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About The Information Technology Department
Department Vision
Instill proficiency in information technology among women through quality education for the benefit of society.
Department Mission
- To provide cutting-edge technical knowledge to develop industry-ready women professionals.
- To nurture research attitude among students.
- To cultivate ethical practices and sense of societal responsibilities.
- To foster interpersonal and leadership skills through co-curricular and extracurricular activities to enable students for higher studies.
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
Our graduates will:
- Pursue successful careers in Information Technology and follow professional ethics.
- Solve technological and multi-disciplinary problems.
- Pursue higher studies and inculcate lifelong learning.
Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs):
- Apply IT specific knowledge and techniques to develop IT based solutions for different application domains like Computer Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Data and Information Processing.
- Develop skills such as programming, designing, testing to build IT applications suitable to incorporate changing needs of different segments.
Department of Information Technology (IT) was established in the year 1999. The department offers an undergraduate program of B.Tech (Information Technology). The program has become autonomous since 2016. Students’ intake capacity for the program is 60 every year. Fifteen batches affiliated under Savitrbai Phule Pune University and two batches under autonomy have graduated from the department till date. Every batch that passes out each year has passing percentage above 95%.
The department has 3 class rooms and 9 laboratories. The class rooms and laboratories are well equipped with latest configuration desktops. Each desktop has internet facility available. Use of open-source operating system and other software is encouraged. All classrooms and laboratories are equipped with LCD projectors as a teaching aid. In all, there are around 250 computers in the department.
The department has 14 teaching faculty members, 3 Technical Assistants and 5 non-teaching staff. Out of 14 teaching faculty members, 4 have Doctoral Degree, 5 are pursuing Doctoral Degree and remaining 4 are postgraduate. Faculty members have varied areas of specialization such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Information Retrieval, Text Mining, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Information Security, Android Forensics and Music Retrieval.
Our students are placed in reputed companies such as Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Avaya, IBM, Barclays, Pubmatic, General Electric, Cummins India, Deloitte, Seagate, Infosys, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, KPIT and Persistent Systems. On an average, 75-80% students are placed every year through Campus Recruitment.
Some students pursue higher education at IITs, other engineering colleges and management colleges in India. Three students have pursued MS at Purdue University, USA through the MoU between the College and Purdue University. In addition to this, some students seek admission for MS in other universities abroad like UC Berkeley, Hult International Business School, Boston, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin, University of Melbourne, Australia.
The students have excelled in almost all areas by securing University ranks, paper-presentation awards, project competition awards as well as trophies in sports and cultural activities. Students have represented college in Badminton and Rope Mallakhamb at National Level. They have won trophies in cultural events like Purushottam Karandak and Firodiya. Students also bagged the NES Innovation Award for years 2020-21 and 2021-22. They are also winners of Murthy Award for Best Performance in Sports. As a result, department has fetched Best Class Award seven times and Best Department Award five times.
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Name | Dr. Anagha Kulkarni |
| Designation | HOD, Associate Professor | |
| Qualification | Ph D (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching:17 years, Research: 11 years, Industry: 9 years | |
| Area of Interest | Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Translation | |
| E mail Id | anagha.kulkarni@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Dipti Durgesh Patil |
| Designation | Professor and Dean( Student Affairs) | |
| Qualification | Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 19 years, Research: 11 years | |
| Area of Interest | Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Computer Vision | |
| E mail Id | dipti.patil@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Sneha Kiran Thombre |
| Designation | Associate Professor | |
| Qualification | Ph.D. (Computer Science & Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching:25 years, Industry: 1 years | |
| Area of Interest | Information and Cyber security, Computer Networks | |
| E mail Id | sneha.thombre@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Makarand Ramesh Velankar |
| Designation | Associate Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E. (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching:20 years, Research: 5 years, Industry: 11 years | |
| Area of Interest | Computational musicology, Information retrieval, Algorithms, Entrepreneurship, Startup mentoring | |
| E mail Id | makarand.velankar@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Harshad Suryakant Wadkar |
| Designation | Associate Professor | |
| Qualification | Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching:20 years, Research: 5 years, Industry: 2 years | |
| Area of Interest | Browser security, Operating system security, Static code analysis | |
| E mail Id | harshad.wadkar@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Radhika Akshay Bhagwat |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | Ph.D. (Electronics and Electrical Technology) | |
| Experience | Teaching:18 years, Research:8 years | |
| Area of Interest | Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning | |
| E mail Id | radhika.bhagwat@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Leena Manojkumar Panchal |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E (Information Technology) | |
| Experience | Teaching:18 years | |
| Area of Interest | Human Computer Interaction, System Software, Multimedia System, Algorithms, IOT | |
| E mail Id | leena.sharma@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Harsha Rajesh Sonune |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E. (Information Technology) | |
| Experience | Teaching:16Years | |
| Area of Interest | Discrete Mathematics, Network, Web Technology, Block-chain | |
| E mail Id | harsha.khedkar@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Prajakta Rohit Deshpande |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E. (Information Technology) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 13.6 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Theory of Computation, Software Testing and Quality assurance, Natural Language Processing | |
| E mail Id | prajakta.deshpande@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Milind Narayan Kolambe |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E. (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 13 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Database Management, Software Engineering | |
| Email Id | milind.kolambe@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Suchitra Sandesh Pakale |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.Tech. (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 17.5 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Computer Organization and Architecture, Digital Systems, Operating Systems, Genetic Algorithm | |
| Email Id | suchitra.morwadkar@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Mr. Suraj Chavan |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M. Tech (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 15 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Cloud Computing | |
| Email Id | suraj.chavan@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Seema Vijay Khairkhar |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.Tech(Computer Science and Technology) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 15 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Security | |
| Email Id | seema.khairkhar@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Jyoti Sachin Kulkarni |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | ME (IT) | |
| Experience | Teaching:14 years Industry: 1 year | |
| Area of Interest | Data science, Machine learning, Image processing | |
| Email Id | jyoti.s.kulkarni@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Swati Omkar Sardeshmukh |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E.(Computer) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 9.5 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security | |
| Email Id | swati.sardeshmukh@cumminscollege.in |
Laboratory Summary
The department has 9 laboratories. All the laboratories have desktops with latest configurations and internet connectivity. Each laboratory is equipped with LCD projector. Use of open-source operating system and other software is encouraged. All the laboratories have Ubuntu 16.04 operating system while two laboratories have dedicated licensed Windows software as operating system. The department has around 250 computers. All the computers are protected by escan antivirus and are maintained by a third party vendor.
Detailed Information about the laboratories
Lab 1
Lab 2
Lab 3
Lab 4
Lab 5
Lab 6
Lab 7
Lab 8
Lab 9
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All laboratories are well illuminated and spacious. They have a setup of desktop and other devices to cater to a batch of maximum thirty students. There is enough space for the laboratory instructor to reach to individual student via appropriate commuting space. Air Conditioners are provided wherever required in the laboratories. The cleaning of the laboratories happens every day.
Student Achievements
Student Co-Curricular Achievements
Staff Achievements
Report of FDP on Data Sciences conducted by IT department in Dec 2019. Click here.
Dr Dipti Patil patent granted on “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WSN BASED INTELLIGENT FRAME WORK FOR MOBILE REAL TIME HEALTH CARE SYSTEM” got granted on 20/01/2020 by Indian patent office! Click here.
