FAQs - Computer Science Engineering

Q 1. How many systems and other major equipments are available in each lab in CSE Department?

The Department has the following major Labs. These Labs have Computer Systems with the latest Configurations and printing facility.

Main labs are:

• Business Analytics and Optimization (BAO) Lab
• Cloud Computing and Virtualization Lab
• Cyber Security Lab
• Software Engineering and CASE Tools Lab
• Applied Statistical Analysis Lab
• IOT Lab
• SAP Lab
• Graphics and Gaming Lab
• Advanced DBMS Lab
• Advanced JAVA Lab
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Lab
• Software Development Processes (SDP) Lab
• Network Programming and Administration (NPA) Lab
• System Programming and System Administration Lab
• Computer programming Lab
• Research Lab/Project Lab

Q 2. Do you have any specialized lab in association with Industry Partners?

Yes, the following labs are developed with industry partners:

• Business Analytics and Optimization (BAO) lab (IBM)
• Cyber Security Lab (IBM)
• Cloud Computing and Virtualization Lab (IBM)
• Graphics and Gaming Lab (IBM)
• SAP Lab (SAP)

Q 3. What are the recent achievements of the CSE Department in the field of education?

Following are the recent achievements of the students:

• Year 2020: Three Projects from CSE titled” Crop image identification system, Alzimer Detection system & AURU have been selected for 2^nd phase of AICTE Chhatra Vishwakarma award for year 2020.
• Year 2019:Varun Mishra, Josemon Baby 6^th Semester students won 2^nd prize and a cash prize of Rs. 75000 for project on Global Intuitive Crash Avoidance”, under the guidance of Dr. Poonam Tanwar, at the National Convention-Research & Innovation in Science and Technology, Organized by University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, 26^th April 2019.
• Hrishikesh Jangir won 2^nd prize for project presentation by Faridabad Industry Association in May 2019 under the guidance of Dr. Charu Pujara.

Year 2019: Abhay Narayan Singh, Meetesh Mehta, Jagriti, Sarthak won 3^rd prize for project,” To design the world’s cheapest car simulator”, BY Faridabad Industry Association in May 2019 under the guidance of Dr. Nitasha Soni and Dr. Kamlesh Sharma.

Year 2019: An Entrepreneurship Festival, ‘IdeaStormE-Summit 2019’ was conducted by IIT Roorkee in Uttarakhand during February 2 -3, 2019. Our team Helix comprising Dhruv Rohatgi, Devdutt Sharma, Tushar Garg, and Palak Gupta won second prize for the project ‘AIRY’ in ‘Productathon’.

It’s a wearable band that comes with an app, embedded with sensors to accurately identify the concentration of PM 2.5 in the environment. The App helps the user to find the least polluted route while travelling from one place to another and this is done using the power of Artificial Intelligence.

Year 2019: During the Virtual Reality Hackathon-2019, held at MIT Media Labs, Cambridge, USA during January 17-21, 2019, our team comprising Amrit Kaur B. Tech (CSE, 6^th Semester), Mr. Ishlok Vashistha B. Tech (ECE, 8^th Semester), bagged Best Project Award; winning a cash prize of 2500 USD. The team Developed: AccessiBild, an Interdisciplinary Project, developed using Microsoft HoloLens and Artificial Intelligence (AI), which enables people to examine a real-world environment like a restroom. In addition to this, they won Mentorship opportunity at MIT andan Oculus Go, which is a VR Headset.

Year 2019: Microsoft IMAGINE CUP ASIA FINALS: Our teamCaelia smart automated drug delivery and anti pollution mask for Asthmatic and other chronic respiratory patients was selected for the Microsoft Imagine Cup’s ASIA Finals at Sydney, Australia during 12-17 Feb-2019. Team Caeli comprising AakashBhadana, -Vasu Kaushik, -Bharat Sundal, Ishlok Vashistha, Dipesh Narwat, Rahul Gupta won the 1^st place in the regional finals, winning $15,000, Azure Credits and qualified for the World Championship happening in Seattle during the first week of May.

