WORK

INTEGRATED
LEARNING
PROGRAMMES

M.Tech.
M.Tech.
Embedded
Systems
for Working Professionals

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M.Tech. Embedded Systems is a four-semester Work Integrated Learning Programme designed for
engineers working in the embedded systems industry (automotive, avionics, consumer electronics,
medical devices, defense, and processor design) who want to gain knowledge in state-of-the-art tools
and theories.

The core topics span embedded control, real-time systems, model-based design and verification,
Processor Architecture, Chip Design and implementation of embedded systems. M.Tech. Embedded
Systems is a BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programme (WILP). BITS Pilani Work Integrated
Learning Programmes are UGC approved.

Who Should Apply?

 Highly driven and ambitious engineers working for Embedded Systems services or product
companies and wish to advance their careers in hyper-growth areas such as Consumer
Electronics, Automotive, Semiconductors, Medical Equipment, and Process industries.
 Professionals in technical areas such as Software Development & Testing (System or
Applications), Hardware Design & Validation, Product Design, Tech Support,
Communications, and Network Engineering.

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What are the Highlights
of the Programme?
M.Tech. Embedded Systems is a BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning
Programme (WILP). BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes are
UGC approved.

The programme is of four semesters, with online classes conducted mostly on

weekends or after business hours. You can pursue the programme without any
career break.

The programme offers a set of courses that allow learners to gain and apply knowledge
of various Embedded Systems, and design fault-tolerant, Safety-Critical systems for
real-time processing.

Participants will be able to use Remote Labs, that provide remote access to hardware and
software tools that are used for designing and testing embedded systems on various
platforms such as MultiCore STM32, Raspberry Pi, Xilinx FPGA.

The programme makes use of VLSI Architecture tools, Simulation tools, and Mathematical
Modelling tools. These include GEM5, Tossim, Cheddar, Keil, CCS Studio, and MATLAB.

Semesters 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cover four courses each. The 4th semester covers
Dissertation/ Project Work.

The Dissertation (Project Work) in the final semester enables students to apply
concepts and techniques learnt during the programme.

The programme uses a Continuous Evaluation System that assesses the learners over
convenient and regular intervals. Such a system provides timely and frequent feedback and
helps busy working professionals stay on course with the programme.

The education delivery methodology is a blend of classroom and experiential learning.

Experiential learning consists of lab exercises, assignments, case studies, and
work-integrated activities.

Participants who successfully complete the programme will become members

of an elite & global community of BITS Pilani Alumni.

Option to submit fee using easy-EMI with 0% interest.

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What are the programme
objectives?
Studies have shown that senior positions in technology industry require holistic
understanding and capabilities that span multiple technologies, critical thinking, and
problem solving situations and cross-functional collaboration. The programme aims to:

 Build and nurture the knowledge, skills, and aptitude required to realise long-term career
growth and enables participants to undertake higher responsibilities at the workplace.
 Provide a requisite conceptual foundation, and contextual understanding of real-world applications
that enable a learner to enhance workplace performance and stand out among peers for growth
opportunities.
 Enable the learners to choose to gain expertise in some of the fastest growing domains like IoT,
Instrumentation, Automotive Engineering, Aeronautics, Telecommunication and Defense.

What are the student learning outcomes?

The program aims to create Embedded Designers who will be able to:

 Design, describe, validate, and optimize embedded electronic systems in different industrial
application areas.
 Define hardware and software communication and control requirements and be able to effectively
bridge the gap between hardware and software design in different industrial production contexts.
 To use tools for the development and debugging on a variety of platform.

Learning methodology
Attend online lectures over weekends

 Lectures are conducted live via online classes. These lectures can be attended via the internet using
a computer from any location. These online classrooms offer similar levels of interactivity as regular
classrooms at the BITS Pilani campus.
 Classes for students admitted during the period Oct 2022 - Jan 2023 will begin in Jan 2023. The
class schedule is announced within 1 week of completion of the admission process.
 The online lectures are conducted usually over weekends for a total of 7-8 hours per week. If you
miss a lecture, you can also access the recorded lecture on the internet.

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 Digital learning
Learners can access engaging learning material at their own pace which includes
recorded lectures from BITS Pilani faculty members, course hand-outs and recorded
lab content wherever applicable.

