Recognition & Partnerships

Faculty excellence, student achievement, and industry collaboration in power, energy, and automation — a record of impact.

By the Numbers

60+ ACHIEVEMENTS

National & International Recognitions

Faculty and students have earned recognitions across renewable energy, power electronics, and automation — including wins at Innovation Challenges 2K24, Shaastra Tech Fair 2023 (IIT Madras), and Project Expo 23, along with research grants from MNRE, DST and MHRD.

Innovation Challenges 2K24 — recognition for innovative engineering solutions

Shaastra Tech Fair 2023, IIT Madras — participation & achievement

126 kWp Centre of Excellence — Solar Energy

Centre of Excellence for Solar Energy

A 126 kWp rooftop solar plant generating about 600 units per day powers the campus and serves as a live laboratory for renewable energy research, training, and student projects.

126 kWp installed capacity generating ~600 units/day

Research grants secured from MNRE, DST, MHRD and IIT Hyderabad

Awards and Achievements

AchievementsYear
Three students from the EEE Department of AVIT were appointed as Campus Ambassadors for IIT Bombay's Entrepreneurship Cell, providing opportunities to enhance entrepreneurial skills by organizing events and sessions at AVIT under the guidance of IIT Bombay experts. 2024
Joy Thomas T V and Vedhachalam K were selected in the first round and received participation certificates for an oral presentation on Healthcare and Sustainability at the MedCuore Tech Innovation Challenge 2.0 organized by CIIC, Vandalur. 2024
P.Veeramuneeswaran received the "Best outgoing student Award 2024" organized by Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology. 2024
Seven students from the EEE department participated in the 14th Project EXPO event in National Science Day Celebration organized by Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology, Puducherry. 2024
Dr.L.Chitra and Mr. V. Rattan Kumar received an appreciation for mentoring the Electroblitz team from the EEE department (10 students), which received the "Team spirit Award" at the National Electric Bike Challenge 2024 organized by Kumaraguru Institutions in association with Society for Smart E mobility. 2024
Dr.L.Chitra was sanctioned a grant of Rs.2,00,000/- from SERB under the scheme "Assistance to Professional Bodies & Seminar / Symposia Scheme" for her proposal on "National Seminar on Digital Twin for Sustainable Energy Management". 2024
Dr. L. Chitra received the “Best Faculty Advisor Award” from the Institution of Engineers (India), Hosur Local Chapter. 2024
P.Veeramuneeswaran from IV yrs EEE and Manobala M.K from IVyrs Mechatronics received the “Best student Award” from the Institution of Engineers (India), Hosur Local Chapter. 2024
Dr.L.Chitra and P.Poornima received the best paper Award for their paper titled "A Remote Surveillance System Based on Artificial Intelligence for Animal Tracking Near Railway Track” at Vemana Institute of Technology, Bangalore. 2024
Dr.L.Chitra, V.Rattan Kumar, and K.B.Devabalaji received appreciation for mentoring the AVIT team, which took part in the 4th Season of the Skill Innovation & Employability Program (SIEP E-BIKE Challenge) 2024 and received the FUTURE AWARD with a cash prize of Rs.5,000 for their indigenously developed e-bike. 2024
Dr. Chitra and Kavitha Kumari K.S received the Best paper Award for "ANN based Sepic Converter for Electric Vehicle Charging” organized by Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry. 2023
Veeramuneeswaran of III yrs EEE, Manobala M K, and Anandhan R of Mechatronics presented a paper titled “DCS and IIOT Integrated Energy Monitoring System” and won the Best paper Award in the Symposium on Recent Trends in Electrical, Information & Technology, Electronics & Communication and Computers organized by IETE Chennai Centre. 2023
Veeramuneeswaran .P, a Final year student, was shortlisted for a 1-month internship at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal. 2023
