St Philomena College was founded by Msgr Antony Patrao who felt that a College in this part of the state would save the people of the inconvenience of moving to distant places for higher education. He set out to realize his dream and the mission was accomplished in the year 1958.
Since its inception, the Institute has lived up to societal expectations, turning out consistent and appreciable results in academic and non-academic fields. The institution does attempt to treat the primary stakeholders in 5 UG programs and 5 PG programs with a rewarding educational experience.
The Quality Assurance Framework of the institution has been developed to assure academic standards and enhance the quality of education. It underlines the institution’s commitment to excellence and improvement.
ISO 9001: 2015 Certified | Re-Accredited by NAAC at ‘A’ Grade | Managed by the CBE
PROGRAM BRIEF
BCA is a UG course in Computer Applications. India's deliverance is possible due to the accessibility of the huge IT industry. Several options for computer graduates have been made possible by the expanding IT sector and its supporting industries. Major enterprises and software companies are looking for graduates with a strong background in Computer Applications. Every industry, including automobile, hospitality, education, manufacturing, and supply chain, uses computer technologies to optimize and simplify their processes. Current advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, automation, and robotics have created a wide range of integration and application possibilities. The BCA degree assists students in gaining adequate programming practices along with imparting the required theoretical and system knowledge. The program also includes providing students with an option of choosing interdisciplinary courses and electives which would further help them in widening their knowledge horizon. BCA is one of the popular programs among students who want to make their career in the IT and ITeS sectors. It offers a lot of opportunities for students who are interested in the computer field and pursue their careers IT sector as programmers or software developers.
OPTIONS AVAILABLE
1. BCA (Basic)
2. BCA AI & ML
3. BCA Data Analytics
Add-ons
1. Cyber Security Infrastructure Configuration
2. Robotics Process Automation
3. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
To empower students to be technically competent, innovative, self-motivated, and responsible citizens with human values, and to contribute significantly in providing global standard education through a conducive teaching & learning environment that responds quickly to the challenges of an ever-changing techno-world.
Provide cutting-edge technology and advanced laboratory courses to students, create an environment where they may become progressive learners, industry- ready professionals, and entrepreneurs.
Offer high-quality experiential learning through effective pedagogies to gain knowledge in current software tools and to meet the industry's real-time needs.
Instil problem-solving & team-building abilities and professional skills, as well as a sense of societal and ethical duties, to encourage lifelong learning.
Improve the industry-academia interaction, allowing students to emerge as academic leaders or as inspiring revolutionaries in entrepreneurship.
To teach students how to apply the principles of computer science, mathematics and scientific investigation to solve real-world problems appropriate to the discipline.
To teach students lifelong learning skills, which will allow them to successfully adapt to evolving technologies throughout their professional careers.
To prepare students for employment and advanced studies, and provide them with significant experiences in complex software development for real-world problems.
To teach students effective teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills that enable them to work with others effectively in their professional careers.
To prepare students to function ethically and responsibly, and to be conscious of ethical, social, global, legal, security and professional issues related to computing.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
BCA is a foundation course that helps students to lead a career in various related areas. A wide range of job profiles is offered for BCA graduates. As the information technology sector is rapidly expanding, finding suitable employment prospects is not difficult with a Degree in Computer Application. BCA graduates have a great opportunity to obtain jobs as web developers, web designers, network administrators, system managers, computer programmers, software developers, software testers, etc., depending on the abilities they gained in the program. BCA graduates can get employment with a broad spectrum of companies, organizations, and MNCs. Wipro, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Accenture, TCS, Capgemini, Cognizant Technologies, and Tech Mahindra are a few of the top MNCs that hire BCA graduates.
BCA@SPC ADVANTAGES
§ Well-equipped spacious laboratories
§ Experienced and dedicated faculty
§ Emphasis on the holistic development of the students
§ ICT-enabled student-centric methods of teaching
§ Host of unique activities
§ Emphasis on empirical learning via industry-academia interface
§ Skill development programs
§ Opportunities to participate in different levels of competitions
§ Research-oriented learning
§ Extensive use of technology in teaching-learning
Area of Expertise: Programming Languages, Networking, IoT
Paper Presentations:
1.“Ubiquitous Learning – a novel learning paradigm using ubiquitous technology: a study” in the National Level Conference held at SIMS, Mangalore.
