ABOUT THE COURSE:
The UG program in Computer Applications is designed for students aspiring to excel in the field of computers and information technology. Due to increasing demand, the course is being offered in two Shifts: Shift I and Shift II in different timings. The course in Shift I and Shift II came into existence during the academic year 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 respectively.
The course provides a sound knowledge in key areas of computer science and substantial understanding of concepts in the course curriculum. This degree covers various subjects such as databases, networks, multimedia, operating systems and up-to-date programming languages. The students are trained to develop sound practical skills and professional competence in developing software.
ELIGIBILITY:
Candidates who have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of the Government of Tamilnadu or any other examination considered equivalent by University of Madras are eligible with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (or) Accountancy, Commerce, Computer Science (or) Mathematics, Commerce, Accounts(or) Vocational group with Mathematics.
DURATION OF THE COURSE:
The duration of the course is three years which includes six semesters with two semesters per year. Each semester has ninety working days followed by examinations at the end of each semester. The odd semesters shall consist of the period from June to November of each year and the even semester from December to April of each year.
ACADEMIC PROGRESSION:
The students acquire wide knowledge in the fields of Networks, Database Management Systems, Web Technology and Operating Systems. They are practically well trained in the latest programming languages which prepare them to be competitive in the IT industry.
CAREER PROGRESSION:
After successful completion of their course, the students of Computer Applications can pursue their higher studies in Computer Applications, Computer Science, Information Technology or Business Administration or they can endeavour for job opportunities. They are well-equipped to work as professionals in the fields of software development, design and implementation.
DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE COURSE
UNIVERSITY RECOGNITION NUMBER
Shift-I: A1/VPK/24/NewCourses/2010-2011/275 dated 27/05/2010
AcademicYear 2010-2011
Shift-II:A1/FFJ/NewCourses/2011-2012/634 dated 21/07/2011
AcademicYear 2011-2012
The U.G. Department of Computer Applications was established during the academic year 2010 -2011. Due to increasing demand, the department offered the course in two shifts: Shift I and Shift II in different timings. The course in Shift I and Shift II came into existence during the academic year 2010 - 2011and 2011- 2012 respectively.
The department has a well- equipped and up-to-date laboratory as per the curriculum. It also provides sufficient textbooks, reference books and journals to meet the students’ requirement. The department has qualified and dedicated team of faculty members who strive for the students’ excellence. In addition to academics, the students are also encouraged to take part in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The Department takes special effort to mould the students so as to equip them to meet the challenges of the IT world at a global level.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
SYLLABUS AND SCHEME
The department adheres to the syllabus prescribed by the University of Madras on Choice Based Credit System (CBCS).
| YEAR/SEMESTER | CATEGORY | TITLE OF PAPER | CREDITS |
| I YEAR/ I SEMESTER | PART-I | LANGUAGE-I | 3 |
| PART-II | ENGLISH-I | 3 | |
| PART-III | FUNDAMENTAL OF DIGITAL COMPUTER | 4 | |
| PART-III | PRACTICAL PC SOFTWARE | 4 | |
| ALLIED | MATHEMATICS-I | 5 | |
| I YEAR / II SEMESTER | PART-I | LANGUAGE-II | 3 |
| PART-II | ENGLISH-II | 3 | |
| PART-III | PROGRAMMING IN C | 4 | |
| PART-III PRACTICAL-II | PROGRAMMING IN C LAB | 4 | |
| ALLIED | MATHEMATICS-II | 5 | |
| II YEAR/III SEMESTER | PART-III CORE COURSES |
PAPER-V- PROGRAMMING IN C++ AND DATA STRUCTURES | 4 |
| PART-III | PAPER-VI- MICROPROCESSORS AND ITS APPLICATIONS | 4 | |
| PART-III | PAPER-VII- NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS | 4 | |
| PART-III | PAPER-VIII- PRACTICAL-III: PROGRAMMING IN C++ USING DATA STRUCTURES | 3 | |
| ALLIED | PAPER-III- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | 4 | |
| PART-IV | 2. SOFT SKILL-III 3.ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES |
3 | |
| II YEAR/IV SEMESTER | PART-III | PAPER-IX- PROGRAMMING IN JAVA | 4 |
| PART-III | PAPER-X- OPERATING SYSTEM | 4 | |
| PART-III | PAPER-XI- COMPUTER GRAPHICS | 4 | |
| PART-III | PAPER-XII- PRACTICAL-IV: JAVA PROGRAMMING LAB | 4 | |
| ALLIED | PAPER-IV- COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING | 4 | |
