| Name of the Department | : | Information Technology |
| Course | : | B. Tech. |
| Level | : | UG |
| 1st Yr of Approval by the Council | : | 30-52-292 (E)/ET/9, 09 June 98. |
| Year wise Sanctioned Intake | : | 2021-22 - 120 2020-21 - 120 2019-20 - 120 2018-19 - 120 2017-18 - 120 2016-17 - 120 |
| Year wise Actual Admissions | : | 2021-22 - 126 2020-21 - 107 2019-20 - 119 2018-19 - 111 2017-18 - 101 2016-17 - 91 |
| Branch | Year | Category | Cut Off |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.Tech IT | 2021-2022 | OC | 186 |
| BC | 186 | ||
| MBC | 186.10 | ||
| 2020-2021 | OC | 156.50 | |
| BC | 176 | ||
| MBC | 175.50 | ||
| 2019-2020 | OC | 169 | |
| BC | 171.50 | ||
| MBC | 176 | ||
| 2018-2019 | OC | 172.50 | |
| BC | 189.25 | ||
| MBC | 191.75 | ||
| 2017-2018 | OC | 185 | |
| BC | 192 | ||
| MBC | 177.75 | ||
| 2016-2017 | OC | 185.00 | |
| BC | 192.00 | ||
| MBC | 177.75 | ||
| 2015-2016 | OC | 190.75 | |
| BC | 195.50 | ||
| MBC | 191.00 | ||
| 2014-2015 | OC | 192.00 | |
| BC | 196.25 | ||
| MBC | 187.75 |
| % Students passed with Distinction | : | 2020-21 – 18.18% 2019-20 – 16% 2018-19- 19.08% 2017-18 – 22% 2016-17 – 16% 2015-16 – 13.6% |
| % Students passed with First Class | : | 2020-21 – 80.80% 2019-20 – 64% 2018-19 - 68% 2017-18 – 65% 2016-17 – 69% 2015-16 – 85.6% |
| Student Placed | : | 2021-22- 100% 2020-21-100% 2019-20- 100% 2018-19 - 93% 2017-18 – 94.04% 2016-17 – 98.6% 2015-16 – 100% |
| Average Pay Package. Rs/Year | : | 2021-22 - 4.98 lakhs / Year 2020-21- 4.13 lakhs / Year 2019-20 - 5.7 lakhs/Year 2018-19 - 6.13 lakhs/year 2017-18 - 4 lakhs/Year 2016-17 - 3.3 lakhs/Year 2014-15 - 3 lakhs / Year |
| Students opted for Higher Studies | : | 6/109(2021-2022) 8/99 (2020-2021) 10/100 (2019-2020) 19/131 (2018-2019) |
| Accreditation Status of the Programme | : | Accredited w.e.f. 01.07.2018 ( 3 years ) |
| Doctoral Courses | : | YES |
| Foreign Collaborations, if any | : | Nottingham Trent University, Swinburne University |
| Professional Society Memberships | : | CSI, ISTE, IEEE, IEI |
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2020-2021
| Project Details | Duration Year |
Faculty In-charge(s) | Name of the funding Agency |
Total grant sanctioned |
Remarks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vee Trace Mobile App | 1 | Dr.J. Akilandeswari | Vee Technologies | Rs.15,812,00/- | Mobile Application developed to trace covid positive persons | Completed |
| NSEIT online examination consultancy and support | 1 day | Dr.K.Thangaraj | NSEIT (National Stock Exchange-IT wing) | Rs.25,187/- | Online examination Centre | Completed |
| Development of natural language processing-based algorithms for the user input classification, rating, and recommendation system | 6 months | Dr.V.Mohanraj | Smartbridge | Rs.1,10,000/- | NLP based project for automated assessment of personal interview answers. | Completed |
| Developing a Market Place for Apparel Machinery Using Pern Stack | 2 years | Dr.V.Mohanraj | KLEIDSYS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED | Rs.3,00,000/- | e-commerce web site for the company to sell their machineries. | Ongoing |
2019-2020
| Project Details | Duration Year | Faculty In-charge(s) | Name of the funding Agency | Total grant sanctioned | Remarks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augmented Reality Based Natural Interactive Learning | 1 year | Dr.S.Vasanthi | Sona College of Technology | Rs.1,06,900/- | A project | Completed |
| A proof of concept for indoor navigation using real time image recognition algorithm | 3 years | Dr.J.Akilandeswari, | DST | Rs.80,16,965/- | Application developed for blind or normal persons to navigate in particular environment. | Completed |
| Margadarshan Scheme | 3 years | Dr.J. Senthilkumar | AICTE | Rs.30,00,000/- | Ongoing |
2018-2019
| Project Details | Duration Year |
Faculty In-charge(s) | Name of the funding Agency |
Total grant sanctioned |
Remarks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Counsil for Agricultural Research (ICAR) online examination | 23.06.2018 | Dr.Y.Suresh | Pragya Technologies, Chennai. | Rs.21,240/- | Provided the Infrastructure facility and man power support to conduct the online exam. | Completed. |
| Accounting and Mining System | 2018-2019 | U.K.Balajisaravanan |
Dalmia Corporation Pvt.Ltd. | Rs.1,20,000/- | Developed an accounting and mining software for the employees. | Completed. |
2017-2018
| Project Details | Duration Year |
Faculty In-charge(s) | Name of the funding Agency |
Total grant sanctioned | Remarks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website Creation – for Government Industrial training Institute (ITI) 2569/A1/2004/22.03.2017 | 0.6 | Dr.J.Akilandeswari Mr.S.David Samuel Azaria Mr.N.Selvanathan Mr.S.Rajkumar |
