ECE Research Centre was started in the year 2008, which offers Ph.D. Program in both part time and full time. The research centre is affiliated to VTU and the research facility is available for research scholars to carry out research in their research area of interest. Dr Yogesh G S is the research coordinator, there are 13 research scholars pursuing PhD. Research scholars are encouraged to take up interdisciplinary research in various domains such as Signal and Image Processing, Antennas, Wireless Sensors Network, Control system, VLSI, Communication, Bio-medical Signal Processing, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Faculty and students are encouraged to publish technical papers and also encouraged to submit research proposals in govt agencies such as DRDO, DST, SERB, ISRO etc. The research centre has been granted with the funding of 10L from VGST and also 9.5L from LRDE DRDO to carry out the research activities.

The department has been recognized as a Research Centre in the year 2014 under Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), with 7 research scholars currently pursuing their PhD program. Research and development (R&D) in Civil Engineering encompasses a wide range of activities aimed at improving infrastructure, construction methods and addressing societal challenges. And it plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of infrastructure making it safer, more sustainable and adaptable to the changing needs of society and the environment.