| PART-IV | 2.SOFT SKILL-IV | 3 | |
| PART-IV | 3.ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | 2 | |
| III YEAR/V SEMESTER | PAPER-XIII- DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 4 | |
| PAPER-XIV- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | 4 | ||
| PAPER-XV- RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES | 4 | ||
| PAPER-XVI: PRACTICAL-V- RDBMS LAB | 4 | ||
| ELECTIVE-I VISUAL PROGRAMMING |
4 | ||
| III YEAR/VI SEMESTER | PAPER-XVII- WEB TECHNOLOGY | 4 | |
| PAPER-XVIII- DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING | 4 | ||
| PAPER-XIX- SOFTWARE TESTING | 4 | ||
| PAPER-XX: PRACTICAL- VI WEB APPLICATIONS LAB |
4 | ||
| ELECTIVE-II- DATA MINING | 4 | ||
| ELECTIVE-III- MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS | 4 |
| Shift I | |||
| Name | Qualification | Designation | Areas of Interest |
| Dr.R.Padmajavalli | M.C.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. | Associate Professor & Head | Web Mining |
| Ms. H. Selvi | M.Sc., M.Phil., (Ph.D) | Assistant Professor | Artificial Neural Networks |
| Ms. K. Radha | M.Sc., M.Phil., | Assistant Professor | Computer Networks |
| Dr. J. Lakshmi | M.C.A., M.Phil., SET, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Wireless Sensor Networks |
| Mrs. V. Ramya | M.Sc., M.Phil., | Assistant Professor | Bio-Informatics |
| Shift II | |||
| Dr. M. Vasantha | M.C.A., M.Phil., SET, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Shift II Co-ordinator & Controller of Examinations | Data Mining |
| Mrs.B. Mahalakshmi | M.C.A., M.Phil. | Assistant Professor | Computer Networking |
| Mrs.J.Chitra | M.Sc, M.Phil. | Assistant Professor | Computer Networking |
| Mrs. M. Keerthiga | M.Sc, | Assistant Professor | Cryptrography |
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Shift - I |
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Academic Year : 2006 |
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| S. No | Name of the Staff | Month & Year | Geographic Level(National /International | Title | Institution | ISBN |
| 1. | R. Padmajavalli | December 2006 | Presented a paper in IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM) | An Overview of Data Preprocessing in Data and Web Usage Mining | Christ College, Bangalore | 1-4244-0682-X |
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Academic Year : 2010 |
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| S. No | Name of the Staff | Month & Year | Geographic Level(National /International | Title | Institution | ISBN |
| 1. | R. Padmajavalli | February 2010 | Presented a paper in the International Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science (ICMS 2010) | Survey of Clustering Algorithms Applied in Web Usage Mining | Loyola College, Chennai | 978-81-908234-2-5 |
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Academic Year : 2012-2013 |
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| S. No | Name of the Staff | Month & Year | Geographic Level(National /International | Title | Institution | ISBN |
| 1. | R. Padmajavalli | March 2012 | Presented a paper in the National Conference on Challenges in Business Practices | Service Oriented Architecture for Sales Management System | Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College for Women, Chennai | 978-93-81430-42-2 |
| 2. | J.Lakshmi | March 2012 | Presented a paper in the National Conference | Cyber Security | Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College for Women, Chennai | 978-93-81430-42-2 |
| 3. | J.Chitra | Feb 2012 | National seminar on contemporary progress in CyberSpace | Paper presented on Voice Morphing | Fathima College Madurai |
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| 4. | J.Lakshmi | March 2013 | Presented a paper in the State Level Conference | MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK ROUTING PROTOCOLS – A REVIEW | VALLIAMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, Chennai | 978-93-81430-95-8 |
Academic Year: 2015-2016
| Sl.No | Name of the Staff | Date of presentation | Geographic Level(National/International) | Title | Institution |
| 1. | Ms.J.Lakshmi | 10 &11thMarch 2016 | International conference(IEEE) | “Design of Poisson Distribution Based Energy-Efficient Protocol(PB-EEP) in Wireless Sensor Networks" | Saveetha Engineering college |
| 2. | Ms.H.Selvi | 10& 11thmarch 2016 | International conference(IEEE) | "A review on Artificial Neural Network for detecting learning disabilities children” | Saveetha Engineering college |
| ACADEMIC YEAR: 2006 | |||||
| S.NO. | Author | Month & Year of Publication | Title of the Research Article/Book/Book Review/ Magazine Article | Name of the publication | ISSN |
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R. Padmajavalli | March 2006 | Book Review on ‘FedEx Delivers’ | Best Books | |
