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Information Technology

About the Department

The Department of Information Technology was established in the year 2005 with an initial students’ intake of 60.
Currently sanctioned intake is increased to 120 during the academic year 2023-2024.
The Department offers both UG and PG program. UG program is Permanent affiliated with Anna University.
The Department has excellent infrastructure facilities with qualified and devoted faculty members.
The Department maintains an excellent interaction with IT industry and organizes regular guest lectures by experts, industrial visits, internships etc. and stands for industry – Institute collaboration.
The Department has encouraged students to develop in-house projects, industry based projects, research projects.
The class rooms are well equipped with ICT tools.
The Department is associated with IEI, CSI, ISTE.

Programmes Offered

B.Tech. - Information Technology -4 Years
M.Tech. - Information Technology – 2 Years

Vision & Mission

Vision

To become a department, producing graduates with good technical skills in emerging areas of Information Technology, through value based education and research.

Mission

To provide exposure to students to the emerging technologies in Hardware and Software.
To inculcate students with sound application knowledge.
To establish strong Industry- Institute Interaction.

PSOs,PEOs & POs

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

To ensure graduates

Have proficiency in programming skills to design, develop and apply appropriate techniques, to solve complex engineering problems.
Have knowledge to build, automate and manage business solutions using cutting edge technologies.
Have excitement towards research in applied computer technologies.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

Graduates will be able to

Demonstrate technical competence with analytical and critical thinking to understand and meet the diversified requirements of industry, academia and research.
Exhibit technical leadership, team skills and entrepreneurship skills to provide business solutions to real world problems.
Work in multi-disciplinary industries with social and environmental responsibility, work ethics and adaptability to address complex engineering and social problems
• Pursue lifelong learning, use cutting edge technologies and involve in applied research to design optimal solutions.

Program Outcomes (POs)

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: Identify, formulate, review research 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 the 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 and 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 modelling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
6. 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.
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 practice.
9. Individual and team work: 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.

Advisory Committee

Department Program Advisory Committee (DPAC)

S.No.	Name of the Members	Designation & Institution
1.	Dr.T. Akila	Associate Professor & Head, Department of IT Mahendra College of Engineering, Salem
2.	Dr.P.Uma Maheswari,	Associate Professor, Department of CSE Anna University, Guindy, Chennai.
3.	Dr. Ramprakash Singaravel	Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Anna University, Nagapattinam.
4.	Dr.Raju	Professor & Head, Department of IT, Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal
5.	Dr. Neelamadheswari	Professor & Head, Department of Cyber Security, Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal
6.	Er. Arumugam Kannan,	Software Developer, Zoho Corporation, Chennai.
7.	Er.G.Palanivelrajan,	Technical Manager, NoviTech Research & Development Pvt., Limited, Coimbatore.
8.	Dr.M.Umaselvi	Associate Professor/CSE, P.A. College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi.
9.	Ms. S. Kiruthika	Assistant Professor, Department of IT
10.	Ms. T. Gajalakshmi	Assistant Professor, Department of IT
11.	Ms. C. Nithya Joshpine	Assistant Professor, Department of IT

Board of Studies

Members of the Board of Studies

Name of the Members

Dr.T. Akila

Dr. Ramprakash Singaravel

Dr.P.Uma Maheswari

Dr.S.Andrews

Dr.Raju

Dr. Neelamadheswari

Er.R. Thiyagaraj

S.No.	Address	BoS Designation
1	Associate Professor & Head, Department of IT Mahendra College of Engineering, Salem	Chairman
2	Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Anna University, Nagapattinam.	Academic Expert
3	Associate Professor, Department of CSE Anna University, Guindy, Chennai.	Academic Expert
4	Professor, Department of IT, Mahendra College of Engineering, Salem	Academic Expert
5	Professor & Head, Department of IT, Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal	Academic Expert
6	Professor & Head, Department of Cyber Security, Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal	Academic Expert
7	Middleware Engineer, Cognizant Technology Services (CTS), Chennai.	Academic Expert (Alumni)
8	Miss. Aarthi Priya	Third year Student, Department of IT, Mahendra College of Engineering, Salem	Member

List of Laboratories

The Department of Information Technology has a wide range of computing resources and laboratories available to support its educational

