The Department of Computer Science was established in the year 1996 and the approval of AICTE for MCA Programme followed by UGC approval lead us to launch by 1997. The Programme is aimed at transformation of graduates to skillful IT professional who
tion of graduates to skillful IT professional who are expected to leadership and responsiblities in the corporate world.
The department took initiatives not only for the growth of the department but took responsibilities to design curriculum, guidelines, programme structures for the course programs launched at affiliated colleges of this university. the department contributed in revising the curriculum in pace with emerging technologies to incorporate and monitor the programmes at department as well as at colleges.
The department involves the students of MCA for knowledge exchange seminar sessions and collaborative real-life project, development to impart high quality teaching and motivate extensive research, the teaching is supported with self-learning from CBTs, project based learning and research based learning.
To facilitate project based learning a separate lab in the name of On-line visual development / learning room is developed wherein students can work for self learning from CBTs, contents from content Delivery Network, develop some innovative software based systems.
Department includes main academic center consisting of well furnished class rooms with multimedia projector(equipped with mordern teaching aids), seminars rooms, a separate lab, students computer labs, office for academic and administration, library, seminar-hall, and student refreshment room.
The department library is completely equipped with books, magazines and journals on computer science and information technology. The department has more than 140 computers, printers, scanner, web camera, licensed softwares, tutorials and presentation cd's, multimedia projectors in each class, laptop, internet facality.
The Saurashtra University was created on a rigorous demand, for a separate university out of Gujarat University (Ahmedabad), from the eminent educationists and freedom fighters of the Saurashtra region. The demand was more prominent after the creation of Gujarat state on May 1, 1961. The Saurashtra University Act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat in the year 1965(Gujarat Act No. 39 of 1965). Saurashtra University, established on 23rd May, 1967, having two headquarters in the initial stage i.e. Rajkot and Bhavnagar. After the incorporation of the Bhavnagar University, Rajkot became the sole headquarters of the Saurashtra University. The campus of the University is spread over 363 acres of land. The present jurisdiction of the University includes Amreli, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surendranagar, and Morbi districts. It has 29 Post Graduate Departments on its campus and 238 affiliated colleges.
The University has important seats of learning spreading knowledge in the respective fields i.e. Nehru Chair, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Chair, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Chair, Swami Dayanand Saraswati Chair, Gulabdas Broker Chair, etc. The University runs a centre of learning and research in the name of Shri Zaverchand Meghani i.e. Meghani Lok Sahitya Kendra. The University in collaboration with Commissionerate of Industries, Government of Gujarat, and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has started National Facility for Drugs Discovery (NFDD) in the year 2009. The NFDD is a state of art centre of research and innovation. Later in the year 2014, the NFDD was transformed into Centre of Excellence (COE). COE is actively involved in generating funds from industrial consultancy.
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