Electronic Systems Thinking (and Circuits)

Electronic Systems Thinking (and Circuits) IIT Madras decided to launch the Bachelor of Science in Electronic Systems(BS-ES), in 2023, following a fairly successful launch of BS in Data Science (DS) in 2020. This is a Web-Enabled programme where students access lecture material remotely but appear for exams and evaluations in person at exam centers across the country, which helps control the quality of the degree. I am excited to be part of such ambitious thoughts and giant leaps that an educational institute looks to make every now and then. The BS-DS programme had enough evidence to suggest that students can learn theory quite well. What about the labs? Can labs be conducted remotely but evaluated in person? Can electronics be taught in such a mode? While there are numerous such challenges to surmount for an ambitious idea like this to succeed, they also present opportunities to try things out differently. A chance to experiment. The Curriculum: The first opportunity was ...