Master of Computer Applications

  • INTAKE

    180

  • LEVEL

    PG

  • DURATION

    2 Years

The department of MCA was established in the year 1993 with an intake of 30. Currently, the intake is 180. MCA is a two year (four semester) full- time postgraduate program focusing on advanced theoretical and practical knowledge about computer application development and programming languages. The program equips students with the knowledge of four important areas– the mathematics behind computer science, core computers, systems science, and software development & design.

Vision

Equipping students with computing and programming domain expertise with the state of the art technology solutions to enable them to meet global professional challenges.


Mission

The department strives to create a conducive environment equipping students to work in teams and have

  • Professional Ethics
  • Sound Technical Knowledge
  • Skills to Handle Technological Challenges
  • To think critically, work creatively, communicate effectively, and become technologically competent.
  • To be able to update themselves in areas and technologies relevant to their career.
  • To function in supportive/ leadership roles with ethical responsibilities and high regard towards societal needs.
  • To develop teamwork ability, lead initiatives and manage tasks effectively.
  • Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
  • Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems.
  • Ability to design a system, component or processes to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability.
  • Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data
  • Apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools to complex engineering activities.
  • Knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal, and cultural issues.
  • The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic environmental and societal context.
  • Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
  • Ability to function effectively as an individual/member/leader in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Ability to communicate effectively.
  • Recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in lifelong learning.
  • A knowledge of contemporary issues.
  • To empower the students to exemplify themselves in the field of Information Technology ensuring credibility, integrity and ethical standards.
  • Adopt research practices and trending technologies suchas Artificial Intelligenceand Machine Learning, Internetof Things, Cloud Computing and Data Analytics to solve real world problems.
  • SEMESTER 1
  • DATA STRUCTURES WITH ALGORITHMS
  • ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEMS
  • COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
  • MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION FOR COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
  • SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND TESTING
  • RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PUBLICATION ETHICS
  • DATA STRUCTURES WITH ALGORITHMS LAB
  • ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEMS LAB
  • FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING – BRIDGE COURSE
  • SEMESTER 2
  • DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS
  • ENTERPRISE JAVA
  • OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH UNIX
  • DATA WAREHOUSING AND DATA MINING
  • PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
  • ELECTIVE – I
  • ELECTIVE – II
  • DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS LAB
  • ENTERPRISE JAVA LAB
  • OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH UNIX LAB
  • TECHNICAL SEMINAR AND REPORT WRITING
  • SEMESTER 3
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING
  • ADVANCED WEB TECHNOLOGIES
  • ELECTIVE – III
  • ELECTIVE – IV
  • ELECTIVE – V
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING LAB
  • ADVANCED WEB TECHNOLOGIES LEARNING LAB
  • MINI PROJECT LAB
  • SEMESTER 4
  • INTERNSHIP
  • MAJOR PROJECT

Key Facilities

Name of the Lab Software Lab Details Photos
VGST Center of Excellence MATLAB Software, Simulink,Statistics and Machine Learning Neural Network & Tool Box Signal Processing
High Performance with computing enabled hardware OptiPlex 3060 MTXCTO Speech Recording and Processing Hardware OptiPlex 7460A10CTO
Lab Area : 22.30 Sq. M

The VGST lab was funded by VGST scheme of KFIST Level (1) in the year 2017-18. The main focus of this lab is to allow the research scholars, faculty and students to work in the area of Natural Language Processing/Speech Processing

Kobayashi Centre of Excellence Industry Unit Lab Area 22.30 Sq. M

Kobayashi Nitte Center of Excellence is an industry unit (Center) where students are recruited by Kobayashi Create Japan and work on the projects of Kobayashi Create. The employees are mentored by Dr. Mamatha Balipa, Professor, Department of MCA and Dr. Pallavi Shetty, Associate Professor, Department of MCA

Acoustic Lab/ Internet Radio Station Recording room
Recording devices
Speech Recording and Editing Cubase Pro 10.5 full version (CUBASE) software
Lab Area : 19.51 Sq. M

The purpose of acoustic lab is to record audio data for the purpose of research related to speech and hearing as well as to record audio programs like music, speech, etc., without noise.

The purpose of internet radio station is to broadcast academic programs and cultural events by the students and faculty of the institute. The community people in and around the institute also record and broadcast their programs using the facility.

