Mahendra Engineering College
An Autonomous Institution | Approved by AICTE | Affiliated to Anna University Recognized u/s 12(B) & 2(f) of UGC | NAAC Accredited with 'A++' Grade & NBA Tier - 1(WA) CSE,ECE,EEE

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The Department of Computer Applications was established in 1998 with the sanctioned intake of 60 students for MCA.

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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)

SNoName of the MemberDesignation
1.Dr. R. JayakumarProfessor Head,Department of MCA
2.Dr.C.Senthil KumarProfessor,Department of MCA
3.Dr.M. KannanProfessor Head,Department of CSE
4.Dr.S. RajuProfessor Head,Department of IT
5.Dr. N. ViswanathanProfessor Head,Department of ECE
6.Dr.P.M.ShareefCEO,QTEEM Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd
7.Mr.M.MuraliSenior Program Manager,TechMahindra

Members of the Board of Studies

SNoName of the MemberCommunication Address of the membersBoS Designation
1Dr. R. JayakumarProfessor & HOD,
Department of MCA,
Mahendra Engineering College
Chairman
2Dr. B. Vinoth KumarAssociate Professor,
Department of Information Technology,
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
University Nominee
3Dr.B. SurendiranAssociate Professor
Department of Computer Science
and Engineering,
NIT-Puducherry, Karaikal
Subject
Expert
4Dr. P.M. ShareefChief Executive Officer
QTEEM Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd,
Chennai – 600087.
Industrial Expert
5Mr. M. MuraliSenior Program Manager ,
TechMahindra,
Hydrabad- 500081
Industrial Expert
6Dr. K. SasirekhaResearch Associate,
Department of Compute Science,
Periyar University, Salem – 636011
MCA Alumni
7Dr. M. KannanProfessor & HOD,
Department of CSE,
Mahendra Engineering College
Academic Expert
8Prof. K. ShanmugamProfessor & HOD,
Department of Mathematics,
Mahendra Engineering College
Academic Expert
(Allied Department)
9Dr. C. Senthil KumarAssociate Professor ,
Department of MCA,
Mahendra Engineering College
Senior
Faculty Member
10Dr. K. PrakashAssistant 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
SNoName of the FacultyDesignation
1Dr.R.JAYAKUMARProfessor & HOD
2Dr.C.SENTHIL KUMARAssociate Professor
3Dr.K.PRAKASHAssistant Professor
4Mr.A.V.SENTHIL KUMARAssistant Professor
5Mr.T.C.SATHEESH KUMARAssistant Professor
6Ms.A.SANKARIDEVIAssistant Professor
7Mr.B.NAVEEN KUMARAssistant Professor
8Mr.A.VIJAYAssistant Professor
9Ms.S.GAYATHIRIAssistant Professor
10Mrs.R.SHREESHAAssistant Professor
11Mr.V.VENKATESHAssistant Professor
12Mrs.K.KARTHIKAAssistant Professor
SNoName of the Faculty MemberNo. of Research Publications
1  Dr. R. Jayakumar8
2Dr. C. Senthil Kumar5
3A.V. Senthilkumar
4T.C. Satheesh Kumar
5K. Prakash3
6A. Sankari Devi
7V. Joseph Emmanuvel
8M. Arun Kumar
9R. 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 LevelName of the FacultyName of the AwardOrganization in which award received
1(2025-2026) / National LevelDr. C. Senthil KumarNPTEL Discipline StarNPTEL
2(2025-2026) / National LevelMs. A. SankarideviNPTEL Discipline StarNPTEL
3(2021-2022) / National LevelMs. A. SankarideviNPTEL Discipline StarNPTEL and IIT, Madras
4(2021-2022) / National LevelDr. K. PrakashNPTEL Discipline StarNPTEL and IIT, Madras
5(2021-2022) / National LevelDr. C. Senthil KumarNPTEL Discipline StarNPTEL and IIT, Madras
6(2016-2017) / National LevelDr. R. JayakumarBest Faculty of Computer ApplicationsIntegrated 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

SNoName of the Short-Term Courses / Value-Added CoursesNumber of students benefited
1MongoDB Certification40
2Snowflake Certification35
3NPTEL Online Certification Courses18
4Infosys Campus Connect – Foundation Programme35
5VMware IT Academy25
6Salesforce Platform App Builder22
7Uipath RPA – GUVI35
8Next Generation Wireless Networks25

 

