Dr Mini P R joined FISAT as a lecturer in 2002 and has served as Head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering during the period 2002-2006 and 2008-2021. She was instrumental in establishing the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in FISAT and setting up the various labs for UG and PG programs. Under her headship the department won several accolades including many B Tech and M Tech ranks both under M G University and APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University. The department also has a very commendable placement record.During the years 2021 to 2023, Dr. Mini P R held the positions of Dean (Academic Affairs) and IQAC Coordinator. She also served as the college’s coordinator for NBA and NAAC accreditations, successfully guiding it to an A+ in the second round of NAAC accreditation in 2023.
Dr. Mini P R received her BE degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore and M Tech in Digital Systems and Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. She received PhD from Cochin University of Science and Technology.
She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and has been associated with FISAT since its inception. Her earlier teaching stints were at Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetam, Coimbatore and Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. She is a lifetime member of ISTE.
| Degree |
Discipline |
Institution |
Year of Award |
| PhD |
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
Cochin University of Science and Technology |
2018 |
| M Tech |
Digital Systems and Communication Engineering |
National Institute of Technology, Calicut |
2008 |
| B. E. |
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
Government College of Science and Technology, Coimbatore |
1991 |
- Federal Institute of Science and Technology: Sept 2002 till date
- Amrita Institute of Technology and Science, Coimbatore
- Cavalcade Softwares Pvt Ltd, Perumbavoor
- Government College of Technology and Science, Coimbatore
- West Coast Engineering Corporation, Coimbatore
- Co-ordinated the activities for NAAC Cycle 2 Accreditation and achieved A+ Grade with a score of 3.46/4.
- Received the Best Teacher Award in FISAT, 2009
- Vice Principal: May 2023-till date
- Dean (Academics): June 2021- April 2021
- IQAC Coordinator: June 2021- April 2021
- Coordinator of NAAC cycle 2 activities -June 2021 – March 2023
- Coordinator of NBA Compliance Visit – April 2023
- Head of Department of ECE: 2002-2004, 2005-2006, 2008-2021
- First Year Coordinator – 2020-2021
Publications
- Mini P. R., S. Mridula, Binu Paul, P. Mohanan (2016), A novel approach for improving performance of LMS beamformer, International Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 4, 118 – 123.
- Mini P. R., S. Mridula, Binu Paul, P. Mohanan (2016), FPGA Implementation of One Dimensional Reduced Mapped Real Transform based digital beamformer, International Journal of Electronics Letters (Taylor and Francis), 5,1 – 12.
- Mini P. R., S. Mridula, Binu Paul, P. Mohanan (2016), A novel algorithm for adaptive NLMS beamformer, International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (Inderscience), 10, 122 – 129.
- Omni Directional Printed Patch Antenna For Wireless LAN, Ansa Tom Kunnel, Suresh Nair, Mrs.Mini P R, Shemeena P M, Dinesh Kumar / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) Vol. 2, Issue 5, September- October 2012, pp.1960-1962
- Mini P. R., S. Mridula, Binu Paul, P. Mohanan, An approach for sidelobe reduction in conventional beamformers, INDICON 2012, Cochin, Dec 2012, 794 – 797.
- Mini P. R., S. Mridula, Binu Paul, P. Mohanan, Conventional Beamformers based on One Dimensional Reduced Mapped Real Transform, APSYM 2014, Dec 2014, 103 – 106.
- Mohammed Yaseen, Mini P. R., S. Mridula, Implementation of array theory of antennas using FPGA, 7th IETE ICON RFW 2014, Bangalore
- J. A. Thomas, P. R. Mini and M. N. A. Kumar, “DOA estimation and adaptive beamforming using MATLAB and GUI,” 2017 International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS), 2017, pp. 1890-1896, doi: 10.1109/ICECDS.2017.8389778.
- A. A. Cherian, M. N. A. Kumar and P. R. Mini, “Improving power efficiency in partially deployed software defined networks (SDN),” 2017 International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS), 2017, pp. 1878-1881, doi: 10.1109/ICECDS.2017.8389775.
- Mini P.R., S. Mridula, B. Paul and P. Mohanan, “Performance Enhancement of Sample Matrix Beamformer using a Novel Algorithm,” 2018 8th International Symposium on Embedded Computing and System Design (ISED), 2018, pp. 173-177, doi: 10.1109/ISED.2018.8704018.
| Name of the Programme |
Institution |
Period |
| Outcome Based Education and Essential AI Tools for Teachers |
St Alberts College |
2nd – 9th Nov 2023 |
| FDP on Outcome based education |
JPMASC |
16th -22nd Feb 2023 |
| FDP on Robotics Control and Applications |
MBCET |
4th -8th April 2022 |
| STTP on Paradigm Shift in assessment and evaluation practices for engineering graduates |
AJCE |
19th -24th October 2020 |
| FDP on “ Tools to aid online & Blended Learning” |
FISAT |
8,9,16 July 2019 |
| 2018 Eighth International Symposium on Embedded Computing and System Design (ISED) |
CUSAT |
Dec 2018 |
| FDP on “ Tools to aid online & Blended Learning” |
FISAT |
12 Dec 2018 |
| FDP on “IOT – Trends and Challenges” |
FISAT |
4 Dec 2018 |
| FDP on Outcome based education- A gateway for NBA accreditation |
CUSAT |
Feb 12-16 2018 |
| National Seminar on Powering Future Kerala |
KEL |
Dec 14-15 2017 |
| FDP on Power Electronics and Embedded Coding |
FISAT |
Sep 15-16 2017 |
| Workshop on Network Simulator |
FISAT |
July 22 2016 |
| Workshop on LATEX |
FISAT |
Jan 6 2016 |
Session Chair” of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS) hosted by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady, Ernakulam, India,18 – 20 May 2023.
M Tech Projects
- DOA Estimation and Adaptive Beamforming using GUI and Matlab
- Brain Tumour Detection and Stage Analysis using Content Based Image Retrieval
- FPGA Implementation of Adaptive Digital Beamformer
- Basics of Electronics Engineering
- Information Theory and Coding
- Coding Theory
- Smart Antennas
- Secure Communication
- VHDL Programming