Miss A.Premalatha from final year BME and Mr. NN Dinesh Reddy, third year EEE, submitted the idea titled “Sugarcane robot for leaf remover and weeding application” and were selected as one of the 75 winners of the BUILD program organized by IIT Hyderabad Technology Incubation Center, with an expected funding of around Rs.35 Lakhs. 2023
A total of 9 teams from the university were shortlisted for the BUILD program. 2023
M.K.Manobala and S.Yogesh from IV year Mechatronics dept of EEE and D.Kaviya from II nd year Bio tech participated in the first round of ITech HackFest 2023 Hackathon - Regional Round on the theme: Climate Action, and were selected for the Final Round. 2023
The team of Veeramuneeswaran .P, Manobala M.K, and Dr.L.Chitra from EEE of AVIT were semifinalists in the 2nd edition of "The Inventors Challenge - 2023" and received a kit from ARM India to develop the prototype. 2023
Bishal Tiwari of IV yrs EEE presented the project title "Solar based Mini portable Thermo pot" in "2nd National level project competition /Exhibition VIDYUT 2023". 2023
Chitra.L received an appreciation for mentoring the student in "2nd National level project competition/Exhibition VIDYUT 2023". 2023
Anirudh C along with 8 students from IV year Mechatronics and IV year EEE participated in the Boot Camp of Sustainability Hackathon Challenge organized by Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India. 2023
Ganesh Kumar P, Aswin Prince Balan H & Yogesh S of III year Mechatronics visited Tripura under the Yuva Sangam of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB), being selected out of 2000 students. 2023
Anandhan R along with 3 members of EEE and Mechatronics won the 1st Prize of Rs.20,000 at Innovation Challenge-2K23 organized at AVIT by Institution's Innovation Council of AVIT. 2023
Dr.L.Chitra received an appreciation for mentoring the student who won the 1st Prize of Rs.20,000 at Innovation Challenge-2K23. 2023
Anandhan R along with 9 students from EEE, Mechatronics and Mechanical departments participated in the National Electric Bike Design Challenge 2023 and won 1st runner up of Rs.25,000 in National Electric Bike Challenge 2023 season 1. 2023
V.Rattan Kumar & Dr.L.Chitra received an appreciation for mentoring the student who won 1st runner up of Rs.25,000 in National Electric Bike Challenge 2023 season 1. 2023
Bishal Tiwari, Manu Tiwari and Suraj Kumar Chauhan of IV yrs EEE won 1st prize with a cash of Rs.8,000 at Project Expo 23 organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology. 2023
Anandhan R of IV year Mechatronics and Veeramuneswaran of III year EEE participated and won first place with a cash award of Rs.50,000 in Tech and Innovation fair at Shaastra 2023, IIT Madras for the product “Desilting Bike”. 2023
Veeramuneeswaran of III yrs EEE along with 5 students from EEE and Mechatronics won a prize in the Climate Hackathon Challenge organized by Energy Swaraj Foundation. 2022
Veeramuneeswaran of III yrs EEE and Manobala M K of IIIyr Mechatronics participated and won second prize in the 11th National level Technical Symposium. 2022
Dr.L.Chitra received second prize in the 11th National level Technical Symposium. 2022
Dr.L.Chitra guided the students to present their project titled "Solar based mini Portable Thermo Pot" and won first prize with a cash of Rs.8,000 at the project Expo organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology. 2022
S.Sivaranjani and D.Preethi of SAE, mentored by Dr.K.Boopathy, were placed as finalists in the IIC National Innovation contest 2020 and received a fund of Rs.4,00,000/- from the Ministry of Education Innovation cell, New Delhi. 2021
Dr.L.Chitra and Aiswarya Shajil, Sharook Khan, Jistin Jojan Varghese, Akshaya Pradeep of EEE participated in the final round of AICTE National Level Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards 2020. 2021
R.Ranjith, S.Sunkrutha of Mechatronics and Sharook Khan, EEE, mentored by Dr.L.Chitra, were selected as finalists in the IIC National Innovation contest 2020. 2021
The product named “Scavenger Robot“ was developed in association with Ganesan Incubation And Entrepreneurship Center (GIEC). 2021
The Department of EEE successfully conducted the International Faculty Development Programme on “Challenges in Energy Management for Smart Cities”. 2021
