JNNCE | Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shivamogga

MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Introduction

Anticipating the impending boom in the IT industry, the MCA department was started in the year 1995. Structured courses with special emphasis on advanced topics such as DBMS, Software Engineering, Computer Graphics and Multimedia applications, prepare prospective IT professionals to the challenges of the future. The drive behind the department is the dedication and commitment of a highly qualified & experienced faculty supported by excellent infrastructure facilities with high-tech labs resulting in excellent university results every year. Several national and international research papers and books have been Published by the faculty members.
Professional external training agency provide exclusive Soft Skill training programme for each student in every semester to improve their skill set such as analytical & technical aptitude, professional skills, communication skills and interview skills. Student mentor scheme/counseling system ensures adequate monitoring and guidance of student's academic and non academic performance and their progress. Campus interviews from reputed Multinational Companies are arranged for placements. MCA Forum of the department provide platform for professional activities and interaction between current and old students during Alumni meets to share their industry expectations and experiences.

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Vision

To emerge as a centre of excellence to impart advanced education in computer applications to serve the growing demands of computing industry and society as professionals, researchers and entrepreneurs with high ethical values.

Mission

Enable students to be creative and knowledgeable by using innovative teaching methodology for developing smart solutions.
Encourage students to engage in innovation and technology to contribute to the advancement of computing applications.
To infuse in students a sense of professionalism and ethics, and to prepare them to be responsible members of the industry and society.

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Program Outcomes

SL.No	Program Outcomes
PO - 1	(Foundation Knowledge): Apply knowledge of mathematics, programming logic and coding fundamentals for solution architecture and problem solving.
PO - 2	(Problem Analysis): Identify, review, formulate and analyse problems for primarily focusing on customer requirements using critical thinking frameworks.
PO - 3	(Development of Solutions): Design, develop and investigate problems with as an innovative approach for solutions incorporating ESG/SDG goals.
PO - 4	(Modern Tool Usage): Select, adapt and apply modern computational tools such as development of algorithms with an understanding of the limitations including human biases.
PO - 5	(Individual and Teamwork): Function and communicate effectively as an individual or a team leader in diverse and multidisciplinary groups. Use methodologies such as agile.
PO - 6	(Project Management and Finance): Use the principles of project management such as scheduling, work breakdown structure and be conversant with the principles of Finance for profitable project management.
PO - 7	(Ethics): Commit to professional ethics in managing software projects with financial aspects. Learn to use new technologies for cyber security and insulate customers from malware.
PO - 8	(Life-long learning): Change management skills and the ability to learn, keep up with contemporary technologies and ways of working.

Program Educational Objectives

SL. No	Program Educational Objectives : -
The Graduates will be able to:
PEO - 1	Apply computing knowledge and best software engineering practices for the development of computer applications.
PEO - 2	Design creative solutions in a team work using programming and effective communication skills to solve the challenging problems in the society.
PEO - 3	Exhibit professionalism and ethics in their career with social and human values.

Department Advisory Board/Committee

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Postion
1.	Dr. Hemanth Kumar	Associate Professor & HoD Department of MCA, JNNCE	Internal Members
2	Prof. Santhosh S G	Associate Professor, Department of MCA, JNNCE	Internal Members
3.	Dr. Likewin Thomas	Professor, Dept. of AIML, PESIT&M, Shivamogga.	Academic Member
4.	Mr. Lokesh R	DayForce Private Ltd, Bengaluru	Alumni
5.	Mr. Sandeepa Pateel G C	SLK Software Solutions, Bngaluru	Alumni
6.	Ms. Pragathi C Hiremath	2nd Semester MCA Student	Dept. of MCA, JNNCE, Shivamogga
7.	Mr. Pramukh K S	4th Semester MCA Student	Dept. of MCA, JNNCE, Shivamogga
8.	Mr. K M Radhakrishna	Vijaya Auto Sales & Services	Parent of Shubha R

Program Assessment Committee

Dr. Hemanth Kumar, Associate Professor, Dept.of MCA, JNNCE
Dr. Raghavendra S P, Assistant Professor, Dept. of MCA, JNNCE.
Mr. Srikrishna S, Alumni, Cluster Delivery Head, Mastek Enterprise Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore.

