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With vibrant experience in different areas of Computer Science & Engineering in academics, industry and research, the dedicated members of faculty have shouldered the responsibility to mould the young minds to excel in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. The Department has been expediting towards academic excellence with the recognitions for all its endeavours. These include: Grants for about 1 Crore and 68 Lakhs from various funding agencies like AICTE, DRDO, DST and DBT A private cloud computing lab through MODROBS Students have won in various events and projects including: FAER- Motorola Scholar Award-2013 VILGRO ICTACT CTS- CIO Challenge Award TEDEX (Tirupur) State Level Infosys- Programming Contest – Aspiration 2020 First Prize for Project Design Contest during FUTURA- 2012 Participated in World Engineering Education Forum held in Argentina To execute the academic insights, spacious and equipped laboratories with modern computer equipment have been established in the department. The facilities comprise well networked PCs linked to a wide range of software, communications and print services. The department is interconnected by the optical network. The open access to 100 Mbps Internet is a part of an extensive information network connecting the entire campus. SUN Microsystems' Centre of Competency with special emphasis on open source Java Lab and Grid Computing lab is functional with sufficient number of computer systems