| ACADEMIC YEAR: 2007 | |||||
| S.NO. | Author | Month & Year of Publication | Title of the Research Article/Book/Book Review/ Magazine Article | Name of the publication | ISSN |
| 1 | R. Padmajavalli | January 2007 | Magazine Article -Globalization and its impact on outsourcing | Global CEO | |
| 2 | R. Padmajavalli | June 2007 | Book Review on Trump University Marketing 101- How to use the Most Powerful Ideas in Marketing to get more Customers | Marketing Mastermind, ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad | |
| ACADEMIC YEAR: 2010 | |||||
| S.NO. | Author | Month & Year of Publication | Title of the Research Article/Book/Book Review/ Magazine Article | Name of the publication | ISSN |
| 4 | R.Padmajavalli,C.P.Sumathi and T.Santhanam | 2010 | Automatic Recommendation of Web Pages in Web Usage Mining | International Journal’ on Computer science and Engineering, 2(9); pg 3046-3052 | ISSN: 0975-3397 |
| 5 | R.Padmajavalli,C.P.Sumathi and T.Santhanam | 2010 | An Application of Session Based Clustering to Analyze web Pages of User Interest From Web Log Files , 2010 ISSN 1549-3636. | Journal of Computer science’, 6(7); pg 785-793 | ISSN 1549-3636. |
| ACADEMIC YEAR: 2011 | |||||
| S.NO. | Author | Month & Year of Publication | Title of the Research Article/Book/Book Review/ Magazine Article | Name of the publication | ISSN |
| 6 | R.Padmajavalli,C.P.Sumathi and T.Santhanam | 2011. | An Overview of Preprocessing of Web Log Files for Web Usage Mining | Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 34(2) | ISSN:1992-8645 |
| 7 | R.Padmajavalli,C.P.Sumathi and T.Santhanam | 2011 | Evaluation of Recommended Web Pages Obtained Using a Novel Approach | European Journal of Scientific Research | ISSN:1450-216X |
| 8 | R.Ramya,V.Vidya Priya | 2013 | Fangled Greedy Approach for Protein Pattern Matching | International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research | ISSN:2229-5518 |
The Departments of Computer Science, Computer Applications and Information Technology are equipped with excellent, sophisticated computer laboratories with state-of-the art computing facilities and latest systems configuration. The UG and PG courses maintain separate labs with the student-machine ratio as 1:1. The labs accommodate around 150 systems which are fully networked and up-to-date software requirements, with respect to the curriculum, have been installed to cater to the needs of the students of the UG/ PG streams. Internet with Wi-Fi facility is also available in the laboratories. The students are given practical training in a variety of software to meet the challenges in the IT industry. In addition to the academic practicals, internet browsing, student marks/nominal roll entry as per the University’s regulations and soft skill training for the students of the college are also administered through the computer labs.
LIST OF LAB INSTRUCTORS / LAB ASSISTANTS FOR COMPUTER LABORATORIES
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation |
| 1. | Mr. S. Saran Raj | D.C.S.E, M.C.A., | Lab Instructor |
Academic proficiency prizes are awarded to students who top the subject papers, in each semester. Over all topper prize is bagged by the student who has the highest percentage in the department, during her period of study.
| S.No. | NAME OF THE STUDENT | BATCH |
| 1 | D.PUSHPA | 2010-2013 |
| 2 | S.LEELAVATHY | 2011-2014 |
| 3 | S. SHANMUGHAPRIYA | 2012-2015 |
| 4. | V.INDHUMATHI | 2013-2016 |
The Department is proud to have produced University Rank holders.
| S.No | Name of the candidate | Rank | Batch |
| 1. | K. Kavitha | III | 2011-2014 |
| 2. | S. LEELAVATHY | V | 2011-2014 |
| 3. | S.SHANMUGA PRIYA | V | 2012-2015 |
Shift I
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Sl.No |
Name of the Staff |
Month & Year |
Geographic Level(National/International |
Title |
Institution |
| 1. | R. Padmajavalli | December, 2005 | Participated in the Faculty Development Program | APPLICATION OF SPSS IN MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS | ICFAI Business School, Chennai |
| 2. | R. Padmajavalli | January, 2006 | Participated in National Seminar | INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE – PRIME MOVER FOR VISION 2020 | ICFAI Business School, Chennai |
| 3. | R. Padmajavalli | April 2006 | Participated in the Faculty Development Program | LIVING THE FUTURE | ICFAI Business School, Kolkata |
| 4. | R. Padmajavalli | May-June, 2006 | Participated in SAP Faculty Workshop | Business Process Integration-1 | SAP Labs Training & Development, Bangalore |
| 5. | R. Padmajavalli | April 2009 | Participated in two-day National Seminar | Data Mining | Department of Computer Science, Anna University. |
