The document outlines the objectives and activities of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Telecom at Wipro and RMK College, focusing on enhancing technical education and employability through training, internships, and collaboration with industry experts. It details the training programs, course content, and faculty development initiatives aimed at equipping students with telecom-specific skills, as well as the establishment of a dedicated telecom laboratory. The document also includes information on student placements, project orientation programs, and the selection criteria for students participating in the CoE.

1. CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
(COE)
in
WIPRO TELECOM
R.M.K. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
AND TECHNOLOGY

2. CoE Objectives -Importance and Its
Opportunities

3. CENTRE
OF
EXCELLENCE
OBJECTIVES
Training and
certifications,
skill assessments,
team building and
encourage shared
learning.
Interaction
with senior
industry level
experts.
Practical
exposure to real
time projects
Improvement in
the quality of
technical
education.
Increase in the
employability of
students
To create a
platform for the
students in
acquiring the
technology
trends in their
core
competencies
3

4. To provide Application Oriented
Telecom Course to
the students in collaboration with
Wipro
To set up a Advanced Telecom
laboratory in collaboration with
Wipro
&
To inspire the students to develop
projects in Telecom Domain
To create a platform for the
students in acquiring the technology
trends in the field of Telecom
through Industry Internship
To prepare the students for a
successful career in Telecom field
as expected by
the Industry
Telecom
CoE
Objectives

5. Advisor
Dr. M.S. Palanichamy
Principal
Dr. K. A. Mohamed Junaid
RMKEC
Dr. K. Sivaram
RMDEC
Dr. T. Renga Raja
RMKCET
RMK Group of Institutions
Dr. R.Siva Kumar Dr. N.Gangatharan
Dr. K. Helen Prabha
HoD/ECE

6. Core Team Details
Dr. K. K. Sivagnana Prabhu
Head, Training and Corporate Affairs
RMK Group of Institutions
Ms. J.Jasmine Hephzipah Mr. B.Jaiganesh Dr.K.G.Shanthi
Assistant Professor/ECE Assistant Professor/ECE Associate Professor/ECE
R.M.K. Engineering College R.M.D. Engineering College R.M.K. College of Engineering
and Technology
Co-cordinator
Ms.L.Saranya
Assistant Professor/ECE
R.M.K. College of Engineering
and Technology

7. TELECOM CoE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
(Nominated By Respective Companies)
SI.NO
NAME OF THE
COMPANY
NAME OF THE
PERSON POSITION
1
Wipro
Technologies Mr.S.Swaminathan DMTS-Senior Member
2 Aircel Mr.S.Sakthivel Manager
3 CTS Mr.S.Gnanasakthi
Director-Operational
Excellence
4 Global Edge Mr.S.Senthilnathan Manager
CORE TEAM MEMBERS
Dr.N.Gangatharan-HOD-Department of ECE
Dr.K.G.Shanthi-Professor-Department of ECE
Ms.L.Saranya- Assistant Professor-Department of ECE

8. Trends and Opportunities

9. Trends and Opportunities

10. Trends and Opportunities

11. Companies Associated with CoE

12. Companies Associated with CoE

13. Companies Associated with CoE

14. Activities of Telecom CoE

15. Roll out Plan

16. Faculty Training Model
• To hone our faculty skills to be a best trainer for the Telecom
curriculum. This Train a Trainer program will have significant
impact on our students to transform them from novices to
pioneers in the Industry.
• A Faculty Development Programme titled “TELECOM”
conducted on 21/06/2016 by
Ms.Madhavi Ravanan
Senior Architect
Wipro Technologies

17. FDP on TELECOM

18. Meetings & CoE Lab
• The core Team Members meet twice a month to discuss about the
CoE activities for which Minutes of Meeting is being
maintained.
• With the support of our Management and Wipro, we have
established and Inaugurated the Telecom CoE Lab in RMKEC,
RMDEC and RMKCET on 16/02/2017 by
Mr. T. V Vinod Kumar
Vice President,
Wipro Technologies Ltd.