Government Industrial training Institute (ITI), Salem. | Rs.25,000/- | Complete Web portal for entire campus. It facilitates the GOs, all faculty & student information, exam schedule, events, Contacts etc., | Completed |
| ICT - DTP and Printing publishing Assistance | 500hrs | Dr.Y.Suresh Mr.P.Manikandan and CSRI, Sonaversity Team. |
Tamilnadu Skill Development Corporation, Guindy, Chennai. | Rs.1,65,000/- | Training given on Computer fundamentals, MS-Office package, Adobe Photoshop, Corel draw, Adobe page maker, Printing technologies also provides industrial exposure through industrial visits. | Completed |
2015-2016
| Project Details | Duration Year |
Name of the funding Agency |
Total grant sanctioned |
Faculty Incharge | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developing website | 0.3 | TAKASAKO Engineering private Ltd., | Rs.30,000/- | Dr. J.Akilandeswari | completed |
| Basics of electronics and software testing | 0.6 | Microgenesis Techsoft Private Ltd., Bangalore | Rs.18,000/- | Dr. V.Mohanraj Dr. J. Senthilkumar Dr. Y. Suresh |
completed |
| S.No | Agency | Scheme | Title of the Project | Principal Investigator (PI) | Amount Sanctioned(in lakhs) | Sanction Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AICTE | SPDP (FNO:65-53/RIFD/SPDP/Policy-1/2018-18 dt:26.03.2019) |
Establishment of Multiskill Personality Centre for SC/ST Students | Dr.P.Iyyanar | Rs.10,64,000/- | 22.03.2019 |
| 2 | AICTE | Margdarshan | AICTE –Margdarshan | Dr.J.Senthilkumar | Rs30,00,000/- | 06.09.2019 |
| Year | Project title | Client name/sponsoring agency | Staff in charge | Status | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | MODROB | AICTE | Dr.J.Akilandeswari | Ongoing | Rs.9,00,000 |
| 2017-2018 | A Proof of concept for indoor navigation using real time image recognition algorithm | DST - TIDE | Dr.J.Akilandeswari (PI) Dr.P.Iyyanar(Co-PI) Ms.G.Jothi (Senior Research Fellow) Mr.A.Naveenkumar (Junior Research Fellow) |
Completed | Rs.80,16,965/- |
| 2016-2017 | ICT Interventions to promote entrepreneurship development of women in the Salem district, tamilnadu through rural agricultural support centers | Agri BPO-DST | Dr.J.Akilandeswari (PI) | Completed | Rs.56,35,204/- |
| 2015-2016 | Textile fabric defect detection using intelligent image analytics | FIST Program-DST | Dr.J.Akilandeswari (PI) Dr.V. Mohanraj (Co-PI) Dr.J.Senthilkumar(Co-PI) Dr.Y.Suresh (Co-PI) |
Ongoing | Rs.42,00,000/- |
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| Distinguished Alumni | : | 24 |
| SNO | NAME OF ALUMNI | BATCH | DESIGNATION | COMPANY | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P.L Ashok kumar | 2002 | Senior Software Engineer | Microsoft | US |
| 2 | Mr.Gopala Krishna Srinivasan | 2003 | Senior Manager | Philips | Bangalore |
| 3 | Mr.J.Parthasarathy | 2003 | Research Associate | Cognizant | Chennai |
| 4 | Mr. V. Vallieswaran | 2004 | Senior Vice President Engineering | Embibe.com | Bangalore |
| 5 | Vinoth Gowthaman | 2007 | Software Engineer | Cisco | Bangalore |
| 6 | Somasundaram Beerana | 2008 | SDE | Microsoft | US |
| 7 | Natarajan Periyasamy | 2009 | Technical Architect / Manager | Creation Technology Solutions | UK |
| 8 | Naveen Raju | 2012 | Lead Consultant – RPA Business Analyst | Genpact | Chennai |
| 9 | Priyatharsini A | 2013 | Software Engg Analyst | Accenture Solutions Priv Ltd | Bangalore |
| 10 | Prabavathi S | 2013 | Application Development Senior Analyst | Accenture Solutions Priv Ltd | Bangalore |
| 11 | Zehara Jabeen A | 2013 | Test Engineering Senior Analyst | Accenture Solutions Priv Ltd | Bangalore |
| 12 | Mr.P.Suresh | 2014 | Full Stack Web Application Developer | AppDynamics | Bangalore |
| 13 | Brabu V | 2014 | Senior Full Stack Engineer | Viraltag | Bangalore |
| 14 | Mr.M.Sriman Abimanyu | 2014 | UI/UX designer and front-end developer | Dattendriya Data Science Solutions | Bangalore |
| 15 | Vinodhini P | 2015 | Test Engineer | Temenos | Bangalore |
| 16 | Mohamed Irfan | 2016 | Senior software engineer | Mindtree ltd | Bangalore |
| 17 | Nivetha.G | 2016 | Business manager – Strategic Partnerships | Tech Mahindra | Bangalore |
| 18 | Deepika S | 2016 | Program Analyst | CTS | Chennai |
| 19 | Praveen R | 2017 | Trainee Engineer | Infoview | Chennai |
| 20 | Vairavaprakash R | 2018 | Product Engineer | Commvault Systems | Bangalore |
| 21 | Boorneeswari M | 2019 | Product solution engineer | Flipkart | Bangalore |
| 22 | Dharani Dharan R | 2020 | Consulting Engineer | Cisco | Bangalore |
| 23 | Varundeepak B A | 2021 | Data Analyst | Rudder Analytics | Pune |
| 24 | Senthilmurugan S | 2021 | Software Engineer | EPAM | Bangalore |