Master in Computer Application (MCA)(Autonomous – Affiliated to University of mumbai)

Objectives..

• The objective is to prepare students for careerin Information Technology and its’ alliedindustry by providing them with state of theart facilities and upgraded curriculum.

• This course equips the students with a holisticand all-round grooming as required to besuccessful in the IT industry.

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Foundation…

• To provide students with the soundknowledge in all the three aspects of industryrequirements namely; strong conceptuallearning, technical insights and applicationdesign and development.

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About MCA@SIMSR....

• Intake: 60 seats - 51% Gujarati LinguisticMinority Seats (GLMS)

• Started in 2006 (11th Batch 2016-19)

• Three year full time AICTE approved (SixSemester) program - affiliated to University ofMumbai

• Granted Autonomous status by UGC for fiveyears from academic year 2013-2014

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About MCA@SIMSR...

• Accredited in November 2013 for a period of 3years by National Board of Accreditation(NBA), a body of AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govtof India.

• Admission as per the guidelines of Directorateof Technical Education (DTE), Govt ofMaharashtra

• Qualifying Examination : MH-CET MCA

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Infrastructure

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• The entire infrastructure has been created to develop atruly academic ambience.

• The institute is housed in two adjacent spacious, well-furnished and air conditioned buildings of around 1,50,000sq. feet surrounded by lush green gardens and trees.

• Two air conditioned auditoriums with a seating capacity of250, multiple seminar halls, amphitheatre for activities andcultural programmes, conference rooms for executivedevelopment programmes, student discussion rooms, Wi-Fiinfrastructure and a canteen of around 2,250 sq feet islocated on the ground floor of the SIMSR Institute buildingand is a great meeting point for students.

Library..

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• The fully computerized library has more than 90,000books, 15 newspapers, 150 Indian and Internationalsperiodicals, CD‟s and video films.

• Housed in an area of 7,000 sq feet, the library offersaccess to online data bases like EBSCO, PROQUEST,CRISIL, Euromonitor, WARC, Frost & Sullivan andfinancial database like CMIE PROWESS which provideonline access to over 8,000 national and internationaljournals, research papers, articles, dissertations andfinancial data.

• The library also subscribes to a wide range of nationaland international newspapers.

Computer Center

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• The computer center is one of the bestequipped IT centers geared to aid thelearning process.

• Software packages like SPSS, AMOS, SAP-ERP,Rational Rose help in conducting data analysisfor business analysis, financial analysis,marketing research activities, analysis of casestudies, preparation of summer trainingprojects and concurrent projects.

Infrastructure … In Picture

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Unique Plus…

• Seminar paper / industry linked mini projects

• Value Added Modules to develop newer courses

fostering faculty - student - industry partnership

• Elective courses initiated as per the industry

requirements.

• Alumni interactions across all semesters.

• Project and Learn Initiative : provide opportunity

to the students to apply learning through

Live Projects.

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Induction Programme…

• For the fresher’s induction programme isconducted to get them acquainted withinstitutes’ environment, interact with thefaculty, exchange views with seniors. Thesessions include:

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Creativity Workshop

Management Games

Treasure Hunt Accessing Online Databases

Stress Management

Work Life Balance Quiz Pizza Making

Exclusive sessions on self-empowerment and emotionalquotient under HOLSEM sessions

PLUS

Curriculum… Revamped

• The subject board of IT comprising of expertsfrom industry as well as academics meets twice ina year to revamp the curriculum. The meritoriousstudents are also invited during the meeting toget their input.

• The new and contemporary courses such as BigData Analytics, R Programming, Cloud computing,Python Programming, ERP-SAP Simulation,Digital Marketing are being introduced.

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The Subject board-IT….

