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About the Department
The Department of Computer Applications at SRM Institute of Science and Technology has always been on the top as the paradigm of quality with the most modern curriculum and syllabus. Ever since its inception in 2006, the department has attained unprecedented heights and stands on par excellence among its counterparts in Tamil Nadu and India. The Department has proven its academic prowess and success with an extensive range of courses offered both at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. The Department offers BCA, BCA Data Science at the UG level, and MCA, M.Sc Applied Data Science at the PG level.
Consistently ranked among the top Computer Applications programs in India, the Computer Applications Department at SRM offers a flexible curriculum designed to allow students to explore their own interests in increasing depth. The curriculum is revamped to suit the industry needs with an emphasis on theory and application that demarcates SRM Computer Applications from most colleges.
Department of Computer Applications
2006
Established
41
Faculty & Staff
1696
Students
302
+
Publications
15
Patent (Published)
Mission
To provide sound fundamentals, and advances in Computer Applications by offering world class curricula.
To create ethically strong leaders and trend setters for next generation IT.
To nurture the desire among faculty and students from across the globe to perform outstanding and impactful research for the benefit of humanity and, to achieve meritorious and significant growth

Associate Professor and Head
Welcome message
The Department of Computer Applications is dedicated for ensuring great careers for students joined for pursuing Undergraduate or Postgraduate. The excellent infrastructure, teaching faculty of the best kind of the Department ensuring quality education such as interaction among students, parents, and staff, along with a Training and Placement Cell ensures a bright future to its students. We strongly encourage innovation in research, in teaching, and in service to the profession, the local community, and industry. Our faculty and students are constantly striving to excel and to advance the state of the art in Computer Applications.
The primary focus of our curriculum is to impart technical knowledge, promote problem solving skills, and innovation of new technologies. The department offers a wide variety of elective courses for providing wide spectrum of options to the students to pursue their interests. The course contents are periodically updated for introducing new scientific and technological developments. Undergraduate and Postgraduate students are encouraged to undertake various research projects.
We provide ample opportunities to learn more about Computer Applications as a student; we love to share our passion with every student. Learn how to not only use computational tools but how to work in teams, share ideas, present, communicate in short, join creative teams that make a positive difference.
We believe that our approach to teaching-learning, coupled with practical experience gained during Industrial Training in reputed organizations, equips our students to handle the challenges posed by the software industry.
We look forward to continue to offer our students a greater learning experience in the field of Computer Applications and welcome prospective students to join us and become ambassadors of Computer Applications.
Programs Offered
BCA
The Department of Computer Applications offers undergraduate programmes based on world-class syllabus. The curriculum helps students to explore the field of Computer applications and Data Science. It also helps students to identify their skills and enhance their knowledge with creativity. The Computer Applications program focuses on the development of software and applications, computer programming, database management, and web development.
MCA & M.Sc
The Department of Computer Applications offers postgraduate programmes including core courses as well as elective independent study. It provides latitude for the students to explore the new technology. The syllabus is designed with the metrics of research as it helps students to enhance themselves with the knowledge of incorporating methodology, exploration, and interpretation in the field of research.
PhD
The PhD program in the Department of Computer Applications has been specially designed to cater to the scholarly needs. The department gives privilege to the research scholars to do their research in their respective domains. The research supervisors empower the research scholars to do authentic research work. The institution supports the research endeavors of faculty and students by providing incentives for publications and patents.
Placements
The Computer Applications Department, in collaboration with the Placement and Career Center at SRMIST, is committed to facilitating suitable opportunities in the IT industry for eligible students, enabling them to demonstrate their abilities and talents effectively. Additionally, within the department, a faculty member serves as the placement coordinator, responsible for bridging communication between the Placement and Career Center and students, as well as offering mentorship and guidance to help students navigate their career paths effectively.
Placement Record
2022- 2023 | 84% |
2021- 2022 | 86% |
2020-2021 | 83% |
2019-2020 | 78% |
2017-2018 | 80% |
2018-2019 | 81% |
Faculty
Teaching environment and quality are central to SRMIST’s capabilities profile. Our Professors are the reason for our continued ability to foster vibrant and value adding learning experiences for our students. The success of our students in terms of their learning and overall development enabled by our faculty members is an area of focus of leadership at SRMIST. Many opportunities are provided to our faculty members to conduct research and engage with the industry in consultancy and other projects. This platform brings to our faculty members an opportunity to expand their knowledge contribution as well as bring those rich experiential inputs to the classrooms and labs, therefore, benefiting our students.
Happenings
Infrastructure
Particulars | Details |
No. of Classrooms | 18 |
Laboratories | 8 |
Equipments Available | 492 |
Department Library | 1 |
Seminar Hall (FSH) | 1 |
Contact us

Department of Computer Applications
Department of Computer Applications,
SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur -603203,
Chengalpattu District,
Tamil Nadu.
- 044-27455756 Extn: 4071
- hod.dca.ktr@srmist.edu.in