In 1987, the University established separate
department of Electronics and Computer Science and formed. An advisory committee was
framed to frame the syllabus and to prepare a project report for the purpose
of establishing a strong center for excellence in front areas of electronics
and Computers. It was legitimately believed that only such department could provide
leadership to Industries and colleges for further development of the disciplines. The
Committee submitted its full report in 1987-88 recommending the establishment of the
department of electronics and Computer Science with two courses:
M.Sc. (Applied Electronics)
M.Sc. (Computer Science)
The Committee recommended upgrading
of the department to start M.Tech courses in the department with the help of state and
Central Government.
The department of
electronics and Computer Science came into existence in 1989, on non-grant
basis. In the absence of state and central funding, the University started only M.Sc.
(Computer Science) with an intake capacity of 16 students and funds were granted for the
infrastructure (without teaching staff) from the University development fund . A plan for
a building of the department was drawn by m/s Tawade architecture and was approved.
However, plans for M.Sc. (Electronics) were postponed for a future day. Plans for a
separate building and other infrastructure were also postponed for lack of resources .
Initially the department was started in the animal house of Zoology Department and then
shifted to the science canteen’s building.
The long felt need for the
resources was partially achieved by the announcement by the Government of Maharashtra on
January 4, 1994 while declaring the expansion of University’s name to Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Marathwada University. The Government has approved the establishment of the
Department of Electronics and Computer Science and that it will provide funds for the
building and faculty (1. Professor ,2 Reader and 4 Lecturer in the first instance) . The
announcement gave a fresh lease of life to the department. The courses have started
on regular basis since 1994-95.
The University has started
M.Sc. (Information Technology) from the academicyear 2000-01 in the department on
non-grant basis .The department has shifted to the new building in 2001 with an area
of 1080 sqm. The department has taken off well with the latest facilities and laboratories
in the filed of Computer Science & Information Technology. The name of the department
has changed to Department of Computer Science and Information Technology in June, 2001.
The Department is not only working academically but also performing many
Co-Curricular activities.
The
Department is one of the earliest CS Departments started in Indian Universities. Back in
1980, when computer science was little known and the word IT didn't exist, a one-year
programme was started towards the B.Sc. (Applied) degree in Computer Science. The M.C.A.
programme was launched in 1983, the M.Tech. degree programme in 1985, and the one year
B.Sc. (Applied) programme was upgraded to a two year M.Sc. in Computer Science in 1986.
Departments Research Thrust
The department has started
Ph.D.programme in Computer Science with thrust area as follows:
- Speech Processing
- Pattern Recognition
- Image Processing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Networking
- Human Computer Interfacing
- Software Engineering
Ten students have already received their Ph.D.'s from the department.
Academic and Co-curricular Activities
The academic activity of the department:
1. Workshops.
2.Conference
3.Referesher Course
4.Industrial Lecture series
5.Campus Imterview
Mile- Stone
The department vision is to increase the present 64 PG output as 500.
It will start various types of course in more flixible and logical ways. Its main thrust
is to change the present PG course to five years integrsted course . The course will be
based on credit cafeteria type system with virtual class room approach . The objective
will be to disign courses based on latest and most useful components of IT sectors. It
will have a strong hardware laboratary with facilities to design distributed embeded
system oriented towards industrial applications. It will have flexibility for different
types of requiement and benchmarks The placement service will also be established for
counselingand campus employment.
Future Plans.
It Plans to establish an excellent research centre in area of
Human-Computer Interfacing, Security, Software Engineering , Knowledge Management ,
Natural Languages etc. It will have strong link with major IT industries at Global level.
It will be able to produce 10 Ph.D.s per year . The department will open its branches
abroad in five years.
the strengh of faculty memebrs must increase from 6 to 60 in 10 years i.e. at least 5-6
faculty memebrs per year. It should have 50 suporting staffs at different levels. There
should be at least 10 Computer Laboaratory . The connectivity must enhance speed to 10gbps
in 10 years.
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