The Department of IT Information Technology

About the Department

The Department of Information Technology was established in the year 2008 with the objective of imparting knowledge in cutting-edge technologies in Information Technology. Department was started with an intake of 60 students in 2008; the sanctioned intake was increased to 120 seats in the year 2012. The Department was accredited by NBA, New Delhi. The Department has a team of dynamic, young and dedicated staff, with specialization in wide array of areas. The Department has well-equipped labs, which include 124 computer systems with the latest configurations and 1 Gbps Internet access that are vital to train the students in both software and hardware. The Department always strives to reach the latest technology and advancement in this field to the young learners as well as aspirants by inviting the corporate legends and experienced academicians to enlighten the Information Technology community of our institution.

The department supports the self-learning capability of the students through its rich computing facility to take up online courses and department library which has more than 450 volumes of book. To enhance the technical skills of the students, the department also organizes various program such Guest Lecture, Workshop, Special Lecture, Value-added courses, participative learning, experiential learning, Project Expos and other co-curricular activities which would make them globally competitive.

Scope of IT:

B.Tech (IT) engineering is a popular domain chosen by the engineering aspirants to pursue a promising career. Students studying Information Technology course will be equipped with both theoretical knowledge and skills that will help them succeed in the Information Technology fields.  IT Specialists are required in almost all ranges of employment fields such as finance, arts, medicine, and defense and other areas. Many opportunities are available in various IT firms all over India and abroad. Students can field a job in TOP IT MNC’s companies like TCS, Wipro, CTS, Virtusa, ZOHO, Kaar Technologies, IBM, Oracle, Infosys and Google.

Department Vision and Mission

Vision
To transform the individuals into globally proficient Information Technologists, to meet the challenges of the evolving society.

Mission
Department of Information Technology is committed.

Higher Order Thinking: To provide quality education in both theoretical and practical aspects in the field of Information Technology.

Competency: To equip the students to cater the industrial demands through providing advance training.

Continuous learning: To encourage and guide the students to participate in research oriented activities and pursue higher education.

Entrepreneurship: To inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship among students to serve the nation.

Programme Educational Objectives(PEO)

Graduates of Information Technology will

PEO1: Employability: Graduates apply the knowledge of computations, engineering and technology to pursue a good career in the Information Technology.

PEO2: Higher Education: Graduates will participate in life-long learning through the successful completion of advanced degrees, continuing education and other professional developments.

PEO3: Entrepreneurship: Graduates will have the ability to exhibit their leadership quality and enable them to become an entrepreneur.

PEO4: Ethical: Graduates cultivate professional and ethical attitudes with effective communication skills, team work and multi-disciplinary approach related to engineering issues.

Programme Outcomes (PO)

PO1: Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

PO2: Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

PO3: 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 the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal and environmental considerations.

PO4: Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

PO5: 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.

PO6: The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.

PO7: 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.

PO8: Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.

PO9: Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

PO10: 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.

PO11: 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.

PO12: 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.

Program Specific Outcomes (PSO)

IT Dept. - Programme Specific Outcome (PSO) After the successful completion of the program, the graduates will be able to:

PSO 1:Ability to use knowledge in various domains to apply the logical thinking in analyzing real world problems and provide solutions using open-source software.

PSO 2: Ability to apply, analyze and develop IT based solutions using cutting edge technologies Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Cloud Computing and Internet of Things that meets the needs of the society and industry.

Welcome Message

Dr. P. Sivakumar, M.E., Ph.D.
Professor and Head, Department of IT Information Technology
It is my pleasure to welcome you all in the Department of Information Technology!.

The Department of Information Technology was established in the year 2008 with the objective of imparting knowledge in cutting-edge technologies in Information Technology. Department was started with an intake of 60 students in 2008; the sanctioned intake was increased to 120 seats in the year 2012. Our IT Department was accredited by National Board of accreditation, New Delhi for the 3 years from 2022-23 to 2024-25. The Department has a team of dynamic, young and dedicated staff, with specialization in wide array of areas. The Department has well equipped laboratories with 120 computer Systems with facilities that are vital to train the students in state-of-art software and hardware.

Our IT department has arranged the guest lectures, workshops, special lecture, Industrial visits and internship for students in association with academicians and Industry experts to fulfil the gap in the curriculum.

Faculty members are associated in establishing- participating-conducting different value addition programs such as, NPTEL, IIT-Bombay Spoken Tutorial Program, SWAYAM program, Coursera , ICT-learnathon Program and lots more.

Our students have participated in different Inter-Intra Institutional events, company specific contest & SIH and bagged different prizes.

Taking special care for slow learners by special coaching class conducting and counselling the students to improve their academic performance.

Our IT department signed MoU’s with reputed industry to support industrial need training for our students.

Our IT department established the Centre of Excellence lab with Google, Microsoft, Cisco, AWS academy and IBM to conduct value added course and to provide international certification for our students.

The alumni made all level of contribution to the department to improve the quality of education in our institute. The department never forgets its alumni support towards department.

The Department always strives to reach the latest technology and advancement in this field to the young learners as well as aspirants by inviting the corporate legends and experienced academicians to enlighten the Information Technology community of our institution.

We welcome you all to the Department of Information Technology as undergraduate student and we hope to be a part of your success.

Programmes Offered

Department of IT Information Technology

Placements

We are pleased to present our students who have gained positions with top recruiting firms, demonstrating their talent and the high level of education and training they get in our department. Our extensive industry connections and comprehensive placement help ensure our alums have successful careers with top companies.

Batch Wise Placement Statistics (click below to view pdf )
2018-2022,   2017-2021,   2016-2020,   2015-2019,   2014-2018,   2013-2017,   2012-2016,   2011-2015,   2010-2014,   2009-2013,   2008-2012

Achievements

We are proud to showcase the significant achievements of our department. Both students and faculty have consistently excelled in academics, research, and industry collaboration, receiving multiple awards, grants, and recognitions. Key accomplishments include successful partnerships with industry leaders, impactful research publications, and high placement rates in prominent companies within the sector

Faculty

Our Department faculty is very dedicative and cooperative in completing all works successfully with a team spirit. They got the desire to impart high quality education to students with practical exposure as per the industry expectations. The faculty members have rich set of knowledge in research areas like Wireless Adhoc and Sensor Networks, Network Security, Cloud Computing,Internet of things and Big Data and Data Science.

Events

Major Events

  • Faculty Awareness Program on IPR for our IT Faculty on 13.6.2024
  • Value added course on NLP-AI Based Chatbot Application Development for IV year IT Students from 19.6.24 to 27.6.24
  • Industrial Visit to eSales Technologies Thavalakuppam, Puducherry for IV year IT Students on 27.06.2024.
  • Industrial Visit to eSales Technologies Thavalakuppam, Puducherry for IV year IT Students on 28.6.2024.
  • Internal Workshop On “Introduction To Operating System” for III year IT Students on 29.06.2024
  • Value added course on C Programming for II Year IT Students on 03.07.2024 to 06.07.2024
  • Two days workshop on Back end Development- DJANGO for II year IT Students on 26.7.2024 to 27.7.2024
  • Alumni Meet -Industry Specific Talks by Ms.Nandhini Software Developer ,TCS Chennai for II year IT Students on 27.7.2024
  • Alumni Meet -Industry Trends and Insights by Mr.N.Sandeep ,Senior Product Engineer ,Temenos Chennai for IV year IT Students on 27.7.2024
  • Guest Lecture on How The Industry Uses AI/ML To Build Products Using Large Scale Distributed System & Interview Tips for III year IT Students on 1.08.2024
  • Guest Lecture on Machine Learning And Graph Analysis for III year IT Students on 10.08.2024
  • Guest Lecture on Master Class On Data Science And AL for III year IT Students on 10.08.2024
  • Guest Lecture on Quality Standards in cyber Security: Protecting Information with Precision for II year IT Students on 10.08.2024
  • Quality Improvement Program on Quality Optimization in Supercomputing: Lessons from Ancient Indian Algorithms for II IT Students on 23.08.2024
  • One Day Workshop On Quantum Computing for III year IT Students on 27.08.2024
  • MoU Signing with KwantumG Research Labs Private Limited, Chennai on 27.08.2024
  • Workshop On “MongoDB” Program By DATANERDZ.AI, Puducherry for III year IT Students on 26.08.2024
  • Guest Lecture on Generative AI :The Next Fronter In Artificial Intelligence for III year IT Students on 28.08.2024
  • Workshop On “Mastering Oracle SQL Developer” for III year IT Students on 29.08.2024
  • Internal Workshop on Advanced Java Programming- Database Programming With JDBC for II year IT Students on 29.08.2024
  • Guest Lecture on Animation and Gaming using 3D software’s by IMAGE IT Solution Puducherry for II year IT Students on 04.09.24
  • Guest Lecture on Online guest lecture on Advanced Quality management in cloud computing for II year IT Students on 9.09.2024
  • One day workshop on Data Analytics using R language for IV year IT Students on 23.9.2024
  • Guest Lecture on Theory Of Computation Application And Its Tool Usage for III year IT Students on 03.10.2024
  • Guest Lecture on Quality Assurance In Modern Software Development for III year IT Students on 05.10.2024
  • Mock Interview conduction by Mr.Srinivasan , Manager IDFC FIRST BANK for IV year IT Students on 10.08.2024
  • Alumni Meet -Machine Learning and Graph Analysis by Mr.Brainard Samuel , Data Scientist ,TCS Chennai for III year IT Students on 10.08.2024
  • EPP Guest lecture on Idea Generation and Validation for IV year IT Students on 17.10.2024
  • PDP on Mastering Microsoft Publisher by for Non-Teaching Staffs handled by Ms.A.Punitha, AP/IT/MVIT, Puducherry on 17.10.2024. to 22.10.2024
  • PDP on Ethical And Legal Aspects Of Teaching by for Teaching Staffs on 04.11.2024 - 11.2024
  • CGC program on Overseas Opportunities for Higher Education for II year Students on 11.2024
  • Industrial Visit to Commusoft 2, Dlf It Park Rd, Manapakkam, Chennai for II year IT Students on 9.11.24.
  • MoU Signing with Innovate Engineering Products, Chennai on 22.11.2024
  • Value added course on Python with Data Science II year B sec IT Students from 09.12.24 to 14.12.24
  • Value added course on IOT and its Applications II year B sec IT Students from 09.12.24 to 14.12.24
  • Value added course on IOT Fundamentals: Bridging Devices and Data for II year IT Students from 12.24 to 21.12.24
  • Industrial Visit to Ladera Technology” at 2, DLF IT Park Rd, Manapakkam, Chennai for II year IT Students on 21.12.24.