Year 2018: Robotics Escalade- 2018: Robotics Competition held at IIT Guwahati during 30 August 2018 to 2 September 2018. Team from the students of CSE won the first prize winning a cash prize of Rs. 80000.

Apart fromthese students are working on research papers. Some of the good research papers presented by students are:

• Stuti, Dr. Poonam Tanwar “A smart Maternity ward using IOT, presented & published in IEEE International Conference 2018.
• K. Swarna Krishnan, K. Jerusha, Poonam Tanwar, Shefali Singhal, “publishedpaper,” Self-Automated Agriculture system IOT”, in international journal, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), March 2020.
• ShobhitMangla, Animesh Singh, Dr. Kamlesh published paper,” Smart System: IoT for voice-enabled Gas Pumps at Petrol Pumps”, in international Conference, 2nd International Conference on ICT for Digital, Smart and Sustainable Development, Department of CSE, SEST, Jamia Hamdard, February 27-28, 2020
• Aditya Verman, Vishrant Khanna, Dr. Poonam Tanwar, published paper on “Design of Blockchain system for a Real Estate (A Revolution),” in international conference ICCS 2020, Jan 2020.
• Nistha Singh, first year CSE, student has been selected as finalist of Project green Challenge, PGC-2019 at Marin California on 20^th -24^th Nov 2019.
• Twinkle, Rahul, Pawan, Madhulika “Appearance of Machine and Deep Learning in Image Processing: A Portrayal” Research paper; presented ICIIoT, 2018 at NIT, Agartala on 14th -15th Dec 2018.
• Shivam, Pawan, Madhulika, “Digital Twin: Intersection of Mind and Machine “. Research paper presented ICIIoT, at NIT, Agartala, on 14th -15th Dec 2018.
• Dipesh Jain, Vivek Kumar, Darpan Khanduja, Kamlesh Sharma, Ritika Bateja, published paper “A Detailed study of Big Data in Healthcare: Case study of Brenda and IBM Watson”, in international Journal, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), Dec 2018.
• Tushar Kaushik, Sarthak Singhal, Jayant Mandan, Kamlesh Sharma, published paper “Social Networking Analysis: A case study in Tools”, in international Journal, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), Dec 2018.
• Chirag Madan, AayushiSinha, Kamlesh Sharma Published paper in International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), Dec 2018.

Q 4. What are the various specialized courses embedded in the curriculum in which students can do research?

Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Graphics and Gaming, Virtualization, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Wireless communication, Speech Processing, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, VLSI, Embedded Systems, Bio-Informatics, Soft Computing, Algorithms, DBMS, Computer Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Fuzzy Logic, Operating Systems, Data Mining, Simulation &Modeling, entrepreneurship etc.

Q 5. Name major companies visited for campus placement, in recent past.

The college provide facilities for both on-campus and off-campus interviews. Some of the companies where our students have been recruited are:

Q 6. The highest package for computer pass-out student and the average salary package

The Placement/CRC cell of the University make sure that tall he eligible students are given enough opportunities for campus recruitment for technical / non-technical profiles, as per their area of choice/expertise. However, the students need to make sure that they become eligible for the campus recruitment process by ensuring good attendance, academic scores, participation in co-curricular/extra-curricular activities etc. Various companies visiting for campus have been offering salary packages varying from 2.5L-10L. MRIIRS make sure that all the eligible students are groomed enough on technical/soft skills to clear the entrance test, group discussion and personal interview. However, it is the responsibility of the student to follow the procedure of the visiting company and get selected.

Q 7. What is the qualification of faculty members in Computer Science & Engineering Department at MRIIRS?

The minimum qualification for faculty is M Tech; mostly having PhDs or are pursuing PhDs from premier institutes.

We have a good number and a blend of very experienced, young and qualified faculty members in the Department drawn from Institutes of National repute to teach the latest technology subjects as per curriculum of B.Tech. Some of the faculty members in the Department are having very rich experience in academics and/or software industry. Our faculty is dedicated in making every student understand the subject and also to train them to be life-long learners.

Besides teachers, they are very good mentors, facilitators and motivators for the students. For specialized courses, the faculty members undergo rigorous training by Industry Experts.

