Department of Information Technology & Data Science

S.Y. Admission starting from 15th May.

About

A blend of Computers and Telecommunications, Information Technology has transformed the lives of people globally with applications apparent in every walk of life. It empowers the younger generation with knowledge of recent advancements in this sector and provides them with a platform to work in various companies providing computing solutions and IT services to industries such as banking, insurance, communications etc. Other popular areas that incorporate scope for IT and have grown in recent years are medicine, E-Governance, entertainment and multimedia, scientific research, business intelligence solutions and knowledge discovery in databases.

Department of Information Technology at KES’ Shroff College of Arts and Commerce offers four undergraduate programmes and three post-graduate programmes. Undergraduate programmes offered by the department are B.Sc. Information Technology, B.Sc. Data Science, B.Sc. Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of Computer Application whereas M.Sc. Information Technology, M.Sc. Data Science and M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence is offered as post-graduate programmes. Department of Information Technology started its journey in year 2007 – 2008 with B.Sc. in Information Technology (B.Sc. IT) with the strength of 60 students. Department introduced its first post-graduate programme in M.Sc. IT in the year 2013 – 2014. Recently we have introduced two new programmes B.Sc. Data Science and M.Sc. Data Science from the Academic year 2020 – 2021 and M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence from the academic year 2021-22. Department has neawly introduced B.Sc. Artificial Intteligence for Academic year 2024-25. The BCA program offered by the istitute is approved by AICTE. Programmes offered by departments are designed in a way so as to provide the students with fundamental concepts of courses taught under the programmes and they get acquainted with tools as per the industry requirement. In addition to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes department also offers 21 Value added certificate courses. These courses are available to in-house students as well as outsiders also.

Department offers four (2+2) years integrated programmes for B.Sc IT and B.Sc. DS students who wish to study abroad. KES Shroff College has collaborated with some highly reputed universities and institutes in Australia and Canada. Under this programme students of B.Sc. IT can complete the first two years of graduation at our own college campus and then the remaining 2 years student can complete in the choice of institute offered by college under study abroad programme either in Canada or Australia.

Vision

To be a centre of excellence in education and research, producing Creators of Innovative Technology to serve humanity.

Mission

To develop human resources with sound knowledge and intellectual capability for innovation, research and excellence in the field of Information Technology.
To provide conducive academic environment for achieving world class standards in teaching and cutting–edge research in the field of Information Technology.
To inculcate professional ethics and social responsibility in students and faculty to contribute in the overall development of society.
To facilitate the development of academia-industry collaborations and societal outreach programmes.

Objectives

To prepare students to exploit placement opportunities in the field of commerce, banking and insurance

To equip students in critical thinking skills and problem solving ability through conceptual and practical exposure to the existing and potential knowledge in the field of banking and insurance