Problem solving and Python Programming Lab
Data Science Lab
Programming in C Lab
Networks Lab
Data Structures and Algorithms Lab
Object Oriented Programming Lab
Operating Systems Lab
Database Management Lab
Web Essentials Lab
Full Stack Web Development Lab
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Lab
Mobile Application Development Lab
Graphics and Case Tools Lab
Grid and Cloud Computing Lab
Mobile Computing Lab
Security Lab

S.No	Name of the Faculty	Department	Designation
1	Dr. T. Akila	Information Technology	Associate Professor & Head
2	Dr.S.Andrews	Information Technology	Professor
3	Mr.K.Thirunavukkarasu	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
4	Mr.S.Arun suresh	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
5	Mrs.M.Stephy Bianca	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
6	Mrs.N.Sindhu	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
7	Mrs.M.Sowmiya	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
8	Mrs.G.Devipriya	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
9	Mrs. S. Kiruthika	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
10	Mr. S.Sakthivel	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
11	Mr.V.Parasakthi	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
12	Mrs.T.Gajalakshmi	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
13	Mrs.C.Nithiyajosephin	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
14	Mrs.M.Sathya	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
15	Ms.P.Soumya	Information Technology	Assistant Professor
16	Mr.L.RadhaKrishnan	Information Technology	Assistant Professor

S.No	Name of the Faculty	Department	Designation
1	Srikanth	Lab Assistant	B.C.A

Credentials

Department is granted with Permanent affiliation by Anna University, Chennai for B.Tech (IT) programme.
Many students have been trained in Infosys campus connect program in the academic year and certified by Infosys Ltd, Bangalore.
2 Faculty members received Inspire faculty partnership awards in September 2017 from Infosys Ltd, Bangalore.
Faculty members have undergone many Faculty Readiness Programme organized by Infosys, Bangalore, Wipro Mission10X.
The department has The Institution of Engineers (India) IEI Students’ Chapter.
The department has signed MoU’s with 10 Industries to bridge the gap between Industries – Academia.
Our Students have undergone Internship/Field Visit in various Government / Reputed Private Industries / Organizations.
The department organizes value added courses and encourages the students to get Infosys Spring board certification for technical skill development.
Faculty members have published many technical papers in various national and international conference and journals.
NPTEL local chapter is established for students and faculty members appearing for NPTEL online examinations.
Faculty members have published 7 Text Books and filed 2 patents.
All the students are undergoing skill development programs like Soft skills, Communication skills, aptitude and logical reasoning, group discussions and technical interview skills.
To enrich knowledge, make students to pursue their career in the field of cyber security & networking and provide best practices of cyber and information security, The department has “Centre of Excellence – Cyber Security” (Cyber Hub) and had organized 6 seminars based on cyber security and its career opportunities in IT sector.

Centre of Excellence – Cyber Security (CYBER HUB)

Vision:

To enrich knowledge, make students to pursue their career in the field of cyber security & networking and provide best practices of cyber and information security.

Mission:

To impart the theoretical and practical foundation of cyber security in the emanating youth.
Establish MoUs and Centre of Excellences (CoEs) with Cyber Security Sector to provide industry-ready cyber security graduates with research instinct imbibed for the sustainable development of young learners
Build collaborative and teamwork-centric project-oriented learning environment, to address global challenges whilst preserving human and ethical values.
Encourage young minds to educate society to restore nationwide human safety and security in digital world.
Help the students to master all tools by hands-on session and different competitions.

Objectives:

The hub will expand learner’s knowledge of cyber security and information security through hands-on experience and direct interaction with professionals in the field.
The hub will be conducting seminars/sessions, workshops, competitions and participate in various technical events country wide in order to spread technical knowledge related to cyber security such as:

Data protection
Prevention of cyber espionage
How to handle data
How to establish a secured network
How to handle fire wall settings

Events Organized:

S.No	Type of Events	Date	Events Name	Resource Person
1	Cyber Hub Webinar	10.06.2023	Insights to Practical Implementation in online	Mr.M.Rajkumar Founder & CEO Pargavan Cyyber Solution, Salem.
2	Cyber Hub Webinar	17.06.2023	Live Hacking & Staying safe in online	Mr. Kannan, Team Lead, NoviTech R&D Pvt.,Ltd., Coimbatore.
3	Seminar	14.02.2023	Innovation on Secure Cyber Computing and Block Chain Technologies (Research Methodology	Mr.M.Rajkumar Founder & CEO Pargavan Cyyber Solution, Salem.
4	Seminar	03.02.2023	Make Innovation A Core Value(Research Methodology)	Mr.V.Rajkumar Scientist ‘F’ Defence Research and Development Laboratory(DRDL), Hydrabad.
5	Seminar	23.09.2022	Cyber Security and Its Career Growth	Mr. M. Rajkumar, Founder & CEO, Pargavan Cyyber Solution, Salem.
6	Webinar	30.12.2021	Information Security in Data Mining – Research Approaches	Mr. Kottaram V Ramesh, National Cyber security Scholar, Chief Vision Officer - SkillsDA.