• Dr. Sunita Mahajan. (Member)• Dr. Pradeep Pendse. (Member)• Mr. Gaurav Yadav. (Member)• Mr. M. D. Agarwal (Member)• Prof. Suresh Mhatre (Member)• Dr. Geeta Kumta (Member)• Dr Monica Khanna (Incharge – Director)• Dr Sindhu Singh (Faculty)• Prof Chandan Singhivi (Faculty)• Dr. D. G. Jha. (Convener)

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Final Year Projects…

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• It’s mandatory for the final yearstudents to undergo live – industryproject during their Sixth Semester

• The placement cell of the institutefacilitates live-industry projects forall the students of the final year.

• The institute invites the expertsfrom industry as well as academicsto share the panel with internalfaculty to evaluate the studentsprojects/case assignments of thestudents.

Project Feedback: Industry experts…

• “It was very good experience to interact with the budding professionals. Few suggestions like – hand holding, domain expertise, innovation are the areas (that) need some attention”

– P.H.Nandkumar(Vice President – Business Development,

Nucsoft Limited)

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Placements…Final

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MCA 2013-2016

Batch

2012-2015

Batch

2011-2014

Batch

2010-2013

Batch

2009-2012

Batch

Percentage of

Students

Placed

100 % 91 % 82 % 81 % 37 %

Highest Salary 6.25 Lacs 6.25 Lacs 6.00 Lacs 5.75 Lacs 3.9 Lacs

Average Salary 3.94 Lacs 3.74 Lacs 3.52 Lacs 3.00 Lacs 3.27 Lacs

Minimum

Salary

3.25 Lacs 2.50 Lacs 2.16 Lacs 1.2 Lacs 2.16 Lacs

Number of

companies

Visited

63 35 24 22 7

Placements…Sector –Wise

Sr.

No.

Sector 2013-2016

Batch

As on

10/05/2016

2012-2015

Batch

2011-2014

Batch

2010-2013

Batch

2009-2012

Batch

1 Banking and

Insurance

0 0 3 7 0

2 Consumer

Durable

2 4 2 2 0

3 I T/ITES/KPO 59 58 41 37 18

4 Market Research 0 0 0 1 0

Total 61 62 46 47 18

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Beyond Academics…

• The students of MCA conceptualize, plan andexecute iCON – a techno-management inter-institute event with different trending themesevery year.

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2010Go Green

2011Gen 3V

2012Animagixx

2013StarGazer

2014Determination to

Destination

2015Socialize

2016GraphIcon

2017Virtual Reality

2nd and 3rd Feb

Icon 2016- Through Camera Lens….

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Alumni Profiles…

Sr. No. Name Company Name Designation

1KanchanKewalramani

CGI Consultant

2 Jyoti Natrajan JP Morgan Chase VP

3 Francis Ouseph Oracle Principal Engineer

4 T. Ajoy RajHexawareTechnologies

Technical Architect

5 Deepak Nayak Nomura Vice President

6 Savio Pereira CitiSenior Vice President

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MCA@SIMSR in Media

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TechGoal…The digital eZine

IT Newsletter TechGoal aims at facilitating the exchange of ideas amongst the students, faculty,alumnus and professionals from industry

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Round Table Conferences

• Round Table conferences are organized to understand current trends inthe IT industry. This year’s theme was

Big Data: A new way to understand, analyze and practice business

• Panelists: Dr. Radha Mani (Sardar Patel College of Engineering)

Mr. Ravindra Ved (L & T Infotech)

Mr. Kunal Dureja (IBM)

• Moderator: Prof Dr. D G Jha

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Team IT/MCA…

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• Well-qualified team of faculty with sevenPh.D.

• Four faculty are at present at different stagesof their Ph.D. completion.

UPCOMING EVENT - SICTIM 17:Somaiya International Conference on Technology and

Information Management

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Digitization and Automation: Innovate…Disrupt…Transform Society

25th February 2017

Organized by Area -Information Technology

[MCA & MIM Programmes] K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research

Mumbai, India Email: sictim17.simsr@somaiya.edu Web link: https://simsr.somaiya.edu