| 6. | R. Padmajavalli | February, 2011 | Participated in UGC sponsored National Level Workshop | TEXT FORMATTING WITH LATEX | S.D.N.B. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai |
| 7 | R. Padmajavalli | Feb 15 -16, 2013 | National Workshop | Research Methodology and Statistical Tools | Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College for Women, Chennai |
| 8. | Dr. R.Padmajavalli | FEBRUARY, 2014 | National Workshop | WORKSHOP ON MAT LAB | BHAKTAVATSALAM MEMORIAL COLLEGE |
| 9. | Dr. R.Padmajavalli | FEB, 2014 | CHENNAI | WORKSHOP ON MAT LAB | BHAKTAVATSALAM MEMORIAL COLLEGE |
| 10. | H.Selvi | FEB, 2014 | CHENNAI | WORKSHOP ON MAT LAB | BHAKTAVATSALAM MEMORIAL COLLEGE |
Shift II
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Sl.No |
Name of the Staff |
Month & Year |
Geographic Level(National/International |
Title |
Institution |
| 1. | H.SELVI | FEB, 2014 | National Workshop | WORKSHOP ON MAT LAB | Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College for Women, Chennai |
Work shops/ Seminar
Shift I
Academic Year: 2015- 2016
| Sl.No | Name of the Staff | Date attended | Work shop/ Seminar | Title | Institution |
| 1. | Dr.R.Padmajavalli | 25th Feb 2016 | Work shop | “Intellectual property Right awareness & IT sector” | Bhaktavatsalam Memorial college for women |
| 2. | Ms.J.Lakshmi | 25th Feb 2016 | Work Shop | “Intellectual property Right awareness & IT sector” | Bhaktavatsalam Memeorial College For women |
| 3. | Ms.J.Lakshmi | 22nd Jan 2016 | Work shop | “Cyber Crime” | Soka ikeda College of arts and science for women |
| 4. | Ms. H.Selvi | 25th Feb 2016 | Work shop | “Intellectual property Right awareness & IT sector” | Bhaktavatsalam Memeorial College For women |
Work shops/ Seminar
Shift II
Academic Year: 2015- 2016
| Sl.No | Name of the Staff | Month& year | Work shop/ Seminar | Title | Institution |
| 1. | Ms.K. Radha | 25th Feb 2016 | Work shop | “Intellectual property Right awareness & IT sector” | Bhaktavatsalam Memorial college for women |
| 2. | Ms. B. Maha lakshmi | 25th Feb 2016 | Work shop | “Intellectual property Right awareness & IT sector” | Bhaktavatsalam Memeorial College For women |
| 3. | Ms.J.Chitra | 25th Feb 2016 | Work shop | “Intellectual property Right awareness & IT sector” | Bhaktavatsalam Memeorial College For women |
| 4. | Ms.K. Radha | 22nd
Jan 2016 |
Work Shop | “Cyber Crime” | Soka ikeda College of arts and science for women |
| 5. | Ms. B. Maha Lakshmi | 22nd jan 2016 | Work shop | “Cyber Crime” | Soka ikeda College of arts and science for women |
| 6. | R.Ramya | 14th sep 2012 | FDP | "FDP ON Current Research Trends In Computer Science" | Anna Adharsh College for Women |
| 7. | R.Ramya | 9th Feb 2013 | Workshop | "The Art of Writing Research Articles" | Quad-e-Millath College for Women |
The inauguration of DigiMinds club of the UG Department of Computer Applications & PG Department of Computer Science was conducted on 25th July’ 2018. The chief guest of the event was Dr. S.P. Rajagopalan, Secretary, Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College, Dr. C.N.Eswari, Principal, Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College, presided over the function. The club members were introduced to the students of the department. The objectives of the club are to inculcate and motivate the students to enhance their skill sets in their domain. The students actively participated in various events such as PICTOWORD and QUIZ.
The second event of DigiMinds club was debate conducted on 17th Sep’2018, in the topic “INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM Vs. FORGIEN EDUCATION SYSTEM”, where the students of UG Department of Computer Applications and PG Department of Computer Science had eagerly participated. The judge for the event was Mrs. Indira, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology. She analyzed the student’s talent and judges their skills. The club members, the guests and audience together contributed to make the event a grand success.
It was our pleasure to conduct the third event of DigiMinds on 19th Dec’2018. The session was conducted on Mock Interview, where the students gained knowledge about job interview. The Do’s and Don’ts for an interview was clearly explained along with a PowerPoint presentation. The session was handled by Mrs. Rita Poorani, Assistant Professor, PG Department of English, she was enthusiastically presented and motivated the students. The session was very useful for the final year students to build their career.
The mock interview was conducted on 21st Dec’2018, for UG Department of Computer Applications and PG Department of Computer Science from the DigiMinds club. The resource person for this session was Mrs. Geetha Selvakumar, Professor & Head, PG Dept. of English, She conducted mock interview for the students regarding the nuances of placement and training.