Short-Term Courses

Short-Term & Value-Added Courses organized in the last five academic years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-223

S.No	Name of the Short-Term Courses /Value-Added Courses	Number of students benefited
1	Data Visualization using Python-Matplotlib	42
2	IOT (Internet of Things) Wireless & AMP Cloud Computing Emerging Technologies	40
3	Fundamentals of Spring Boot Framework	55
4	Networking and Cyber Security	46
5	Data Analytics Using Python-PANDAS	74
6	Transact SQL Programming Techniques	31
7	Data Analytics Using Python-NUMPY	43
8	Open Source tool-WEKA for Data Mining	31
9	Big data Analysis using R Programming	25

Events

Seminars, Conferences & Workshops conducted through Professional Societies Events organized in last five academic years:

S.No	Type of Events	Date	Events Name	Resource Person
1.	Seminar	9.11.2023	IoT and AI Multidisciplinary Approach – Innovation Project Development	Mr. V. Krishnakanth, Crisp System India Pvt., Ltd., Salem
2.	Seminar	8.11.2023	Research Approach on Lung Cancer Prediction using SVM	Dr. A. S. Matheswaran, Managing Director, United Soft Tech., Salem
3.	National Level Technical Symposium	09.10.2023	National Level Technical Symposium	Mr. K. Anupriyan, Livewire, Chennai.
4.	International Lecture Series	28.08.2023	Digital Disruption in ICT Employability for fresh ICT Graduates	Dr. Radhakrishnan S Director Principal Enterprise Architect – NCS, Singapore.
5.	Cyber Hub Webinar	10.06.2023	Insights to Practical Implementation on online	Mr.M.Rajkumar Founder & CEO Pargavan Cyyber Solution, Salem.
6.	Cyber Hub Webinar	17.06.2023	Live Hacking & Staying safe online	Mr. Kannan, Team Lead, NoviTech R&D Pvt.,Ltd., Coimbatore.
7.	Webinar	13.05.2023	Exploring the Diverse Domains in IT Sector Towards Research and Startup Career(Entrepreneurship)	Mr.Arulsrinivaasan Lead Backend Developer Khushi Baby.
8.	IIC Activity	15.05.2023	National Technology Day Celebration & Session on Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem	Mr.M.Rajkumar Founder & CEO Pargavan Cyyber Solution, Salem.
9.	Seminar	10.04.2023	Research and Application Development using Machine Learning(Research Methodology)	Mr.M.Karthick UGC- Special Assistant Program Departmental Research Support –II, Research Fellow Periyar University , Salem.
10.	Mahendra Alumni Interactive Lecture Series (MAILS)	08.04.2023	Design and Innovation Process in Quality Assurance and Software Automation Tools(Research Methodology)	Mrs.Anusha, QA Engineer, New Era Infotech, Coimbatore
11	Seminar	14.02.2023	Innovation on Secure Cyber Computing and Block Chain Technologies (Research Methodology	Mr.M.Rajkumar Founder & CEO Pargavan Cyyber Solution, Salem.
12.	IIC Activity	08.02.2023	My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneur/ Start-up Founder	Mr. P.Thirumalaiselvan, Territory Manager, ICAT Design & Media College, Chennai.
13.	IIC Activity	06.02.2023	Session on Achieving Problem-Solution Fit and Product-Market Fit	Mr. C. Devaraju, Founder & CEO, Odugaa Tech., Salem
14.	Seminar	03.02.2023	Make Innovation A Core Value(Research Methodology)	Mr.V.Rajkumar Scientist ‘F’ Defence Research and Development Laboratory(DRDL), Hydrabad.
15.	Seminar	20.09.2022	Recent Trends in Cloud Computing with Azure AWS	Mr.Arif Mohamed Khan, Founder & CEO, Tarcin Robotics LLP, Madurai.
16.	Seminar	23.09.2022	Cyber Security and Its Career Growth	Mr. M. Rajkumar, Founder & CEO, Pargavan Cyyber Solution, Salem.
17.	Mahendra Alumni Interactive Lecture Series (MAILS)	19.12.2022	Career in IT Sector	Mr. R. Thiyagaraj, Application Specialist / Data Analyst, DHL Information Services.
18.	Seminar	01.06.2022	Webinar on Achieving “Value Proposition Fit & Business Fit” – Cloud Computing Startups Impacting Industry 4.0	Mr.Arif Mohamed Khan, Founder & CEO, Tarcin Robotics LLP, Madurai.