Experiential learning

The programme emphasises on Experiential Learning that allows learners to apply concepts learnt in the
classroom in simulated, and real work situations. This is achieved through:

 Virtual & Remote Labs: The remote labs provide you with remote access to hardware and software tools that are
used for designing and testing embedded systems on various platforms such as MultiCore STM32, Raspberry Pi,
Arduino, Xilinx FPGA

 Simulation-based Lab components: Some or all of the following would be utilised across the programmeo.

 VLSI Architecture tools like GEM5.

 Simulation tools like

 Mathematical Modelling tools such as

Case studies and assignments

Carefully chosen real-world cases & assignments are both discussed and used as problem-solving
exercises during the programme

Dissertation/Project work
The fourth semester offers an opportunity for learners to apply their knowledge gained during
the programme to a real-world like complex project. The learner is expected to demonstrate an
understanding of vital principles learnt across semesters and their ability to successfully apply
these concepts

Continuous assessment

Continuous Assessment includes graded Assignments/Quizzes, Mid-semester exam, and

Comprehensive Exam.

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VIRTUAL LAB
The Virtual Lab is a cloud based simulation space, where participants can design,
develop and test solutions for industry scale problems. The lab hosts a range of
popular software tools that can simulate the complete spectrum of engineering processes
to the accuracy and precision of real-life. The lab is open 24x7, 365 days with a live support.

LAB ARCHITECTURE
 The lab is organised around six engineering domains such as, thermal, design, materials, manufacturing,
circuits and operations.

 The structured lab exercises are packaged as simulation-capsules that guide the students through a
sequence of practice problems of increasing complexity eventually to build the competency to solve an
industry scale problem.

 Participants required to perform experiments as a part of their course work can select their suitable time,
schedule the session and perform the experiments by accessing the lab from any geographical location
if they only have a basic internet connection.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
 On completion of the experiment, participants can download the results, analyse and submit the report
in the learning management system for evaluation.

 Apply the gained knowledge in solving creative industry scale problems.

Participants of M.Tech. Embedded Systems can access the following Virtual Lab:

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AUTOMATION STUDIO
VIRTUAL LAB
Automation Studio offers intuitive design, animation, simulation and system analysis
functionalities in a versatile and user-friendly environment in Mechatronics and Automation
domain. It allows students to build and select their mechatronics circuits including hydraulic,
pneumatics, electronic, electrical, PLC and combination of these elements.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:
 PLC programming for specific automation processes.
 Hydraulics and pneumatics circuit simulation using different control valves.
 Mechanism simulation including mechatronics circuits.
 Selecting suitable actuators for the specific automation application.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
 Understand the behaviour of the circuit elements.
 Design and optimize hydraulic circuits and pneumatic circuits.
 Understand behaviour of each mechatronics elements like valve, cylinders, actuators etc.

Software used:
Automation Studio

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Mode of Examinations
Examinations Mode Options applicable for students admitted in
Batch starting in Jan 2023
Semester 1, 2 and 3 have Mid-semester Examinations and Comprehensive Examinations
for each of the course. These examinations are mostly scheduled over weekends. During
these semesters, In addition to the mid-semester and comprehensive examinations, there will also
be quizzes/assignments conducted online as per course plan which the students need to participate.
In the Semester 4 (Final Semester), Student will be doing a dissertation (project work) as per
Institution’s guidelines.

Two Options on Mode of Examinations during Semester 1 & 2:

Institution offers a choice between taking the examination online or taking them at a designated
examination centre. The student will choose one of the option depending on his or her own preference and
circumstances. Both options are explained below:

Online Examinations:
Students choosing this option can take the examinations online from any location e.g. office or home.
To take an online examination, student must possess a laptop or desktop with two web cams (One
Web Cam for students frontal face view and second Web Cam for student’s full side profile
view), a smart phone and good internet connectivity. As per the examination schedule, the student is
expected to login to the institution’s online examination platform and take the examinations in
compliance with institution’s defined guidelines and rules announced before the examinations. For full
details about hardware, software and connectivity requirements to take online examination, Click here.

