Information Technology Department

Student’s Achievements

Warmest Congratulations on your Achievement!!!

The Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi graced the 42^nd Convocation of Anna University in Chennai on July 29, 2022. Along with PM Shri. Narendra Modi, Shri R N Ravi, the Honorable Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri. M K Stalin, the Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Shri L Murugun, Union Minister of State, Shri K Ponmudy, Minister for Higher Education of Tamil Nadu among others were present at the convocation.

During the ceremony, the PM addressed the audience and distributed the awards, medals and certificates to 69 gold medalists. Naveen S (2017-2021 Batch – B.Tech IT) of SSN College of Engineering, was awarded the First Rank and University Gold Medal in the Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology among 3821 candidates by our Honorable Prime Minister of India.

Congratulations Naveen on your well-deserved success. Wishing you the best for every step in your journey. Go and conquer your dreams. –Department of IT

Best Outgoing Student of IT – 2022

Congratulations Aadhithya!  All the best to you as you continue to learn and grow each day. Wishing you well for your continued success– Department of IT

The Department of IT congratulates Aadhithya B Kailash, Final Year IT Student (2018-2022 Batch) who has won the Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship worth USD1000 from the IEEE Computer Society, USA. This scholarship is offered in recognition of his exemplary involvement in student chapter activities, his excellent academic achievement, and willingness to act as a student ambassador.

Congratulations Aadhithya!  You have made everyone proud by getting this scholarship. We wish you great success, even higher achievements, and a prosperous and brilliant future – Department of IT

The Department of IT congratulates Yuvan Arvind, Sayeeshwar Kumar, Vedh Vijay and Nivas Muthu of 2019-2023 Batch who have founded “TickEth” – a Web3 startup which was selected for the first cohort of the Antler India Fellowship. Antler is a global early-stage VC enabling and investing in the world’s most exceptional people. Antler India Fellowship is designed as a space for students to experiment, fail and learn as they turn their ideas into a business.

Congratulations on your new venture. Wishing you all the best to achieve a lot more in your future endeavours – Department of IT

Best Outgoing Student of IT – 2021

Accreditation

Organizing Events

Research

• The key research areas identified by our department are Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics & Data Mining, Semantic Web Services, Speech Technology, Image Processing & Video Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing and VLSI & Embedded Systems.
• Out of 30 faculty members, 28 are Ph.D holders and 2 are pursuing Ph.D.
• The department is a recognized Nodal Research Centre of Anna University Chennai since 2011, for pursuing Ph.D and M.S degree programmes. 53 scholars have registered for Ph.D. under 12 recognized supervisors and 30 Ph.Ds have been awarded so far.
• Actively engaged in research in diverse fields, having received funded projects with a cumulative grant of 2.9 crore, sponsored by DST, DeITY, DRDO, BRNS, AICTE, Murasu Systems Sdn Bhd-Malaysia, TNSCST, Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA) and SSN Trust.
• The faculty and students have published 700 research papers in reputed journals and conferences.
• The faculty members are encouraged to participate in the Faculty Development Programs (FDPs), Summer/Winter School Programmes, Workshops, Hands on Training Programs, Seminars and Conferences (National/International) arranged by other Institutions in India/abroad and leading software industries in their own research area as a step towards strengthening their domain knowledge.