SNoType of Events
[Conference/ Seminar/Workshop]
Professional societyDateName of the EventsName and Address of the Resource Persons
1  Alumni Lecture  ISTE19.12.2025Skills for Industry-ReadyMr. Hamandakkumar S.
Software Developer,
NRD Tech Pvt. Ltd.,
Coimbatore
2IIC – Self  Driven ActivityIIC19.11.2025Session on Innovation and EntrepreneurshipDr. S. Deepansa,
MMGS Scale III,
Senior Manager,
Indian Overseas Bank,
Tiruppur.
3SeminarISTE31.10.2025Trends in Full-Stack & Database – Deep DiveMr. Karthick Selvaraj,
Senior software Test, Engineer,
Lakeba IT solutions,
Coimbatore.
4Alumni Lecture  ISTE09.05.2025Trends in Database TechnologyMr. Sathish Rajendran,
Software Engineer,
Integra Micro Software Services, Bangalore.
5IIC ActivityIIC25.04.2025IIC – Self Driven Activity Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights”Ms. M. Dharshini,
Founder & Trainer,
D – Tech Aspire Private Ltd.,
Fairlands, Salem
6IIT/NIT LectureISTE21.04.2025Recent Advancements in Artificial Neural NetworkDr. Malaya Kumar Nath,
Associate Professor,
Department of ECE,
NIT Puducherry,
Thiruvettakudy, Karaikal
7SeminarISTE28.03.2025Innovation in Cloud ComputingMs. Sowntharya S
Automation Specialist,
CubeAISolutions, Bangalore
8IIC – Self  Driven ActivityIIC04.12.2024Workshop on “Innovation and Start-up for Computer Engineers”Mr. P. Senthil,
CEO,
Aptiva Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Fair Lands,
Salem
9IIC – Calendar ActivityIIC26.11.2024Innovation and EntrepreneurshipMr. Dinesh Yuvaraj,
CTO,
Cube AI Solutions,
Ananthnagar, 8th Cross, Electronic City Phase 2,
Bangalore
10MAILS – Guest LectureISTE15.11.2024Cyber Hygiene & Busting Digital ArrestMs. R. Pavithra
Research Fellow,
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT Bhopal Univeristy, Bhopal, MP.  
11 SeminarISTE08.10.2024Cyber SecurityDr.Manikantan Poonkundran
Portfolio Manager & Client Engagement Leader,
Capgemini Technology Services India Limited,
Chennai.  
12IIT/NIT Guest LectureISTE27.09.2024Artificial Neural NetworkDr. R. Vishnu priya ,
Associate Professor,
Computer Applications,
National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli
13 MAILS – Guest LectureISTE29.05.2024Trends in Digital MarketingMr. Arun N.
Media Analyst,
Annalect,
 Prestige Technostar,
Doddanakundi
Bengaluru, Karnataka
14 IIC Self Driven ActivityIIC24.05.2024Start UpMr. Chandru Durairaj,
Co – Founder & Director,
Factise Consulting Private Limited,
B-306, Kethana Orchids,
17, Silver Spring Road,
Marathahalli, Bangalore
15IIT/NIT Guest LectureISTE30.04.2024Natural Language ProcessingDr. Vani V.,
Associate Professor,
Computer Science and Engineering,
National Institute of Technology,
Puducherry, Karaikal
16SeminarISTE10.04.2024Kubernetes and Cloud EssentialsMr. Saravanan A. S.,
Cloud Infra Specialist,
Nokia Solutions and Networks Pvt. Ltd.,
Pacifica Tech Park,
Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Navalur, Chennai
17 IIC Activity – WorkshopIIC16.02.2024Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behavior DevelopmentMr. Navaneethan Gunasekaran,
CEO, Huge IT Solutions,
No:416, Second Floor,
Veejay Capella building,
Vivekananda Road,
Ponnay Street, Coimbatore
18Guest LectureISTE07.12.2023ANDROID AND ITS APPLICATIONSMr. S. Avudaiyappan,
Managing Director,
Marcello Tech, Chennai.
19INNOVATION & STARTUPIIC27.11.2023INNOVATION & STARTUPDr. M. Prabhu,
Technical Director,
PKP Institute of Research & Technology, Chennai.
20MAILS – Guest LectureISTE17.11.2023Mobile Application DevelopmentMrs. S.Vishnupriya
Software Engineer,
Botree Software International Pvt. Ltd.,
Chennai.
21WebinarISTE  17.10.2023Dr. Noor Mahammad SK,
Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
IIITDM, Kancheepuram, Chennai
Dr. N. Jayaprakash
Senior Consultant,
Infosys Ltd.,
Bengaluru
22IIT/NIT Guest LectureISTE12.10.2023Cyber Security and Vulnerabilities AssessmentDr. Noor Mahammad SK,
Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
IIITDM, Kancheepuram, Chennai
23NIT Guest LectureISTE16.05.2023Artificial Intelligence of ThingsDR. P. Kumaran,
Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
NIT-Puducherry, Karaikal..  
24MAILS -Guest LectureISTE12.05.2023Full Stack Web Development  MR. E. Kulanthysamy,
Marketing technology specialist,
Verticurl Marketing Pvt. Ltd.
Coimbatore.
25WebinarISTE17.03.2023Introduction to Microservice Architecture and Design PatternsMr. Abhishek kumar,
Senior Engineering Lead,
Jiffy.ai,
Bommanahalli, Bengaluru.  

Faculty members to whom Ph.D. Degree awarded during the last five academic years:

SNoName of the FacultyAcademic Year
1Dr.C.Senthil Kumar2015-2016
2Dr.R.Jayakumar2016-2017
3Dr.K.Prakash2020-2021

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.

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.

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

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.

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.



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
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ADMISSION 2026 - 2027
TNEO CODE 2609
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