infotech,Salem,ECE Alumnus from 2003-2007 batch.The students participated in the hackathon enthusiastically and worked towards producing best possible outcomes.The performance of the students were assessed by a panel of Judges from Academia and Indutry.Our Alumni, Mr.Aadhavan,(2005-2008 batch) Technical lead,Viasat India Pvt ltd,Chennai and Ms.Isharath Rehana,(2015-2019 batch)Senior Analyst,LatentView Analytics,Chennai were part of the Jury along with Mr.Sashikumar.Our Alumnus,Mr.Sandeep Kumar Ramani,(2015-2019 batch)Machine Learning Engineer,Qualcomm ,USA interacted with the participants online. Dr.Subramani Ramakrishnan,Director,IBM Chennai ,our distinguished alumnus from 1993-1997 Batch and Mr.Dinesh Koka,Founder &;CEO, Onward Assist, Hyderabad ,our alumnus from 1995-1999 batch.
• Valedictory function was conducted on 2nd May 2023.Dr.S.USHA RANI,Sr Asst Professor,VIT,Chennai delivered a guest lecture on Role of IOT in industry 4.0.
• Mr.Ahnirudh Yeshwanth Raj, Ernst and Young LLP, 2015-19 Batch ECE alumnus delivered a lecture on the “Future of SAP Careers” on 8th August 2023.
• Dr.Arun Janarthanan,Technology director and Engineering practice,Edtech business,HCLtech,alumnus 1999-2003 batch gave a lecture on the Insights on VLSI & Embedded systems on 19th September 2023
• Mr.Rahil jain, Software EngineeR,Temenos India Pvt Ltd,, 2017-21 batch ECE alumnus delivered a lecture “An insight on reinforcement learning” on 17/10/2023.
• Mr B.Nandakumar.,2017 batch ECE alumnus ,Software development Engineer,Walmart delivered a Guest Lecture on Engineering in retail industry on 20th February 2024.
• Mr.Venkatraman S,Patent Analyst, Dolcera Ites Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad, PG Alumnus, Svce (2018-2020) gave a webinar on”Brief Introduction To Conversational AI tools and their usage for academic teachers” to the faculty on 22/03/2024.
• Dr.D.Menaka,Ms.S.Kalyani and Ms.K.S.Subhashini organized the TechCrush poster presentation competition .The students were able to think innovatively, express their views boldly and be able to show their creativity through their presentations. Nearly 8 teams from 1st and 2nd year of each team consisting of 3 to 4 members have participated and displayed their 8 Posters in different ways. Student Coordinators informed the rules and regulations of the event in presence of Internal Judges. Participants are asked to display their boards in the places that were allotted to them with numbering. In the presence of Judges, student participants presented their thoughts that were displayed on their Posters. Posters were judged by the Professors and Associate Professors of the ECE department based on criteria such as innovation, relevance, clarity of presentation, and impact. The prize amount was sponsored by our department alumni.
• Dr.Murali Murugavel, (SVCE Mechanical alumnus 1995-1999 batch) Neuroscience Researcher delivered a guest lecture on "Doctor, When can I go back to Play?" on 31st July 2024 (Wednesday) at 10:00AM in the library seminar hall. The talk showcased the intersection of neuroscience, sport, computing and applied quantum physics.
• Dr.Lakshmanan Nataraj, Principal R&D Engineer,Trimble Inc, Chennai, (SVCE ECE alumnus 2003-2007 batch) delivered an expert talk on “Out of the Box Thinking in the time of AI” on 09/08/2024.
• Hackelite , a 24 hours internal Hackathon event was organized in collaboration with ECE alumni association on 30/08/2024 & 31/08/2024. The event was conducted to develop innovative solutions by the students to real-world challenges in accordance with the problem statements provided by the Smart India Hackathon,2024 (SIH). The event had 19 registered teams, 15 participant teams accounting to a total of 88 students, showcasing innovative ideas, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. The event was inaugurated by ECE Alumnus from 1997-2001 batch, Mr.Siddharta Govindaraj, Founder Silver Stripe Software Pvt Ltd. Mr.Sunil Mukundan, Senior Director and Architect, Netskope, an ECE alumnus from the same batch also presided the event. The jury for evaluating the performance of teams were the internal experts and alumni members. Ms.Sowmya Venkateswaran, Design Engineering Manager, Cadence Design systems, ECE alumnus from 2005-2009 batch presided over the Valedictory event. She was joined by Mr.Karuppiah Vishal, Quality Assurance Engineer at Amazon, ECE Alumnus from 2013-2017 batch. Prize amount was sponsored by the SVCE management and Alumni. Additionally, an internship at Silver Stripe Software Pvt. Ltd was sponsored by Alumni for the I prize winning team. Prizes were distributed to the winners and the event concluded with the national anthem.