Dr.L.Chitra received the AVIT Women Achiever Award 2021. 2021
Mr.V.Rattan kumar, Asst.Prof(Gr.II) received a Seed money proposal of Rs.2,00,000 for hybrid PV solar inverter with analytical setup. 2020
Dr.L.Chitra, Associate Professor & HOD and Mrs.Jensie Antia Assistant Professor received a funded project of Rs.13,22,520 from Science of Equity Empowerment and Development (SEED), Division of Science and Technology of women. 2020
R.Ranjith, S.Sunkrutha and S.Subhash Kumar of Mechatronics won the competition for “PETRA” at SAHAYAK VIRTUAL HACKATHON 1.0. 2020
The Department of EEE successfully conducted the International Faculty Development Programme on “Research Challenges and Innovations in Renewable Energy systems”. 2020
Dr.L.Chitra, HOD/EEE, R.Ranjith, S. Sunkrutha of Mechatronics cleared round 1 of mega online challenges-SAMADHAN and were selected in top 20 out of 2500 entries. 2020
The Department of EEE received an amount of Rs.50,000 for the funded project titled “DC micro grid based solar PV generation to supply power to street lamp and common utilities” from the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan project scheme. 2020
The Department of EEE received an amount of Rs.1,00,000 for the funded project titled “Mobile Reverse Osmosis based water purification system using solar PV source for rural India” from the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan project scheme. 2020
Ms.Preethi Dhinagaran and Ms.S.Sivaranjani, Third year SAE students, participated in “Perform your project” in the Indian Science Festival 2020, Pune. 2020
Mr.R.Ranjith, Final year Mechatronics student, won runner up along with his team from another college in “Assistive Technology(AT) Makeathon” Shaastra, IIT Madras. 2020
Ranjith.R of IV year Mechatronics participated in the TECHGIUM 2019 event organized by L&T Technology services. 2019
Mr.R.Ranjith of Final year MECHAT participated in the 12th Thailand Renewable Energy for the Community Conference (TREC-12). 2019
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Siemens Industry Software (India) Pvt. Ltd.. 2019
The Department of EEE successfully conducted the International Conference on Sustainable Management of Advanced Renewable Energy Technologies (ICSMART). 2019
Ms.K.Sankruta of III MECT and Mr.Mithun Das of III EEE visited Nereusan University, Thailand under a student exchange programme. 2019
Cloud Enabled Central Research Facility for Siemens DCS, COMOS integrated Engineering Design and Simulation Lab was commissioned. 2018
Dr.K.Boopathy, Dr.S.M.Sathi Rekha and Prof.P.Rajasekaran with two other faculties of the college attended an International conference organized by Nereusuan University, Thailand. 2018
Dr.K.Boopathy, Professor received a funded project of rupees 9.795 lakhs from DRDO, New Delhi. 2018
Dr.M.Venkateshkumar, Associate Professor / EEE was selected as R&D Member and IEEE P825 Standard board member. 2018
Mr.V.Rattankumar, Asst.Prof(Gr.II) was selected and attended the International Training at Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 2017
Prof.P.Rajasekaran along with 2 students visited the School of Renewable Energy and Technology, Naresuan University, Thailand, under Student-faculty Exchange Program. 2016
Commencement of B.Tech (Solar and Alternate Energy) Programmes. 2016
NAAC Accredited. 2015
Installation of 100 kW Grid connected Solar Power Plant. 2014
National Conference (NCETNRES) sponsored by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources, Govt of India and IEEE – Madras Section. 2014
Installation of 26kW Grid connected Solar Power Plant. 2013
International Conference (ICETEEEM) sponsored by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources, Govt of India and IEEE. 2012
2kW Wind Mill Commissioned. 2012
Renewable Energy Mela. 2010
Accredited by NBA – AICTE. 2009
Commencement of B.E (Mechatronics), M.E (Power Systems) and M.E (Power Electronics and Drives) Programmes. 2005
Under the ambit of Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation - deemed to be University Status by MHRD. 2004
Commencement of B.E (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) Programmes. 1998

