NAAC-visit (23 Sep, 2014)

Department
of
information technology

TRIGUNA SEN SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

ASSAM UNIVERSITY
SILCHAR-788011
ASSAM

At A Glance
Profile

Programmes Offered
Student Enrollment
Teaching & Learning Reforms
Research & Development
Infrastructural Facilities
Evaluation & Feedback Process
Innovation & Best Practices
Strength Weakness Opportunity and Challenge (SWOC)

Departmental Profile
Our Vision : Learning By Doing
To become a leader among educational institutes by building
a tradition of innovation, problem solving and interdisciplinary collaboration to meet the changing needs of the
society.
Our Mission : To advance knowledge and educate the
students in science, technology and other areas of
scholarships that will best serve the nation and the world in
21st century. We are committed to gather, disseminating and
preserving the knowledge to bear the worlds greatest
challenges.

Departmental Profile
(Continued)
About the department:
Established in the year 2006, the Department of Information Technology (IT)
is one of the 3 departments under Triguna Sen School of Technology
(TSSOT). The department continues to bloom under the strict observation
of its dedicated faculty & staff members, who have ensured high quality
teaching & learning process right from the inception of the department, and
the collaborative efforts of its efficient students.
Starting with the meager strength of 25 students, today the department is
one of the most sought after departments in the entire University. Students
of the department have always taken keen interest in participating in
various workshops & seminars. In the process, many laurels have been
won for the department. The department primarily draws its students having
multilingual and multicultural background not only from the North East
Region, or other parts of India but also from outside of India.

Programmes OFFERED
Undergraduate Course: (Commenced in 2006-07)
B. Tech (IT) - Regular
B. Tech (IT) - Lateral Entry (Commenced in 2014-15)

Postgraduate Course: (Commenced in 2011-12)

M. Tech (IT) - Regular

Doctoral Study: (Commenced in Jan 2011)

Ph. D. (IT) Full Time (Through Course Work and Research
Work)
Ph. D. (IT) Part Time (Through Course Work and Research
Work)

Student Enrollment
The Department of IT draws 75% of its UG students
through All India Engineering Entrance Examination
conducted by CBSE and CSAB Counseling.
For the remaining 25%, the school as a whole
conducts its own entrance test for the admission in
the UG programme.
For PG and Doctoral programmes, the department
conducts its own admission test & interviews with
proper weightage given to meritorious candidates.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Cours/
Sessio
n

B. Tech

M. Tech
(admitted/seat/
applications)

Regular
(admitted/seat/
applications)

Lateral

200809

36/36/NA

NA

200910

05/36/NA

NA

201011

34/60/(15/42)

NA

201112

50/60/(15/45)

NA

201213

51/60/(15/56 )

NA

Ph. D.
Full
Time

Part Time
(admitted/
applications
)

10/18/24

10/16

18/18/62

10/27

STUDENT ENROLLMENT
(Continued)
Students Enrolled: B.Tech , M.Tech & Ph.D
Course

B.Tech

M.Tech

Semester
I Sem
III Sem
V Sem
VII Sem
I Sem
III Sem

SC
M
06
06
07
01
01
02

ST

F
03
01
02
03
02
01

M
02
01
01
01
01
01

SC
Ph.D final & provisional
registered
Pre-Ph.D Course work

Total

OBC
F
00
00
01
00
00
00

ST

M
18
12
13
08
03
04

F
03
02
01
04
02
02

OBC

GEN.
M
F
15
04
17
04
15
05
09
01
05
04
07
01

PWD
M
F
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00

TOTAL
M
F
41
10
36
07
36
09
19
08
10
08
14
04

GEN.