Infrastructure and Facilities

#	Laboratory Name	Equipped with	Area in m²
1.	Computer Centre 1	Computer - 40 LCD projector with whiteboard/Screen -01 Printer-01	98.86 Sq.mts
2.	Computer Centre 2	Computer - 36 TV -01	86.65 Sq.mts

Class room

There are 04 classrooms in the department to conduct the classes and all of the class rooms are equipped with LCD projectors and internet through LAN connections. In view of ICT the following teaching aids have been managed by the Department.

PPT presentation based on the curriculum
Instructor material from the publisher
Student material from the publisher.

Additional Lab facilities

Internet facility, LCD projector is provided.

Seminar / Auditorium facility

Seminar 110 / 200 Seating AC Auditorium with sound proof acoustics with all ICT & technical requirements.

Teaching Faculty

Faculty Details

#	FACULTY NAME	QUALIFICATION & SPECIALIZATION	DESIGNATION	EXP YRS	Date of Joning	Nature of Association	Email-Id
1.	Dr. Sunitha. G. P.	MCA, Ph.D	Associate Professor	27	01-10-1999	Regular	sunithagpise@jnnce.ac.in
2.	Mr. Santhosh. S. G.	MCA, (Ph.D)	Associate Professor	27	06-10-1999	Regular	santhoshsgrao@jnnce.ac.in
3.	Dr. Hemanth Kumar	M.Sc, Ph.D. (Wireless Sensor Networks)	HoD & Associate Professor	20	11-08-2006	Regular	hod_mca@jnnce.ac.in hemanthkumar@jnnce.ac.in
4.	Dr. Raghavendra. S. P	MCA, K-SET, Ph.D. (Image Processing and Pattern Recognition)	Assistant Professor	22	11-08-2006	Regular	raghusp@jnnce.ac.in
5.	Mr. Manjunatha. H. T.	MCA, (Ph.D)	Assistant Professor	18	21-08-2010	Regular	manjudeepa@jnnce.ac.in
6.	Mr. Arunkumar K. L	MCA, (Ph.D)	Assistant Professor	17	17-10-2011	Regular	arunkumarkl@jnnce.ac.in
7.	Mr. Adarsh J. Mahendrakar	MCA, (Ph.D)	Assistant Professor	21	17-10-2011	Regular	adarshmj@jnnce.ac.in
8.	Mr. Prashant Ankalkoti	MCA, (Ph.D)	Assistant Professor	16	17-09-2014	Regular	prashantsa@jnnce.ac.in
9.	Ms. Amrutha M	MCA, NET, (Ph.D)	Assistant Professor	1.2	01-09-2025	Regular	amrutham@jnnce.ac.in

Technical Staff

#	Name	Qualification	Designation	Date of Joining	Exp. (in yrs)	Nature of Association	Email id
1	Mr. Sudhir Nadig	M.Sc(IT)	Instructor Sr. Sc	10-05-2005	21	Regular	nadig.sudhi@jnnce.ac.in
2	Mr. Suresh G N	Dip(CS), MA.	Instructor	03-08-2007	19	Regular	suresharundi@jnnce.ac.in

Supporting Staff

#	Name	Qualification	Designation	Date of Joining	Exp. (in yrs)	Email id
1	Mr. Nagaraja A U	PUC	Attender	22-08-2008	18	nagarajau@jnnce.ac.in

Research Initiatives

VTU Approved Research Center.

