Computer Science and Engineering in Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi

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Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, (popularly known as BIT, Mesra or BIT, Ranchi) is an autonomous engineering institute located in Ranchi, Jharkhand in India. It is a deemed university under Sec. 3 of the UGC act 1986. In addition to Ranchi, BIT has overseas extension centres in Bahrain, Muscat (Oman), Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) & Mauritius and indian extension centres in Lalpur, Allahabad, Kolkata, Noida, Jaipur, Chennai, Patna and Deoghar.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering started functioning in the year 1983 with a sanctioned strength of thirty students for its undergraduate program (BE Computer Science). Now the department is recognized as one of the leading departments in the Eastern region of our country with infrastructure and facilities to match the very best in the country.

The department remains committed towards its goal of producing not only industry ready professionals , but also to provide the right ambience and infrastructure for those interested in pursuing their interest in Computers and related fields.

The department has a chequered past ;in the first phase the computer laboratory was equipped with the only a PDP mini computer – 11/37 (Digital Electronics Ltd.) with eight terminals. The above machines worked under the notable operating system i.e. RSX – 11M supporting programming languages like FORTRAN – IV, FORTRAN 77,ANSI COBOL, PASCAL and BASIC. Its worth mentioning that just after the installation of the above machine people not only form this Institute but also from the nearby well established industries like MECON, R & D SAIL, CMPDIL benefited tremendously using this machine to complete their outstanding projects and activities.

In the second phase soon after, the laboratory was expanded with another mini system, namely VAX 5100(DEC Ltd.) supporting 32 terminals and ULTRIX as the operating system. In 1984 the department introduced another program namely Master of Computer Applications (MCA) with a sanctioned strength of 30 students with the approval of the Department of Electronics, Govt. of India during the year 1984-85. At the same time the laboratories was enriched with the introduction of more advanced softwares like C, C++ and the RDBMS Ingress. Subsequently, some more advanced systems namely Macro VAX II (DEC Ltd.) and the mainframe server TATA UNISYS U-6000 with 45 terminals (VT 100 & GR 88) along with the operating system AT & T Unix supporting the RDBMS Oracle were installed in the 1991.

In the year 1999, the Ministry of HRD in collaboration with CDAC, gifted the Department a super computer PARAM 10000, as an acknowledgment of the Department’s untiring quest for excellence. The supercomputer holds a place of pride in the department’s impressive hardware set-up, lending its support to numerous departmental and inter departmental research activities. This was followed by a massive up gradation of the departmental infrastructure in an effort to keep pace with the rapidly changing needs of the industry. New laboratories (for Networking, Multimedia, Simulation etc.) were set up, cutting edge technology, hardware and software were acquired and the department made forays into the field of applied research, and major socio-economic projects like “Content Development for IT Localization (COIL Net)” and “Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)”.

Never the one to sit back on its laurels, the department has been untiring in its search for educational excellence. A competent and highly educated faculty, many of whom are involved in research activities (in the fields of Software Engineering, RDBMS, Fuzzy Logic etc) are involved in satisfying the students constant curiosity. The department has organized in the recent past numerous Seminars, STTPs and Conferences to provide everyone an opportunity to interact with the best in the country. New programs at the PG and UG levels (M.Tech, ME, BE IT) have been started to meet the ever growing demand of quality education in the field of computer science . The industry has over the years acknowledged the department’s competence as suggested by the high percentage of students placed into reputed positions through the Institute’s placement cell.

Recognition has also come in the form of international collaborations with the University of Leeds UK, and the University of New Brunswick Canada , while more collaborations are expected , notably with the University of Melbourne in the field of Grid Computing .

The Department today stands out as a beacon to all, in the field of Computer education and the seed that was planted twenty years back today is today a path leader. Its with great satisfaction that the department looks back to the tireless struggle of the past and to the many peaks to be conquered in the future.

As of now the department offers the following programmes :-

   B.E. (4 years ) in Computer Science
   B.E. (4 years ) in Information Technology
   MCA (3 years ) in Computer Science
   M.E. (2 years ) in Software Engineering
   M.Tech. (2 years ) in Computer Science
   Ph.D