Head of the Department : Mr. R.K. Anand
Contact No.:
2609012 E-mail:
ravindraanand@rediffmail.com
Dr. K.C. Deomurari :
System Engineer
Dr. A.K. Gupta (on lien) : Programmer
Smt. Nidhi Saxena :
Programmer
Smt. Vineeta Tiwari :
Computer Operator
Smt. Neerja Tiwari :
Computer Operator
Mr. K.K. Dalal : Data
Entry Operator
Mr. A.K. Tiwari :
Data Entry Operator
Introduction -
The
Computer Centre was established in 1989-90 with 10 PCs under DOS and a mini
under
UNIX when the university started its first computer course of P.G.Diploma
in
Computer Applications. The lab has been upgraded now to Pentium-IV with
networking and the latest software.
Apart from the
university teaching departments,
runs orientation and refresher programmes)
,Indira Gandhi National Open
University and University Distance Education
cell also rely on the centre for practicals
and teaching of computer courses.
Computer Centre also runs
short-term job-oriented computer courses. Awareness
programmes for employees and research scholars are regularly
run.
A six months'
"add-on" course titled "Certificate course in IT
Management" is
also being run
successfully.
It has in-house
computerized activities of Examination and Result Processing,
Payroll and Accounts,
Provident Fund Account & Returns and Department-wise
Budget
& Account. It has helped
Finance deptt. to computerise and network its
activities including its students interface.
The Centre has in-house
developed and maintains the official Website of the
university www.rdunijbpin.org.
All assistance
including internet facility is provided to students, researchers
and faculty.
The Centre has implemented Campus Networking by which all teaching and
administration departments are connected. On this intranet internet is
available via VSAT provided by UGC. Students, teachers and research scholars from various
departments are enjoying this facility.
A number of E-Journals of various disciplines
being provided by the UGC are available on
the net.
The Centre is also
nodal centre for EduSat under which students
participate in Interactive Program of Vigyan Prasar Delhi via
Teleconference.
Objectives –
Computer Centre covers
all the objectives as per UGC guidelines i.e.
- Provide a central facility with Network
Server for all the students and staff of the University.
- Computer Centre has
been regularly assisting faculty and research scholars of the university by analyzing data
etc.
- Assisting various departments in the
University in Computerizing
their activities.
- Conducting Short term Courses for the
students and staff of the University.
- Coordinate, Maintain
and administrate
Campus wise Network including Internet and allied Services.
- Software development for Private sector on
Commercial basis in accordance with the rules/statutes/ordinance of the
University is also done by this centre. In this direction ,
one such “Front Office Management Software’ has been developed and sold to a
local hotel i.e. “Hotel Krishna”. Another MIS has been sold to “Pnoenix Poultry” and a module to BSNL,
- A web-site has been
developed and launched by the Centre for the University.
- Computer Centre has
not only helped other departments of the university in
installing computing facilities but also helped local
colleges, affiliated with
the university, in setting up computer facilities as
well as in running computer
courses. The departments which have been assisted by the
centre are -
(a) Bio-Science
(b) Chemistry
(c) Economics
(d) Sanskrit
(e) Philosophy
(f) History
(g) Ancient Indian
History
(h)
(i)
V.C. Secretariat
(j) Registrar Office
(k) University Central
Library
(l) Political Science
(m) Hindi
(n) Adult Education
(o) Women's Study
Centre
- Colleges which have
been assisted by the centre are -
(p) Govt. Autonomous
(q)
(r)
(s)
(t) St. Aloysius
College,
Assessment by the National Accreditation &
Assessment Council
The NAAC committee
appointed by UGC to assess and certify various universities
visited RDVV in November 2002, it showed great deal of
interest in the
activities of Computer Centre and discussed at length about
past, present and
future of the Centre. The team was visibly impressed as
is evidenced in the
relevant remarks in their report on RDVV:
“Most of the administrative and financial activities have been
computerized and
the Computer Centre has developed
packages relating to research in the
University and two commercial packages to meet the
need of the local industries”.
The optimal use to
which the computer facilities are put and the generation of resources by the
Centre has been noted by the Peer Team as a laudable effort in self reliance.
Towards the future-
It keeps in touch with
the latest technological changes in the field of
computers. It has an institutional membership of Computer
Society of India,
Seminars and discourses
are organized to keep its employees and students to pace
equally with the new updates. Besides these, books on
various subjects are also
available.