Indexed Publications :

1. Hemanth Kumar and Dilip Kumar S M, “AQM Model to Estimate and Mitigate Congestion using Priority RED in WSN”, (International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems), Vol. 12, Iss. 1, pp. 895-907, Oct. 2022 (SJR Rank: Q3).
2. G P Sunitha, S M Dilip Kumar, B P Vijay Kumar, Top of Form Bottom of Form Energy efficient hierarchical multi-path routing protocol to alleviate congestion in WSN, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Volume 32, issue 1, Page 59-73, 2019.
3. N Srinidhi, G P Sunitha, S Raghavendra, S M Dilip Kumar, Victor Chang. Hybrid energy-efficient and QoS-aware algorithm for intelligent transportation system in IoT, International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 815-826, 2020.
4. Dr. Raghavendra S P, Ahmed R. A. Shamsan et al, Assistant Professor published a Scopus Indexed Elsevier Indexed Journal with title “Enhancing CCTV Video Quality for Improved Segmentation and Detection of Suspicious Human Activities in Crowd and Non-Crowded Public Spaces: A Pre-Processing Approach” in Journal of Harbin
Engineering University ISSN: 1006-7043 Vol 45 No. 7 July 2024 (Q3).
5. H T Manjunatha, K M Poornima, A Danti, KL Arunkumar ,CLAHE Driven Mobile NET faster R-CNN for reliable Road hump detection and distance Estimation in Complex Scenarios. Journal of Integrated Science & Technology, https://doi.org/10.62110/sciencein.jist.2026.v14.1630, ISSN:2321-4635, Vol No 14, No. 8, 2026.
6. Arunkumar K. L., Poornima K. M., Ajit Danti, Manjunatha H. T., Vehicle recognition on Indian roads using data augmentation and VGG-16 model", Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science DOI: 10.11591/ijeecs.v40.i2.pp1177-1186 ISSN: 2502-4752 Vol. 40, No. November 2025.

Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities

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Placement Details

Particulars	CAY 2021-23 (2 Years)	CAYm1 2020-22 (2 Years)	CAYm2 2019-22 (3 Years)
Particulars	CAY 2021-23 (2 Years)	CAYm1 2020-22 (2 Years)	CAYm2 2019-22 (3 Years)
Total number of students	60	73	60
Number of students placed in on campus	22	51	18
Number Students placed in off campus	Current Batch	08	15
% placed	36%	80%	55%

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Events and Seminars

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Achievments

Qualified KSET 2020 conducted by University of Mysore, Mysuru
Dr Raghavendra S P, Assistant professor of the department obtained Doctorate degree in Image processing & Pattern Recognition.
Natyashree K Selvam and Ms.Sarja Chinmayee, students of MCA participated in Natyanjali Dance Festival held at Chidambaram, TamilNadu, on the occasion of Mahashivarathri and attended International Dance Festival at Indonesia and secured first place in Bharatnatyam.
4^th Semester MCA students have participated in an technical competition “SEMAPHORE 2019” a South Indian level IT Fest held on 1^st and 2^nd March 2019, Organized by department of MCA, NMAMIT, NITTE and Mr. Koushik J G & Mr. Sachin B Patil won first place in Cipher Chase-Treasure Hunt event

Innovations by the Faculty in Teaching and Learning

Teaching Learning - PEDAGOGY INITIATIVES

Every faculty prepare their lesson plan at the beginning of the semester as per the university calendar of events.
Faculty use black board and PPTs in class room.
Video clippings are used to enhance the student’s understanding for selected topics.
Lab manual are provided to students during practical sessions.

Department Forum

Name of the forum- MCA FORUM- “M BYTES”

Office bearers

Principal : Dr. Y Vijaya Kumar, Principal, JNNCE

Coordinator : Mr. Arun Kumar, Assistant Professor, MCA Department

President : Mr. Suraj

Secretary : Mr. Kishan Bharadwaj

Members : Sanjana L A, Nandana, Pavan

Scope & objectives:

The Objectives of MCA Forum are:

1. To publish the Department Magazines, Newsletters, Bulletins, etc.,

2. To organize competition in the areas of computer application.

3. To organize Technical activities.

4. To organize technical workshops by Experts

5. Any other activities relating to overall development of students

Distinguished Alumni & entrepreneur

Mr. Srikrishna S,

Alumni, Program Manager, Hexaware Technologies, Bangalore.

Mr. Prashanth Jayaram,

Alumni, Service Delivery Manager, Cognizant Technology Solutions, USA.

Mr. Raghupathi S,

Proprietor, Step-In Technologies Shivamogga.

