Information Technology

Information Technology is the use of computers and software to manage information. IT is a technology to maximize the efficiency and productivity of any organization. The department strives its best to meet the requirement of the global era.

Vision

To promote – innovation-centric education and perform cutting–edge research in Information Technology.  To attain global recognition in Information Technology education, research, and training to meet the growing needs of the industry and society.

Mission

The mission of the Department of Information Technology is to provide quality education to students, in the traditional and contemporary areas of information technology and develop students with good ethical practices, and their overall personality development.

To create, and sustain an academic environment, conducive to the highest level of research and teaching. To develop, Human Resources with sound knowledge in theory and practice. To facilitate, the development of academia-industry collaborations.

Key Features

The IT course emphasizes on:

• Skill and knowledge development in a professional career in Information Technology and other related disciplines
• Development of communication skills to grow the students into team leaders.
• Overall professional development with advanced knowledge updates on a regular basis.

Programs Offered

• B.Tech (IT)
• M.Tech (IT)

Departmental Achievements

• The Department is in close collaboration with IIT Bombay. It has been recognized by IIT Bombay as a ‘Resource Centre’ of the ‘Spoken Tutorial Project’ under ‘Talk to a Teacher Programme’ of Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
• The Department bagged a ‘Knowledge Tree Award’ from IIT Bombay for its exemplary efforts in this direction. As per the recent Gartner IT Research Report, 90% of Indian firms will use open-source software in four years.
• The Department is equipping the students to use Free Open Source Software (FOSS) through Spoken Tutorials.
• The Department is also organizing Summer Training Programmes through IIT Bombay for students of the Institute and other Engineering Colleges.
• The Department is developing Virtual Labs in association with IIT Delhi in order to provide remote access to labs and to share costly equipment and resources.
• The Department is recognized as a ‘Nodal Centre’ for Virtual Labs by IIT Delhi.
• The Department is also fulfilling its social responsibility to a certain extent by imparting Computer education to children and adults of nearby villages.
• The Department is constantly exploring new methodologies of teaching and has now embarked on ‘Outcome Based Education’ where the stress is not on what is taught, but on what is learned.
• The concerted efforts, put by students and faculty members alike, are channelized for achieving academic excellence.

Programme Educational  Objective (PEOs)

PEO1:	Able to apply concepts of mathematics, science, hardware, and software aspects of computing to Information Technology.
PEO2:	Able to design and develop interdisciplinary and innovative hardware and software solutions.
PEO3:	Able to inculcate effective communication skills, teamwork, ethics, leadership in preparation for a successful career in government, academia, industry, and R&D organizations.

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

PSO1:	Impart skill to describe, determine and construct algorithms in the fields of web intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, machine learning, and data science & analytics in order to design systems.
PSO2:	Impart skill to apply software engineering principles to produce quality business solutions.
PSO3:	Impart skill to apply recent programming languages, domain knowledge for producing talents.

Programme Outcomes (POs)

Engineering Graduates will be able to:

1. Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
2. Problem analysis: Identity, formulate, reviewer search literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
3. Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
4. Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis, interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
5. Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
6. The engineer and society: Apply to reason informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
7. Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practices.
9. Individual and teamwork: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
10. Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
11. Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
12. Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.