19.	Webinar	06.06.2022	Idea on Start-ups development & linkage with Innovation Ambassadors for mentorship support	Mrs.M.Jayasudan , Founder & CEO, AI DeepVision Tech. Pvt., Ltd., Chennai
20.	Webinar	30.05.2022	Recent IT Trends and Opportunities	Mr. Praveen Ravichandran
21.	Webinar	06.05 2022	Research Talk - Analytics for Intelligent Healthcare	Dr Pooja M.R Professor and PG Coordinator Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru.
22.	Hackathon	18.03.2022	Smart India Hackathon at Internal Level for College	Dr.N.Mohanasundhararaju Principal, Mahendra College of Engineering, Salem
23.	Online Guest lecture	21.05.2022	Online Guest Lecture on “Design and Analysis of Algorithm”	Dr.M.Umaselvi Associate Professor/CSE, P.A. College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi.
24.	Webinar	09.04.2022	Prototype/ process design and development- prototyping	Mrs.Punithamalar Balachandar, Tech lead, Infosys Private Limited. Chennai.
25.	Seminar	06.04.2022	Empowerment of Women through Legal Rights, Issues and Challenges	Dr. S. Durgalakshmi, M.L.,Ph.D, Principal, Government Law College, Salem.
26.	Webinar	30.12.2021	Applications of Hybrid Data Mining – Opportunities and Challenges in Research	Dr. Jyothi Pillai Professor & Head, Department of Information Technology, Bhilai Institute of Information Technology, Durg, Chattisgarh
27.	Webinar	30.12.2021	Information Security in Data Mining – Research Approaches	Mr. Kottaram V Ramesh, National Cyber security Scholar, Chief Vision Officer - SkillsDA.
28.	International Webinar	29.12.2021	Innovation in Intelligent Cloud - Research Aspects in association with NDLI club activity	Dr. Vijayakumar Varadharajan, EAI Fellow, Adjunct Professor, School of CSE, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Dr. Rajanikanth Aluvalu, Adjunct Professor, Noble International University, USA.
29.	Mahendra Alumni Interactive Lecture Series (MAILS)	27.12.2021	Angular Development for Web Application	Mr. Guna Manoharan, Senior Software Developer, Zeemart India Private Ltd., Chennai.
30.	IIC Activity - webinar	30.11.2021	MY STORY - Motivational Session by Successful Innovators	Mr.G.Palanivelrajan, Technical Manager, NoviTech R&D Private Limited,Coimbatore.
31.	Mahendra Alumni Interactive Lecture Series (MAILS)	29.11.2021	An Overview of MVC using .NET for Web Applications	Mr. Vetrivel.S, Tech Lead, TATA Consultancy Services, Chennai.
32.	Seminar	30.10.2021	Full Stack Development - Java	Mr. Argumugam Kannan, Software Developer, Zoho Corporation, Chennai.
33.	Seminar	26.10.2021	IoT Approach on Cloud Data Analytics	Mr.G.Palanivelrajan, Technical Manager, NoviTech R&D Private Limited,Coimbatore.
34.	Webinar	17.04.2021	How to plan for Start-up and Legal & Ethical Steps	Dr.B.Priya Esther, Job training under women Scientist C-11 Batch, KIRAN-IPR/DST, PFC Technology Information Forecasting & Assessment Council.
35.	Webinar	01.04.2021	Create Your Own Future	Mr. V. Rajkumar, Scientist ‘E’, Defense Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad.
36.	webinar	30.11.2021	MY STORY- Motivational session by successful innovators	Mr.G.Palanivelrajan, Technical Manager, NoviTech R&D Private Limited,Coimbatore.
37.	webinar	05.06.2020	Deep learning and its Application	Dr. P. Uma Maheswari, Associate Professor, Department of CSE, Anna University, Chennai
38.	Seminar	06.09.2019	Strategies of Innovator in Finding Success of Digital Marketing (Entrepreneurship)	Mr.Parthiban Manickam, Technical Manager, Caliber Embedded Technologies India Pvt Ltd, Salem.
39.	Webinar	22.08.2019	IIC Activity	Dr.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union Minister for HRD.
40.	Seminar	30.01.2019	Research Methodology and Data Analysis (Research Methodology)	Dr.P.Uma Maheswari, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai.
41.	Workshop	17.08.2018	How to Write a Research Paper in Latex (Research Methodology)	Mr.P. Karthik Technical Lead, Infosys, Chennai.

RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY WORK

Faculty members to whom Ph.D. Degree awarded during the academic year 2017-2018

Dr.T.Akila –Academic Year 2017-2018
Dr. N.Thirumoorthy – Academic Year 2017-2018

Number of research publications of the faculty members

Academic Year 2014- 2015: 04
Academic Year 2015- 2016: 11
Academic Year 2016- 2017: 02

Faculty Members Guiding Ph.D. Research Scholars

S.No.	Name	Area of Specialization	Number of Research scholar
S.No.	Name	Area of Specialization	Progress	Awarded
1.	Dr.N.Satish	Web Services	2	-

Books Publications

Dr.H.Lilly Beaulah, Mrs.P.S.Latha,& Mrs.P.Shanmugapriya, “Software Project Management”, VSRD Academic Publishing, 2017, ISBN NUMBER 978-93-86258-25-0.
Dr. T. Akila, Mrs. Deepa, Mr. M. Jenolin Rex, “Programming and Data Structure – II”, published by VSRD Publication, 2017, ISBN NUMBER.
Mrs.A.Vijayalakshmi, Dr.H.Lilly Beaulah & Mr.M.Karthikeyan,” Programming and Data Structures-I, VSRD Academic Publishing, 2017, ISBN NUMBER 978-93-86258-25-0.

Consultancy work completed during 2013-2018

Sl. No	Project Title	Funding Agency/Industries	Amount received (INR)
1	E-Commerce Shopping Cart	Enspilog Software Solutions, Bangalore	9000
2	Online Shopping	Enspilog Software Solutions, Bangalore	9500
3	QR Based Student Information System Using Android Application	nspilog Software Solutions, Bangalore	9000
4	Education Learning System (E-Learning Solutions)	GA Software Solutions, Bangalore	450000
5	Secure data retrieval using Novel technique attribute union	GA Software Solutions, Bangalore	550000
6	Web Search With Privacy Protection	GA Software Solutions, Bangalore	400000
7	Web Crawling and Indexing	Mahendra Next Wealth Pvt Ltd	9000
8	PC Controlled ZigBee based Wireless LED Scrolling Notice Board	Mahendra Next Wealth Pvt Ltd	30000
9	Environmental Pollution Monitoring using Mobile & PC Application Development	Global Lab and Consultancy Services, Salem	20000

MoUs

MOUs of last five academic years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-2023

S.No.	Name of the Organization	Contribution	Activities & Outcome
1	Infosys Limited, Bangalore	Campus Connect Program	Foundation Program Faculty Readiness Development Program, Students Campus Connect Programs
2	LIVEWIRE, Salem	Python & AI Development Programs	Skill Development Programme and Certifications
3	Logic Mind Technologies Pvt., Ltd., Bangalore	AI domain	Training Programs
4	NoviTech Research & Development Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore.	On- Going Field trips	Industrial Visit, Internship, Programs
5	Pargavan Cyyber Solution, Salem.	Cyber Security	Organized seminars/workshops related to network security, web security, cyber security and cyber crimes etc.,
6	Tarcin Robotics LLP, Madurai.	Technology Development Programme & Faculty Development Programme	Organizing certificate oriented courses on Microsoft, AWS.
7	TechForge, Salem	Full Stack Development	Skill Development Program
8	RenSen Technologies, Chennai	Front End & Back End Software	Internship / Training Program
9	Vee Eee Technologies Solutions Pvt., Ltd., Chennai	Career Development	Career Guidance Program
10	United Soft Tech, Salem	IoT & Software	Consultancy Project
11	Crisp System India Pvt., Ltd., Salem	IoT & Software	Consultancy Project

Contact

Department of Information Technology

Mahendra College of Engineering,

Mahendra Salem Campus,

Chennai Main Road, Minnampalli,Salem,

Tamil Nadu 636106.

Phone: (0427) 2482884

E-Mail id: hodit@mahendracollege.com