Department of Informtaion Technology, College of Technology,
G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
About Us
The Department of Information Technology came into existence on 7th December, 2010, after the bifurcation of the Computer Engineering Department. The B. Tech. (Information Technology) programme started in the year 2001 under Computer Engineering Department. The Master of Computer Applications (Self Finance) programme started in the year 2007 as an independent unit under College of Technology. Now both the programmes are running under the IT department with the order of the board of management. Within a year department has started M. Tech. (I.T.) programme from July 2011 and Ph. D programme has started from the 2018-19 academic year.
The Department imparts training in the area of Computer Networks, Network Security, Software Engineering, Mobile Computing, Database Management Systems, Information Security, Web Designing, Bioinformatics and many ICT-related fields. The faculty members are conducting research work in these areas. The UG and PG students are encouraged to take-up projects in the mentioned fields. Students in information Technology get the real-time hands-on experience of working with various platforms of operating systems like Windows, Linux and Macintosh. The department has a laboratory all in one Apple Computer where students can take advantage of working with the Macintosh operating System. The course curriculum of the Department is regularly updated from time to time in order to keep up with the upcoming demands of the industry and recent Information Technology developments.