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About The Information Technology Department
Department Vision
To instill proficiency in Information Technology among women through holistic education for the benefit of society.
Department Mission
- To provide cutting-edge technical knowledge with a multidisciplinary approach to develop industry-ready IT professionals.
- To nurture research attitudes among students.
- To promote ethical practices and a sense of societal responsibilities.
- To foster interpersonal and leadership skills through co-curricular and extracurricular activities for holistic development of students.
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
Our graduates will:
- Apply strong fundamental knowledge of Information Technology in professional practice.
- Demonstrate interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Adapt to new technological changes.
Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs):
- Apply IT specific knowledge and techniques to create solutions for different application domains including Artificial Intelligence, AR/VR, Sustainability Development, Blockchain and so on.
- Design and develop applications suitable to incorporate changing needs of industry.
The Department of Information Technology (IT) was established in the year 1999 with an intake of 60. The department offers an undergraduate program of B.Tech (IT). The program has become autonomous since 2016. Students’ intake capacity for the program is 120 from AY 2024-25. Twenty-five batches have graduated from the department till date. Every batch that passes out each year has a passing percentage above 95%.
All the department classrooms and laboratories are well equipped with the latest configuration desktops. Each desktop has an internet facility available. Use of open-source operating systems and other software is encouraged. All classrooms and laboratories are equipped with Smartboards/LCD projectors as a teaching aid. In all, there are around 300 computers in the department.
The department has 16 teaching faculty members, 6 technical assistants and 5 non-teaching staff. Out of 16 teaching faculty members, 7 have Doctoral degree, 8 are pursuing Doctoral degree and remaining 1 is postgraduate. Faculty members have varied areas of specialization such as Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Information Security, Forensics, Blockchain, AR/VR, Information Retrieval, Text Mining, Computer Networks, and Music Retrieval.
Our students are placed in reputed companies such as Avaya, Barclays, BNY, Cisco, Citi, Cummins India, Deloitte, General Electric, Google, IBM, JPMorgan’s, Microsoft, PubMatic, Salesforce, Seagate and Tata Technologies. On average, 95 % students are placed every year through Campus recruitment.
Some students pursue higher education at IITs, other engineering colleges and management colleges in India. A few 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 University of California- Berkeley, Hult International Business School- Boston, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School- Dublin, University of Melbourne- Australia.
Our distinguished alumnae represent a rich tapestry of achievements and roles, reflecting the diverse paths and profound impact of our graduates. Among them are leaders who have excelled as Software Engineers at Google and Apple, served as a Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware, and thrived as a Sr. Business Analyst at Redstage, showcasing their expertise in technology and business. Additionally, alumni hold roles such as Network Consulting Engineer at Cisco and Software Engineer II at Microsoft Azure, driving innovation and excellence in their respective domains. Moreover, our alumnae have made significant strides in leadership, including roles as Manager, Lead – Digital Customer Experience. In the academic sphere, some alumni serve as the Program Director, Adjunct Professor, and Board Member. Beyond technical fields, notable alumnae include the Co-Founder of Traya, the Founder of reCharkha – The EcoSocial Tribe, and a Co-founder at Satianu – Essential Oils and therapy, each demonstrating leadership and making an impact across academia, non-profit, and entrepreneurial ventures
Our students have excelled in almost all areas by securing University ranks, paper- presentation awards, Hackathons, project competition awards as well as trophies in sports and cultural activities. Students have represented college in chess at international level while in Badminton and Rope Mallakhamb at National Level. They are also winners of the Murthy Award for Best Performance in Sports. They have won trophies in cultural events like Purushottam Karandak and Firodiya. Students also bagged the NES Innovation Awards. Students have got international internships at NTU- Singapore, Volvo Cars- Sweden, University of Notre Dame-USA.