Consultancy Activities

• Faculty have developed the Foundation Course Contents for HCL; for the following courses:
  • Computer Organization
  • Computer Networks
  • Operating System
  • Software Engineering
  • Java
  • Dot Net
  • Python
  • Embedded system
  • Cognitive Computing
  • Internet of Things
  • Cloud Computing
  • Open source Tools
• Faculty involved in training the trainers of HCL in our campus.
• Two faculty members, Mr. K.R. Uthayan (AP/IT) and R. Vinob chander (AP/IT), are deputed to Madurai and Lucknow campuses of HCL to train the trainers respectively, for a short period.
• Speech related consultancy activities are carried out with TVA.
• The department is actively involved in handling classes towards SSN-Professional Development Program Course (an initiative of Redington Corporate Social Responsibility to train unemployed rural graduates) where in the   following IT faculties are involved in imparting the following courses respectively:
  • Dr. N. Bhalaji (ASP/T) – Software Engineering and Testing, Application Support Maintanence, Development Projects
  • Mr. R. Vinob chander (AP/IT) – Java and Python programming
  • Mr. K. Kabilan (AP/IT)- Computer Networks
  • Dr. V. Thanickachalam (ASP/IT)- Comptuer Organization and Operating System
  • Dr. N. Bhalaji (ASP/IT) along with Dr. Shashikant Albal, Director & Professor and Dr. C. Aravindan, Assistant Director & Professor, SSN School of Advanced Career Education (SSN SACE) visited MuSigma, Bangalore on 10th April, 2017 and had interaction about contribution towards syllabus framing and curricula design of Musigma course for B.E/B.Tech Freshers in their campus.
  • Dr. N. Bhalaji along with Dr. Shashikant Albal, Director & Professor, SSN School of Advanced Career Education (SSN SACE) visited Intellect Design, Chennai on 27th April 2017 and discussed possible collaboration between SSN Institutions and Intellect Design in offering “Design Thinking” course to the students of SSN through Train the trainers Mode.

Grants Fetched

• Dr. Srinivasan, Prof/IT has received a grant of Rs. 32.49 lakhs from Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) for the project titled “Radiation Resilient RF Receiver Front End Components Through SiGe BiCMOS: Design and Validation”.
• Dr. S. Chithra, ASP/IT, Dr. N. Bhalaji, ASP/IT and Dr. S. Karthika, ASP/IT have received a grant of 4.1 lakhs from Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) for the project titled “Assistive Technology for Parkinson and Alzheimer Disease (PAD) affected people”.
• Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 25 lakhs from Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA) for the project titled “Speech Assistive Aids for Visually-Challenged People”.
• Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 76.6 lakhs from Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India, for the project titled “Development of TEXT to SPEECH SYSTEM in Indian Languages – High quality text to speech synthesis and small footprint TTS integrated with disability aids”.
• Dr. R. Srinivasan, Prof/IT has received a grant of Rs. 31.62 lakhs from Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, for the project titled “Study of Soft Errors in 65nm Gate Length CMOS SRAM and 30nm Gate Length FinFET, TunnelFET and Junction-less FET-based SRAMs Using TCAD Simulation”.
• Dr. R. Srinivasan, Prof/IT has received a grant of Rs. 21.8 lakhs from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, for the project titled “Process variational study and performance analysis of nano-scale MOSFETs and FINFETs”.
• Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 13.72 lakhs from Department of Science & Technology (DST) – Technology Interventions For Disabled & Elderly (TIDE), Govt. of India, for the project titled “Speech-Input Speech-Output Communication Aid (SISOCA) for Speakers with Cerebral Palsy”
• Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 9.52 lakhs from Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA), Govt. of Tamilnadu for the project titled “Speech-Enabled Interactive Enquiry System in Tamil”.
• Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 9 lakhs from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt. of India, for the project titled “An assessment and intelligibility modification system for dysarthric speakers”.
• Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 4 lakhs from Murasu Systems Sdn Bhd, Malaysia for the project titled “HMM-based Text-to-Speech Synthesis System for Malaysian Tamil”.
• Dr. P. Vasuki, Asso.Prof./IT has received a grant of Rs. 2.3 lakhs from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt. of India, for the project titled “Voice-enabled documentation and mailing systems in Indian languages”.
• Dr. G. Muneeswari, Asso.Prof./IT has received a “Travel Grant” of Rs. 10, 000/- from an External Funding Agency (Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS), Promoted by Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in Association with Scientific Agencies & Departments) for participating in an International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS2015), held during October 2015, Penang, Malaysia.
• The department has received a total grant of Rs. 58.39 lakhs sanctioned by SSN Trust towards internally funded faculty research projects.
• The department has received a total grant of Rs.16.446 lakhs sanctioned by SSN Trust towards internally funded student projects.