Research Lab 1 Well equipped Laboratories with high end machines and with high bandwidth internet connectivity. Lab Area : 17.18 Sq. M
The purpose of research lab is to promote research culture among students and faculty
Research Lab 2 Well equipped Laboratories with high end machines and with high bandwidth internet connectivity. Lab Area 17.18 Sq. M
The purpose of research lab is to promote research culture among students and faculty.

Laboratories

Name of the Lab Subject handled in the labs Lab Details Photos
MCA Lab 1 Data Structures with Algorithms , Web Technologies
Computer Networks, Java Programming
Lab Area : 61 Sq. M
Number of Systems : 32
Model : Lenovo Think Center (30 systems)
Configuration : Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512 GB SSD
Model : HP Prodesk 400 HI Series (02 systems)
Configuration: Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD
Operating System : Ubuntu
Softwares : Netbeans, Oracle 19C , Java, NS 3, MySQL, Apache Server, Codeblocks, mongoDB, Jupyter, Pycharm, Python, XAMPP, Anaconda
MCA Lab 2 Database Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Operating Systems
Lab Area : 61 Sq. M
Number of Systems : 32
Model : Dell OptiPlex 3050 (20 systems)
Configuration : Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM, 1TB HDD
Operating System : Ubuntu, Windows 10
Model : HP Prodesk 400 HI Series (12 systems)
Configuration: Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD
Operating System : Ubuntu
Softwares : Netbeans, Oracle 19C , Java, NS 3, MySQL, Apache Server, Codeblocks, mongoDB, Jupyter, Pycharm, Python, XAMPP, Anaconda, Visual Studio Code
MCA Lab 3 Database Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Operating Systems, Java Programming
Lab Area : 61 Sq. M
Number of Systems : 32
Model : C-Dell-3460-Precision Workstation PC 12th Generation (30 systems)
Configuration : Intel Core i7
Model : HP Prodesk 400 HI Series (02 systems)
Configuration: Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD
Operating System : Ubuntu
Softwares :, Netbeans, Oracle 19C , Java, NS 3, MySQL, Apache Server, Codeblocks, mongoDB, Jupyter, Pycharm, Python, XAMPP, Anaconda
MCA Lab 4 Data Structures with Algorithms,Web Technologies
Computer Networks
Lab Area : 67 Sq. M
Number of Systems : 32
Model : Acer S4 Series
Configuration : Intel Core i3, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD
Operating System : Ubuntu
Softwares : Netbeans, Oracle 19C , Java, NS 3, MySQL, Apache Server, Codeblocks, mongoDB, Jupyter, Pycharm, Python, XAMPP, Anaconda

Computers and Software

Sl. No. Name of the Software
1 Netbeans 8.1 nitte
2Matlab R2014bnitte
3Oracle 19cnitte
4Javanitte
5NS 2.35 nitte
6My SQL nitte
7Apache Server nitte
8Codeblocks nitte
9mongoDB nitte
10Jupyter nitte
11PyCharm nitte
12Python nitte
13XAMPP nitte
14Anaconda nitte
15Visual Studio Code nitte

For any information regarding the admissions,mail us at: info@nitte.edu.in

Faculty

Skill Development

Professional Communication Skills course is taught in the 2nd semester for two hours per week. In this course, we focus on overall personality development, communication skills, grooming, group discussions and other competency building skills.

Pre-Placement Training Programme

Students are provided with extensive pre-placement training during the semester break. They are trained in mathematics/accountancy, quantitative analysis & software skills and technical and management skills to handle computer applications and software problem solving situations.

The areas covered are

  • Quantitative Aptitude
  • Logical and Analytical Reasoning
  • Language Skill (Written)
  • Communication Skill
  • Technical-Basics of Computer, Operating System, C, C++, DS, etc.
  • Group Discussion
  • Personal Interview

