Introduction
Information Technology is the branch of Engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve, store and transmit information. Information Technology Engineering deals with computers, storage, networking and other physical devices, infrastructure and processes to create, process, store, secure and exchange all forms of electronic data. ...more ...lessDue to the importance and reputation of IT, the present age is sometimes referred to as information technology age. IT industry is one of the fast growing fields in India. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that by 2020, employment in all Information technology occupations is expected to increase by 22%-40%. The department of Information Technology in MBS College of Engineering and Technology was established in 1999 and the first batch of students graduated out in the year 2003. We are one of the best among few institutions growing in the state in the field of Information Technology and our students are placed in reputed IT sector companies like Google, Microsoft, Intel, Adobe, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL etc. There are number of elective courses offered in IT department, some of them are: Digital Image Processing, Mobile Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Warehousing and Mining, Analysis and Design algorithm, Interactive Computer Graphics, Simulation and Modeling, Java Programming and Distributed Computing. The IT department in MBS College of Engineering and Technology aims at IT based Learning, Development of Entrepreneurship among student and become a Centre of Excellence. The Teaching staff in the department of Information Technology is highly qualified and actively participates in national and international conferences. The staff members of IT department are actively involved in their research works and published their research papers in national and international journals. Jobs prospects for Information Technology Engineering professionals includes the following: Applications developer, Database administrator, Games developer, Geographical information systems officer, Information security specialist, Information systems manager, IT consultant, IT sales professional, IT technical support officer, Multimedia programmer, Network engineer, Software tester, Systems analyst, Systems developer, Technical author, Web designer.