2“Internet of Things (IOT) : moving towards Internet of Intelligent things; a smarter Internet – a perspective study” in the National Level Seminar held at Vivekananda College, Puttur.
3.“How big the Big Data Is? : A business perspective” in the UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications held at SPC
4.“IoT Services, Applications Research directions and Challenges” in the UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Emerging Technologies in computer science and Information Technology held at SPC
5.“Implementing product diversification strategies for the sustainability of a technology company – a case study of Microsoft Corp’ in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Management, Information Technology and Education held at Srinivas University, Mangalore
Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences :
1.Project Genesis’, Global Skills enhancement Program conducted by Progeon Ltd. at Infosys Leadership Institute, Mysore
2.UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on ‘Science Teaching and Education at Undergraduate Level – Past experiences and Future Directions’ at SPC
3..Workshop on ‘Teaching-Learning and Evaluation’ at St. Aloysius College Mangalore
4.National CRS(Community Radio Station) workshop held at CBCI, Bangalore organized by CBCI Commission for Social Communications
5..NAAC sponsored State Level Seminar on ‘Quality sustenance and enhancement in Higher Education through IQAC’ at Nehru Memorial College, Sullia
6.‘APPLE’ (Academy for Professionalizing People’s Leadership Effectiveness) – workshop conducted by JCI Zone XV
10.UGC sponsored National Level Conference on Data Mining for Computer Security held at SDM College of Management, Mangalore.
7.UGC sponsored National level seminar on ‘Lessons learnt from IQAC moving forward and making a difference’ held at SDM College, Ujire
8.Regional level Seminar on Role of ‘Teachers in Students’ Progression’ held at SPC
9.State level workshop on ‘WAMP Technology’ held at St. Agnes College, Mangalore
10.UGC sponsored National level seminar on ‘Quality-the key factor in administration reforms in HE’ held at Besant Women’s College, Mangalore
11.Regional level workshop on ‘IQAC – Best practices’ held at SDM College of Business Management, Mangalore
12.Workshop on ‘Effective Teaching Methodologies’ at SPC
13.National Level Seminar on ‘Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications’ held at SPC,
14.Two days state level workshop on “WAMP Technology” , held at St. Agnes College, Mangalore.
15.UGC sponsored one day National level seminar on Emerging Technologies in Computer Science & Information Technology at SPC
16.UGC sponsored National level seminar on ‘Research and Higher Education in Computer Science and Technology’ at Vivekananda College, Puttur
17.National level seminar on ‘IPR, Plagiarism and E-Resources’ held at SPC
18.International Conference on Emerging Trends in Management, Information Technology and Education held at Srinivas University, Mangalore
19.Workshop on ‘Research Methodology’ held at SIMS, Pandeshwar, Mangalore
Courses Taught: BSc, BCA, MSc[Phy]
Area of Expertise: Electronics, Networking, Programming Languages C, C++, C#, Java, VB, VB.NET, Python & R Programming, Digital Fundamentals, Data Structures, Discrete Maths, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Operating Systems, DOS, Windows, Unix, Linux, RDBMS, Oracle, Microprocessor 80×86, Network simulations, Web Development using HTML, PHP, mySQL, Servlet & other Script Languages,
Academic Experience: 26 Years (+1 year service at Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal)
Awards and Achievements: Completed a course on Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching offered by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India which was held from December 2020 to March 2021.
Course Name : Pedagogical Innovations and Research Methodology (interdisciplinary)
Research Details:MPhil dissertation on the topic Graphics in User Interface Design
Papers Presented1.Wireless Sensor Networks
2.Real-time Embedded Systems
3.Ambient Intelligence- a Study
Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:
1. One day National Level Conference on Recent Trends in Computational Sciences and Engineering held at KVG College of Engineering, Sullia on 12th February 2011.