Research & Development

• Research papers/ Articles/Chapters Published: 634in reputed Journals / Conferences with Impact Factors (0.24-6.118).
• 298 Papers are indexed in Scopus/Web of Science /Google scholar
• Patents Filed: 27
• Research projects applied: 03

Q 8. What is done by the Department to ensure that my son/daughter succeeds?

It all depends on the hard work of an individual. The Department puts in all the efforts to nourish the students academically by providing all the facilities of National and International level in the labs and classrooms. Extra efforts are made to bring them to the expectations of the Industries and make them aware of the latest trends in the field of Computer Science and Information Technology. The whole programme has been planned very systematically semester-wise.

Q 9. Is there any mentor system present in the department?

Yes. There is a cordial environment between the students and the faculty members so that students can get their problems solved easily. Faculty members, who act as a mentor to the group of 20-30 students act as an interface between the students and higher authorities and guide them on regular basis to make them successful in every field of life. The group of students with each mentor comprises of students from each year. The students can interact with their seniors and juniors as well with the same interface.

Academia-Industry Interface

Department has signed the MOU with various Industries to enhance student’s skill, to the latest / emerging technologies by introducing new course contents / electives / specializations / open study as per industry Requirement.

• IBM
• Infosys
• TCS
• R Systems International Ltd.
• DELL EMC
• AcadView
• Amazon
• JP Tokyo
• OracleAcademy
• Redhat Academy

Live Projects

• Students are encouraged to undertake mini project/Major project work. Students get the experience in designing and creating software’s. This makes students attain better knowledge in understanding the functioning of various software’s and components. Some companies where students are working on live projects are:
  • JP Tokyo
  • R Systems International
  • IBM

Some of the best Projects done by the students

• Traffic light Automation system using Artificial Intelligence.
• Dentist Posture Belt
• Griwaditi: Detection of Cervical Cancer
• Human Eye Motion Detection System
• Media Player Based on Emotion Recognition
• Digi Buzz, A Digital Data Sharing and Communication Platform
• Automated Parking System Humanitarian
• Immunology Vaccinator Embedded device”
• Participated in Advertising Strategy, E-week Celebrations
• Crop Image identification system
• Crash Avoidance system Using AI
• Analysis and Prediction of Suicidal Cases using Big Data
• Weather Forecast and Prediction Model

CSE department at MRIIRS has collaborated with IBM to jointly offer B. Tech.-Computer Science & Engineering with various specializations. The students acquire domain skills in the most advanced areas of IT and preferential placements by IT companies. Students enrolled in this programme have access to an online Eco-system Platform enabling them to access course material, discussion forums, student projects, industry mentors and news- clips.

Department organized the IBM ICE day on 22nd October following are the list of Events organized during ICE day and winner/s detail for all the events.

• Poster Presentation: Total Teams: 09
• First: NishitHanda, Yash Kaushik, Muskan Dixit &Pranita, Rashee Agarwal.
• Second prize: Smarth, Kashish and Aayushi
• Third prize: Akash, Ashish, Mugdha

• Technical Paper Presentation: Total Teams: 12
• First prize: Mr. PrattaySanyal ◦ (Title: Sending data to cloud using machine learning and predictive analytics on thing speak)
• Second prize: Sayem , Pakhi Khan ◦ (Title: Applying Spark based machine learning Model) •
• Third prize: Soumya, Bhawish& Rishabh ◦ (Title: Movie Review System using sentiment Analysis)

• Hackathon: Total Teams: 05
• Consolation Prize: Naman
• First Prize: Abhay, Jagriti, Sristi, Paki

• Project Presentations: Total Teams: 18
• First prize: PrattaySanyal
• Second prize: KashishHanda
• Third prize: Aman Kaushal, Ridhima, Urvashi
• Consolation Prize: Mr. Chirag, Ayushi.

Q 10. What can my son/daughter do with a degree in Computer Science?

After completing graduation in B. Tech (CSE), a student is eligible for Private as well as Government Jobs.:

Private Sector: A Student can find job in Software Development companies like IBM, TCS, Microsoft, HCL, Infosys etc.,

Government/PSU: Students can apply in Banking sectors, PSUs like BSNL, MTNL, DRDO, BHEL, NHPC, HAL, ISRO etc., Defence services, Officer cadre and Civil services also.

