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The Department of Computer Applications was established in 1998 with the sanctioned intake of 60 students for MCA.
About Programs
- The Department of Computer Applications was established in 1998 with the sanctioned intake of 60 students for MCA Programme, which is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai.
- The Department provides excellent infrastructure with well furnished class rooms and laboratory with all required software.
- The Department seminar hall is well equipped with the audio visual facilities.
- Alumni strength of more than 1,000, many are working in top MNCs across the world.
- Conducted both National and International Level Conferences and Seminars.
- Faculty members have rich academic and research experience with Ph.D. qualification.
- Publications of Research papers in both National and International journals.
- Placement in IT companies (Tech Mahindra, Hexaware, WIPRO, TCS etc., )
- Specially designed skill development programmes with support of industrial experts.
Programmes Offered
- POST- GRADUATE: M.C.A. – MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
- DURATION: 2 YEARS – 4 SEMESTERS
Vision
- To impart knowledge of Computer Applications to meet the global needs/challenges
Mission
- To achieve academic excellence in Computer Applications through innovative teaching and learning processes
- To enhance the students to be professionally competent to face the challenges in the industry
- To promote the research among the faculty and the students to create state of art research facilities
- To ensure that the students are groomed in the society as a true professional
PEO, PO and PSO
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
Our Graduates of Computer Applications shall have:
- PEO1: Professional and technical career in computer applications
- PEO2: Programming skills in computing fields of IT industries
- PEO3: The life long learning and cultivate the research attitude
- PEO4: Professional ethics with societal responsibilities
Program Outcomes (POs)
Engineering Graduates will be able to:
- Computational Knowledge: Apply knowledge of computing fundamentals, computing specialization, mathematics, and domain knowledge appropriate for the computing specialization to the abstraction and conceptualization of computing models from defined problems and requirements.
- Problem Analysis: Identify, formulate, research literature, and solve complex computing problems reaching substantiated conclusions using fundamental principles of mathematics, computing sciences, and relevant domain disciplines.
- Design /Development of Solutions: Design and evaluate solutions for complex computing problems, and design and evaluate systems, components, or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
- Conduct investigations of complex Computing problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
- Modern Tool Usage: Create, select, adapt and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern computing tools to complex computing activities, with an understanding of the limitations.
- Professional Ethics: Understand and commit to professional ethics and cyber regulations, responsibilities, and norms of professional computing practices.
- Life-long Learning: Recognize the need, and have the ability, to engage in independent learning for continual development as a computing professional.
- Communication Efficacy: Communicate effectively with the computing community, and with society at large, about complex computing activities by being able to comprehend and write effective reports, design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and understand clear instructions.
- Societal and Environmental Concern: Understand and assess societal, environmental, health, safety, legal, and cultural issues within local and global contexts, and the consequential responsibilities relevant to professional computing practices.
- Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the computing and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
- Individual and Team Work: Function effectively as an individual and as a member or leader in diverse teams and in multidisciplinary environments.
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Identify a timely opportunity and using innovation to pursue that opportunity to create value and wealth for the betterment of the individual and society at large
Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
Computer Applications Students will:
- Apply the theoretical foundations of computer system and design principles in building the software and hardware components.
- Design and develop the application software systems that meet the automation needs of society and industry.
