Research engagement -Projects and Papers

Along with the workshops and special guest lectures, the Department of Computer Science offers a Research Platform to the young technocrats through their engagements with innovative research-based projects and research papers. Students of the department are motivated to perform some concept-based surveys and then analyse the information to conclude facts to support the research objectives. A few of the Student-Faculty Research Projects initiated by the department included: the E-Farming with IoT Project, E-Governance (ERP) Project, Cyber Security Education Project, etc. In addition, every individual faculty of the department guided and motivated students to write research articles related to the upcoming technologies, review papers, and papers on the basis of the survey-based study. Many of the students presented their papers on the day of the First National Symposium on “The Impact of Socioeconomic Policies on Global Development” organized by the Research Cell of the College on March 10-11, 2022.

Training cum Internship Program (ADD ON COURSE)- Web App Development using Python Web Framework- Django

The Certificate Course of Django was conducted by Centre from FUTURO FOCUS, Chennai which was being held from 5th October 2021 to 22nd December 2021 using online platform. The total Number of Participants was 17 under the guidance of Prof. Saravana Kumar (Director of Futuro Focus) had completed our course with good result the main aim of this course was to know and how to develop a web page after the completion of the course there was a 15 day rigorous internship were the students were asked to developed a small mini project using python framework Django. Mr Saravana Kumar, had dedicatedly delivered his knowledge to us and has helped the students in their doubts session regarding their project. The sessions were lively. In the course outcome the students learnt about Python, HTML, CSS, and Django. Every student had actively participated in it.

One day training program on “Soft Skills - A fundamental Requisite for All Professions”

On Monday the 16th August 2021 the Department of Computer Science of St Xavier’s Collee – Jaipur organised one day training program on “Soft Skills - A fundamental Requisite for All Professions” for the benefit of pre-final year students of the department. Prof Dr. Dawn S S, Professor (Research) and Head Centre for Waste Management, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600 119 was the resource person fro this training program. During the formal introduction session Ms. Keren Daniel, coordinator of the progamme welcomed the gathering and also introduced resource persons to the audience. While addressing students, Prof. Dr. Dawn SS , focused on the efforts of capturing the attention of the student through a virtual game for providing state-of-the art facilities to the students to make them successful in their career. Adding to it, the speaker also emphasized on the ability to Adapt to the change for the future and gain confidence in difficult situations. And ended on a note saying, “If you are a person who learns quickly, it is because you know how to adapt”. The event came successfully to end after the Q&A Sessions.

Guest Lecture on Specific and Focused Career Study with a Professionals Certificate

The Department of Computer Science in association with UpGrad (India's largest online higher education company) has offered a “Data Science Certificate Programme”. To provide detailed information about the course an Introductory Session (Guest Lecture) on Specific and Focused Career Study with a Professional Certificate on Data Science Certificate Programme was organized on 15 November 2021 at 12 noon. Recourse Person for Introductory Session (Webinar) Topic: Data Science Learnathon - From Classroom to Halls of Ivy Expert Name: Snehanshu Sekhar Sahu "Applied Scientist in E-Commerce, Previously AI Researcher at American Express, Data Science & Machine Learning Educator at UpGrad" Zoom.

Webinar (Guest Lecture)- IT & Research Aptitude Development Among new generations for Development of New Technologies in Covid'19 pandemic

The Department of Computer Science of St. Xavier’s College Jaipur has organized a guest Lecture on "IT & Research Aptitude Development Among new generations for Development of New Technologies in Covid'19 pandemic" for our BCA students on the Topic: IT & Research Aptitude Development Among new generations for Development of New Technologies (“IT Industry Scenario and Career Guidance). The Expert Name was Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Delivery Manager & Practice Head - Salesforce & EAM, Senior Consultant at, Pratham Software (PSI). The program coordinator of the panel discussion were Dr Dharmveer Yadav and Dr. Vaishali Singh.

