Departments Details

Eligibility        : Pass in Higher Secondary or equivalent with Computer Science or Mathematics or Business Mathematics.

Infrastructure: Well equipped Computer Laboratory, Projector with Internet Facility.

Curriculum    : Major: Digital Logics, C, C++, Java, VB, RDBMS, Software Engineering, Software Testing, Operating System, Data Communication and Networking, Web Technology, Micro Processor, E-Commerce, Multimedia, Computer Graphics, DBMS, Resource management Techniques and Data Mining.

                        Elective: Allied Mathematics, Financial Accounting, Cost & Management Accounting.

                        Orientation: Assignments, Seminars, PPT Presentation, Industrial Visit, Survey, Explanation through Practical Demonstration.

Placement       :           Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, TCS and other leading Companies.

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES – BCA – Shift I

Workshop

Workshop on Android App Development was held on 28th June 2019.   This program was conducted as an induction program to start an Add on Course on Android App Development for the benefit of students of MGC. Mr. S. Kalidas, Technical Head, IFANDFOR ENDEAVUORS was the resource person.

Add on course with MOU

The Department initiated an Add on Course on Android Application Development for the interested students of MGC. MOU has bee established between MGC & Ifandforever computer centre for the conduct of add on course.The Class began with 29 students and started from 22nd July 2019.

SEMINAR ON IOT - TECHNOCLASH 2019

The Department function “TECHNOCLASH 2019” was held on 22nd August 2019. The Chief Guest was Mr. S. Kalidas, Technical Head, IFANDFOR Endeavour which was followed by a seminar on IoT.

WORKSHOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA

A workshop entitled “Python Theory & its Applications” an Intercollegiate Workshop was organized by the Department in association with Computer Society of India on 6th December 2019. Sessions and guests were Python Basics by Mr. Prakash Subramanian, Research Assistant, Machine Learning using Python by Mr.Rajesh, Research Assistant and Data Visualization by Dr. Shobana, Research Assistant.

WORKSHOP

The workshop titled “Machine Learning with Python Theory” was organized on 24th Jan 2020 by the department. The Workshop was presented as two interesting sessions namely Python Basics and Python Basics by the resource persons by Mr.ChandiraSekaran.P, Project Lead and by Mr. ChandiraSekaran.P, Project LeadfromDynamiq Consultancy, Chennai respectively.

FDP on problem  solving using python

The FDP on “Problem solving Using Python” was organised by the Department of Computer Applications for all the Computer Science and Computer Applications staff of Both Shifts. This FDP was conducted at on 7th February 2020, around 20 staff members have participated. The Workshop was presented as two interesting sessions by the resource person Mr. ChandiraSekaran .P, Project Lead, Dynamiq Consultancy, Chennai.

The Department of Computer Application Shift I won the  Overall Championship in the Intercollegiate Event "Techno Fest 2020" Organized by Thiruthangal Nadar College.

They also won the overall Runner Up Trophy in the  Intercollegiate event held in Patrician college on 25th February 2020.

The Computer Application department of Both Shift I & II, have won the overall Runner Up Trophy in the Intercollegiate event held in D.G. Vaishnav College.

Our College Won the overall Runner up Trophy in the Intercollegiate event held in the Saveetha School of Management.

WORKSHOP ON INDUSTRIAL EXPECTATION

            Department of Computer Application of shift I & II had organized an one day workshop on “Industrial Expectations”, for the final year students on 20^th July 2018. Resource person Mr. Hariharan Prabhaharan, PrimeEd Tutors, a unit of PrimeEdEn Groups, highlighted the area of knowledge transformation, delivery and awareness to enhance the students’ ability to meet out their career expectations in a better way.

List of topics covered: Mind Brain Correspondence issues, Getting out of the comfort zone, Communication skills, Intelligence and Aptitude, Knowledge beyond textbooks, Positive approach, Updated with the latest trends and Ambitious

INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO MARITIME ACADEMY, PONDICHERRY

            On 26^th June 2018, the final year students of Computer Application had visited the MARITIME ACADEMY, PONDICHERRY, to get essential knowledge about marine. MARIETIME Academy, achieved their best place in developing quality Mariners in the last 7 years. This institute is highly involved in dealing with more practical subjects by experienced Mariners. The Students are divided into two teams, both teams were led by the college staff and highly supervised by the MARIETIME Academy Supervisors. The students were learnt the usage of off-shore Mariners’ equipments, Divers equipments, On-shore subjects, and soft skill required for life, Fire Accidents and the ways to extinguish them. The live view of Life Boat and Diver’s Practical Sessions impressed all.