Lab Details

Computer Centre 1

#	CONFIGURATION	QUANTITY
1	HP Desktop : Core i7 7000 (3.2 Ghz) 4 Mb cache, 32NM H57 Motherboard, 1320 Gb SATA HDD, 7200 RPM/ 12 Gb DDR3 1066 MHz RAM, 1PS2 Kb 104 Keys, 1PS2 Optical Mouse, 116 Sata DVD RAM, 1250 Watts SMPS with cabinet, 1* Free DOS 1*MT chassis 18.5" WTPT (1366 X 768)	16
2.	HP Desktop: Core i7-13700 13 GEN(2.10Ghz)/8 GB RAM/512 GB SSD/WIN11/!9.5”Monitor	10
3.	ACER Desktop: (i3 - LCD) Ci3-2120 (3.30 Ghz) 500 Gb SATA HDD, 4Gb RAM/H61Mb 16 X SATA DVD RWMT 250 watts SMPS/KB 104 , Optical MOuse	7
4.	ACER Desktop : (i5-LED) ACER Desktop PC15852, C15/H61/500Gb/DVDRW, Kb, Optical Mouse , 18.5" ACER Monitors	6
5.	Hp 280 G3 Intel Core i7 @3.20 GHz/4 GB RAM/1TB/ USB Keyboard/ optical mouse /HP 18.5” Monitor	1
	Total	40

Computer Centre 2

#	CONFIGURATION	QUANTITY
1	HP Elite Desktop : Core i5-630 3.2 Ghz 4 Mb cache, 32NM H57 MotherBoard, 1320 Gb SATA HDD, 7200 RPM/ 12 Gb DDR3 1066 MHz RAM, 1PS2 Kb 104 Keys, 1PS2 Optical Mouse, 116 Sata DVD RAM, 1250 Watts SMPS with cabinet, 1* Free DOS 1*MT chassis 18.5" WTPT (1366 X 768)	12
2	ACER Desktop: (i3 - LCD) Ci3-2120 (3.30 Ghz) 500 Gb SATA HDD, 4Gb RAM/H61Mb 16 X SATA DVD RWMT 250 watts SMPS/KB 104 , Optical MOuse	10
3	ACER Desktop : (i5-LED) ACER Desktop PC15852, C15/H61/500Gb/DVDRW, Kb, Optical Mouse , 18.5" ACER Monitors	3
4	HP 280 G3 Intel Core i7 @3.20 GHz/4 GB RAM/1TB/ USB Keyboard/ optical mouse /HP 18.5” Monitor	1
5	HP Desktop: Core i7-13700 13 GEN(2.10Ghz)/8 GB RAM/512 GB SSD/WIN11/!9.5”Monitor	10
	Total	36

LCD Projectors

#	CONFIGURATION	QUANTITY
1	Dell Projector 1270/3185	04
2	InFocus Genesis IN114BB Projector	03
	Total	07

UPS

#	CONFIGURATION	QUANTITY
1	10KVA Static converter UPS System with 3 phase i/p, I phase O/P	01
2	10KVA Online UPS with southers make tubular batteries 40 Nos.	01
3	5KVA Online UPS With batteries 10 Nos,	01
	Total	03

Printers

#	CONFIGURATION	QUANTITY
1	HP LASER 1022	02
2	CANON LASER Printer LBP2900B	01
3	Brother HL-B2000D Mono Laser Printer	01
4	Brother DCP T220 Colour Printer	01
5	Brother DCP B7640DWB Laser Printer	01
6	Brother DCP-B7500D Laser Printer	01
	Total	7

D-LINK Switch

#	CONFIGURATION	QUANTITY
1	Switch D-Link 8 port	01
2	Tp-Link TL-SG1024D 16 Port	01
3	Tp-Link TL-SG1024D 24 Port	05

Scanners

#	CONFIGURATION	QUANTITY
1	HP Scanner Scanjet 200	01

DEPARTMENTS

NAVIGATION

MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Introduction

Vision

Mission

Facilities

Library and Information Center

Hi-Tech Auditorium

Modern Class Rooms

Hostel and Transport

Well Equipped Lab/Workshops

Sports and Cafeteria