Webinar on the theme (India: Key features of The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019- A vision for future security)

The Xavier’s Cyber Security Cell (XCSC) in association with Department of Computer Science and Tech-X Club has organized a Webinar on the theme (India: Key features of The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019- A vision for future security) on 27-28 January 2022 to celebrate the Data Privacy Day. The resource persons were Dr. Shafiq Ul Rehman, Assistant Professor (III) at Amity University Rajasthan (AUR), Jaipur, India and Dr. Ajeet Singh Poonia, Current Designation: Associate (Professor due from 2013), Additional Assignment: Dean, Industry Institute Relations, Dean, MCA & Nodal Officer (Centre for Cyber Security). The program coordinator of the panel discussion were Dr Arpita Banerjee and Dr. Vaishali Singh. The event was held online through the Google meet platform and the students actively participated in the event.

Panel Discussion with 3 speakers Panel Discussion-“E Commerce Privacy Roadmap for Secure Digital Transactions”

The Department of Computer Science in collaboration with Tech-X Club have organized the Panel Discussion on the theme “E Commerce Privacy Roadmap for Secure Digital Transactions” on 22nd November 2021 at 1:00 PM. The webinar focused on the road map for new decade creating a secure future for Digital payments. The Panellists were Mr Amit Kumar Singh, Assistant Professor Amity University, Rajasthan and Mr Mukesh Choudhary, founder and CEO of Cyberops Infosec Chief Technology Officer and Cyber Crime Consultant at Police Commissionerate, Jaipur. The Panellists include a range of subject matter experts who answered questions about the importance of protecting our digital payments and highlighted the steps we can take to secure the same. The program coordinator of the panel discussion were Ms. Pushpanjali Saini and Dr. Vaishali Singh and the emcees were Chaitanya Maheshwari and Harshita Rathore of BCA II. The event was held online through the Google meet platform and the students actively participated in the event and ask the questions to secure the digital payments in future.

Social Engagement

The ISREAC/UBA Programme of the College offers a unique opportunity to students to engage themselves across several communities in around the college vicinity. student engagements are considered important at Xavier’s not only because of their relationship with student learning system but also represent a disposition towards society that are marginalised and ain a life-long learning experience in sharing and caring as humans. 

The students of our department are extremely enthusiastic in working for the underprivileged. They helped in training students in the slums of the most backward part of Jaipur near Shastri Nagar which is situated in heart of the city. With their digital literacy they help in collecting the survey details through digital techniques. They have a deep sense of belonginess towards the deprived.

Dept. research outcome Publication (Informatica’s)

“Research is to see what everybody else has seen and to think what nobody else has thought.” - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Research is a common activity which is required in all disciplines and pursuits to match pace with the ever-changing world. It has the power of finding solutions to the real life's problems in a systematized and formalized manner, which further sets the model for the rest of the world. The Department of Computer Science always aims to provide opportunities to the students to explore their potential in research and development along with their academic pursuits. To fulfil the objective of imparting practical knowledge and utilizing it in the field of research and invention, the Department of Computer Science has introduced the annual department Journal, Informatica. This Students' Journal is surely going to excel the research spirit of our students. 

link: https://stxaviersjaipur.org/informaticas.aspx

Dept. Highlights outcome Publication (X-Techzine)

In today's dynamic ecosphere, technology plays a vital role in every area of life and society of its ascendant movement. The Department of Computer Science has taken up the responsibility of accelerating this movement through its Annual Magazine X-Techzine. The key objective of the department magazine is to make students understand the presentation of the creativity, experiences, and the ongoing elevations of the technical world. The magazine offers a platform for the students to express their writing and presentation skills. It also hones the technical illustrative abilities of the students by providing the opportunity to design it fully and bring it into an exhibiting asset. 

links: https://stxaviersjaipur.org/x-techzine.aspx

Skill Enhancement Training in Studio (Multi Media Lab) and CS Blog (Information Platform)