19. Inauguration of Telecom CoE Lab

20. Training Course Content
THEORETICAL TELECOM BASICS TRAINING
Introduction to telecom
Basics, telecom networks, layers, components, segments, key players, evolution
Telecom network architectural components & key functions (across different network segments)
Optical, L2 and L3 overview
PDH, SDH, DWDM, MPLS, LAN, Routing, Bridging, IPv4, IPv6, Ethernet
Wireless Networks
Intro & basic concepts, 2G, 3G, 4G – RAN and core, protocols and technologies overview,
services
EMS/NMS, OSS/BSS
Intro, architecture, Mediation/Interfaces - SNMP, CORBA, TL1, NetConf, SFTP,
webservices, FCAPS, telco business processes & apps (eTOM, NGOSS, SID), operations
SDN
Basics, concepts & architecture, benefits & practical examples, Openflow, South-bound &
North-bound interfaces, example of SDN controller, app, switch
NFV
Intro, Comparison with data center, clouds, architecture and layers/hierarchy, Intro to
Virtualization, Containers, MANO overview, Example use cases, impact to OSS/BSS

21. Java Programming
❖ Core Java. (Basic Java Course)
❖ J2EE Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition
-Comprises of Java Server Pages (JSP), Servlet,
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
❖ J2ME Java 2 Platform Micro Edition
-Used for Mobile Applications. Wireless support
Training Course Content

22. Training Schedule
Days Topic Duration Faculty
Day 1
Introduction to telecom
Telecom network architectural components &
key functions (across different
network segments)
8 Hrs
Internal
Day 2 Optical, L2 and L3 Overview 8 Hrs Internal
Day 3 Wireless Networks 8 Hrs Internal
Day 4 EMS/NMS, 8 Hrs External
Day 5 OSS/BSS 8 Hrs External
Day 6 SDN 8 Hrs External
Day 7 NFV 8 Hrs External
Day 8 & 9
Java Programming - Basics 16 Hrs External
Day 10 - 12
Java Programming – J2ME
24 Hrs External
Telecom basics 56 Hrs
Programming skills 40 Hrs
Total course Duration 96 Hrs

23. Training Roll Out Plan
BATCHES
FIRST
YEAR
SECOND
YEAR
THIRD YEAR
(PREFINAL)
FINAL YEAR
I
SEM
II
SEM
III
SEM
IV
SEM
V
SEM
VI
SEM
VII
SEM
VIII
SEM
CoE
2013-17
Batch
CCNA
JAVA
Training
Placement
•Telecom
Training
•Internship
Project
CoE
2014-18
Batch
CCNA
Training
JAVA
Training
•Project Expo
I
•Placement
•Telecom
Training
Internship
Project
CoE
2015-19
Batch
CCNA
and
JAVA
Training
•Project
•JAVA
Training
•Project Expo
I
•Placement
•Telecom
Training
Internship
Project

24. Wipro - Telecom
No. of . Students Placed
College RMK RMD RMKCET Total
No. of Students
Registered 74 75 45 194
No. of Students
Placed 20 23 11 54
2016 BATCH – Currently employed at Wipro
2017 BATCH – Currently in Internship at Wipro
College RMK RMD RMKCET Total
No. of Students
Registered 61 95 59 215
No. of Students
Placed 16 18 11 45

25. Project Orientation Program
• The overview of Wipro (internship) projects and pre-requisites
was provided at RMK Engg college on 30th Jan 2016 for the
Wipro recruits by
Mr.Elankumaran, Project Manager, Wipro Technologies
Mr.Joel, Project Manager ,Wipro Technologies
Ms.Srividhya, Project Manager , Wipro Technologies
• Wipro telecom COE orientation programme was provided at
RMK Engg college on 10th Aug 2017 for telecom COE by
Mr.Elankumaran, Project Manager, Wipro Technologies
Mr.Joel, Project Manager ,Wipro Technologies

26. Students Selection Process
Selection Process
Based on the performance of test Based on the performance in projects
Projects
Programming based Innovative Ideas in Telecom
Screening Test
Logical Technical

27. COE STUDENTS OF THE CURRENT
ACADEMIC YEAR
58
40 40
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
IV year III year II year
COE STUDENTS 2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR

28. COE PLACED STUDENTS
9
11 11
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
2012-2016 2013-2017 2014-2018
COE PLACED STUDENTS