• A guest lecture on “Computer Vision and Face Recognition” was organized on 18th Oct 2024, headed by Mr. Elango Meenakshi Sundaram, ECE alumnus 1993 -1997 batch, Co-founder and CTO of FaceTagr.
• A guest lecture on “Design and Debug of Embedded Systems” was organized on 4th Nov 2024, featuring Mr. Hareesh Janakiraman, Director, Embedded Guru-LLC, as the guest speaker.
• A guest lecture was given by Mr.Adithya Muralidharan, Senior Staff Engineer, Intel Corporation, California, USA (SVCE ECE Alumnus 2007-2011 batch) on 24th Jan 2025 in the topic “Trends in Server Architecture for running AI workloads & developments in Interconnect Technologies”.
• A guest lecture on “AI-Transformers” was delivered by Mr.Sandeep Kumar R, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Qualcomm, California, USA (SVCE ECE Alumnus 2015-2019 batch) on 4th March 2025.
• Mr. Abhinanad Ramakrishnan, Component design Engineer, INTEL corporation delivered a lecture on ASIC/SOC design flow 0n 24/08/2016.
• Mr. Sathyanarayanan Sampathkumar, Technical lead, Next generation standard, Intel corporation, Santa Clara delivered a lecture on Wireless cellular technology trends on 25/11/2016.
• Mr. Anish Shenai Product and test Engineer ,Microchip technologies, Mr.Akilesh.S, Software Engineer, CISCO systems and Balasundaram.S, Senior product manager, Taulic inc addressed the third year and final year students about current technologies, placement opportunities and higher studies in US on 11/01/2017.
• Mr. Srikanth Raghavan, alumni (1992 batch),VLSI expert has addressed the students of IV year ECE A and C batch 0n 05/07/2018
• "Three alumnus Mr.Nithin, Mr.Nikhil and Mr.Lakshmi Narayanan ( 2009 batch) addressed the III year ECE students on 08/08/2018 regarding higher studies in Indian Institute of Management and current job scenarios in IT industries
• Mr. Mahadevan, Latent View (2002 batch) has addressed the students of III year ECE C batch regarding career awareness and job opportunities on 01/08/2018
• "The alumni student connect Programme was organized by Alumni association on 31/01/2018. The guests for ECE department are Mr.K.Shankar(1996-2000 batch),Founder, Gulli circuit Pvt Ltd, Ms.Sowmya Mahadevan(1995-1999 batch),COO, Exeter Premedia Services Pvt Ltd, Mr. Madhavan(1990-94),Independent HR/Legal consultant and Mr.Dharick Anvar(2011-2015),Associate consultant, Sutherland Global services.
• Mr. Srikanth Raghavan, alumni (1992 batch), Chief Executive Officer, CoQube Semiconductor has interacted with the faculty members expert in VLSI domain on 25/12/2018.
• Mr. Hariharan, (1991 batch),Senior Engineer manager, Qualcomm has delivered a technical talk on current trends in VLSI-Snapdragon SOCs on 28/12/2018 and subsequently he interacted with faculty in the month of February 2019.
• Mr. V. Vignesh, (2013 batch) ,Engineer, Qualcomm delivered a Talk on " Layering Concepts of TCP/IP" in one day seminar on, Computer & Communication Networks and Security on 01/04/2019
• "Ms. M Reshma Sen. (2015 batch) , Sys.Engineer ,Infosys, delivered a Talk on "Web applications and security" in one day seminar on ,Computer & Communication Networks and Security on 01/04/2019
• Mr. Shyam Lal Lakshmiramiya Sridhar, (2015 batch) (Sen. Sys.Engineer ,Infosys) delivered a Talk on "Placement preparation on communication & networking", in one day seminar on , Computer & Communication Networks and Security on 01/04/2019
• "Dr Arun Janarthanan, senior staff, Qualcomm technologies, Chennai (2003 batch) delivered a lecture titled Introduction and wireless path loss models-free space and two ray models in six days Anna University sponsored FDTP on wireless communication on 02/12/2019
• "Dr. Vydeki, Associate Professor, VIT University (2005 ME (CS) batch) delivered a lecture titled OFDM principle - Cyclic prefix, Windowing, PAPR in six days Anna University sponsored FDTP on wireless communication on 05/12/2019
• "Dr. R Swaminathan.Associate Professor, VIT University (2008 ME (CS) batch) delivered a lecture titled Cellular Architecture -- Frequency reuse - channel assignment- hand off- interference & system capacity in six days Anna University sponsored FDTP on wireless communication on 07/12/2019.