PWD

TOTAL

02

00

01

00

03

00

04

03

00

00

10

03

01

00

01

00

25 12 08 01 63 14 72 22 00 00 167 49

Data Relevant to the Period with effect from 01-04-2013 to 31-03-2014

STUDENT ENROLLMENT
(Continued)
Male Female Distribution
45
40
35
30
25

Male
Female

20
15
10
5

0
1st Sem

3rd Sem

5th Sem

7th Sem

Data Relevant to the Period w.e.f. 01-04-2013 to 31-03-2014

STUDENT ENROLLMENT
(Continued)
Male Female Student Distribution

Data Relevant to the Period w.e.f. 01-04-2013 to 31-03-2014

STUDENT ENROLLMENT
(Continued)
Category Distribution

SC
ST
OBC
Gen

Data Relevant to the Period w.e.f. 01-04-2013 to 31-03-2014

Students Diversity
Name of the % of students from the
Programme same university / board

% of students
from other universities /
boards within the State

% of students from
universities / boards
outside the State

% of students from
other countries

Year 2012 - 13
B. Tech

0%

37.25%

62.75%

0%

M. Tech
Ph. D.

16.67%
NIL

05.56%
NIL

77.77%
NIL

0%
NIL

Year 2011 - 12
B. Tech

0%

48%

50%

2%

M. Tech

20%

10%

70%

0%

Ph. D.

0%

14%

86%

0%

Year 2010 - 11
B. Tech

0%

14.7%

85.29%

0%

Ph. D.

9%

18%

73%

0%

40%

0%

58.33%

0%

Year 2009 - 10
B. Tech

0%

60%
Year 2008 - 09

B. Tech

0%

41.67%

Curriculum Design and

Development
The department has two board of studies viz. Board of Under Graduate
Studies(BUGS) and Board of Post Graduate Studies(BPGS ).
The boards meet twice a year to formalize and modify the structure and syllabii of
B. Tech and M. Tech respectively. Moreover the Integrated Pre-PhD (IPP) syllabus
for PhD course work is also designed and modified by BPGS.

BPGS consists of three external members from reputed Academic Institutes of

India.
BUGS consists of two external members from reputed Academic Institutes of
India.

Academic Flexibility
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) has been incorporated in
the curriculum since 2010.
Eleven M.Tech. students have undergone their project works in
collaboration with ISI, Kolkata and two are working this year.
A student can opt a subject from the electives in his/her final year
according to his/her capacity and interest.

Different academic workshops are conducted from time to time to

keep abreast with latest technologies.
B.Tech students are doing their summer training from reputed
organizations of central government as well as with the industry
as a part of curriculum.

Curriculum Enrichment
Sl.
No.

Course
s

2006-07
1

UG

PG

IPP

2008 2013 (per year)

Before 2008 (per

year)

First time
syllabus
framed
and
adopted

2007-08 200809

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

CBCS
adoption

Syllabus
modification
as per
GATE

Syllabus
review

Syllabus
proposed
and adopted

Syllabus
review

Syllabus
proposed
and
adopted

2012-13

Syllabus
review

Faculty positions

Sanctione
d
Filled

Professor

Associate
Professor

Assistant
Professor

Total

01

02

06

09

07

08
+01(Guest
Faculty)

01

Teacher STUDENT ratio

Sactioned Faculty Positions: 09
Faculty positions filled: 08
B.Tech and M.Tech student intake:
240+36=276
Actual student strength (BTech & MTech):
202
Teacher : Student
1:30
Filled Teacher : Actual Student

1:25

Faculty Profile
Sl. No.

Name

Highest
Qualification

Designation

Year of
Joining

Specialization

1.

Sudipta Roy

Ph.D

Associate Prof. &

Head

2006

Image Processing,
Wireless Network

2.

Mousum Handique

M.Tech.;
Pursuing PhD

Assistant Prof.

2007

Automata, Information
Processing

3.

Tapodhir Acharjee

M.Tech.;
Pursuing PhD

Assistant Prof.

2008

Mobile Communication,
Computer Networks

4.

Sourish Dhar

M.Tech.;
Pursuing PhD

Assistant Prof.

2009

Web Technology,
C++

5.