Examinations at Designated Examination Centers:

Students choosing this option will need to appear in person for taking the examinations at institution’s
designated examination centers. These designated examination centers are at the following
locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Goa, Delhi NCR, Pilani and
Kolkata. In addition to these location, Institution also has a designated examination center at Dubai.
Please note that offering of examinations at designated examination centers is subject to institution’s
assessment of the safety conditions as per prevailing pandemic conditions and also subject to a
required minimum number of students preferring this option. The institution may choose to not offer
this option, if as per its own assessment the safety situation due to pandemic conditions is not
conducive to conduct examinations at designated examination centers or if as per its assessment,
adequate no of students have not preferred for this option. In circumstances as explained, Institute
will then conduct the examinations only in the online mode.

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 Important:
The option of taking Online Exams for Semester 1& 2 will remain available for normal duration
of the programme. However, in case a student chooses to take a break in the programme, the
options on the mode of examination available will be as prevailing at the time the student resumes the
programme. Also, if a student has backlog course/s to successfully complete and due to which he/she
needs to register in additional semester/s over and above the normal duration of the programmes, the
options on the mode of examination available will be as prevailing at the time when student registers for
an additional semester.

Also note that The Institute regularly takes actions to optimize its examination system and hence the
Hardware, software, equipment and connectivity requirements, instructions and rules associated with
online and physical mode examination may change at Institute's discretion. All students will need to
100% comply with any such changed specification announced by the Institute.

Mode of Examinations for Semester 3:

One or both of the options on the mode of the examination as listed above for Semester 1 & 2 will be
made available as per discretion of the institution. Institution decision on mode of examinations will take
into account its assessment of the pandemic situation and any other feasibility constraints associated
with each mode. The Institution’s decision on mode of examination to be offered to the student will be as
per its sole discretion and students must comply by the institution’s decision.

Mode of Evaluation for Semester 4 (Final Semester):

During Semester 4, students will be required to register for a full semester Dissertation (Project work).
Each submission required for Dissertation as per institution’s guidelines can be made ONLINE on a BITS
Pilani’s approved and managed online assessment platform.

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What is the Eligibility Criteria?
Minimum eligibility to apply: Employed professionals holding Bachelor of Engineering
in EEE/ECE/ENI/ Computer Science or equivalent with at least 60% aggregate
marks and minimum one year of work experience in relevant domains.
The programme is designed for Highly driven and ambitious engineers working for
Embedded Systems services or product companies and wish to advance their careers in
hyper-growth areas such as Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Semiconductors, Medical Equipment
and Process industries.
If you are a Professional in technical areas such as Software Development & Testing (System or
Applications), Hardware Design & Validation, Product Design, Tech Support, Communications and Network
Engineering, you should consider applying to this programme.

Fee Structure
The following fees schedule is applicable for candidates seeking new admission during the
academic year 2022-23.

Application Fees Admission Fees

Semester Fees
(one time) (one time)
(per semester)

`1,500 `16,500 `60,500

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Important: For every course in the program institute will recommend textbooks, students would
need to procure these textbooks on their own.

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Programme Curriculum
Participants need to take at least 12 courses towards coursework, and complete
one Project/ Dissertation. The coursework requirement for the programme would
consist of a set of core courses and electives. Core courses are compulsory for all
participants, while electives can be chosen based on individual learning preferences.

First Semester Second Semester

Embedded System Design Elective 1
Real Time Systems Elective 2
Software for Embedded System Elective 3
Hardware Software Co-Design Elective 4

Third Semester Fourth Semester

Elective 5 Dissertation
Elective 6
Elective 7
Elective 8

Electives:
Computer Networks Networked Embedded Applications
Network Security Advanced digital signal processing
Wireless & Mobile Communication VLSI Design
Project Management Testability for VLSI
Real-Time Operating Systems Advanced Computer networks
Pervasive Computing Optical Communication
Reconfigurable Computing Mechatronics
Digital Signal Processing Mechanism & Robotics
Fault-Tolerant System Design Data Storage Technology & Networks
VLSI Architecture

Choice of Electives is made available to enrolled students at the beginning of each semester. A limited selection
of Electives will be offered at the discretion of the Institute.

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How to apply
Click here to visit the BITS Pilani Online Application Center. Create your login at the
Application Center by entering your unique Email id and create a password of your choice.

Once your login has been created, you can anytime access the online Application Center using your
email ID and password. Once you have logged in, you will see a screen showing 4 essential steps to be
completed to apply for the programme of your choice.

Begin by clicking on Step 1 - ‘Fill/ Edit and Submit Application Form’. This will enable you to select the
programme of your choice. After you have chosen your programme, you will be asked to fill your details in an
online form. You must fill all details and press ‘Submit’ button given at the bottom of the form.