• "Mr. Adhitya Teja ,L&T Infotech (2016 batch) addressed the III year students regarding Industrial Exposure on 20/12/2019.
• "Mr. Bala Subbusundaram, Product Lead - Lending Club Corporation, San Francisco, California (2007-11 ECE batch) delivered a lecture titled a technical talk on "Financial technologies and the payment trends" and "Career choices and common interview questions"in association with IETE on Jan 10, 2020.
• "Dr Arun Janarthanan, senior staff, Qualcomm technologies, Chennai (2003 batch) has delivered a Webinar in "Mathematics of the Moon and Connections on 12/05/2020
• Mr. Sandeepkumar, Research Scholar, School of Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA (2019 batch) delivered a lecture focused on Computer Vision using Deep Learning on 22/05/2020 on "5 DAYS ONLINE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ONMACHINE LEARNING FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING "conducted from 19th to 23rd May 2020
• "Dr. Arun Janarthanan, senior staff, Qualcomm technologies, Chennai (1999-2003) batch has delivered a lecture in webinar on 3D World modelling with Python on 13/06/2020.
• "Ms. Sowmya Mahadevan, COO, Exeter Premedia services (1996-2000 batch) has delivered a lecture on transform your lives with Electronics and Communication Engineering programme in the SVCE pathways webinar on 13/07/2020.
• "Ms. R. Premalatha ,PCB design Engineer (2003 batch) delivered a lecture in an webinar on PCB design flow process on 15/08/2020.
• Mr. Sriram Satakopan, VicePresident, Engineering at NXP Semiconductors, Austin, USA. 2. Mr.Mohamed Niaz , Chief Architect of Radisys India Pvt, Limited. 3. Mr. Sundara Balaji N, Director Engineering, Qualcomm India Private Limited. 4. Mr.Palaniappan Somasundaram, The director of ARM Processor. 5. Mr. Aanand Venkatachalam, Technical Unit Manager, Altran. 6. Mr. Sudheer Reddy, Founder and Director of SemiConnect Tech Pvt Ltd. 7. Mr. Srikanth Neelam , Director, Engineering Verification, Invecas. 8. Mr. Shankaranarayana Bhat, Director, Engineering Verification, Intel Corporation. 9. Mr. Uday Joshi, Chief technical Officer, Cientra Tech. handled Campus 2 Corporate VLSI Webinars on 15/10/2020
• Mr. Bala Bharathi D (PG-ME-CS 2005 Alumnus), Embedded System Development Consultant. 2. Mr. Sowmyan.K, (UG 2012 Alumnus), Firmware Engineer, Apple Inc. , USA 3. Mr.Visweswaran.J, Territory Manager, South-India Zone, National Instruments, Bengaluruhandled TECHVISTARA IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS - 3 Day Training Programme on 8/9/2020
• Mr. Mallik Mahalingam, CEO, Springpath (CISCO)delivered a lecture on Evolution of computing and skill sets for future on 16/10/2020
• "1. Mr.Sandeep Kumar Ramani, ML and AI practioner (2015-19 batch) University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2. Mr.Dinesh Kshatriyan, Project associate, Telecom Centre of Excellence, IIT, Madras, 3. Mr.B.Sivasubramanian, Business Intelligence Analyst, Real World Analytics, Ireland and 4. Mr.D.Bala Bharathi, Embedded System Development Consultant, Bengaluru(Alumni 2003-05 ME-CS) acted as session chairs for Ease The Error 1.0 (24 Hours Hackathon) on 11/10/2020
• "Ms. Preethi Narayanan(2014 batch), Founder, Posh delivered a lecture on Business Insider on 21/11/2020
• "Ms. Vydeki, (2002 ME(CS) batch), Asso Professor, VIT University ,Mr.Sandeep Kumar Ramani, ML and AI practioner (2015-19 SVCE-ECE Alumni) University of Wisconsin-Madison, acted as session chairs for "Eureka"- a technical ideathon on 30/01/2021
• Mr. Gokul Santhanam , (1996 batch), Mphasis , Senior Vice-President delivered a lecture on Job before Graduation on 24-10-2020
• Mr. Ashwin M, (2014 batch),Senior custom Er, GE health care, delivered a lecture on KNOW HOW, a technical workshop on TOMOGRAPHY on 3/3/2021
• "Subachandran. N, (2014 batch), DFT Engineer, INTEL technology delivered a lecture on TRENDS IN VLSI DESIGN on 17/04/2021
• Mr. Samuel Nithin Stephen, (2013 batch),Assistant Commissioner, IRS, Government of India, delivered a lecture on "UPSC INSIGHTS" on 2/06/2021
• Mr. Praveen Ashok, smart cities big data program manager, US Ignite, Washington D.C, (2014 batch), delivered a lecture on Open data in smart cities, Accessing public data on 5/6/2021