Ajoy Kumar Khan

M.Tech;
PhD thesis
submitted

Assistant Prof.

2009

VLSI Design, Network

Security

6.

Abhijit Biswas

M.Tech.;
Pursuing PhD

Assistant Prof.

2009

Operating System,
DBMS, NOC

7.

Bhagaban Swain

M.Tech

Assistant Prof.

2009

Algorithms, Data
Structures

8.

Arnab Paul

M.Tech.;
Pursuing PhD

Assistant Prof.

2011

C, Numerical Methods,
Web Services

9.

Daizy Deb

Guest Faculty

2011

M.Tech.;

Software Engg., Soft

Interdisciplinary
Sl. No.

Name

Highest Qualification

Specialization

10

Utpal Sarkar

Ph.D

Physics

11

Sumit Saha

Ph.D

Mathematics

12

Late Prof. I. B. Roy

Ph.D

Statistics

13

S K Ghosh

Ph.D

Chemistry

14

Pius V. T.

Ph.D

Philosophy

15

Debomalya Ghosh

Ph.D

Industrial Management,
Business Administration

16

Sankar Goswami

Ph.D

Statistics

17

Anindya Sen

Ph.D

English

support staff
Sl.
No.

Name

Qualification

Designation

Date of joining

Nos. of years of
experience

19.01.2009

05

1.

Navajyoti Nath

B. Tech (IT)

Senior
Technical
Assistant

Amit Kumar
Deb

M. Sc .(CS)

Technical
Assistant

31.03.2008

06

Jagannath
Nath

Diploma
(ETE)

Lab Assistant

16.01.2009

05

Sanghita Deb

B. Sc.

Lab attendant

31.03.2008

06

Kunal Roy

B. Com

Junior
Consultant

21.06.2012

02 (Approx)

Asit Das

H. S.

Skilled Daily
Wager

17.06.2012

02 (Approx)

Research promotion
Sl.
No.

Name

Specialization

Year of
joining

Sudipta Roy

Image Processing, Soft Computing, Artificial

Intelligence

2006

Mousum Handique

Automata, Web Technology, Information

Processing

2007

Tapodhir Acharjee

Information Processing, Mobile Communication

2008

Sourish Dhar

Multimedia, Web Technology, Computer

Graphics

2009

Ajoy Kumar Khan

VLSI Design and Testing, Network Security

2009

Abhijit Biswas

Operating System, DBMS, Network-On-Chip

2009

Bhagaban Swain

Quantum Computing, Operating System

2009

Arnab Paul

Web technology, Information Retrieval

2011

Daizy Deb

Image Processing, Soft Computing

2011

No. of M.Tech./Ph.D.
Students guided for the
last 5 years
Upto 2008

2008-2013

Nil

01 + 10

Nil
Nil

N/A
N/A

Nil
01
01

02

N/A

01

N/A

01

N/A

01

N/A

01

Research Publication
Sl.
No.

Name

No. of Research
Papers published

Cumulative
Impact
Factor (if
any)

No. of Research Papers

published

Upto 2008

Cumulative
Impact Factor
( If any)

2008 - 2013

Prof. R. K. Pal

NA

NA

40

5.718

Sudipta Roy

02

41

9.527

Mousum Handique

03

Tapodhir Acharjee

NA

NA

03

Sourish Dhar

NA

NA

03

Ajoy Kumar Khan

NA

NA

08

0.5072

Abhijit Biswas

NA

NA

01

.29

Bhagaban Swain

NA

NA

01

.814

Arnab Paul

NA

NA

03

10

Daizy Deb

NA

NA

04

Research Projects
Name of the Project

Funding agency

Implementation and
analysis of a quantum key
distribution protocol for
network security

Department of Electronics
and Information
Technology, Ministry of
Communication &
Information Technology,
Govt. of India
Volume Minimization in 3D DST
VLSI Physical Design
Automation
Study and Analysis of Power
Analysis Waveforms of Side
Channel Attacks to Identify
the Cryptosystems

Completed

Development of
Framework for Logging
and Analysis of Network
Traffic for Securing
Network Infrastructure

Department of Electronics
and Information
Technology, Ministry of
Communication &
Information Technology,
Govt. of India
Department of Information
Technology, Ministry of
Communication and
Information Technology,
GOI

Duration & Name of the

Project Investigator

Aug, 2013 to Jul, 2015 (2

years)
Bhagaban Swain (PI);
Sudipta Roy (Co-PI);
Tapodhir Acharjee (Co-PI)

Fund allocated
to
the
project/Fund
Utilised
Rs. 32.166
lakhs

Jul, 2013-Jun, 2015 (2 years);

Ajoy Kr. Khan (PI)

Rs. 5.95 lakhs

Jul 2014-Jun 2015 (1 year);

Ajoy Kr. Khan (PI)

Rs. 10 Lakhs

Oct, 2008 Feb, 2011

(Completed);
Sudipta Roy (PI);
Asoke K. Sen (Co-PI);
Mousum Handique (Co-PI)

Rs. 45.5 lakh/

Rs. 43.82492
Lakh

Conference/Seminar/Work
shop organised
Sl. No.

Name

Duration

Regional/Nation
al/ International

Co-ordiantor/
Convenor

Participants

Resource
Persons

1.

National Conference on
Research and Higher
Education in Information
Technology

Feb,4-5,2013

National

A.K. Khan

NE: 80
Outside NE: 20

NE: 04
Outside NE: NIL

2.

Workshop on
Computational
Information Processing

Dec 3-7, 2012

Regional

Sudipta Roy

NE: 23
Outside NE:NIL

NE: NIL
Outside NE: 07

3.

1 day workshop on
Cyber Security
Roadmap.

Regional

Sudipta Roy

4.

Intelligent Data
Analysis: Theory and
Applications

Mar 1 5, 2011

Regional

Sudipta Roy

NE: 36
Outside NE:NIL

NE: NIL
Outside NE: 09

5.

1 day workshop on
Cyber Security

March 8, 2008

Regional

Sudipta Roy

NE: 150
Outside NE:NIL

NE: NIL
Outside NE: 01

Sep. 28, 2011

NE: 62
Outside NE:NIL

NE: NIL
Outside NE: 01

Extension activities & Institutional

Governance
Extension Activities

Extension Activities

Upto 2008

2008 - 2013

1. Looked after the University network

1. Looking after the University network

2. Looked after the University Website

2. Looking after the University Website

3. Member of Sports Board
4. Wardenship of Boys Hostel
5. Member of NIAC
6. Member of different technical
committees

Infrastructure and Learning

Resources
Sl. No.

Name of
Equipments
(Above Rs. 5 lakhs)

Upto 2008

2008 2013

Nos.

Nos.

UPS (Online)

02 (10 KVA)

Blade Server

04

Blade Enclosure

01

SAN Storage

02

Physical facilities
(Space)
Sl.
No.

Space in Sq
Meter

Upto 2008

2008 2013

Nos.

Nos.

No dedicated
permanent building
was there

1223.61 sqm

Total Space

Laboratory Space

242.51 sqm

Class Room space

255.41 sqm

Library cum
Conference
Space

100.12 sqm

Garden Space

NA

Library
Sl. No.

Items

Upto 2008

2008 2013

Nos.

Nos.

Books

1500 (APPROX)

Journals (Printed)

NIL

Journals (online)

NIL

Resource CD/DVDs

NIL

Almirahs

14

Seating capacity

30

IT Infrastructure
Sl. No.

Items

Upto 2008

2008 2013

Nos.

Nos.

No of computer
terminals

30

90

No of Internet port

48

90

No of ICT enabled
Class room

NIL

Access point

NIL

04

IT Infrastructure
Sl.
No.

Items

Upto 2008

2008 2013

Nos.

Nos.

UPS (Online)

02 (10 KVA)

Blade Server

04

Blade Enclosure

01

SAN Storage

02

Computer terminals

30

90

Internet port

48

90

Books

1500 (APPROX)

Stock entries are maintained for all the departmental facilities.

The peripherals are under Annual Maintenance Contract(AMC).
New accessories are purchased with a warranty for 3 years.

Students Mentoring and

Support
Sl.
No.

Upto 2008

2008 2013

Nos.

Beyond Syllabus Session

1.

NIL

Scholarship payment for all M.Tech students

enrolled on or after 2012.

Printed Handouts are provided

Printed Handouts are provided

3.

NIL

24/7 Wi-Fi Access

NIL

Uninterrupted Power Supply

Conduction of Doubt Clearance

sessions after the completion of
syllabus

Conduction of Doubt Clearance sessions after

the completion of syllabus

Pure drinking water facilities

Pure drinking water facilities

NIL

Smart Classrooms

Students Progression
Sl. No.

Upto 2008
2007

2008

2008 2013
2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

1. (UG)

N/A

N/A

N/A

73.9%

51.7%

52.7%

40%

2.(PG)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

77.7%

Awards & Recognition

Sl.
Items
No.

Upto
2008

2008 2013

Nos.

Nos.

Hacking
Competition

Sagar Pandey: won the best technical hack

award in Yahoo! Hack India, 2013 held in
Hyderabad.

Games & Sports

Abhishek Chaturvedi: Participated in the 3rd Dr.

K.K. Garg Memorial International Rating Chess
Championship- 2012 held at Lucknow.

Games & Sports

Abhishek Chaturvedi: Participated in the 4th

BCA International FIDE Rated Chess
Tournament- 2012 held at Kolkata.

Prominent alumni
Sl.
No

Name

Present Status

Programme
& Passing Yr

Arunabh Das

Software Engg, Amazon Inc

B.Tech, 2010

Sambit Nag

Senior Software Engineer, Infosys, Bengaluru

Masoom A. Mazarbhuiya

Quintiles, Bengaluru

B.Tech, 2010
B.Tech, 2010

Mansoor A. Barbhuiya

National Informatics Centre, GoI

B.Tech, 2010

Rudradeep Nath

HCL Technologies Limited, Noida

B.Tech, 2010

Sayed Ishtique Alam Basit

Consultant, Oracle India Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru

B.Tech, 2011

Imdad Bahar Laskar

Software Engineer, Varite India Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru

B.Tech, 2011

Ranjan Phukan

Scientific Assistant , India Meteorological Department, GoI

B.Tech, 2011

Satish Chandra Rabha

Software Engg, Borqs Software Solutions, Bengaluru

B.Tech, 2011

10

Saprativa Bhattacharjee

Assistant Professor, Dept. of IT, SMIT, Sikkim.

B.Tech, 2011
MTech 2013

11

Rupam Dey

Systems Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services, Bengaluru

B.Tech, 2011

12

Mayank Tiwari

Senior Software Engg, Borqs Software Solutions, Bengaluru

B.Tech, 2011

13

K. Vinay Kumar

Programmer Analyst, Cognizant Technology Solutions,

Chennai

B.Tech, 2011

14

Anirban Das

Lecturer, Dept. of Computing, Jimma University of Technology,

MTech 2013

Faculty Empowerment
Strategies
In-House Research Programme was introduced in 2011 to enable faculties to acquire
higher degrees.
Faculties are encouraged to attend industrial training to closely monitor and acquire
knowledge of latest developments in the field of IT.
Through TEQIP, faculties are given opportunities for presenting papers in
conferences(National/International), journals, seminars(National/International),
workshop etc.
Also the schemes from other statutory bodies of central government like UGC, MHRD,
AICTE etc are also implemented from time to time as per notification by Govt. of India
for e.g. Orientation & Refresher Courses.
The department has organized a number of workshops, seminars, hands-on training in
various technical fields in collaboration with Institutes of repute in the recent past and
is in constant pursuit of such opportunities to continue the same in future.

Internal Quality Assurance

System
A central Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is present in the
University to maintain the overall quality of teaching and Learning
process under the efficient leadership of Prof. A. K. Sen as Director.
Each department has an IQAC member to coordinate the various
activities related to maintaining Teaching and Learning quality.
Mr. Arnab Paul, Assistant Professor, Department of IT is the IQAC
member for the department of IT.
Regular feedbacks from the students are collected and maintained by
the central IQAC.

Environment
Consciousness
The used Batteries of the UPS are sent
to the concerned manufacturers/
distributors through the Estate section
of the University for disposal.
The computer accessories are also sent
to the concerned manufacturer/
distributor so that they can dispose off
them in environment friendly manner .

Innovations and Best

Practices
Sl. No.

Items

1.

Taking Remedial classes for students.

2.

In Saturdays, the classes for beyond the syllabus, Group discussion etc. are held with
the help of the senior students of the department.

3.

Students are encouraged to write papers for conferences, seminars and their
Travelling allowance and registration fees are provided from the TEQIP fund.

4.

M.Tech students may visit other institutes of repute for Project work.

5.

Industrial training is compulsory for all the students of 6th semester of B.Tech., so
that they can be aware of the latest technologies and innovations of the particular
industry.

6.

Workshops are conducted by the T&P cell of the School to strengthen the soft skill,
communication skill and the personal interview skill of the students to produce
qualified employable graduate engineers from TSSOT with the help of TEQIP.

swoc
Internal Environment: Strength
Fully funded by MHRD, GOI
TEQIP-II supported
AICTE approved: Btech programme; applied for MTech
Fair Student admission process and good quality students take
admission
Fair faculty selection & Quality faculty pool
Constant revision of curriculum
Active engagements in research
projects
Active training and placement cell
Wi-Fi enabled Campus: TSSOT zone through Wi-mesh
structure
Good computing facility for faculty, staff and students

swoc (Cont)
Internal Environment: Weakness
Poor Teacher-Student ratio
Industry-Institute interaction is weak
NBA Accreditation is needed: As per TEQIP-II mandate
Communication and presentation skill development of students
Difficulty to get quality faculty at senior level and their retention
Lab facilities need improvement
Journal facilities need improvement
Residential programme: More hostels and quarters are needed
DEAN office: Autonomous and self sufficient organised TSSOT
office is needed

swoc (Cont)
External Environment: Opportunities
Huge opportunity for developing Industry Institute partnership
Huge opportunity for developing Research and research
infrastructure
Huge opportunity for lab development of supporting departments
Huge opportunity for developing networking with eminent national
and international Institutes and Industries
Huge opportunity for generation of internal revenue
Huge opportunity for faculty and staff quality up gradation and
training
Huge opportunity for accessing IEEE/Science Direct/Springer and
other high quality research journals from the department itself
Huge opportunity for Accreditation (NBA) of the programmes and
Autonomous Institute status of TSSOT

swoc (Cont)
External Environment: Challenges
Unless NBA accreditation of the programmes are achieved,
academic growth and institutional standing will be severely
effected.
Unless attractive motivational and encouragement schemes are
introduced, it will be difficult to retain key faculties and staff.

Unless management capacity is developed through regular

scientific training, growth of the institution will get severely
stunted.
The Technical Education needs continuous upgradation to meet
the modern challenges and development in new emerging
technology. So, the departments associated with it should also
upgrade themselves with the age. TSSOT is trying its best in
this regard to absorb the threats by modifying the curriculum in
every 3 years but the upgradation of the equipments is not
possible always.
Unless and until TSSOT becomes residential autonomous
Institute, the pace of the upliftment of the programmes is a real
challenge for all.

Thank You

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