2. One day seminar on Current Trends in Electronics held St Aloysius(autonomous) College, Mangalore on 15th December 2011.
3.UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Recent Trends in Communication NSRTC-2011 held at Milagres College, Kalyanpur, on 16th& 17th2011.
4. Two days’ Workshop on LAMP Technology held at St Agnes(autonomous) College, Mangalore held on 9th& 10th October 2012.
5.Two days’ Workshop on Advanced Computing held at St Aloysius (Autonomous) College of PG Studies, Beeri , Mangaloreon 7th& 8th March 2013.
6. One day UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Data Mining for Computer Securityheld at SDM College of Management, Mangalore, on 2nd August 2013.
7.One day National level Conference on Recent Trends in Computing& Information Technology held at Srinivas Institute of Management Studies, Mangaloreon 9th August 2014.
8.One day National level Workshop on Digital Communication and PCB fabrication held at St Philomena College Puttur, on 1st April 2014
9. One day UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Parallel & Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications in 14th February 2014
10.UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Emerging Technologies in Computer Science & Information Technology in 11th September 2015.
11.UGC sponsored Two-day National level Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Applications held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 20th& 21st October 2015.
12.One day National Level Seminar on Current & Future Trends in Cloud and High-performance Computing in 29th January 2016
13.One day National level Seminar on E-Resources, Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism- Issues and Challenges held on 29th September 2018.
14.Regional Meeting cum Workshop on All India Survey on Higher Education organized by Mangalore University on 13th February 2017.
15 . One day Seminar on Importance of Linux Environment Systeheld at St Philomena College Puttur, on 21 February 2015
UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Emerging Technologies in Computer Science & Information Technology in 11th September 2015.
UGC sponsored Two-day National level Workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Applications held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 20th& 21st October 2015.
One day university level Workshop on Choice Based Credit System in BCA, BSc[CS],BCom[CA],BA[DP] Degree held at Canara First Grade College, Mangalore on 5th July 2019.
College level workshop on IoT, and Python Programming held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 25th November 2019
Regional level Orientation programme on State Scholarship Portal to e-attestation officers held at Manipal Institute of Educations, Manipal on 22nd November 2019
National level (Ministry of HRD, Government of India) Award Ceremony 2019 Swachh Campus Ranking 2019 held at Prajnan(Auditorium) AICTE, New Delhi on 3rd December 2019
National level Endowment Lecture-2020 On the topic Ongoing Revolution in Information Science: from Bits to Qubits held at St Aloysius (Autonomous) Mangalore on 29th February 2020.
Resource Person / Guest Lectures delivered:
1.Guest lecture on Sequential Circuits for BSc students at Govt First Grade College, Bettampady
2.Guest lecture on Socket Interface for BCA students at SDM College, Ujire
3.Guest lecture on Fortron Programming for MSc[PHY] students at St Philomena College of PG Studies
4. Resource person in an FDP on Online Tools in Teaching (topic-Google Class Room) held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 13May 2023
1.Quality Enhancement Programme Effective Teaching Modalities held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 11th October 2013.
2.Role of Teachers in Students’ Progression held St Philomena College, Puttur on 25th January 2012
3.One day Faculty Development Programme on Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology held at SIMS, Manglore on 20th March 2010.
College level Workshop on Effective Teachingheld at St Philomena College, Puttur on 29 July 2017.
College level Workshop on LMS Management held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 24 August 2020
College level Workshop on E-content creation, Video class creation & content uploading held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 17 August 2020
College level Orientation on Mentoring held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 5 February 2022
College level one day FDP on Online Tools in Teaching (topic-Google Class Room) held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 13 May 2023
College level three days FDP on the topic Navigating the Transition; From Affiliated to Autonomous Institution held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 26th June, 9th & 12th July 2024
Membership on Societies/Academic/Professional Bodies:
1.BOS member of Mangalore University CS/CA/DP Examinations from 2013-2015
2.BOE member of Mangalore University CS/CA/DPExaminations during the years 2005,2010, 2014, 2016, 2017-2018,2020-2021
3.Practical Coordinator in 2009,
4.BOE Chairperson in 2017
5.BOE member of Mangalore University BCA & PGDCA degree Examinations during the years 2008 & 2009.