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Mr. Pravin Shekar (1992-1996 batch), Outlier Marketer / Keynote Speaker and kreator-in-chief Krea

Mr.Gokul Santhanam (1992-1996 batch), Senior Vice President and Global BU HR Head, Mphasis

Mr.Subramani Ramakrishnan, (1993-1997 batch), Vice President, UPS India Technology Center, Chennai

Mr Vineeth Vijayaraghavan (1994-1998 batch), Director, Solarillion Foundation, Chennai

Ms. Sowmya Mahadevan (1995-1999 batch), COO, Exeter Premedia Services, Chennai

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Scholarship details

• The first batch of SVCE alumni has instituted a scholarship from the academic year 2018-19 to sponsor the tuition fee for two to four girl students from third semester till final semester based on Economic and Merit criteria. A team of 5 members of First Batch Alumni Trust visited campus on 16.11.2022 to have a meeting with all the beneficiaries. Ms. Yuvasri. A of II ECE (2021-2025) received this scholarship for the academic year 2022-2023.
• The first batch of SVCE alumni has instituted a scholarship from the academic year 2018-19 to sponsor the tuition fee for two to four girl students from third semester till final semester based on Economic and Merit criteria. Ms.Swetha.S of II year ECE C batch (2022-2026) received this scholarship for the academic year 2023-2024.
• SVCE Alumni from the 1985-89 batch have been sponsoring the tuition fees Rs.55,000 for Girl students every year.
Ms. Kiruthiga.B (170701068 ) received an amount of 55,000 during her III and IV year respectively.
Ms. Monica. R (180701068) and Ms. Vidhya. N (180701141) received an amount of 55,000 during their final years
Ms. Radha G (190701082) was given a scholarship amount of 22.500 during her III year.
• Scholarship instituted by 1994 ECE batch, awarded to 3 students on 08/01/2020 , one each from II, III and IV year ECE batch to Mr. Buvanesh. S, II Year ECE, Ms. Shivani. R, III Year ECE and Ms. Mahalakshmi. M, IV Year ECE for being the first batch of students to avail the scholarship.
• Mr. S. Hariharan & Mr. B. Arun [1991 ECE] donated a laptop to Mr. Y. Vishnukumar, III Yr.on 19/08/2020.