Companies Visited

Placements

Sl. No. Company Name Placement through Placement Department Placement through MCA Department Off Campus Placement
1 RedBus 08
2 Clover Bay Technologies 01
3 Mamiya IT Solutions Corporation, Japan 01
4 Incture Technologies 03
5 Access Research Labs 02
6 Cognizant GenC Elevate 04
7 Cognizant GenC 09
8 Tekion India 01
9 Mindtree 19
10 Kyndryl 01
11 TCS 02)
12 Miraic Inc through Zenken Team 01
13 Societe Generale 01
14 Embitel Technology 10
15 Riskonnect Services, Mangalore 05
16 Capgemini 03
17 Pace Wisdom Solutions 01
18 Novigo Solutions 01
19 MResult 01
20 TCS Ninja 01
21 PwC Cloud & Digital 01
22 Temairazu Inc through Zenken Team, Japan 02
23 Nidec Read CoE 01
24 Numocity 01
25 Virtual Origami 01
26 Teaching – Dr. NSAM FGC, Nitte 01
27 Monetize360 Systems Private Limited, Manipal 01
28 NITK Suathkal
29 Acceture 01
30 DemandNXT Business Services Private Limited 01
31 GlowTouch Technologies, Mangalore 01
32 CDPQ Design Webtech Private Limited 01
TOTAL 77 07 06
Total Offers : 90
Unique Offers :72
90

Departmental Achievements

Dr. Spoorthi B. Shetty received a grant of Rs. 1,10,000/- from Nitte (Deemed to be University) for the design and development of IO Poultry in the year 2022-23.

Dr. Surendra Shetty received a grant of Rs. 20,00,000 (Twenty Lakhs) from VGST, Government of Karnataka to establish Research centre “Centre of Innovation for studies on automatic natural Language processing and speech disorder problems in Kannada language."

Clubs & Chapters

About SAMCA: Students Association of MCA (SAMCA)

Students Association of MCA (SAMCA) is a students forum. SAMCA helps students to go beyond the parameters of classroom education. It organizes extracurricular activities such as seminars, group discussions, technical quizzes and cultural programmes.

The department of MCA had organized the “SAMCA Unplugged” - Inauguration of Student Association of MCA and Freshers’ day on 1 December 2022. Ms. Shubha B, H R Manager, Riskonnect Services Pvt Ltd, Mangalore was the chief guest. She spoke about the career opportunities for students and motivated them togain technical skills. Dr. Niranjan N Chiplunkar, Principal, NMAMIT, in his presidential remarks, encouraged the students to organize various programmes under SAMCA.

Winners of various competitions which was held under SAMCA for MCA Students were awarded with prizes. SAMCA student president Mr. Joel Joseph presented the SAMCA report which included some of the major events conducted and future plans for the academic year 2022-23. After the inaugural ceremony, Ms. Shubha B interacted with the students.

SAMCA organizes annual SEMAPHORE, a South India Level inter-collegiate meet, providing students with hands-on experience in event management calling for creativity, leadership, team work and innovativeness.

MCA Department of NMAMIT, organized South India Level Inter Collegiate Technical Fest “SEMAPHORE-2023” on 5th and 6th January 2023. Students from various institutions across the state participated in the fest.

Mr. Hemant Kumar Vice President (Software Engineering) Fidelity Investments, Bangalore inaugurated the SEMAPHORE-2023. In the inaugural address, he emphasized the students to give more importance on continuous learning which in turn leads to success.

Dr. Niranjan N Chiplunkar, Principal, N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology, in his presidential address congratulated the department for successfully organizing the fest from last 20 years and also mentioned the importance of these fests in students’ overall development.

Professor & Head, department of MCA Dr. Surendra Shetty welcomed the gathering. Semaphore staff coordinator Dr. Spoorthi B. Shetty introduced the chief guest. SAMCA president, Mr. Joel Joseph briefed about the SEMAPHORE fest. SEMAPHORE student coordinator Mr. Saurav Poojary gave details about the events and SAMCA secretary Ms. Shravya A Acharya proposed the vote of thanks.

Various technical events like Ice Breaker, Coding, IT Manager, Meme Making, Photography, Quiz, Tech Talk, Treasure Hunt, Web Designing were conducted.

National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Mangalore won the overall championship and St. Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangalore won the runners up prize.

WINDOWS is the Department wall magazine where students exhibit their literary talents.

Professional society activities: The MCA students regularly participate in different events organized by CSI Nitte Chapter and ISTE student chapter activities.

Entrepreneurship Development Cell(EDC): Students attend seminars organized by the EDC of the Institute funded by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.

List of MoUs

Organization Focus
Tech Verve Solutions Private Limited, Bangalore Accounting Software Development
Pinnacle Media Solutions, Udupi E-Shopping Application Development
Thought Grains Solutions, Udupi Product development and service provider
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