6.BOE member of St Agnes(autonomous) College, BSc, BCA degree Examinations during 2015
7.BOE member of St Aloysius(autonomous) College, BSc, BCA degree Examinations during 2016-2018
Other Details:
1. Nodal Officer of AISHE for St Philomena College Puttur from 2016 to 2019
e-Attestation officer of SSP portal for St Philomena College, Puttur
Convenor of Students’ Council for 2 years
Convenor of Fine Arts Association for 5 years
Courses Teaching: BCA
Area of Expertise: Programming Languages, Data Structures, Data Mining
Academic Experience: 19 years
Paper Presentations
1.“Ubiquitous Learning – a novel learning paradigm using ubiquitous technology: a study” in the National Level Conference held at SIMS, Mangalore.
2.“Internet of Things (IOT) : moving towards Internet of Intelligent things; a smarter Internet – a perspective study” in the National Level Seminar held at Vivekananda College, Puttur.
3.““m-learning- a seamless learning concept” in the UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Emerging Technologies in computer science and Information Technology held at St Philomena College Puttur
4.“IoT Services, Applications Research directions and Challenges” in the UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Emerging Technologies in computer science and Information Technology held at SPC
5.“A Study on the Measures Taken by Cognizant Technology Solutions for Achieving Sustainable Growth in the Digital Market” in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Management, Information Technology and Education held at Srinivas University, Mangalore.
Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences :
1.UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on ‘Science Teaching and Education at Undergraduate Level – Past experiences and Future Directions’ at SPC
2.UGC sponsored National level seminar on ‘Recent trends in cloud computing’ held at SDM College, of Management, Mangalore
3.Workshop on ‘Teaching-Learning and Evaluation’ at St. Aloysius College Mangalore
4.‘UGC sponsored National Level Conference on Data Mining for Computer Security held at SDM College of Management, Mangalore
5.Regional level Seminar on Role of ‘Teachers in Students’ Progression’ held at SPC
6.State-level workshop on ‘WAMP Technology’ held at St. Agnes College, Mangalore
7.Workshop on ‘Effective Teaching Methodologies’ at SPC
8.National Level Seminar on ‘Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications’ held at SPC,
9. UGC sponsored one-day National level seminar on Emerging Technologies in Computer Science & Information Technology at SPC
10.UGC sponsored National level seminar on ‘Research and Higher Education in Computer Science and Technology’ at Vivekananda College, Puttur
11.National level seminar on ‘IPR, Plagiarism and E-Resources’ held at SPC
12. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Management, Information Technology and Education held at Srinivas University, Mangalore
13.Workshop on ‘Research Methodology’ held at SIMS, Pandeshwar, Mangalore
14.NSS Programme Officers Traning Programme (seven days duration) held at Mukthagangothri, Mysore
15.7 days Faculty Development Programme held at Infosys Mangaluru.
Courses Taught: BCA
Area of Expertise: Computer Application
Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:1.Workshop on syllabus discussion –IBCA new scheme, at SDM College of Business Management Mangalore on 29-June-2006
2.UGC sponsored State Level Workshop on ‘Relevance of Information and Communication Technology in Teaching Financial Accounts for undergraduate Students’ at Govinda Dasa College Surathkal on 27th and 28th August 2009.
3.Workshop on ‘Effective Teaching Modalities’ conducted by IQAC at SPC Puttur on 11-Jan-2014.
4.UGC sponsored State level Workshop on ‘Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications’ at SPC Puttur on 09-Jan-2014.