Budding Bright Engineer Award Winners:

The Alumni Association presents Budding Bright Engineer Award for every academic year. The award comprises of a cash prize of Rs.2500/- (Rupees Two Thousand and Five Hundred Only) and a certificate of merit. Two second year UG students from each department are selected based on their first year academic performance and economic means. The award aims at motivating the students to maintain a consistent academic performance throughout their degree.




YEAR	WINNERS
2016-2017	Tharini. L, Vinodini.N
2017-2018	Sneha. D, Logeswaran.S
2018-2019	Sagar.M, Mary Sharon.C.S
2019-2020	Madhumitha.S, Buvanesh.S
2020-2021	Gayathri.B, Keerthana.M
2021-2022	Ms.Kamalika .P and Mr.Mukesh.S
2022-2023	Bavithra.B and Nithish V
2023-2024	Ramya V and Oviya G

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Internship offers:

• Mr.Ravi, Alumnus ECE 1992-1996 batch accepted to offer internship to 2 batches of students from April 2024 onwards in Kryptos Tech systems.
• Mr.Siddharta Govindaraj, Founder Silver Stripe Software Pvt Ltd. Alumnus ECE 1997-2001 batch offered an internship to the prize winners of Hackelite’24 at Silver Stripe Software Pvt. Ltd.
Our alumni who have gone on to distinguished careers as innovators in industry, living and working throughout the world, still have corporate and personal ties to the College through recruitment, mentoring, guest lectures, and other interactions.

Alumni Activities

Dr. Arun Janarthanan, senior staff, Qualcomm Technologies, Chennai (2003 batch) delivered a lecture titled “Introduction and wireless path loss models-free space and two ray models” in six days Anna University sponsored FDTP on wireless communication on 02/12/2019.

Dr. Vydeki, Associate Professor, VIT University, (2005 ME-CS batch) delivered a lecture titled “OFDM principle – Cyclic prefix, Windowing, PAPR” in six days Anna University sponsored FDTP on wireless communication on 05/12/2019.

Dr. R Swaminathan, Associate Professor, VIT University, (2008 ME-CS batch) delivered a lecture titled “Cellular Architecture- Frequency reuse - channel assignment- hand off- interference & system capacity” in six days Anna University sponsored FDTP on wireless communication on 07/12/2019.

Mr. Adhitya Teja, L&T Infotech, (2016 UG batch) addressed the III year students regarding “Career Opportunities and Higher Studies” on 20/12/2019.




The ECE Association along with SVCE-ISF organized a technical talk on “Financial technologies and the payment trends” and “Career choices and common interview questions” under the banner of IETE Chennai Centre on Jan 10, 2020 (Friday). The speaker of the day was Mr. Bala Subbusundaram, Product Lead – LendingClub Corporation, San Francisco, California (2007-11 ECE Alumunus). Around 120 students of ECE attended and got benefitted

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Alumni Achievements:

Mr. Gurucharan Ramachandran of 2020 batch has published 3 books



1. Sunshine with my solitary friend:

Starting in the backwaters of Goa to ending on the curvy roads of the Western hills fall into a journey of relationships, priority, covos & travel. A fromantic novel that captures hearts through its freshness and amazing destinations. With an amazing line that gets stressed, where seasonal priorities may come and go but constant existence is all that matters. It is a 348 page novel that suits the modern era.



2. Change that we Seek:

A daily reading experience with 25 messages from the scriptures, and a story that suits modern living. With a mix of heritage and liveliness, this book talks about change that is tried and tested, and that is certain to uplift life. It talks about real life stories of people from all across the world and makes us understand that change is something we seek from within. Delve into this 25 day reading journey of relatability & hope with a promising change for a better future.



3. Wake up with Buddha:

A classic coffee table daily reading book! The Buddha's teachings, which are centuries old, still finds its purpose in today's world, and with the needed customisation and crafted orientation, this book is a way to live life in today's world. Running to 30 episodes (30 teachings of the Buddha), it is also provided with carefully crafted exercises at the end of each episode to practice it in our daily lives. In the end, as the Buddha said, "As a beautiful lotus amidst muddy waters, we have to become better individuals in this chaotic world", and this book helps to identify our chaotic areas and transform living, such that pain is certain and suffering is optional.