ONLINE CERTIFICATIONS

NPTEL- MOOC courses

S.No. Name of the Faculty Course Name Duration Certificate Type Timeline
(2024-2025) Odd
1 Dr.K.Boopathy Managing Intellectual Property In Universities 4 weeks Elite July-Aug 2025
2 Dr.K.S.Kavitha Kumari Introduction to Machine Learning 8 Weeks Elite+Silver July-September 2025
3 Ms.Poornima P Technologies for Clean and Renewable Energy Production 8 Weeks Elite July-September 2025
4 Ms.Geethi P Technologies for Clean and Renewable Energy Production 8 Weeks Sucessfully Completed July-September 2025
5 Ms.Vanitha R Design Thinking-A Primer 4 Weeks Sucessfully Completed July-Aug 2025
6 Ms.Vanitha R Technologies for Clean and Renewable Energy Production 8 Weeks Elite July-September 2025
7 Dr.K.S.Kavitha Kumari Reinforcement Learning 12 Weeks Sucessfully Completed July-October 2025
(2023-2024) Even
1 Dr.K.S.Kavitha kumari Python for Data Science 4 Weeks Sucessfully Completed Jan-Feb 2024
2 Mr.S.Prakash Science Communication: Research Productivity and Data Analytics using Open Source Software 12 Weeks Sucessfully Completed Jan-April 2024
(2023-2024) Odd Sem
1 Dr. L. N Ramya Solar Energy Engineering and Technology 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
2 Ms. R. Vanitha Solar Energy Engineering and Technology 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
3 Dr. K. S. Kavitha Kumari Big Data Computing 8 weeks Elite +Gold August to October 2023
4 Dr. K. S. Kavitha Kumari Sustainable Power Generation Systems 12 weeks Elite+Silver & top5% July to October 2023
5 Dr. K. Boopathy Introduction to Intellectual Property 12 weeks Successfully Completed Jan to May 2023
6 Dr. K. Boopathy Patent Search for Engineers and Lawyers 8 weeks Successfully Completed August to October 2023
(2022-2023) Even Sem
1 Chitra L Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things 12 weeks Successfully Completed Jan to April 2023
2 Prakash S Smart Grid: Basics to Advanced Technologies 12 weeks Successfully Completed Jan to April 2023
3 Kavitha Kumari K S Smart Grid: Basics to Advanced Technologies 12 weeks Successfully Completed Jan to April 2023
4 Kavitha Kumari K S Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things 12 weeks Successfully Completed Jan to April 2023
5 Rattan Kumar.V Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things 12 weeks Successfully Completed Jan to April 2023
6 Poorinma.P Smart Grid: Basics to Advanced Technologies 12 weeks Successfully Completed Jan to April 2023
(2022-2023) Odd Sem
1 Chitra.L Automation in manufacturing 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
2 Rattan Kumar.V DC Microgrid and Control System 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
3 Poornima.P Introduction to Smart Grid 8 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
4 Kavitha Kumari.K.S Solar Energy Engineering and Technology 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
5 Amudha.T Introduction To Industry 4.0 And Industrial Internet Of Things 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
6 Parvathi Sangeetha.B Solar Energy Engineering and Technology 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
7 Prakash.S Solar Energy Engineering and Technology 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
8 Prakash.S Power System Analysis 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023
9 Jyoti Physics of Renewable Energy Systems 12 weeks Successfully Completed July to October 2023

Industrial Tie-Ups & MOU's

S.No MoU Organization Date Signed
Ganesan Incubation and Entrepreneurship Centre (GIEC) 1 15.12.2021
M/S Corner stone automations 2 10.04.2020
M/S Siemens Industry Software (India) Pvt. Ltd. 3 10.05.2019
M/S Orion Automotive and Tubular Batteries 4 28.01.2019
M/S Maya Solar Power System Pvt. Ltd. 5 12.09.2017
M/S Emaar solar power system 6 11.09.2017
Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand 7 11.10.2016
M/S Steinbei's Solar Research Centre 8 14.09.2016
M/S Durga Switchgear, Chennai 9 04.08.2016
M/S Tata Power Solar Systems Limited, Bangalore 10 18.10.2014
M/S K-Lite Industries, Chennai 11 05.11.2014
M/S Vi Micro Systems Private Limited, Chennai 12 02.11.2014
M/S V.D.Swami & Company Private Limited, Chennai 13 31.10.2014
M/S Selva Engineering Enterprises, Chennai 14 29.10.2014
M/S Ecosense Sustainable Solution Pvt.Ltd New Delhi 15 30.05.2014

INFRASTRUCTURE

Infrastructure & Department Details

Infrastructure

Infrastructure – Laboratories list and Research Centre

The department having well equipped computer laboratory, all class room are having provision for LCD projector and multimedia facility. Department having six well spacious class rooms, exclusive department library for students as well as staffs, spacious staff rooms with separate cabin for Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professor. The department having separate cabin for HoD, with department office to facilitate the students and parents. The department has laboratory facility for the post graduate students as well as research scholars.

  • Mechatronics Laboratory
  • Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory
  • Circuits and Devices Laboratory
  • Digital circuits and microcontroller Lab
  • Power System Simulation Laboratory
  • Control and Instrumentation Laboratory
  • Power electronics and devices Laboratory
  • Electrical machines Laboratory

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