Pune Institute of Computer Technology
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Pune Institute of Computer Technology, (or PICT) is an engineering college in Pune
, India
. Established by the Society for Computer Research and Training in 1983, it was the first institute to introduce a Computer Engineering
branch among private colleges in the Maharashtra
state. It offers degrees in Computer Engineering, Information Technology
and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. In 2010, it was ranked 16th amongst the private engineering colleges in India by Livemint.com.
and offers Bachelor of Engineering
and Master of Engineering
degrees under the university.
[DNV] and accredited under ISO 9001:2000 in the USA and in the European Union
. It is also accredited by India's two major accreditation agencies - National Assessment and Accreditation Council
[NAAC] and National Board of Accreditation
[NBA]. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
of the Ministry of Science and Technology
(Government of India
) has recognized the institute as a Center of Research and Development.
The All India Council of Technical Education and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India
) have recognized PICT as an institute of advanced engineering education.
PICT’s academic activities began with the creation of the Computer Engineering Department in 1983. This was India's first independent Computer Science department.
Established in 1995, this department has a lab with around 25 Texas and Motorola experimental kits. The E&TC department has won the “Best Department Award” in 2003 and 2004. In 2009-2010, the E&TC department had the highest MHT-CET
cut-off in University of Pune of 188/200.
PICT’s Bachelor of Engineering Program in Information Technology began in 2001 with an intake capacity of 60 students. The current intake capacity is 120 students. It has a multimedia laboratory, operating system Laboratory and network laboratory along with the programming and project laboratories.
degree is offered in all the aforementioned departments. ME degree is offered by the Computer Engineering and the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering departments. As PICT is affiliated with the University of Pune
, the degrees are offered by the university.
and AIEEE scores of students for admissions. There are also programs for children of non-resident Indians (NRIs)in the college.
The buildings in the campus are:
The boys and girls hostel have a combined capacity of 600 students and are located on the north of the campus. The cafeteria serving mostly Indian cuisine is situated between the two hostels. The PICT basketball court is situated adjacent to the boys hostel building where the inter-college basketball tournament is held annually.
Apart from academics, annual technical festivals such as INC and PICT IEEE Student Branch organized Credenz are held on campus. "Impetus and Concepts", popularly known as INC, was initiated in 1990 and soon reached a stage where it created national and international interest. It won acclaim and industry stalwarts with vision recognized its importance and actively supported the event. Impetus, intrinsic to PICT, showcases the projects of the final year students of PICT.
, Oracle
, Microsoft
, Google
, Accenture
, Amdocs
, IBM
, Cisco Systems
, VMware
, CGI Group Inc., Sasken, Persistent Systems
, Symantec
, TCS
, Cognizant, Morgan Stanley
, J.P. Morgan & Co.
, Calsoft Inc. and S1 Corporation (formally Security First Network Bank
). As of 2011, the average salary of a placed undergraduate was Rs. 3.87 lakhs, with a maximum offer of Rs. 19.95 lakhs by Google.
PICTians have also gone on to do further studies such as MS/MBA programs from foreign universities such as the University of Texas at Dallas
, Carnegie Mellon University
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, Duke University
, Stanford University
, University of Southern California
, UCLA, SUNY Stony Brook, University of Washington
, Texas A&M, North Carolina State University
and Baylor University
. They have also made it to top higher degree programs from premiere institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology
and Indian Institutes of Management
.
and the Wall Street Journal.
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Established by the Society for Computer Research and Training in 1983, it was the first institute to introduce a Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
branch among private colleges in the Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
state. It offers degrees in Computer Engineering, Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. In 2010, it was ranked 16th amongst the private engineering colleges in India by Livemint.com.
University affiliation
PICT is affiliated to the University of PuneUniversity of Pune
The University of Pune , is a university located in northwestern Pune, India. It was founded in 1949. Spread over a campus, the university is home to 46 academic departments...
and offers Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
The Bachelor of Engineering is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at universities in Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland , Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Korea,...
and Master of Engineering
Master of Engineering
A Master of Engineering or Master of Technology or Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Engineering (Magister in Ingeniaria) (abbreviated M.Eng., ME or MEng) or Master of Technology (abbreviated M.Tech. or MTech) or Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Engineering (Magister in...
degrees under the university.
Accreditation
PICT has been audited by Det Norske VeritasDet Norske Veritas
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas is a classification society organized as a foundation, with the objective of "Safeguarding life, property, and the environment". The organization's history goes back to 1864, when the foundation was established in Norway to inspect and evaluate the technical condition...
[DNV] and accredited under ISO 9001:2000 in the USA and in the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
. It is also accredited by India's two major accreditation agencies - National Assessment and Accreditation Council
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.-History:NAAC was established in 1994 in...
[NAAC] and National Board of Accreditation
National Board of Accreditation
The National Board of Accreditation , India was established by AICTE as an autonomous body under section 10 of AICTE act, 1987 for periodic evaluations of technical institutions & programmes basis according to specified norms and standards as recommended by AICTE council...
[NBA]. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Several countries have organizations called the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, abbreviated DSIR.-United Kingdom:...
of the Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology may refer to:*Ministry of Science and Technology *Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China*Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Denmark...
(Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
) has recognized the institute as a Center of Research and Development.
The All India Council of Technical Education and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
) have recognized PICT as an institute of advanced engineering education.
Computer Engineering
- Head of Department: Professor Sarang A. Joshi
- Undergraduate intake per year: 120
PICT’s academic activities began with the creation of the Computer Engineering Department in 1983. This was India's first independent Computer Science department.