Newsletter

2022-23

2021-22

2020-21

2019-20 Odd / Even

2018-19 Odd / Even

2017-18 Odd / Even

2016-17 Odd / Even

MoU

Sl:No Company Name MoU Signed Year Activity Participants
1 VEI Technologies Pvt. Ltd,Chennai 2021 One day workshop on Data Analytics using R language on 23.9.2024 IV – IT Students
Internship – 2024 II–IT Students
VAC Course -2024 II–IT Students
2 Askan Technologies,
Puducherry
2023 Internship – 2024 III –IT Students
3 Cherri Technologies, Puducherry 2018 Internship – 2024 III –IT Students
4 Datanerdz.AI, Puducherry 2024 Workshop On “MongoDB” Program by DATANERDZ.AI, Puducherry – 26.08.2024 III –IT Students
5 e-Sales Software Solutions, Puducherry 2024 Quality Assurance In Modern Software Development on 05.10.2024 III –IT Students
Industrial Visit on 27.06.2024 IV – IT Students
6 Career Craft Academy, Puducherry 2024 VAC on NLP-AI Based Chatbot Application Development IV – IT Students
7 KwantumG Research Labs Private Limited 2024 One Day Workshop On Quantum Computing on 27.08.2024 III –IT Students
8 Innovate Engineering Products 2024 MoU Signed IT Students

Program Outcome Attainment

2013 – 2017 (CO) (PO)

2014 – 2018 (CO) (PO)

2015 – 2019 (CO)(PO)

2016 – 2020 (CO)

2017 – 2021 (CO)

2019 – 2020 (CO) (PO) (PSO)

2020 – 2021 (CO) (PO) (PSO)

Core Competencies

Infrastructure

The Department of IT Information Technology has been continuously making progress in Teaching and R & D activities. The Department focuses on preparing the students for wide range of IT careers equipping them with unique enriching experience of molding tomorrow’s technocrats with high caliber and commitment.

Computing Facilities

Our Department is having more number of spacious, well furnished, air conditioned with good interior and advanced equipment more than the requirements in IT departments. It provides excellent ambience for the students which certainly enhance their learning experiences.  Read More..

Research laboratory

The IT department R&D laboratory equipped with high end computing resources.

Online Video Resources

Teaching Subjects – Video References

Industry Interaction

If you have any inquiries regarding the department, please feel free to reach out to us. We are here to assist you with any questions or information you may need.
Dr. P. Sivakumar, M.E., Ph.D.,Professor & Head,
Department of Information Technology (IT)