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Name | Dr. Makarand Ramesh Velankar |
| Designation | Associate Professor, HOD-IT | |
| Qualification | Ph. D. (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching:25 years, Industry: 11 years | |
| Area of Interest | Computational Musicology, Information Retrieval, Cognitive Computing, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Mentoring Startups | |
| E mail Id | makarand.velankar@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Anagha Kulkarni |
| Designation | Associate Professor, HOD-IT | |
| Qualification | Ph. D. (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching:22 years, Industry: 9 years | |
| Area of Interest | Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Translation, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy | |
| 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: 24 years | |
| Area of Interest | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing | |
| E mail Id | dipti.patil@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Sneha Kiran Thombre |
| Designation | Associate Professor | |
| Qualification | Ph.D. (Electronics and Electrical Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching:28 years, Industry: 1 year | |
| Area of Interest | Information and Cyber Security, Computer Networks, Green Computing. Mobile Communications etc | |
| E mail Id | sneha.thombre@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Harshad Suryakant Wadkar |
| Designation | Associate Professor | |
| Qualification | Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching:22 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:20 years | |
| Area of Interest | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Image Processing, Computer Vision | |
| E mail Id | radhika.bhagwat@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Leena Manojkumar Panchal |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E (Information Technology) Ph.D. Pursuing | |
| Experience | Teaching:22 years | |
| Area of Interest | Design Thinking, User Experience, Human Computer Interaction, 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) , Ph.D. Pursuing | |
| Experience | Teaching: 20 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Discrete Mathematics, Network, Web Technology, Block-chain, Full Stack Development | |
| E mail Id | harsha.khedkar@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Prajakta Rohit Deshpande |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E. (Information Technology) Ph.D. Pursuing | |
| Experience | Teaching: 17 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Theory of Computation, Software Testing and Quality assurance, Machine learning, Green Computing and Sustainability | |
| E mail Id | prajakta.deshpande@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Dr. Milind Narayan Kolambe |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 19 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Database Management System, Software Engineering, Data Structures, Machine Learning, Programming in C, Python | |
| Email Id | milind.kolambe@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Suchitra Sandesh Pakale |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.Tech. (Computer Engineering), Ph.D. Pursuing | |
| Experience | Teaching: 22 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Computer Organization and Architecture, Digital Systems, Operating Systems, Genetic Algorithm, Blockchain, Distributed Systems | |
| Email Id | suchitra.morwadkar@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Sanjivani Mane |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E.(Information Technology), Ph.D. Pursuing | |
| Experience | Teaching: 5 Years, Industry: 1.4 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data Mining and Data Warehousing, Digital Electronics and Computer Architecture, Mobile Application Development (Android) | |
| Email Id | sanjivani.mane@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Swapnil Aryan |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.Tech.(Computer Science & Information Technology) | |
| Experience | Teaching: 5 Years, Industry: 3 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Programming in C, Object Oriented Programming, Web Technology, Human Computer Interaction, Software Engineering. | |
| Email Id | swapnil.aryan@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Jyoti Aniket Kengale |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E.(Computer Engineering), Ph.D. Pursuing | |
| Experience | Teaching: 5 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Object Oriented Programming, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, TOC, Information Security | |
| Email Id | jyoti.langhi@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Indrayani Rohidas Awate |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E.(Information Technology), Ph.D. Pursuing | |
| Experience | Teaching: 13 Years, Industry: 3 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Python, Database Management System, Data Structures, Computer Security, Computer Network, Machine Learning | |
| Email Id | indrayani.awate@cumminscollege.in |
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Name | Anuja Dinesh Tawlare |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Qualification | M.E.(Comp. Science & Engg), Ph.D. Pursuing | |
| Experience | Teaching: 5 Years, Industry: 2 Years | |
| Area of Interest | Data Structures, Web Technology, Software Engineering, Mobile Computing | |
| Email Id | anuja.tawlare@cumminscollege.in |
Members of Board of Studies Information Technology
| Sr.no. | Composition | Member Name |
| 1 | BoS Chairman (Head of the Department) | Dr. Makarand Velankar |
| 2 | The entire faculty of each Specialization | Dr.Anagha Kulkarni Dr. Dipti Patil Dr. Sneha Thombre Dr. H. S. Wadkar Dr. Radhika Bhagwat Dr. Milind Kolambe Mrs. Leena Panchal (Secretary) Mrs. Harsha Sonune Mrs. Prajakta Deshpande Mrs. Suchitra PakaleMrs. Jyoti Kengale |
| 3 | Subject experts from outside the Parent University Nominated by the Academic Council | Dr. Shweta Dharmadhikari |
| 4 | Dr. Nitin Pise | |
| 5 | Expert nominated by Vice-Chancellor, SPPU | Dr. Sunita Barve |
| 6 | Representative from Industry/Corporate Sector allied area relating to Placement | Santosh Mangaonkar |
| 7 | Meritorious alumnus | Neha Amle |
Laboratory Summary
The department has 9 laboratories. All the laboratories have desktops with latest configurations and internet connectivity. Each laboratory is equipped with a smartboard/LCD projector. Use of open-source operating systems and other software is encouraged. All the laboratories have Ubuntu 18.04 operating system while three laboratories have dedicated licensed Windows software as operating system. The department has around 300 computers. All the computers are protected by Seqrite antivirus.