The studio committee has been the most pivotal place for students to enhance their skills and exhalate their calibre in multimedia. The college management has immensely created a platform for students to enhance their skills in a structured way with the fast-growing technology and changing scenario. And the entire college is taken aback by the power of multimedia setup with the most powerful systems like MAC processor, IOS systems and dual window operating systems with the proper guidance of Fr Periyanayagam SJ Multimedia Specialist. He trained the students and staff on how to handle the live streaming session through YouTube and Various other platforms. Studio has become a crucial part of college. The studio has been the cutting edge of information technology, as Its importance has been realized in almost felt in all events of the college, may it be Live streaming a webinar, creating cinematography, creating posters for events, handling YouTube studio, graphics, audio, animation, and video. The Department of Computer Science feels proud to see the students of different department joining hands to showcase their talents in this place. https://sxcjcomputerscience.blogspot.com/ The coordinator of CS Blog were Dr Vaishali Singh and Ms Pushpanjali Saini. The Coordinator of Studio were Ms Keren L Daniel.

Mentor-Mentee System

On the occasion of National Mentoring Day on October 27, 2021, the Department of Computer Science initiated the Mentoring Program for the students of all classes of BCA Course, to develop, maintain, and improve their overall performance. The program was aimed to mentor students in a way, to create a high-performance cadre of leaders who will motivate and guide others to produce productive and sustainable outcomes in society. With this, all the students got assigned mentors for guiding them throughout the session in all dimensions of life and career both. The mentors throughout the session maintained high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, and respect and inculcated the same level of values among all students.

Ability Enhancement CERTIFICATE COURSE- An Ecosystem for Cyber Security in Cyber Space (Training and Certificate Program)

In session 2021-22, the Department of Computer Science offered An Ecosystem for Cyber Security in Cyber Space, Training and Certificate Program. The program was offered to all UG and PG Course students of our college. The Course commenced on 8 December 2021. Nine students from different classes got trained in dealing with Networked systems, standalone Operating systems, Virtualization, Web Applications, Solution through python Programming constructs, Footprinting, Google Hacking, Scanning, Password Breaking, System Hacking, how to deal with malware, Keyloggers, etc. Students also got exposure to handling cyber forensic and crime investigation cases through a variety of case studies.

Name of the Event: Training cum Internship Program (ADD ON COURSE)- Web App Development using Python Web Framework- Django

The Certificate Course of Django was conducted by Centre from FUTURO FOCUS, Chennai which was being held from 5th October 2021 to 22nd December 2021 using online platform. The total Number of Participants was 17 under the guidance of Prof. Saravana Kumar (Director of Futuro Focus) had completed our course with good result the main aim of this course was to know and how to develop a web page after the completion of the course there was a 15 day rigorous internship were the students were asked to developed a small mini project using python framework Django. Mr Saravana Kumar, had dedicatedly delivered his knowledge to us and has helped the students in their doubts session regarding their project. The sessions were lively. In the course outcome the students learnt about Python, HTML, CSS, and Django. Every student had actively participated in it.

Name of the Event: Bridge Course on "Basic Mathematics" for the non-Mathematics-based students

BCA is a professional course that welcomes the students from all the streams. Therefore, the Department of Computer Science had offered a bridge course of Basic Mathematics for the non- mathematics-based students for 15 hours duration in two batches from 6-10-2021 to 29 -10-2021. So that they can be at par with the mathematics based- students. The bridge course was conducted before the beginning of the regular classes. This helped the non-mathematics-based students to have a clear understanding of the basic concepts of mathematics. The bridge course has also helped the students in learning the IT based concepts which were basically mathematics oriented. This concept building was needed for the efficient learning of subjects like Discrete mathematics in BCA.

Name of the Event: Bridge Course on Basics Computers” for the non-IT students from different streams like arts/science/commerce

The “Basics Computers” bridge course was designed and scheduled from 2-09-2021 - 30-09-2021 for the non-IT students from different streams like arts/science/commerce and were not having Informatics Practice (IP) as a subject in school education. This bridging course was considered as a department-preparation course with an academic curriculum/syllabus that was designed to mature these students for the Under Graduates level studies by providing instructions and significant practices in a knowledgeable computer skill. This course will provide a basic knowledge of Computer, Operating System, Number system, software and hardware to the students. From this course the students learnt how to computers operate itself and how they can be used to make work more efficient. For the students it became easy to recognize the basic components of computers and terminology such as data, information and file management, computer networks, Internet, content search, and email management. The outcome of the courses was to understand and study the history of computer programming, study about the internet operations and basic protocols, study web designing basics, understand the basic working process of an operating system and examine the structure of various number systems and its application in digital design and analyze a web page and identify its elements and attributes.