- Ability to apply knowledge of layered network Models, their protocols and technologies in building network and Internet based applications
Advisory Committee
Department Program Advisory Committee (DPAC)
| SNo | Name of the Member | Designation |
| 1. | Dr. R. Jayakumar | Professor Head,Department of MCA |
| 2. | Dr.C.Senthil Kumar | Professor,Department of MCA |
| 3. | Dr.M. Kannan | Professor Head,Department of CSE |
| 4. | Dr.S. Raju | Professor Head,Department of IT |
| 5. | Dr. N. Viswanathan | Professor Head,Department of ECE |
| 6. | Dr.P.M.Shareef | CEO,QTEEM Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd |
| 7. | Mr.M.Murali | Senior Program Manager,TechMahindra |
Members of the Board of Studies
| SNo | Name of the Member | Communication Address of the members | BoS Designation |
| 1 | Dr. R. Jayakumar | Professor & HOD, Department of MCA, Mahendra Engineering College | Chairman |
| 2 | Dr. B. Vinoth Kumar | Associate Professor, Department of Information Technology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore | University Nominee |
| 3 | Dr.B. Surendiran | Associate Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT-Puducherry, Karaikal | Subject Expert |
| 4 | Dr. P.M. Shareef | Chief Executive Officer QTEEM Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Chennai – 600087. | Industrial Expert |
| 5 | Mr. M. Murali | Senior Program Manager , TechMahindra, Hydrabad- 500081 | Industrial Expert |
| 6 | Dr. K. Sasirekha | Research Associate, Department of Compute Science, Periyar University, Salem – 636011 | MCA Alumni |
| 7 | Dr. M. Kannan | Professor & HOD, Department of CSE, Mahendra Engineering College | Academic Expert |
| 8 | Prof. K. Shanmugam | Professor & HOD, Department of Mathematics, Mahendra Engineering College | Academic Expert (Allied Department) |
| 9 | Dr. C. Senthil Kumar | Associate Professor , Department of MCA, Mahendra Engineering College | Senior Faculty Member |
| 10 | Dr. K. Prakash | Assistant Professor , Department of MCA, Mahendra Engineering College | Faculty Member |
- Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms Laboratory
- Python Programming Laboratory
- Communication Skills Laboratory
- Advanced Database Technology Laboratory
- Advanced JAVA Programming Laboratory
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Laboratory
- Full Stack Web Development Laboratory
- Data Analytics Laboratory
| SNo | Name of the Faculty | Designation |
| 1 | Dr.R.JAYAKUMAR | Professor & HOD |
| 2 | Dr.C.SENTHIL KUMAR | Associate Professor |
| 3 | Dr.K.PRAKASH | Assistant Professor |
| 4 | Mr.A.V.SENTHIL KUMAR | Assistant Professor |
| 5 | Mr.T.C.SATHEESH KUMAR | Assistant Professor |
| 6 | Ms.A.SANKARIDEVI | Assistant Professor |
| 7 | Mr.B.NAVEEN KUMAR | Assistant Professor |
| 8 | Mr.A.VIJAY | Assistant Professor |
| 9 | Ms.S.GAYATHIRI | Assistant Professor |
| 10 | Mrs.R.SHREESHA | Assistant Professor |
| 11 | Mr.V.VENKATESH | Assistant Professor |
| 12 | Mrs.K.KARTHIKA | Assistant Professor |
| SNo | Name of the Faculty Member | No. of Research Publications |
| 1 | Dr. R. Jayakumar | 8 |
| 2 | Dr. C. Senthil Kumar | 5 |
| 3 | A.V. Senthilkumar | – |
| 4 | T.C. Satheesh Kumar | – |
| 5 | K. Prakash | 3 |
| 6 | A. Sankari Devi | – |
| 7 | V. Joseph Emmanuvel | – |
| 8 | M. Arun Kumar | – |
| 9 | R. Silambarasan | – |
Journal/Conference Publications-National Level
- R. Jayakumar, “To Design Most Related & Recurrent Recommendation Algorithm for Relevant Information Retrieval with Content Rating Predations Accuracy for Similar Content E-Learner” , Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol. 9, pp. 454-458, 2018.
- K.Prakash, Andrews Samraj , “Tool Wear Condition Monitoring using Emitted Sound Signals by Acoustic- Electro Conversion”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR), Volume : 78, pp: 499-503, 2019. (Annexure- I).
Journal / Conference Publications – International Level
- R Jayakumar, “A Winning Strategies for Acing up Group Discussion” Anvesak, ISSN: 0378-4568, 2021.
- K Prakash, C Senthil Kumar, A Sankari Devi, “High Peak to Low Peak Analysis using Emitted Sound Signal in Tool Wear Monitoring”, International Journal of Natural Sciences, Vol.13, Issue 71, ISSN: 0976 – 0997, 2022.
- K Prakash, A Sankari Devi “An Approach to Reduce Overloading in Distributed Clustering using VACC Approach”, International Journal of Natural Sciences, Vol.13, Issue 71, 0976– ISSN: 0997, 2022
- Dr. R.Jayakumar, Ms.A.Sankari Devi, “A Holistic Redesign of Web Elements Using CATWOE Analysis”, International Journal of Information and Computing Science, Volume: 6, pp: 391-395, 2019.
