DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

SSR PART-II
DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension
activities.
1) A team of 3 students of MCA Sem. I participated in CSI quiz
competition and won 2 nd prize in Oct. 2014
2) One student from MCA Sem. III participated in Inter departmental
cultural competition ‘BAZM’ in Oct. 2015
3) Miscellaneous club activities related to programming, online quiz etc.
by Computer Science Club
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the
department.
Nil
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by
other agencies? If yes, give details.
NA
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating
new knowledge, basic or applied.
NA
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and
Challenges (SWOC) of the Department.
Strengths:
1) The Department has young and highly motivated faculties with
good academic experience
2) Excellent teaching learning environment
3) Excellent Student-Teacher ratio as per UGC Norms
4) Computer lab with networking facility
Weaknesses:
1) Regular faculty is needed especially at senior level
2) Inadequate non-teaching and lab. staff
3) Infrastructure is to be increased with addition of new batches
4) Research infrastructure is to be created
Opportunities:
1) New fields related to IT and ITES can be proposed
2) Interdisciplinary courses including Bioinformatics can be
proposed
Challenges:
1) Number of Students per batch is to be increased
52. Future plans of the department
1) Collaboration with IT industry is to be done for knowledge
sharing, internship programs and students’ placements
2) Establishment of various high end labs in association with
industry players like CISCO, Microsoft, IBM
3) Certification courses are to be offered in future
School of Technology
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