Awards Earned by Faculty from External Bodies

• T. Nagarajan, Professor, Department of IT, received “Mudhalamaichar Kanini Tamil Virudhu”, from the CM, Government of Tamil Nadu, on 20^th January 2020.
  
• T. Sree Sharmila, ASP, IT, has received “2019 Outstanding Branch Counsellor & Advisor Award” from IEEE (MGA), USA.
  
• T. Sree Sharmila, Asso.Prof./IT has received “Young Women Achiever Award” (Engineering) by Venus International Foundation on March 5, 2016.
• G. Muneeswari, Asso.Prof./IT has received “Best Teacher Award” from GRABS Educational Charitable Trust on November 1, 2015.

Academic Achievements

• The department has produced 149 University rank holders so far..

Placement

Placement Details for the last four years

• Batch  2020  – 2021 – Click Here
• Batch  2019 – 2020  – Click Here
• Batch  2018 – 2019   – Click Here
• Batch  2017 – 2018   – Click Here

Placement Statistics

• UG Placement Statistics  – Click Here

• The department has a perfect understanding of how the corporate world works, this helps in organizing events and programs that will provide avenues to the students to get exposed to the real world of work. Guest lectures are regular affairs and the students get ample opportunities to closely interact with professionals from different industries. The department offers 3 guest lectures per semester.
• The department also arranges in-house training, projects and internships with corporate organizations so that the students may get a comprehensive industry orientation helpful in polishing their skills before they start their actual careers.
• The department has built an impressive placement record both in terms of percentage of registered students placed, as well as the number of companies recruiting every year. The average annual salary during campus placements for the students is Rs. 4.4 lakhs per annum. There is also a steady increase in the number of students placed with higher packages every year.

Newsletter

• The department publishes a bi-annual department newsletter ‘IdentITy’ which serves as a window to the significant events happening in the department, the noteworthy achievements of faculty, as well as students and the articles, contributed by students and faculty.

 Alumni Activities

• An AlmaConnect –a social network initiative has been taken by the SSN Management as the platform for connecting alumni with Students & Faculty of SSNCE and to interact with them in a meaningful way. The involvement of our alumni in our recent departmental activities are as follows.
• February 20, 2017 – “Campus Connect” by Sahaj software (conducted by alumni on behalf of her company) – Karpaga Nachammai (Batch: 2010-2014), Sahaj Software.
• Feb 22, 2017 – “Stress Management in the Phase of Placement” – a guest lecture organized by the department- an alumni acted as the resource person.
  
  Mr. A. Manikandan, UX/UI Designer, Qube Cinema Technologies (Batch: 2012-2016)
• Feb 24 & 25, 2017 – Python Programming – alumni acted as a resource person for the conduction of program and were judges for the coding contest
  C. Sricharan, Senior Software Engineer, Global Analytics, Chennai (Batch: 2008-2012)
  S. Nithish, Consultant, Thoughtworks, Chennai (Batch: 2012-2016)
  M. Manoj, Apprentice Leader, Mu Sigma, Bangalore. (Batch: 2008-2012)
  Ms. M. Sushmethaa, Ms. S. Sushmita and Ms. Vidya V, Developer,  Intellect Design Arena Ltd., (Batch: 2011-2015)
• March 24, 2017 – VIVID – a National Level Programming Contest organized by the department, alumni were part of judging panels.
  V.R. Vignesh, Amazon (Batch: 2009-2013)
  M. Chitra, Cognizant (Batch: 2007-2011)
  Mr. Nijin, Sirius Computer Solutions (Batch: 2009-2013)
• March 31, 2017 – Research Colloquium (PG alumni was one of the organizing coordinator of the event) – K. B. Sundharakumar (Bacth: 2009-2013)

Distinguished Alumni