Department of Information Technology came into existence in the year 2000. The first degree program offered by the Department was B.Tech. (IT). This program aims to prepare students to either pursue a professional carrier immediately after graduation or to continue with post graduate studies. Many student projects at final year are carried out in association with the industries. In 2019, M. Tech. (IT) program was initiated, which prepare students for research and development and gives better job opportunities. The curriculum of the courses is reviewed and revised regularly often involving suggestions from stake holders like student alumni, parents and employers. The department has well equipped laboratories for teaching learning and research. To equip the students for their bright future, they are sent for internship and motivated to do industry-oriented projects. Department has consistently fulfilled its role of producing IT technocrats ready to meet the demands of the IT world. The department has always attracted the best of engineering aspirants from all over the country. The department has smart classrooms and adequate facilities to support these teaching activities. Students of the department have access to sufficient high end computing facilities. Further, the department enrolls candidates for Ph.D. program and actively involved in research in many areas of IT and Computer Science.
The department has well qualified and experienced team of faculty with good publications and research work. Faculty at Information Technology believes in open interaction with students who are encouraged to participate in academic, research and extra-curricular activities. Students have never misplaced trust put in them by the department and have done well in academic and industry alike. The faculty of IT department have specialization in the area of Software Engineering, Computer Vision and Image Processing, Data Mining, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Parallel & Distributed Computing, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Software Engineering, Computer Networks, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Network Security, and Internet-of-Things, etc.
The student’s placement record of the department is also remarkable and progressive over the years. In the past few years, the students got their placement in the reputed companies like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche India, Nomura Services, Accenture, Addverb Tech., Amdocs, Genpact, Oracle India, Amdocs, BNY Mellon Tech., Capgemini, Cognizant, Persistent Systems, Deloitte, Infosys, TCS, Ittiam Systems, Optm Inc, Fambo innovations, L&T Infotech, Nextuple, Nike India, Qvantel, Quaniphi Analytics, Renishaw Metrology, BreyB Research, HSBC Software development and may more. The department has strong Alumni base. Alumni’s are working across the world and provides their valuable guidance to currently enrolled students through guest/expert talks, guiding projects, offering internships.