5. UGC sponsored State level Workshop on ‘Recent Trends in Computing and Information Technology ‘ at Vivekananda College Puttur on 17-Dec- 2014
6.UGC sponsored State level Workshop on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computer Science and Information Technology’ at SPC Puttur on 11-Sep-2015
7.National Level Seminar on ’E-Resources, Intellectual property rights, Plagiarism-Issues & Challenges’ at SPC Puttur on 29-Sep-2018
Sl.No | Date | Place | Level | Topic |
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1 | 12-01-2016 | Vivekananda College, Puttur | National | Seminar on Current & Future Trends in Cloud & High-Performance Computing (HPC) |
2 | 29-07-2017 | St Philomena College, Puttur | College | Workshop on Effective Teaching |
3 | 29-09-2018 | St Philomena College, Puttur | National | Seminar on E-Resources, Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism-Issues and Challenges |
4 | 12-06-2021 | St Philomena College, Puttur | National | Be a brand yourself |
5 | 19-06-2021 | St Philomena College, Puttur | National | Cybersecurity, Ethical Hacking & Career Prospect of Cybersecurity |
6 | 26-06-2021 | St Philomena College, Puttur | National | Cyber Crime and Online Data Protection |
7 | 03-07-2021 | St Philomena College, Puttur | National | How to get ready for placements |
8 | 06-07-2021 | St Philomena College, Puttur | National | Cloud, Data and IoT in the Digital Transformation |
Sl.No. | Place | Date | Details |
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1 | DKZP Higher Primary School Peralthadka | 30-12-21 | Chief Guest in the School Day Programme |
Completed Basic Rover Scout Leader training course at Kondajji, Davangere
Courses Taught:Computer Science
Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:
Participated in National level seminar on Emerging Technologies in computer science & Information Technology
Participated in Online Workshop on "UI and Framework" organized by Department of Computer Science, Vidyavardhaka Engineering College Mysore.
Refresher Courses/Short Term/Orientation Courses attended
Completed Skill Development program through science and Technology on Computer Hardware & peripherals
Participated in Five Days Online FDP on "Mobile App Development and Artificial Intelligence with MIT app inventor", Organized by Department of MCA, NMAM Institute of Technology,Nitte.
Attended One Week FDP Course on "Recent Trends in Cyber Security" ,Organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sharda University, Greater Noida ,Uttar Pradesh.
Courses taught:
M.Sc
BCA
Area of Expertise:C,C++,DBMS,.Net Technology,Cyber Security,Data Structures,Computer and Communication Network
Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:
College level three days FDP on the topic Navigating the Transition; From Affiliated to Autonomous Institution held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 26th June, 9th & 12th July 2024
College level one day FDP on Online Tools in Teaching (topic-Google Class Room) held at St Philomena College, Puttur on 13 May 2023
BCA
Showroom Management in PHP
Offensive Language Identification in Kannada in NLP
Hate Speech and Offensive Content identification in English and Indo-Aryan languages (HASOC)
Attended National Level Camp in NSS
Participated in “IOT Exhibition” Developed a working model based on a Arduino language “Automatic Car Wiper”
Web Based Project-"MCQ based E-Examination"
Data Security Project-"Devision and Replication of Data"
Cyber Security and Forensics Paper-"Virtualization level Security in cloud Computing"
Worked as an intern in the role of "Developer" at "Agile tec"Mangalore.
WORKSHOP
1)Attend Mobile Application Development 2 days’ workshop
2)Attend Cyber Security Workshop
3)Done course in C, SQL and aptitude by Qspiders
PROJECTS
1)Done project on Web Application Named Online Voting System using HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, PHP, MYSQL
2)Done Mini Project on Web Application Named GOUSWARGA using HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, PHP, MYSQL
3)Done Mini Project on Data Analytics using Python Named Movie Recommendation System.
4)Done Mini Project on IoT Named Air Quality Monitoring System.
5)Done major project on Data Analytics using Python Named Early Detection: Predictive modelling for breast malignancy.
Courses Taught: Discrete Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Partial differential
Equations, Ordinary Differential Equations, Business Mathematics
Projects/ Internship:
1. A project on Study on Zeta Function
2. An internship on A note on positive definite at St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor.