Sasi Institute of Technology & Engineering has an Institutional Membership in ISTE with a number IM1572 and CSI with a number I01647. IETE student chapter was started in the academic year 2009-2010 by Dr.K.Raja Rajeswari is Chairman of IETE-Vishakhapatnam Centre and Mr. A.Kabir Das is the Department Coordinator. Guest talks are organized every semester under this IETE Students chapter in order to update the knowledge of students and the Faculty members. All the Faculty have professional memberships in ISTE,IETE,IAENG, IAEST, IACSIT.

The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) is India’s leading recognised professional society devoted to the advancement of Science and Technology of Electronics, Telecommunication & IT. Founded in 1953, it serves more than 70,000 members through various centres, whose number is 62, spread all over India and abroad. The Institution provides leadership in Scientific and Technical areas of direct importance to the national development and economy. Government of India has recognised IETE as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and also notified as an educational Institution of national eminence. The objectives of IETE focus on advancing electro-technology. The IETE conducts and sponsors technical meetings, conferences, symposia, and exhibitions all over India, publishes technical journals and provides continuing education as well as career advancement opportunities to its members.

The IETE can play a useful and stimulating role by

• Improving the standard of education.
• Counselling the students in the emerging new opportunities.
• Encouraging outside-the-classroom studies / practical work / seminars etc.
• Better employment of the students on completion of their courses.

The IETE Students Forum shall have the following broad objectives:

• To plan and organize technical programmes and activities, such as, special lectures, workshops, seminars, symposia, exhibitions etc for the benefit of student members on a regular basis.
• To provide a common platform for the student members to exchange ideas and information on the topics of their interest e.g. curriculum, employment / higher educational opportunities, emerging trends, new development etc.
• To facilitate technical visits / practical training / project work / employment, of the student members in R&D laboratories, industries, academic institutions etc.
• To encourage team work and the spirit of self-reliance among the student members.
• To serve as a focal point at the institution on all aspects of professional development of the student members.

The Local Chapter of the Staff is functioning actively. The Local Chapter of students is very active with a total membership of students. A number of activities are organized in the college and students are deputed to participate in seminars conducted elsewhere

IETE Student Forum (ISFC-267) has been inaugurated at ECE Department, Sasi Institute of Technology & Engineering, Tadepalligudem on 21st February 2014. All the students of ECE DEPARTMENT were very interested in joining the ISF to develop their technical skills and to gain the practical knowledge to excel in the present competitive world. IETE Student Forum (ISFC-267) currently has a total strength of 264 members from final and Third year students of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department.

The executive committee of IETE Student Forum (ISFC-267) consists of five members and it includes the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, and Joint Secretary along with Faculty Advisor. The Executive Committee was constituted with the following members.

The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE):

The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) is a national, non-profit making professional body, registered under the society’s registration Act of 1860. Started in 1941 as the Association of Principals of Technical Institutions (APII), later it was converted into “Indian Society for Technical Education”, New Delhi in 1986 with a view to enlarge its activities to advance the cause of technical education in the country. It is the only national organization of educators in the field of engineering and technology.

ISTE Students’ Chapters has been established in SITE in 2014. From then till now this Chapter has taken the lead role in carrying on the extracurricular activities in this college.

• Academic Year 2016-17

  Guest Lectures

  S No	Name of the Guest Lecture	Resource Persons	Date(s) of Event	Targeted Students
  1	Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies(4G and 5G)	Dr. B. Subba Rao , IIT KGP	25-01-2017	IV B.Tech
  2	Digital Flight Control System for Aero Space Vehicles	Dr. G. Mallikarjuna Rao, Scientist, RCI	07-01-2017	IV B.Tech
  3	Latest Research Trends in DSP with VLSI	Dr. T. Aneesh, VR Siddhartha Engg. College	30-09-2016	IV B.Tech

  Workshops

  S No	Name of the Workshop	Resource Persons	Date(s) of Event	Targeted Students
  1	Internet of Things using Arduino Uno Boards	NVS Jitendra and N. Mohan Reddy, AXELTA	19th and 20th Sep,2016	IV B.Tech
  2	Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering(LABVIEW)	Mr. Charles S, Sr. FAE, NI	09th and 10th Dec, 2017	II B.Tech

  Academic Year 2015-16

  Guest Lectures

  S No	Name of the Guest Lecture	Resource Persons	Date(s) of Event	Targeted Students
  1	Spacecraft Antennas	P.V SitaRaman,Sci, ISRO	01-07-2015	III B.Tech
  2	Research Challenges in Digital Image Processing	Dr. C. Nagaraju	23-09-2015	III & IV B.Tech

  Workshops

  S No	Name of the Workshop	Resource Persons	Date(s) of Event	Targeted Students
  1	A Two Day Workshop on Basics of MATLAB & Hands on Practice in Analog Communication	A.Kabir Das and J. L Narayana	30th and 31st Dec, 2015	II B.Tech

  Academic Year 2014-15

  Guest Lectures

  S No	Name of the Guest Lecture	Resource Persons	Date(s) of Event	Targeted Students
  1	Recent Trends in Technologies	Dr. L. Pratap Reddy	18-09-2014	III B.Tech

  Workshops

  S No	Name of the Workshop	Resource Persons	Date(s) of Event	Targeted Students
  1	A Two Day National Workshop on PCB Design	Magalith’ 15 IIT KGP	21st and 22nd Feb, 2015	II B.Tech
  2	A Three Day Short term Training Program on VLSI Design using Mentor Graphics Tools	Mr. M. Sharth Kanth, Core EL Tech.	6th to 08th Jan,2015	IV B.Tech
  3	A Two Day Workshop on System Design using ARM Cortex M0	Mr. P. Gopala Krishna, Mr. Menkatagiri, PHYTEC	03rd and 04th Aug, 2014	IV B.Tech

Sri B V SrikanthAssistant Professor
Department of ECE
Department Member
E-mail: psac@sasi.ac.in