Take the next step by clicking on Step 2 - 'Download Application PDF Copy’. This will download a pdf copy of
the application form on your computer.

Now, click on Step 3 - 'Pay Application Fee’ to pay INR 1,500/- using Net banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card.

Take a printout of the downloaded Application Form and note down the Application Form Number that appear
on the top-right corner of the first page. This Application Form Number should be referred in all future
correspondence with BITS Pilani.

In the printout of the downloaded Application Form, you will notice on page no. 3 a section called the Employer
Consent Form. Complete the Employer Consent Form. This form needs to be signed and stamped by your
organisation’s HR or any other authorised signatory of the company.

Important: In view of work-from-home policies mandated by many organisations,

a few candidates may not be able to get the physical forms signed by their HR/ other authorised organisational
representative. Such candidates may instead request an email approval to be sent to their official email ID by the
HR using the format available through this link.

Further on page no. 4 of the printed Application Form is a section called the Mentor Consent Form. The Mentor
Consent Form needs to be signed by the Mentor.

Important: In view of work-from-home policies mandated by many organisations, a few candidates may not be able
to get the physical forms signed by their Mentor. Such candidates may instead request an email approval to be sent
to their official email ID by the Mentor using the format available through this link.

Who is a mentor:
Candidates applying to Work Integrated Learning Programmes must choose a Mentor, who will monitor the
academic progress of the candidate, and act as an advisor & coach for successful completion of the programme.

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How to apply
Candidates should ideally choose the immediate supervisor or another senior person from
the same organisation. In case a suitable mentor is not available in the same organisation, a
candidate could approach a senior person in another organisation who has the required
qualifications. Wherever the proposed Mentor is not from the same employing organization as that of the
candidate, a supporting document giving justification for the same should be provided by the candidate’s
employer.

Candidates applying to B.Tech. programmes should choose a Mentor who is an employed professional with B.E./
B.S./ B.Tech./ M.Sc./ A.M.I.E./ Integrated First Degree of BITS or equivalent. Candidates applying to M.Tech., M.Sc.,
MBA, M.Phil programme should choose a Mentor who is an employed professional with:

• B.E./ M.Sc./ M.B.A./ M.C.A./ M.B.B.S. etc. and with a minimum of five years of relevant work experience

OR

• M.E./ M.S./ M.Tech./ M.Phil./ M.D./ Higher Degree of BITS or equivalent

 Further on page no. 5 of the downloaded Application Form, is a Checklist of Enclosures/ Attachments.

• Make photocopies of the documents mentioned in this Checklist

• Applicants are required to self-attest all academic mark sheets and certificates

 Finally, click on Step 4 - 'Upload & Submit All Required Documents’. This will allow you to upload one-by-one the
printed Application Form, Mentor Consent Form, Employer Consent Form, and all mandatory supporting
documents and complete the application process. Acceptable file formats for uploading these documents are
.DOC, .DOCX, .PDF, .ZIP and .JPEG.

 Upon receipt of your Application Form and all other enclosures, the Admissions Cell will scrutinise them for
completeness, accuracy and eligibility.

 Admission Cell will intimate selected candidates by email within two weeks of submission of application with all
supporting documents. The selection status can also be checked by logging in to the Online Application Centre.

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 WORK
INTEGRATED
LEARNING
PROGRAMMES

UGC Approval
BITS Pilani is an Institution of Eminence under UGC (Institution of Eminence Deemed
to be Universities) Regulations, 2017. The Work Integrated Learning Programmes
(WILP) of BITS Pilani constitutes a unique set of educational offerings for working
professionals. WILP are an extension of programmes offered at the BITSPilani
Campuses and are comparable to our regular programmes both in terms of
unit/credit requirements as well as academic rigour. In addition, it capitalises and
further builds on practical experience of students through high degree of integration,
which results not only in upgradation of knowledge, but also in up skilling, and
productivity increase. The programme may lead to award of degree, diploma, and
certificate in science, technology/engineering, management, and humanities and
social sciences.

On the recommendation of the Empowered Expert Committee, UGC in its 548th

Meeting held on 09.09.20 has approved the continued offering of BITS Pilani’s Work
Integrated Learning programmes.

https://bits-pilani-wilp.ac.in

Call:+91-80-48767777

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