            It was a good experience to visit the Expert Mariners and Learn Essential Knowledge from them. We thank the College Management and officials for giving this opportunity and also the MARITIME ACADEMY, Pondicherry

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATION - INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS – TECHNOCLASH 2018

Department Of Computer Application – Shift I conducted Inter-Collegiate Festival TECHNOCLASH ’18 on 20.08.2018 in the New Auditorium. The Chief Guest on the day was Mr. Senthil Anand, KRDS India. The various Events conducted were  Paper Presentation, Just- a-minute, Connections, Debugging, Junk Art and Google It. Totally  19 Colleges from Chennai city participated in the events. Among them Loyola College won the Overall Championship.

RELEASE OF DEPARTMENT MAGAZINE “TECHNOCLASH ‘18” & RELEASE OF DEPARTMENT WEBSITE

Department of Computer Application has released a magazine TECHNOCLASH 2018 on 20^th August 2018 during the Department program. All the students of BCA contributed their articles drawings. We must thank our Secretary, Principal, Vice Principal and all the HODs of both shifts for their valuable message and support towards the release of magazine. On the dame day we have launched our department website, which was designed by Rev.Fr. John Peter, Asst. Professor, Department of Social Work.

Add on Course – PYTHON :

            Memorandum of Understanding was established between Computer Application department and ALB Computer Training Institute for the Conduct of Add On Course Python from 13^th August 2018. Around 40 students were joined and benefitted.

DEPT. OF COMPUTER APPLICATION - WORKSHOP ON ANDROID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Department Of Computer Application, Shift – I conducted workshop on Android Application Development for final year students on 29th August 2018. Mr. Jenno and his team from Excel Corp demonstrated and created a new application using Android Studio. They also detailed the career opportunities in the field of Application Development.

FDP AND WORKSHOP ON MATLAB – 3^rd NOVEMBER 2018

            The Department of Computer Application had organized a Workshop on MATLAB under the Faculty Development Programme, as a NAAC requirement for the betterment of Computer Science and Computer Application Staff of Both shifts of MGC on 3^rd November 2018 between 9:00am and 3:00pm in the Computer Lab. The Program started with a prayer by Dr.K.Mohandoss, Principal and Rev.Fr. Philip Pulipra, Secretary inaugurated workshop.  The Vice Principal Mrs. Ann Hephzibah introduced the Resource Person Mr. Kalidas and he dealt with topics such as

• MATLAB and Tool Layout
• IF, For and Matrix
• MATRIX calculations like Multiplication, Row column traversing, Magic Numbers etc..,

• Simple Filters design(LPF,HPF)
• Puzzle based Brute Force Programming.
• Guess Game based Fuzzy Programming.

• Image Processing.
• Image Segmentation.
• Google Cars Working and Deployment of Image Processing

SEMINAR ON PERSONALITY ENRICHMENT

            The Department of Computer Application had organized a seminar on Personality Enrichment on 3^rd December 2018 between 9:30 am and 1:00 pm in the Mar Gregorios Conference Hall for II BCA and III BCA students. The Program started with a prayer by Mrs. Hency Juliet, Head of the Department.  The Resource person, an alumnus Mr.Joney Brewatsan, Risk Analyst, Ford Company motivated the students through various activities and also conducted mock interview for the 3^rd year students.

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON RECENT TRENDS IN COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH

            The Department of Computer Application of both shifts had organized a one day National Seminar on Recent Trends in Computational Research on 25^th January 2019. The seminar began with the prayer song. Mrs.A.Hency Juliet, Head of the Department delivered the welcome speech. Secretary Rev.Fr. Philip Pulipra, Principal Dr.K.Mohandoss, Vice Principal Mrs.S. Ann Hepzibah Niraja and Secretary to Cardinal Rev.Fr.Antony felicitated the organizers and the participants. The Resource person Dr. T. Velmurugan, Associate Professor, PG and Research Department of Computer Science, Vaishnav College, Chennai presented lectures on the topics, Recent Research Areas in Computer Science, Mathematical Models for the Computational Research, and the intellectual writing of Thesis.

            Totally 113 Participants were registered and benefitted, among them 5 participants from other states. The Valedictory ceremony was conducted at 3:00pm in the presence of Secretary and Principal and the certificates were distributed to the participants. The College Management was thanked for the support extended to this National Seminar.

webinar on Data Science 

The Department of Computer Application had organized a webinar on  Data Science on 6th May 2020. Initially 680 nembers have registered within two and a half an hour. So the link was removed.  The resourse person Mr.R.Ramnath,  M.Tech.,  Data Scientist host the webinar.

Compete from Home an online event

1-minute video presentation competition during Covid-19 Lockdown Period organized by Mar Gregorios College of Arts & Science,  Department of Computer Applications Shift - 1. The title for the competition was "Compete From Home". Total Number of Participants: 83. Total Number of Institutions: 36 from 14 Different Cities.

Online Quiz-“TECHNOQUIZ 2K20”

An Online Quiz “TECHNOQUIZ 2K20” during Covid-19 Lockdown Period, was organized by the Department on 11thMay 2020. Total number of Participants registered for the quiz from various schools  and colleges:155.

National level Faculty Development Webinar on Effective online teaching & Learning Tools