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
- Head of Department: Professor Dr. Y. Ravinder
- Undergraduate intake per year: 120
Established in 1995, this department has a lab with around 25 Texas and Motorola experimental kits. The E&TC department has won the “Best Department Award” in 2003 and 2004. In 2009-2010, the E&TC department had the highest MHT-CET
MHT-CET
The MHT-CET or Common Entrance Test is an annual entrance exam conducted by the Government of Maharashtra. It is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education...
cut-off in University of Pune of 188/200.
Information Technology Engineering
- Head of Department: Mr. Emmanuel M.
- Undergraduate intake per year: 120
PICT’s Bachelor of Engineering Program in Information Technology began in 2001 with an intake capacity of 60 students. The current intake capacity is 120 students. It has a multimedia laboratory, operating system Laboratory and network laboratory along with the programming and project laboratories.
Degrees awarded
The Bachelor of EngineeringBachelor of Engineering
The Bachelor of Engineering is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at universities in Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland , Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Korea,...
degree is offered in all the aforementioned departments. ME degree is offered by the Computer Engineering and the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering departments. As PICT is affiliated with the University of Pune
University of Pune
The University of Pune , is a university located in northwestern Pune, India. It was founded in 1949. Spread over a campus, the university is home to 46 academic departments...
, the degrees are offered by the university.
Admissions
The institute considers the MHT-CETMHT-CET
The MHT-CET or Common Entrance Test is an annual entrance exam conducted by the Government of Maharashtra. It is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education...
and AIEEE scores of students for admissions. There are also programs for children of non-resident Indians (NRIs)in the college.
Campus and buildings
The campus is located in Dhankawadi, a suburb of southern Pune. The hallmark of the 6 acre campus is the central lawn in front of main library.The buildings in the campus are:
- Main building
- School of Management
- Cafeteria
- Boys hostel
- Girls hostel
Main Building
The main building is the largest building on the campus. It consists of the administrative wing, Computer Engineering wing, Electronics and Telecommunication wing, IT wing and the main library. The building has classrooms, laboratories and staff rooms which are shared between the three undergraduate courses. The PICT library has a collection of books and subscriptions to journals. The library is 24x7 accessible to students and is centrally located between the three academic wings.School of Management
The School of management is located near the main gate and is the newest building in the campus. The academic and administrative wing of the management school are situated in this building. It has an auditorium which hosts major conferences and info-sessions.The boys and girls hostel have a combined capacity of 600 students and are located on the north of the campus. The cafeteria serving mostly Indian cuisine is situated between the two hostels. The PICT basketball court is situated adjacent to the boys hostel building where the inter-college basketball tournament is held annually.
Apart from academics, annual technical festivals such as INC and PICT IEEE Student Branch organized Credenz are held on campus. "Impetus and Concepts", popularly known as INC, was initiated in 1990 and soon reached a stage where it created national and international interest. It won acclaim and industry stalwarts with vision recognized its importance and actively supported the event. Impetus, intrinsic to PICT, showcases the projects of the final year students of PICT.
Placements and foreign admits
Companies recruiting students from PICT include RakutenRakuten
operates and manages business to consumer electronic commerce site, Rakuten Ichiba, and consumer to consumer auction site, Rakuten Freemarket. Its business is centered in Japan, although it has began international expansion through acquisitions. The chief executive officer is Hiroshi Mikitani...
, Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
, Accenture
Accenture
Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
, Amdocs
Amdocs
Amdocs Limited is a provider of software and services for billing, customer relationship management , operations support systems...
, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
, VMware
VMware
VMware, Inc. is a company providing virtualization software founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary ....
, CGI Group Inc., Sasken, Persistent Systems
Persistent Systems
Persistent Systems is a business based in Pune, India, that sells outsourced software development. It was established in 1990. Persistent has over 6,800 employees and 300 customers spread across North America, Europe, and Asia. -History:...
, Symantec
Symantec
Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
, TCS
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services Limited is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India...
, Cognizant, Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....
, J.P. Morgan & Co.
J.P. Morgan & Co.
J.P. Morgan & Co. was a commercial and investment banking institution based in the United States founded by J. Pierpont Morgan and commonly known as the House of Morgan or simply Morgan. Today, J.P...
, Calsoft Inc. and S1 Corporation (formally Security First Network Bank
Security First Network Bank
Security First Network Bank was the first pure Internet bank in the United States. It was founded in Pineville, Kentucky in October 1995. Several months later, the bank relocated to Atlanta, Georgia....
). As of 2011, the average salary of a placed undergraduate was Rs. 3.87 lakhs, with a maximum offer of Rs. 19.95 lakhs by Google.
PICTians have also gone on to do further studies such as MS/MBA programs from foreign universities such as the University of Texas at Dallas
University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at Dallas, also referred to as UT Dallas or UTD, is a public research university in the University of Texas System. The main campus is in the heart of the Richardson, Texas, Telecom Corridor, north of downtown Dallas...
, Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
, Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, UCLA, SUNY Stony Brook, University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, Texas A&M, North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...
and Baylor University
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
. They have also made it to top higher degree programs from premiere institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology
Indian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “institutions of national importance”, and lays down their powers, duties,...
and Indian Institutes of Management
Indian Institutes of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management , are graduate business schools in India. They were set up with the objective of providing management education and to assist the industry through research and consulting services. The IIMs award diplomas and not degrees.- Institutes :Indian Institute of...
.
Rankings
PICT was ranked 16th among the top 100 private engineering colleges in India in a year 2010 survey by LiveMint in association with the Hindustan TimesHindustan Times
Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....
and the Wall Street Journal.