IT Engineering College in Nagpur, Maharashtra

About Department

Information Technology (IT) is the branch of engineering dealing with the use of computers and telecommunications, developing and maintaining systems as well as retrieving, storing and transmitting information. The branch is responsible for the efficient operation of IT services and infrastructure; leading the corporation in the use of Information Technology as a strategic asset.

IT provides value to the corporation by enabling departments to provide service to citizens through the use of technology. The emerging needs of the corporation are addressed through IT planning and innovation. Effective positioning and efficient leveraging of the information technology asset through the introduction of new approaches allows departments to meet their business needs through technology. IT Service Management Embedding continuous improvement as a practice, these core service monitors and reports on the performance of the Branch against industry-accepted standards and frameworks.

Information Technology Engineering College in Nagpur

HOD Profile

Dr. Mahendra Gaikwad

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mahendra.gaikwad@raisoni.net

Dr. Mahendra Gaikwad

M.Tech, MBA, MCM, PhD

Area of Interest: Digital Signal Processing, Network-on-Chip Architecture, Perfect Difference Network, Digital Image Processing, Speech Processing

He did his BE in Electronics Engineering by securing Second Merit position in the Nagpur University. Later he did his MBA in Marketing Management and also did his MCM from Nagpur University. He did his M.Tech in Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. He did his PhD from VNIT, Nagpur. He has total 29 years of teaching experience. Currently he is working as Professor and Head of Department of Information Technology, GHRCE, Nagpur however prior to this he also worked as Principal, Dean (R&D) and Head of Computer Department at BDCE, Sevagram. He has published 107 research papers in International Journals and International Conferences.

He worked as a group leader for installation of high speed Networking INTEL Microelectronics Lab at IIT, Bombay. He is the member of various professional bodies like ISTE, IE(I), IETE, CSI and IEEE. “Face Recognition System” Software for Local Crime Branch, Department of Police to identify the hard-core criminals has been developed under his guidance and awarded “Certificate of Appreciation” from Addl. Director General of Police, State CID, Pune. He is the recipient of National Award “Rashtriya Vidya Saraswati Purskar”. He is also the recipient of “Certification of Achievement” from ACM Asia ICPC by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has expertise in Signal Processing, NoC Architecture and PDN.

Vision & Mission

Our Vision

To achieve an excellent standard of quality education by keeping pace with rapidly changing technologies and to create technical manpower of global standards with capabilities of accepting new challenges in Information Technology.

Our Mission

To equip our graduates with knowledge and expertise to contribute significantly to the knowledge and information industry .
Promoting collaborative research through special interest groups, research laboratories and Industry Institute Interactions
To nurture interpersonal and entrepreneurial skills to provide leadership in the information industries.

Key Strengths

Cutting edge technology offered	Video Steaming	Security Tools & Tensor Flow
	Cloud Sim	Kubernetes
	Design of Big Data Analytics Framework	ROS framework for robotics
	NetSim	Edge Computing
Student Clubs	IT Student Forum
	IT Student Coding Club
	Music Club
	ISR Club
MoU's (Industry/Institutions/Organizations)	For Credit Transfer Scheme (CTS): MoUs with Academic Organization
	College of Engineering, Pune
	IIT Gandhinagar
	VJTI, Mumbai
Industry Supported Laboratory	Nil
Professional Society Chapters	IEEE, CSI, ISTE, IE
Faculty areas of expertise	Signal Processing & Communication, Network-on-Chip Architecture
	Advanced OS, High Performance Computing, Cloud Computing
	Big Data Analytics, Social Network Analysis, Sentiment Analysis, Data Visualization , Data Science, VANET
	Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Computer System Security
	Virtualization Technology, Image Processing, High Performance Computing, Software Engineering, Python Programming.
	Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining
Skill based courses offered	Big Data & Hadoop	Bio-Medical Applications
	Data Mining	Python Programming
	Image Processing & Computer Vision	Google Collap
	Foundation Course in Machine Learning	Text Analytics using Tableau
Funding grants received	DST Travel Grant
	UGC Minor Grant
Copyrights & Patents	Patents filed: 24
Testing & Consultancy facility available	Cloud Computing- Server Setup at Kapilansh Dhatu udyog Pvt. Ltd, Nagpur
Departmental Magazine/Newsletter	Department Monthly Newsletter : BITS

Programs Offered

B.E. in Information Technology

Programme Educational Objectives

The programme educational objectives of the Information Technology programme are designed to produce competent engineers who are ready to contribute effectively to the advancement of information technology causes and to accommodate the needs of the profession. The graduates shall

PEO1: Practice Information Technology in the general disciplines of design, development & deployment of software and integration of existing technologies for e-governance nationwide
PEO2: Apply fundamental technical knowledge and skills to provide workable solutions to problems in various areas of IT
PEO3: Pursue higher education, research and development and deploy creative efforts in the area of Information Technology.
PEO4: Use the acquired knowledge in societal and environmental sensitive manner with professional ethics in a team

Program Outcomes

The students will be able to learn:

Engineering knowledge
Problem analysis
Design/development of solutions
Conduct investigations of complex problems
Modern tool usage
The engineer and society
Environment and sustainability
Ethics
Individual and team work
Communication
Project management and finance
Life-long learning

Program Specific Outcomes

PSO1: Utilize the hands on experience of industry internship leading to take up live problems in IT industries .
PSO2: Apply core concepts of information technology in android/iOS Application & Product Development.
PSO3: Demonstrate the skills in Web based technologies and information management.

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Laboratories

Overview

IT Department, since its inception, has maintained a steady growth in every sphere of its activities and played a vital role in bringing a vibrant & forward looking academic environment within the college. The department of Information Technology has well equipped laboratories like Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Lab; Digital Signal Processing Lab; Project lab and Computer Lab, with modern high computational facilities and high-end Software.

Industry Supported Labs

Kapilansh Dhatu Udyog Pvt Ltd, Nagpur

The department has setup of Cloud Computing facility in Project lab. Department has taken the initiative to set up the Cloud Computing Server at Kapilansh Dhatu Udyog Pvt. Ltd.

Award Winning Projects

Project Name - Vishwas

Award Detail

Title of the Project: Hand Gesture Controlled wheelchair kit “VISHWAS”
Winner Awarding Agency: Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2019 . NIT Trichy, Tamilnadu

Research Projects

Name of the Project	Funding Agency	Amount ( )	Faculty Name
To develop multipurpose human computer interaction based system for physically disabled persons	AICTE-RPS	11.29 Lacs	Prof. S.A. Chabria
Multilingual Number Interpreter	UGC Minor Research Project	3.0 Lacs	Dr. Urmila Shrawankar
Modernization of IoT Lab	AICTE-MODROBS	13 lacs	Dr. Dinesh Padole

Eminent Faculty

Faculty Achievements & Awards

Name of Faculty	Title of the event	Achievement / Award	Awarding Organization
Prof. Chetan Dhule	NPTEL Course "Cloud Computing"	Completed successfully in Gold Category	MHRD, Govt. of India
Prof. Ganesh Khekare	NPTEL Course "Python with Data Science"	Completed successfully in Elite Category	MHRD, Govt. of India

Student Achievements & Awards

Name of Students	Title of the event	Achievement / Award	Awarding Organization
Vikrant Raj, Mandar Topre, Kushal Asarkar, Krunal Bansod, B. Prerana, Muskan Amuley	Project Title: Gesture Controlled wheelchair kit “VISHWAS”University Level	Winner SIH 2019 under theme “Smart Vehicles”	Smart India Hackathon 2019, NIT Trichy, Tamilnadu