- Dr. R. Jayakumar, R. Prasath “ Enhancing the Quality of Under Water Image using Lab on BSB Clahe”, International of Research of Analytical Reviews, Volume 6 Issue 2 , 2019.
- R Jayakumar, A. Sankaridevi, Dr. R.P. Ramkumar, Dr. R. Jayakumar “APriori based Frequent Symptom Set Association Mining in Medical Databases”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Volume 7 Issue 5 pp. 65-68, 2019.
- K.Prakash, Andrews Samraj, “Tool Flank Wear Estimation using Emitted Sound Signal Analysis by PCA-SER Based Peak to Peak Measurements” International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), Volume : 8,pp: 5212-5216, 2019. (Scopus indexed)
- Senthilkumar C & Dr. Srinath M V, “Software process maturity and capability evaluation and its implementation in the areas of e-learning organizations”, Journal of Computer Science, Science Publications, Volume 10 , Issue 4, pp. 641-657, ISSN: 1549-3636. (Scopus Indexed)
- Digital Contents
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Digital Library
- NPTEL Courses
- Industrial Visits
- Industry oriented certification courses
- Workshop and Short Term Training Programmes
- Employability Enhancement Courses (Technical Seminar, Mini Project Work etc.)
Credentials of the Department
- Three faculty members have completed Ph.D. degree
- NPTEL Local Chapter is established for students and faculty members appearing for NPTEL courses online examinations.
- Faculties are members in CSI Chapters and other Professional Bodies.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
| S.No. | Year and Level | Name of the Faculty | Name of the Award | Organization in which award received |
| 1 | (2025-2026) / National Level | Dr. C. Senthil Kumar | NPTEL Discipline Star | NPTEL |
| 2 | (2025-2026) / National Level | Ms. A. Sankaridevi | NPTEL Discipline Star | NPTEL |
| 3 | (2021-2022) / National Level | Ms. A. Sankaridevi | NPTEL Discipline Star | NPTEL and IIT, Madras |
| 4 | (2021-2022) / National Level | Dr. K. Prakash | NPTEL Discipline Star | NPTEL and IIT, Madras |
| 5 | (2021-2022) / National Level | Dr. C. Senthil Kumar | NPTEL Discipline Star | NPTEL and IIT, Madras |
| 6 | (2016-2017) / National Level | Dr. R. Jayakumar | Best Faculty of Computer Applications | Integrated Intelligent Research (IIR) |
Wipro Mission10x Programme
- Wipro Mission10X is an industry-academia collaboration program to align engineering student competencies with industrial needs
- Wipro Mission10X enhances the Engineering attributes of the Engineering graduates through Project based learning. The initiative was aimed at deepening the industry-academia bonds and building a strong foundation for the future needs of both academia and the growing embedded industry
- Various training programs are conducted for members of faculty members and students in WIPRO Mission 10X Technology Learning Centre (WIPRO MTLC).
ICT Academy Initiatives
- ICT Academy has evolved a framework for course development, faculty training and student training with focus in making the transmission of knowledge from the faculty to students highly effective with all the tools associated with the same.
- Having awarded ICT Academy Innovation and Best Practices academy award for the year 2016, in association with ICT Academy, various skill development training is organized.
Short-Term & Value-Added Courses organized in the last three academic years
| SNo | Name of the Short-Term Courses / Value-Added Courses | Number of students benefited |
| 1 | MongoDB Certification | 40 |
| 2 | Snowflake Certification | 35 |
| 3 | NPTEL Online Certification Courses | 18 |
| 4 | Infosys Campus Connect – Foundation Programme | 35 |
| 5 | VMware IT Academy | 25 |
| 6 | Salesforce Platform App Builder | 22 |
| 7 | Uipath RPA – GUVI | 35 |
| 8 | Next Generation Wireless Networks | 25 |
| SNo | Type of Events [Conference/ Seminar/Workshop] | Professional society | Date | Name of the Events | Name and Address of the Resource Persons |
| 1 | Alumni Lecture | ISTE | 19.12.2025 | Skills for Industry-Ready | Mr. Hamandakkumar S. Software Developer, NRD Tech Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore |
| 2 | IIC – Self Driven Activity | IIC | 19.11.2025 | Session on Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Dr. S. Deepansa, MMGS Scale III, Senior Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Tiruppur. |
| 3 | Seminar | ISTE | 31.10.2025 | Trends in Full-Stack & Database – Deep Dive | Mr. Karthick Selvaraj, Senior software Test, Engineer, Lakeba IT solutions, Coimbatore. |
| 4 | Alumni Lecture | ISTE | 09.05.2025 | Trends in Database Technology | Mr. Sathish Rajendran, Software Engineer, Integra Micro Software Services, Bangalore. |
| 5 | IIC Activity | IIC | 25.04.2025 | IIC – Self Driven Activity Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights” | Ms. M. Dharshini, Founder & Trainer, D – Tech Aspire Private Ltd., Fairlands, Salem |
| 6 | IIT/NIT Lecture | ISTE | 21.04.2025 | Recent Advancements in Artificial Neural Network | Dr. Malaya Kumar Nath, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, NIT Puducherry, Thiruvettakudy, Karaikal |
| 7 | Seminar | ISTE | 28.03.2025 | Innovation in Cloud Computing | Ms. Sowntharya S Automation Specialist, CubeAISolutions, Bangalore |
| 8 | IIC – Self Driven Activity | IIC | 04.12.2024 | Workshop on “Innovation and Start-up for Computer Engineers” | Mr. P. Senthil, CEO, Aptiva Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Fair Lands, Salem |
| 9 | IIC – Calendar Activity | IIC | 26.11.2024 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Mr. Dinesh Yuvaraj, CTO, Cube AI Solutions, Ananthnagar, 8th Cross, Electronic City Phase 2, Bangalore |
| 10 | MAILS – Guest Lecture | ISTE | 15.11.2024 | Cyber Hygiene & Busting Digital Arrest | Ms. R. Pavithra Research Fellow, School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT Bhopal Univeristy, Bhopal, MP. |
| 11 | Seminar | ISTE | 08.10.2024 | Cyber Security | Dr.Manikantan Poonkundran Portfolio Manager & Client Engagement Leader, Capgemini Technology Services India Limited, Chennai. |
| 12 | IIT/NIT Guest Lecture | ISTE | 27.09.2024 | Artificial Neural Network | Dr. R. Vishnu priya , Associate Professor, Computer Applications, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli |
| 13 | MAILS – Guest Lecture | ISTE | 29.05.2024 | Trends in Digital Marketing | Mr. Arun N. Media Analyst, Annalect, Prestige Technostar, Doddanakundi Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 14 | IIC Self Driven Activity | IIC | 24.05.2024 | Start Up | Mr. Chandru Durairaj, Co – Founder & Director, Factise Consulting Private Limited, B-306, Kethana Orchids, 17, Silver Spring Road, Marathahalli, Bangalore |
| 15 | IIT/NIT Guest Lecture | ISTE | 30.04.2024 | Natural Language Processing | Dr. Vani V., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Puducherry, Karaikal |
| 16 | Seminar | ISTE | 10.04.2024 | Kubernetes and Cloud Essentials | Mr. Saravanan A. S., Cloud Infra Specialist, Nokia Solutions and Networks Pvt. Ltd., Pacifica Tech Park, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Navalur, Chennai |
| 17 | IIC Activity – Workshop | IIC | 16.02.2024 | Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behavior Development | Mr. Navaneethan Gunasekaran, CEO, Huge IT Solutions, No:416, Second Floor, Veejay Capella building, Vivekananda Road, Ponnay Street, Coimbatore |
| 18 | Guest Lecture | ISTE | 07.12.2023 | ANDROID AND ITS APPLICATIONS | Mr. S. Avudaiyappan, Managing Director, Marcello Tech, Chennai. |
| 19 | INNOVATION & STARTUP | IIC | 27.11.2023 | INNOVATION & STARTUP | Dr. M. Prabhu, Technical Director, PKP Institute of Research & Technology, Chennai. |
| 20 | MAILS – Guest Lecture | ISTE | 17.11.2023 | Mobile Application Development | Mrs. S.Vishnupriya Software Engineer, Botree Software International Pvt. Ltd., Chennai. |
