Started in year 2001, the department offers B. Tech program with Honor and Minor option. The intake of the department is 60. It has 12 qualified faculty members, 8 of them have PhD degree while 4 are pursuing PhD. Department also has an Adjunct faculty with vast industry experience.

Vision:-

To establish the department as a major source of manpower for the IT sector.

Mission:-

To produce engineering graduates with

  • Sound technical knowledge in Information Technology
  • Good Communication Skills and Ethical values
  • Ability to excel in professional career, research and innovation

Dr. Suresh S.  Balpande (HOD)

Salient features of Department:-

  • The Department of Information Technology was established in 2001, is well-equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure.
  • The department laboratories are well equipped with computing facilities and tools in line with the current trends for development of projects in varied domains.
  • The department motivates and guides the students to excel in National and International Events like Smart India Hackathon.
  • The department has MOUs with companies like Persistent, Infocepts, Kratin, Masycoda Solutions, Praxis Logica that have resulted in students’ internships, Co-teaching, Guest lectures which has helped in bridging the gap between institution and industry.
  • The department provides a platform to actively contribute to get through the challenges by CodeChef, LeetCode , HackerRank, HackerEarth to name a few.
  • Students are encouraged to appear for GATE, CAT, GRE and other competitive examinations and opt for higher studies from highly ranked universities in the field of Engineering and Management.
  • The department also nurtures extra-curricular skills of students to get recognized at state, national and inter-national levels.

Career Prospects:-

There is large employment potential for Information Technology graduates in numerous sectors
like Software Industries, IT Enabled Service firms, Research Sector and Communication industry.
IT graduates are offered employment from companies, namely, Goldman Sachs, ZS Associates,
Amazon, Principal Global Services, Capgemini, Infosys, Informatica, VMware, BirlaSoft, TCS,
Persistent Systems Ltd., BYJU’s, Tata Consultancy Services, GlobalLogic India Pvt. Ltd.,
Infocepts, Accenture, L&T, Softlink International and others. Dream companies like Goldman
Sachs, Amazon D.E.Shaw , Fivetran, Nutanix, J.P Morgan, and VMware offered CTC as high as
23 lakhs. Graduates can seek opportunities to work in profiles like Software Developer,
Application Developer, Enterprise Architect, Data Analyst, Database Administrator, Software
Development Engineer, Quality Analyst, Network Engineer etc. in these firms. A few graduates
have also excelled at Industry coding contests thereby grabbing placement in dream companies.
Some graduates have also made efforts towards entrepreneurship and have startups like Happy
Gaming World, iQuanta. The alumni of the department are pursuing higher studies at international
and national universities of repute, namely, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, University of
Texas, University of Southern California etc.

Our alumni are highly skilled professionals who hold prestigious positions at some of the world’s leading companies. They have excelled in their careers, taking on roles such as Co founders, Directors, Managers, Software Engineers, Tech Leads, Chiefs, and Business Analysts. They contribute their expertise at top global firms like Google, Microsoft, Citigroup, Apple, Mastercard, and Oracle. Their professional influence spans diverse sectors, including Banking, Technology, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and Consulting. With deep knowledge in fields like software engineering, business analysis, product management, and data analytics, these alumni drive innovation and success within their industries.

Industry Institute Interaction

The Department has good industry interaction with Software industries, Government organization and Private Sectors around the region. The Memorandum of Understanding is signed for Student Projects, Guest Lectures, Partial course delivery and Faculty Trainings. The industry offers problem definitions to pre-final and final year students for projects along with guidance. The final outcome in most of projects is integrated as part of product and utilized by industry. The industry offers training in recent trend and technology in the form of honors courses. The guest lectures are organized by department by inviting industry experts in the areas of data analytics, Business Intelligence, Software Engineering, IT infrastructure and services, Data structures, Mobile application developments etc.   To provide platform for students to demonstrate skill, department organize yearly technical event “Colosseum”. This event is organized in association with Semicolon Tech Club. The event witness large participation of students from various institutes across Nagpur region. The event is judged by industry experts. An industry visit is organized by department to reputed Software Industries in India to help students to get acquainted with environment and working culture of software industry.