Good coding skills is an asset, and if you love coding, after just your graduation degree, one can apply for a Product based company like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Flipkart, Microsoft, Walmart, Adobe, Goldman Sachs and many more. These companies offer lucrative packages.

Higher studies options after B. Tech in Computer Science: Bachelor’s degree holders can specialize in specific fields while pursuing master’s degree. There are many colleges in India as well as abroad where the aspirants can complete their post graduate degree in Computer Science. Candidates can attain both technical and administrative skills by completing MBA.

Other options after a B. Tech in CSE/ B. Tech CSE with Specialization:

• Students can get placed in a service or product-based company.
• They can start your own business as an entrepreneur.
• They can sit for GRE and TOEFL Examinations and apply for a S. degree at a foreign university. They can also write the UPSC Exams, if they aspire to be an IAS or IPS Officer.
• Startup rather than an established company there are lot of pros working for a startup in early stage of career
• Can move to teaching profession
• They can start a company and solve a real time problem.

Startups: The students are given training for becoming a job provider than job seeker only. Some of the students, opt for their own startups every year. MRIIRS encourages them by providing technical/infrastructural /financial support.

Q 11. Is there any placement Cell/support provided for job search?

There is a dedicated department namely CRCMC, which extends all types of help in inviting the industries and arranging campus placements for the students. Department of CSE also guides them and conducts a specialized training to help them find a job. Apart from this, Career Development Cell (CDC) get students prepare for various companies throughout the year with no cost.

Q 12. What kinds of other platforms are available for co-curricular and extracurricular activities in the department besides normal course study?

The department organizes conference at national and international level to provide exposure to the students with the research and development. The department has organized IEEE International Conference Com-It-Con 2019 during 14-16 Feb 2019, where students, research scholars and academicians deliberated for three days on the recent developments in the cloud and parallel computing, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence etc.

To enhance the technical skills of the students, we organize workshops on the topics pertaining to latest trends.

Expert lectures are also arranged from experts of industry and academia like DRDO, QCI, DST and IITs etc.

The department has chapters from professional societies such as CSI, IEEE, ACM. Through these societies students get a chance to network/interact with experts in the area of computer science.

Our students are also associated with social clubs like Rotary Club, Lion’s Club and Red Cross Society, involved in different social services like blood donation camps and relief camps. Department has formed student branches in association with different technical societies like IEEE, ISTE, CSI and ACM. The student branches are regularly organizing competitions and technical events at the regional and National level.

Students Achievement and Awards (apart from academics)

• Own startups
• Websites/ Games/apps (available on Google Play Store)
• Published books
• Published papers in Scopus Indexed Journals
• Students Kashish Handa (6CSF), Nikita Rana (6CSF) and Aditya Koli (6CCB) participated in this Hackathon organized in IIT Delhi from 11th April, 2018 to 13th April, 2018 by Learning Links Foundation in association with US Embassy and stood 2nd position.
• YMCA University of Science & Technology, Faridabad organized “Culmyca-2018” Techno Cultural Fest on 12-14 April 2018. Two students Abhay Narayan and Jagriti Sharma, participated in Website Design competition and won 2nd position.
• Students participated and won prizes in Hack-a-thons organized by various institutions (IITs) and companies (Intel, Microsoft, Accenture, Infosys, Nokia etc.)
• Students participated in various Project Competitions (Aspiration 2020), India Film Project 2K17, Food Hack-a-thon, GD Pro Junior, Air gun Shooting Championship, UGC-CEC Educational Video Competition, Football, Basketball etc. at National Level.
• Student invited for 22nd edition of the World Electronics Forum (WEF) to be held in Angers, France on 24th- 28th Oct 2017. This forum is a voluntary gathering of CEOs and Directors of Electronics Industry association worldwide.
• Department student’s projects were selected by Faridabad Industry Association (FIA) Faridabad and won First/Second prize every year.
• Our Student Mr. Sujit Roy of Batch (2013-2017) was selected for direct PhD after B. Tech by Alter University, Ireland.

Students are members of various Professional and Technical group.