| 21 | Webinar | ISTE | 17.10.2023 | Dr. Noor Mahammad SK, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIITDM, Kancheepuram, Chennai | Dr. N. Jayaprakash Senior Consultant, Infosys Ltd., Bengaluru |
| 22 | IIT/NIT Guest Lecture | ISTE | 12.10.2023 | Cyber Security and Vulnerabilities Assessment | Dr. Noor Mahammad SK, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIITDM, Kancheepuram, Chennai |
| 23 | NIT Guest Lecture | ISTE | 16.05.2023 | Artificial Intelligence of Things | DR. P. Kumaran, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT-Puducherry, Karaikal.. |
| 24 | MAILS -Guest Lecture | ISTE | 12.05.2023 | Full Stack Web Development | MR. E. Kulanthysamy, Marketing technology specialist, Verticurl Marketing Pvt. Ltd. Coimbatore. |
| 25 | Webinar | ISTE | 17.03.2023 | Introduction to Microservice Architecture and Design Patterns | Mr. Abhishek kumar, Senior Engineering Lead, Jiffy.ai, Bommanahalli, Bengaluru. |
Faculty members to whom Ph.D. Degree awarded during the last five academic years:
| SNo | Name of the Faculty | Academic Year |
| 1 | Dr.C.Senthil Kumar | 2015-2016 |
| 2 | Dr.R.Jayakumar | 2016-2017 |
| 3 | Dr.K.Prakash | 2020-2021 |
Number of research publications of the faculty members
- Academic Year 2022-2023 : 3
- Academic Year 2023-2024 : 3
- Academic Year 2024-2025 : 4
- Academic Year 2020-2021 : 3
- Academic Year 2019-2020 : 3
- Academic Year 2018-2019 : 5
- Academic Year 2017-2018 : 3
Memorandum of Understanding signed during last three academic years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-2017
- Memorandum of Understanding on Research Knowledge between Department of Computer Applications (MCA) of Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal and Dept. of Computing Research, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom on 2nd September 2016.
ICT Academy
ICT Academy is an initiative of the Government of India in collaboration with the state Governments and Industries. ICT Academy is a not-for-profit society, the first of its kind pioneer venture under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model that endeavours to train the higher education teachers and students thereby exercises on developing the next generation teachers and industry ready students.
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Sheffield Hallam University ,UK
Memorandum of Understanding on Research Knowledge between Department of Computer Applications (MCA) of Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal and Department of Computing Research, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom on 2nd September 2016.
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AWS Educate
Our Department has registered with AWS Educate membership which enables us to use Amazon Web Services in their courses and projects. It initiative to provide students and educators with the resources needed to greatly accelerate cloud-related learning and help students prepare for a cloud-enabled workplace. It collaboration tools such as an events page and credits to access AWS services for free and discount for AWS training resources
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Red Hat Academy
Under the Program, Red Hat provides Partner an Internet deployed and managed Curriculum, Software, and Services and Partner provides the facilities and Teachers and delivers the Courses to Students as set forth in this Appendix. Capitalized terms not defined in this Appendix shall have the meaning given to them in the Partner Agreement between the parties, including the Partner Terms and Conditions.
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Ui Path
Under the program, UiPath enters into partnerships with universities, educational institutes, high schools or governmental educational authorities for the purpose of raising awareness, promoting and providing resources for enabling robotic process automation software courses, trainings and any other educational programs.
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Flipped Learning:
- Academic Year 2022-2023 : 3
- Academic Year 2023-2024 : 3
- Academic Year 2024-2025 : 4
Blended Learning:
- Academic Year 2022-2023 : 2
- Academic Year 2023-2024 : 2
- Academic Year 2024-2025 : 3
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The Head of the Department,
- Department of Computer Applications (MCA),
- Mahendra Engineering College (Autonomous),
- Mahendhirapuri,
- Mallasamudram (West),
- Salem-Tiruchengode Highway,
- Tiruchengode(Tk),
- Namakkal 637 503.
- Phone:04288-288500 Ext. 585
- Mail id: hodmca@mahendra.info