Computer Science Department Library

Computer Science students of batch 2021-22 along with dept. members under the initiative taken by Dr Dharmveer Yadav took a decision to establish a departmental library. The computer science needs to have latest resource (books, journal and volumes) for making it available for the department students. BCA student took initiative to provide support to the library by donating their books to the library. The computer science dept. has now its own library and books are available for the students without any charge to refer any book at the dept. itself. Also, this activity will enhance the habit to reading the books. Also, this initiatives by the alumni students shows the attachment and gratitude.

Student Induction Student Induction Program (SIP) for BCA I Department Orientation

The Department of Computer Science has organized Student Induction Student Induction Program (SIP) for BCA 1 Department Orientation for First year students from 25 September to 1 October 2021. The Department Orientation program commenced on 25th September 2021 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am with the objective of Familiarization with St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur College and Department of Computer Science, Tech-X (IT Club) and Alumni). On 27th September 20219:00 AM – 11:00 AM the highlights of Outcome based curriculum framework for Computer Science Education (Nature and Extent of the BCA Programme, Types of Courses, Core Course discussion, Electives, Discipline Specific Elective, Generic Elective, Project, Ability Enhancement Courses, About Practical/Tutorial) were discussed with new students. On the next day 28th September 2021 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM the focus was on the Evaluation and Assessment System (Examination Cell, Student Affairs Cell, Code of Conduct Committee, Appeals & Grievances Committee, Library & Xavier Knowledge Centre (XKC), Multi- disciplinary Conference). On 29th September 2021 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM the Inculcation of Human Values & Professional Ethics (Institutional Social Responsibility & Extension Activities Cell, Media & Advertising, Studio, MOOCs/SWAYAM, Red Ribbon Club) were discussed with the students. On 30th September 2021 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM the light was thrown on Social & Industry Connect (Training, Internship & Placement Cell (TIPC), Students’ Council, Cultural Committee, Drama Club) of the college. On the last date 1st October 2021 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM the students were explained about the Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Development (Innovation & Incubation Cell (IIC), Intellectual Property Rights Committee, College Website Management, Photography Club). The program was well organized by the Head of the Department and Department faculties and second/third year students

One day training program on “Soft Skills - A fundamental Requisite for All Professions”

On Monday the 16th August 2021 the Department of Computer Science of St Xavier’s Collee – Jaipur organised one day training program on “Soft Skills - A fundamental Requisite for All Professions” for the benefit of pre-final year students of the department. Prof Dr. Dawn S S, Professor (Research) and Head Centre for Waste Management, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600 119 was the resource person fro this training program. During the formal introduction session Ms. Keren Daniel, coordinator of the progamme welcomed the gathering and also introduced resource persons to the audience. While addressing students, Prof. Dr. Dawn SS , focused on the efforts of capturing the attention of the student through a virtual game for providing state-of-the art facilities to the students to make them successful in their career. Adding to it, the speaker also emphasized on the ability to Adapt to the change for the future and gain confidence in difficult situations. And ended on a note saying, “If you are a person who learns quickly, it is because you know how to adapt”. The event came successfully to end after the Q&A Sessions.

Student Induction Program (SIP) for BCA II & III Department Orientation

The Department of computer science had conducted a “One-week Student Induction Student Induction Program (SIP) for BCA II & III Department Orientation” for all the students of II and III year from 9th to 14th August 2021. The induction cum orientation program started with stating the vision and mission of the department. The basic aim of establishing the CS department is to build and motivate technology- based environments and to enhance technical, programmable, designing, skills among students. Further the relevance of various committees and clubs framed in the college were also discussed with the students. How they can balance between curricular and extracurricular activities was being told to them. They were also guided about internship, placement, making more and more use of the library, etc.