• Dell Campus Ambassador,
• Members of Android Google Developer Group,
• E-cell Ambassador
• Developer Students Club (Google)
• Higher Studies: Students pursuing higher studies from reputed foreign universities
• National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
• Sanjose State University, California
• Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
• University of Jaen, Spain
• University of Texas at Arlington
• Leeds University, Leeds, UK
• Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

Q 13. What kind of Syllabus Structure is there in CSE Department?

We have designed our syllabus, which is advised by Experts from Industry and Academia: IITs, JNU and other reputed Universities of country. We have already implemented the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), by having a good number of elective subjects being incorporated in the syllabus structure, in order to evolve a higher education system that is suitably blended with provision for knowledge values and skill practice, where every student learns in without sacrificing his/her creativity. Also, Personality development and Aptitude development training is an integral part of the syllabus.

Q 14. What kind of facilities Department of CSE is providing for Research?

MRIIRS has subscription to National and International online journals of repute including from IEEE, Springer, DELNET, and CSI. There is an e-library facility for the students. In addition to this students are provided guidance on how to write research papers, file patents etc.

Q 15. What are the extra activities in which the students are involved for overall development?

Students are provided with the opportunity to participate in various activities such as Talent hunt, Sports, Extempore, Group Discussions and various other competitions to enhance their skills. They also get the opportunity to present the knowledge through sessions conducted on AIR by Radio Manav Rachna 107.8.

Students also regularly participate in several Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) activities such as Blood Donation, Ek Muthhi Daan, Tree Plantation, Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan etc.

Q 16. What is so special about the programs being offered with different specialization in association with IBM?

B.Tech (CSE with specializations in association with IBM)

• Cloud Computing,
• Business Analytics and Optimization,
• Digital Forensics and Cyber Security
• Graphics, Gaming and Technology

IBM has developed specialized modules in the above mentioned and other domain areas in consultation with IT industry to enhance employability skills of Engineering Graduates. These include Learning Management System (LMS), Student Projects, Expert Lectures from the Industry, providing training to faculty members under the ‘Train the Trainer (T3)’ initiative, visits being arranged to software development and testing centers etc.

Students enrolled in these programs are extensively exposed to professional environment and industrial experience under the mentorship of academic and IT Industry experts. Those students who excel in the specified domain skills are definitely be preferred by the reputed IT employers through campus drive.

IBM also issue certificates for various modules after successful completion in addition to MRIIRS Degree.

Students enrolled in these programmes undertake live projects developed by IBM / other IT majors under the mentorship of industry experts and go for industry visits in software development and testing centers.

Q17. How the curricula of B. Tech (CSE) are different from B. Tech (CSE with specialization in Cloud Computing)?

In addition to the core subjects of Computer Science Engineering the following specialization subjects are covered in various semesters under this program:

• Introduction to Open Source and Open Standards
• Web Programming through PHP HTML
• Introduction to IT infrastructure Landscape
• Introduction to Virtualization and Cloud Computing
• Cloud Computing Architecture
• Cloud Deployment Model
• Backup Disaster Recovery
• Business Process Management
• Managing the Cloud
• Cloud Performance Tuning
• Business Intelligence

Q 18. How the curricula of B.Tech (CSE) are different from B.Tech (CSE with specialization in Business Analytics and Optimization)?

In addition to the core subjects of CSE the following specialization subjects are covered in various semesters under this program:

• Introduction to Open Source and Open Standards
• Web Programming through PHP HTML
• Applied Statistical Analysis
• Data Mining and Predictive Modeling
• Data Warehouse Multi-dimensional Modeling
• Business Strategy and Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Operations Research Optimization
• BA as Service (Cloud)
• Business Process Management
• Big Data Analytics
• Social, Web Mobile Analytics

Q 19. How the curricula of B.Tech (CSE) are different from B.Tech (CSE with specialization in IT Infrastructure Management)?

