Best Practices

1. In-house Software Development
2. Industry Expert Training

1. In-house Software Development
Software applications related to the internal automation requirements are identified and student developers with the support of essential hardware and software components are engaged in Software Development Life Cycle activities such as Planning, Designing, Developing, Testing and Deployment. After the successful completion and deployment of the project, completion certificates duly signed by the Head of the Department and Principal are provided to the students.

Implementation
o Student are grouped in teams
o The teams are headed by the project faculty coordinator who will be the guide
o Once a project is initiated weekly meetings are conducted to monitor and review the progress
o After completion of the project, regression and user acceptance testing are conducted and this will be followed by the deployment and maintenance

List of Projects

Measurable Outcome

Problems Encountered
• Lack of skillful students much to the expectations of the challenges prevailing in software development trends
• Upgraded hardware and software resources required for development
• Appropriate time duration

Outcome
• Analyze computer users' needs in order to design, construct, test and maintain computer application software or systems.
• The in-house software needs are given with the application-oriented support by our own student developers.
• With the experience gained in project development, students start their own start-ups after the completion of their course.

2. Industry Expert Training
Objectives:
• To specialize the students in advanced computing domain with respect to the use of various design, development and testing tools that are practiced in the Software Industry.
• To know the method of approach in developing web based and customized stand-alone applications.

The Context:
The Department always endeavors to bring in experts from the leading IT Industries to keep in pace with the technical uptrend progression of our students towards the evolving technologies.

The Practice:
Our curriculum is tuned to have advanced courses like Agile and DevOps, Software Testing Tools, J2EE, Python programming, IOT etc. The classes for the students who opted for these courses are conducted by experts from IT Industries from India and International countries too.

Execution:
Theory and practical sessions on the Agile and DevOps and Software Testing Tools courses were conducted.
1. Agile and DevOps: This is a core course for IV Sem MCA Students which covers the advanced concepts of Software development and it covers the methodologies and concepts of Agile programming practices. Our Students was given with the input from an International expert Mr. Srinivasan Sairam, Senior Software Engineering Manager, Accenture, Detroit, USA.
The course was coordinated by Dr. Velmurugan R and it was conducted through online mode for a period of 30 hours.
Total No., of Beneficiaries: 61 Students

2. Software Testing Tools: This is an elective course and about 41 students from IV Sem MCA and M.Sc., CS classes have opted for this. This course was conducted through online platform by Mr. Bala Raghavendra Y, Test Specification Specialist, Netcraftz, Bengaluru. Dr. Velmurugan R, Associate Professor of the department has coordinated the sessions and the practical hands-on input was given by the resource expert.
Total No., of Beneficiaries: 42 Students

Evidence of Success:
• The classes were very much appreciated by the students that they got a good exposure to the modern tools and technologies.
• The students could identify their domain where they could implement the fullest potential for a prolonged career existence and growth.
• Few students who are in software development shared their experience of experiencing the technologies taught by these experts during the course of their internship and job.

Problems Encountered and Resources required:
• Since the sessions were conducted through online there was a slight chance of students losing concentration in due course of the sessions.
• Also, the practical sessions which needs to be given with individual attention was not possible through the online mode of teaching learning.

2. Computer Literacy Programme
Details of Computer Literacy Programme for this year department are given below.

Execution:
Following are the list of projects deployed under this cell.

2. Computer Literacy Programme
Details of Computer Literacy Programme for this year department are given below.

Execution:
Following are the list of projects deployed under this cell.

2. Computer Literacy Programme
Details of Computer Literacy Programme for this year department are given below.

3. Language Enhancement Programme
Details of Language Enhancement Programme for the year 2015-2016 are given below.

Context:
The Software Development Cell formed by the department caters the automation of various system oriented applications both for the college and outside agencies. It is initiated in the year 2013-2014.

Objective:
To hone software development skills determine by quality standards w.r.t. industrial expectations. It prepares them to meet the challenges faced by today’s IT professional by exposing them to wide array of cutting-edge technologies during the course of development and also to enhance entrepreneur skills.

Practices:
Under the guide ship of Department faculty coordinator interested students are identified and projects related to the college internal applications and external agencies are developed. Periodical meetings are conducted to sort out the findings with this regard and also to aid in organized development.

Constraints:
Lack of skillful students much to the expectations of the challenges prevailing in development trends.

Resource required:
o Upgraded hardware and software resources required for development.
o Appropriate time duration

Context:
Computer literature sessions are conducted to the higher secondary classes and also to primary classes of the nearby and rural Government Schools with the help of really motivated and enthusiastic set of students.

Objective:
This program aims to inculcate the essence of “Education for All” and to meet the underprivileged section of the Society. Our students are given with a real life experience of mingling with school children and making them to understand the basics of computers. It is started in the year of 2009-2010.

Practices:
Once in a semester the Head of the Department with assistance from NSS coordinator of the college identifies a village and takes the permission from the govt., school authorities to conduct the session. Once the approval is attained a group of students with the guidance of the faculties meet the students and conduct computer classes on the fundamentals.

Execution:
• SAHANAVAVATHU ... ‘KISHORA GANAKA JNANA’ - Come Together - Teaching Basic Computer Skills to High School children.
• Computer Literacy Program for Government High School Students by the students as a part of NSS Programme.

Constraints:
Lack of mandatory resources at the school for the efficient conduct of class

Resources required:
• Set of basic software, computers, and class room teaching materials.

Context: To identify the weaker section in communication ability amongst the students the LEP has been instantiated. This practice is initiated in the year of 2004-2005.

Objective: To improve the English speaking ability of the students and to overwhelm the fear of facing the public while delivering seminars. Department opens up language solutions through Jayantian Language Learning Centre (JLLC).

Practice:
Activity-1: Three batches of Students comprising 9 members each whom are weaker in communication are identified and an animator for each group is appointed.

Activity-II: Amongst the members in the group, a leader is selected for each session and asked to prepare activities like Seminars on specific topics, Group Discussions, Debate etc., to be done on the day by the members of the group focusing towards enhancing communication.

Activity-III: Animators in-charge of the team is asked to monitor the progress of the students and to help them in sorting out the difficulties. The report of the same is being prepared by the leader and submitted to the Staff-in-charge.

Constraint:
i) Identification of students weaker in communication and making them to feel the importance of improving their ability.
ii) Problems in identifying appropriate programs that creates curiosity and interest amongst the group members to actively participate in the programs.

Resource required:
i) ICT enabled class room environment
ii) News Papers, Magazines, Journals
iii) Wi-Fi facility
iv) Audio Visual System
v) Public Addressing system.