Detailed Information about the laboratories
Lab 1
This laboratory has 29 machines and 04 servers with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration:
- HP Computer, Intel Core i7 processor, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (25 Nos)
- Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (4 Nos)
Lab 2
This laboratory has 25 machines and 3 Servers with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration:
1. Intel Core i7 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (9 Nos)
2. Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (9Nos)
3. HP Computer, Intel Core i7 processor, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD (7 Nos)
Server 1: IBM server (3 Nos)
Processor – TowerXeon 2620, 2GHz
Lab 3
This laboratory has 30 machines and network devices with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration:
- Intel Core i7 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (25 Nos)
- Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (5 Nos)
Lab 4
This laboratory has 30 machines with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration: Intel Core i7 processor, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD (30 Nos)
Lab 5
This laboratory has 20 machines with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration: Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (20 Nos)
Lab 6
This laboratory has 19 machines and hardware kits with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration: Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (19 Nos)
Hardware kits:
- Micro-controller/ Microprocessor development kit
- Digital Trainer Kit
- Peripheral Kits: Dyna 8255, 8253,8251, DAC, ADC
Lab 7
This laboratory has 30 machines with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration: HP Computer, Intel Core i7 processor, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD (30 Nos)
Lab 8
This laboratory has 30 machines with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration: Intel Core i7 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (30 Nos)
Lab 9
This laboratory has 30 machines with following details
Computer Hardware Configuration:
- Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (30 Nos)
- Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD (4 Nos)
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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 30 students. There is enough space for the laboratory instructor to reach individual students via appropriate commuting space. Air Conditioners are provided wherever required in the laboratories. The cleaning of the laboratories happens every day.
Industry Supported Laboratory
The Department of Information Technology has been consistently collaborating with renowned industry leaders to establish state-of-the-art laboratories that support innovation, hands-on learning, and cutting-edge research. These industry-sponsored labs are instrumental in bridging the gap between academia and industry, equipping students with relevant tools and exposure to emerging technologies such as Blockchain, Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR), High Performance Computing, and Advanced Simulation Systems.
The industries supporting the laboratory are:
- MAN Truck and Bus India Pvt Ltd.,
- Boeing India
- IBM
| Component | Machine 1 |
| Processor | AMD Ryzon 9 7900x |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite AX |
| RAM | CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB RAM (1x32GB) DDR5 DRAM 5200MHz |
| GPU | Quadro RTX A5000 Nvidia GFX 24GB DDR5 |
| Storage | HDD SSD Samsung 980EVO 1 TB NVME |
The industries have supported the laboratories with generous support in the form of equipment such as – High-end workstations, AR/VR Computers, Laptops, Haptics Gloves, Haptic Suit, Mixed Reality Headset, Virtual Reality Headset, 360° Camera and accessories.
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Innovative Teaching Learning Methods
Department of Information Technology
Pedagogy Techniques
| Sr. No. | Pedagogy Technique | Course Name |
| 1 | Game Based Learning | Human Computer Interaction |
| 2 | Project based learning | Digital Electronics and Computer Architecture |
| 3 | Gaming Based Learning | DBMS |
| 4 | Role Play | Data Science |
| 5 | Group Survey | Green IT Infrastructure and Sustainability Metrics |
| 6 | Game-based Learning | Machine Learning |
| 7 | Demo based Learning | Machine Learning |
| 8 | Role Play | Introduction to DevOps |
| 9 | Open Ended assignment | Green IT Infrastructure and sustainability Metrics Laboratory |
| 10 | Collaborative Learning | Artificial Intelligence |
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Third Year of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (2024 Course)
Course Code: OLE341-AID
Course Title: Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Coursebook
Unit1 : Foundations of Sustainable Development
Unit2 : Lifecycle Sustainability Circular Economy
Unit3: Green Software Engineering Sustainable AI