Information Technology is the technology for processing information. Information arises in various walks of life: for example in a manufacturing company the information may arise from the shop floor, inventory control unit, salesman or management. For financial activities the information could arise from the Stock Exchange, Banks, Exchange fluctuations and various other financial and commercial activities. In administration, it may arise from a village, a block, a District Head Quarter, a State Capital and the Central
Govt. In defense, it may arise from the forward area surveillance, air borne or otherwise and the whole network of defense and the Govt. Similarly, information may arise from cultural, sports and political activities. In order that information may flow from one place to another; there is need for a network to interconnect the different players who are interested in the particular sets of information.

     From a few examples given above, it is clear that different types of information arise from different sources and are intended for different sets of clients. However, for the I.T. engineers, the process of handling all types of information is same. Only when there are some changes, then only information can rise. If there is no change, there is no new information. Hence the job of an I.T Engineer is to capture the changes, i.e. the information, store it, transmit it, receive it, disseminate it, retrieve it, and access it effectively and reliably with speed. Hence, the IT Engineers should be able to do the following jobs in a holistic sense. He has to learn and develop abilities to work in some of the following areas:

  Data Processing: Data Base, ERP, Data Mining, E-Commerce, E-Governance, and Web Tech. etc.

  Communication and Networking: LAN/WAN, Traffic Engineering, Mobile Communication, Internet Telematics, Information Coding, Speech Processing etc.

  Modeling & Simulation, Project Management, Software, Cycles, quality Assurance, IPR etc.

  Graphics, Multimedia, Virtual-Reality, Image Processing etc.

  Electronics Design: Design of Digital Systems and Sub-systems, Design tools like VHDL, VLSI design, MOS Technology, Interfacing memory, Buses, Peripherals, Convergence Technology etc.

  Foundation of Theoretical Computer Science, System Software etc.

  Architecture: RISC, CISC Architecture, Bus Architecture, Distributed and Network Computing etc.

  Knowledge management system:- Expert systems, ( Social, Economic, Medical etc.) Decision support system etc.

      While developing the programme for B. TECH information technology, the above- mentioned areas have been kept in focus and the course contents have been framed to support these concepts.

      Information Technology is understood differently by different sections of society depending upon the areas of interest. But for an IT Engineer seemingly different IT application areas do not obscure the essence.

      Hence, from Engineering point of view there are a lot of common areas between IT, Computer Science and Engineering as well as Electronics and Communication Engineering. These common areas have been suitably taken care of in the programmes of all these disciplines.

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