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37.
Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period : 9
38.
Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: A separate library containing around thousand books (related to Information
Technology) is present in our school.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: All faculties, staffs and students of VIT are
provided internet and intranet facility through WIFI.
c) Total number of class rooms: 42
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: 42
e) Students’ laboratories:
The school has the following laboratories with IBM rack-mounted servers X3650, an IBM
XEON-E server and a Wipro net power server. The laboratories have NETOP installed, a
centrally managed teaching tool for assisting students in laboratory sessions.
Software Testing and Verification Laboratory
Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems Laboratory
Virtualization and Cloud Computing Laboratory
Operating Systems Laboratory
Software Development and Management Laboratory
Web Technologies and Open Source Programming Laboratory
Multimedia and Animation Laboratory
Networking and Pervasive Computing Laboratory
Information and Network Security Laboratory
Database and Computational Intelligence Laboratory
Image Processing , Computer Graphics and Vision Laboratory
f) Research laboratories: The above listed laboratories are also used for research.
39.
List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates
a)
from the host institution/university : 130
b)
from other institutions/universities : 8
40.
Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology.
Yes, the development/proposal of new programme requires the steady assessment process.
The methodology is given below:
i. The Head of the department proposes the new programme stating its requirements from the
industry and academic perspective, listing various courses under the programme and the
likely benefits of it.
ii. The curriculum prepared should be benchmarked against top universities in the world.
iii. The programme details are communicated to the Placement and Training center to get its
feedback against industry needs.
iv. The programme of same name/type is offered in any other departments inside the campus
and outside the campus is cross verified.
v. On getting positive feedback from all sides, the proposal is forwarded for approval from
higher officials and academic council.