Admissions to P.G. Programs:

Admissions to Post Graduate programs at the first stage are offered on the basis of valid GATE score for general and reserved category candidates. Entrance test for sponsored candidates and for Non-GATE candidates on vacant seats will be conducted as per the schedule.  

Eligibility

1. B.E./B.Tech. Degree or equivalent from a recognized University/ Institute, as per the rules of Shivaji University, Kolhapur. (At least 50% marks at Bachelor’s degree for open category and 45 % for reserved category students.)
2. Candidates appearing for final year degree examination in May / June 2011 may also apply. Such candidates will have to submit the documents of the results of the qualifying examination before appearing for the entrance test.
3. Sponsored candidates: Conditions mentioned in 1 and 2 apply. He/She must be in service in an academic institute/ industry / R&D organization for minimum two years in related area. The candidates should furnish the sponsorship letter from their parent organization at the time of entrance test.
4. A written test (Objective Type) of 1 Hr duration will be conducted based on given syllabus.

Fee Structure

The fees are as per SHIKSHAN SHULKA SAMITI, Shivaji University rules and are subjected to revision.

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M.E. (Mechanical Design)

Syllabus for Entrance Exam
Engineering Mechanics:
Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; impact.
Strength of Materials:
Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohr's circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Euler's theory of columns; strain energy methods; thermal stresses.
Theory of Machines:
Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms; dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels.
Vibrations:
Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of damping; vibration isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts.
Design:
Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N diagram; principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints, shafts, spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches.

M.E. (Power Systems)

Syllabus for Entrance Exam
Power systems: Basic power generation concept; cable performance; Insulation; corona; per unit system; load flow; voltage control; economic operation; symmetrical components; fault analysis; system stability; swing curve and equal area criterion; HVDC and FACTS concept.
Electrical Machines: Transformer, parallel operation; DC machine type; generator characteristics; armature reaction; commutation; starting and speed control of motors; induction motors-principle, characters tics, speed control; synchronous machine; servo and stepper motors.
Electrical Measurement : PMMC; moving iron; induction type instruments; measurement of current, voltage, power, energy, power factor, instrument transformer, Q-meters; error analysis.
Electromagnetic Theory: Electric and magnetic fields, Gauss’s law and ampere law; field in dielectrics, conductors and magnetic materials; Maxwell’s equations; time varying field; plane wave propagating in dielectric and conducting media.
Power Electronics and drives : Semiconductor power diode; transistors, tyristors; triac, GTOs, MOSFET, IGBT- characteristics and principle of operation; triggering circuits; phase control rectifiers, principle of chopper and inverter; basic concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives. 

M.E. (Electronics and Telecommunications)

Syllabus for Entrance Exam
1) Networks- Network theorems, differential equation Laplace transforms Nodal and mesh analysis, Time and freq. domain response, two port network parameters.
2) Control systems-transfer functions, block diagram reduction techniques, signal flow  graphs, basic control components, transient and steady state responses, stability of linear systems, Routh Harvitz  criterian, frequency response, Nyquist criterion, Bode Plot, PID control, Compensating techniques.
3) Analog Circuits- Diodes, BJT, FET, Biasing transistor and FET, Amplifiers, single and multistage feedback, differential, operational, wide band amplifier, Oscillators-RC,LC,crystal,relaxation,function generators, and wave shaping circuits, power supply, Timers, PLLs, F to V, V to F I to V, V to I convertors, SCR and its applications.
4) Digital Circuits- Boolean functions, gates, digital IC families, combinational circuits, arithmetic circuits, code convertors, multiplexers and decoders, sequential circuits, latches and flip flops, counters and shift register, comparators timers, ADCs, DACs, semiconductor memories, Architecture, programming of 8085/8086 microprocessors, processor peripherals and interfacing, micro controller basic.
5) Communication Systems- Fourier transform, spatial analysis, convolution, signal transmission through lines, time invariant system, random signals, Linear and angle modulating system, superhetro-dyne receivers, sampling theorems in time and frequency domain, pulse code modulation, Companding, spread spectrum techniques, DPCM, Delta modulation, linear phase FIR & IIR filters, digital modulations system, FDM & TDM, Basics of audio & video signal transmission and reception.
6) Microcontroller/embedded systems

M.E. (Computer Science and Engineering)

Syllabus for Entrance Test
Theory of Computation: Regular languages and finite automata, Context free languages and Push-down automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Un decidability; NP completeness.
Digital Logic: Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).
Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.
Programming and Data Structures: Programming in C; Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.
Algorithms: Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis; Design: Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching.
Compiler Design: Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization.
Operating System: Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems, I/O systems, Protection and security.
Databases: ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.
Computer Networks: ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http); Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers