B.C.A. Hons.

This program designed and aligned with industry 4.0 and 5.0. and provides a solid foundation in Mathematics, Statistics, Competitive Programming, AI & ML, Internship and Research to develop the younger minds to work as a team and improve programming and leadership skills. At the end of program, the learner can become a computer software expert and join in any software industry. The BCA programme has specialisations like Data Science.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Pass the (10+2) examination from State Board / CBSE / NIOS / IGCSE/ IB / ICSE recognized by the State or Central Government.
  • Candidates due to appear in the (10+2) examination are also eligible to apply.
  • 70% aggregate marks in the pre-university examination

Programme Highlights

In addition to the essential competencies a student of BCA will acquire, this specialization will focus on developing skills and mastering techniques related to data science. These include programming languages such as Python and R, statistical analysis, data analysis, data visualization, machine learning and data ethics and privacy.

Programme Structure

 

BS

Basic Science

[3 courses of 3 credits each]

9

CF

Chanakya Foundation

[12 courses of 4 credits each]

48

PC

Professional Core

[14 courses of 3 credits each]

42

PE

Professional Elective

[4 courses of 3 credits each]

12

MC

Minor Core

[8 courses of 4 credits each]

32

PW

Project Work

[2 projects of 3 credits each]

6

IR

Internship or Research*

12

TOTAL

161

Key Subjects covered

  • Programming (C, Python, Java)
  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Database Management Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Computer Organization & Architecture
  • Web Technologies & Full Stack Development
  • Software Engineering & Agile Practices
  • Cloud Computing & Cloud Infrastructure
  • Machine Learning & Generative Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Science & Data Visualization
  • Statistical Analysis & Probability

 

Faculty

Shobana Padmanabhan

Director (Academics), School of Engineering

Rajesh Kumar Prasad

Associate Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Former Associate Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur
Bharath Setturu

Associate Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIIT Hyderabad

Geospatial Scientist
Naresh Dixit P. S.

Assistant Professor and Convener, Institutions Innovation Council

M.Tech., VTU, Belagavi

Former Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Vijay V.

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Ashish Kumar Shukla

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIITDM, Jabalpur

Shreehari H. S.

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.S., Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Banashankari Hosur

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.Tech, RVCE, Bengaluru

Former faculty of NMIT Banagalore & MCOE Pune
Banu Priya M.

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M. Tech., Ph.D.(Pursuing)

Bhagirathi T

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.C.A, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru

Mulla Arshiya

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.C.A., BMSCE, Bengaluru

Amogh S Raj

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, University of Leicester

Anupam Sharma

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.E., Goa University

Rachana K

Assistant professor, School of Engineering

(Ph.D.), Reva University

Sandeep Kumar

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., (Thesis Submitted), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Kingshuk Chatterjee

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Kanpur

Sahil Bharti

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Chitransh Atre

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Ranjan Tiwari

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand

Bhagwan Das Ahirwar

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.Tech., IIT Jammu

Anjana Krishna K U

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

M.Tech., IIT, Tirupati

Pradeep Kumar Gopalakrishnan

Professor of Practice, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

P. V. Venkitakrishnan

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Former Director, CBPO and Prof. Satish Dhawan Chair Scientist at ISRO
Kowshik Thopalli

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Arizona State University

Post-doc Researcher Machine Intelligence Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ritesh Jain

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., University of Wuppertal, Germany Renesas Electronics

Shishir Shukla

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

M.S. Arizona State University Renesas Electronics

3 US patents and author of 2 IEEE publications
Siddhartha Visveswara Jayanti

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., MIT, USA

Research Scientist, Google Research
Tanujay Saha

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Princeton University

ML Engineer, Intel Corporation, USA
Y. N. Srikant

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science

Former Faculty, IISc Bengaluru
Sandoche Balakrichenan

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Université Pierre et Marie Curie.

Head of Research & Development Partnerships at AFNIC, the French Network Information Center
Siddarth Rai Mahendra

Visiting Faculty, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Oregon State University

SRC, GlobalFoundries, Qorvo

Career Opportunities

By the end of the program, the learners will be able to

  • Develop algorithm and programming capability
  • Create new knowledge through research
  • Contribute towards societal well-being and become responsible citizen

In any software services, solutions, product or research organizations, at the entry level:

  • Data analyst
  • Data Scientist
  • Business intelligence analyst
  • Machine learning engineer
  • Research analyst or scientist

With the potential to move to a leadership role in the area of data consultancy and data engineering.

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