In addition to the core subjects of CSE the following specialization subjects are covered in various semesters under this program:

• Introduction to Open Source and Open Standards
• Web Programming through PHP HTML
• Introduction to IT infrastructure Landscape
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library(ITIL)
• IT Service Management (ITSM )
• IT Infrastructure management Operations
• ITIM – Service Models And Benefits
• IT Service Delivery
• IT Application discovery dependency management (Elective 1)
• IT Data centre transformation
• Technology Tools for Infrastructure Mgmt

Q 20. How the curricula of B.Tech (CSE) are different from B.Tech (CSE with specialization in Cyber Security and Forensics)?

In addition to the core subjects of CSE the following specialization subjects are covered in various semesters under this program:

• Introduction to Open Source and Open Standards
• Web Programming through PHP HTML
• Information Security Fundamentals
• IT Data security
• Physical Security
• IT Application Security
• Digital Forensics
• Information Security Audit Monitoring
• IT Systems Security
• IT Business Continuity Disaster Recovery planning
• Information Security intelligence and compliance analytics
• IT Network Security

Q21. How is the degree/certificate issued for these programs?

While the degree is issued by the university, the students also receive a certificate of completion jointly from the company and the university highlighting the course and specialization as per the program requirements.

Q22. What are the best practices in the CSE Department?

• Student-oriented approaches to curriculum design and teaching.
• Problem/inquiry/research-based education.
• Well-planned and well-designed Rubrics (Formative assessment).
• NPTEL Lectures: To promote self-learning and to share knowledge among students.
• Virtual Lab: Exposure of Programming & Lab practices.
• Take up Projects: To prepare student to develop live projects with their own.
• Content beyond Syllabus: To meet-out current Industry demand and fill the gap.
• Course of actions and implementation on Stakeholders Feedback
• Major focused to prepare the students for Product based Companies.
• Profile based training for Final Year Students
• Special Technical training for eligible students in placement.
• Coding Culture: Coding Competitions for CSE Students (Coding Culture): In today’s rapidly changing environment, programming skills are essential tools that can be utilized and incorporated into various fields and domains. Hence, it becomes absolutely essential to equip young minds with such skills.
• Roadmap to becoming a Successful Developer/Software Engg/ Front -End Developer/ Back-End Developer/ Data Scientist/ Business Analyst/ Cloud Architect…………………………………………

Q23. What are the key benefits of B. Tech CSE & B. Tech Specialization Programme?

• Curriculum designed and delivered by a mix of qualified and experienced instructors from MRIIRS, FET, Faridabad, andleading industries in the field of software development.
• The curriculum coming up with Learning Outcome Based Curriculum
• Hands on sessions at IBM Software Lab for Emerging Technologies on campus equipped with current tools and software.
• Access to IBM’s Learning Resources; online and in printed form.
• Real world projects and experiential learning from IBM.
• Project Based Learning.
• Experiment Based Learning.
• Online Tech Bootcamps.
• Earn IBM Skill Badges.
• Tech Mentor & Industry Leader Connect.
• The programs bring together the latest software content, real-world industry experiences, hands-on lab courses, proven practices and case studies for the participants.
• Professors are well qualified PhD holders & have high expertise in their field of study.
• Program courses -being part of every semester- have been designed by the industry experts.
• Industry aligned content & curriculum design based on Foundation, Core & Advanced subjects.
• Industry relevant topics of the Courses are delivered by the Industry Experts.
• Domain Specific Electives (Range of Electives offered in different Baskets).
• Contents tuned to global market demands.
• The focus on applied IT industry skills with emphasis on labs & hands-on
• Major benefits of this programme are webinars, online learning integrated with class room sessions, Discussion Forum, Industry Projects, Industry Mentors, Gurukool (week long engagement in Bangalore with the industry), Summer Excitement session at the campus, Poster competition, and Technical Paper competition.

Q24. Why B. Tech CSE Specialization in AI & MLis unique?

• Partnership with Microsoft
• Launched under the umbrella of Microsoft, Centre of Excellence.
• The Programme would depend heavily on hand-on practical training in various start of the art Microsoft, Centre of Excellence of the University
• Curriculum is framed based on the Industry needs and completely practical oriented.
• Curriculum is Dynamic, Fully Articulated, Realistic and Student oriented.
• Coding and passion for learning new algorithms and developing new ones.
• Course contents s are multidisciplinary in nature and future oriented.