Dr. Sunil Bhutada is the Head of Information Technology Department at Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana. He has been working in the teaching field for the last 18+ years. And his total industry and teaching experience is 26 years. He has also authored 98 research papers, 2 books and has 4 patents on his name. Also, he is actively involved in placement and counseling duties along with the overall development of the IT Department at SNIST.

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Which latest programs are you offered at SNIST to help students stand apart from the crowd?

"We offer B. Tech, M. Tech, and MBA courses to the students"

We are offering B. Tech at the Undergraduate level and M. Tech and MBA course at the Postgraduate level to our students. As students need to work with machines or behind the scenes of a machine to develop solutions using the latest technologies, we offer the finest infrastructure in the form of well-established classrooms and labs to them along with the best industrial and research opportunities. 

What factors make the engineering programs of your institute unique and a best fit for students?

"We offer value added courses to students in the domains of AI/ML and programming languages"

Information Technology is an engineering domain which comprises the whole range of practical and theoretical subjects to prepare students for an outside competitive world and enable them to fulfill current societal demands. And we offer courses to them in various programming languages and trending technologies including Linux, Java, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to make them well-prepared for any kind of roles they would like to choose in future. Essentially, our main aim is to make them attain mastery in Frontend, Backend and Database Systems.

What are some of the best practices in the courses which your college is offering to the students?

"Students are free to conduct practical experiments in labs to develop projects"

We have set our students free to experiment with their ideas and use the college laboratories anytime to conduct hands-on experiments and learn the programming languages of their own choice. And we collectively monitor the performance of our students by increasing the difficulty level of assignments with every passing week in each semester. This way we upskill them and ensure their overall growth.

What are some valuable insights of your college's Engineering courses?

"Our education quality and availability of faculty members to address and resolve various student issues"

The faculty members of our college are always available for the students to address their academic queries and issues to resolve them on time. Along with this, we encourage our students to learn from their mistakes and think of innovative solutions for some real world issues by utilizing their classroom learning. So, the easy accessibility of teacher guidance for students and our educational practices makes our every course unique.

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How do the programs of your institute ensure the future preparedness of students?

"Our programs educate students based on the latest industrial requirements and developments"

I firmly believe that teaching should always be relevant as per course demands and students’ academic needs. Hence, we educate and train our students on how to use various technical tools and languages as per the present market scenario. In the first year, we teach our students the C programming language and later on offer various elective courses like Database Systems, Data Structure and Algorithms and Design Systems to make learning more interactive and engaging. 

How did you train your faculty members to deliver programs to students in the best possible way?

"They are trained in the latest technologies through FDPs, guest sessions and certification courses"

We regularly collect feedback from our students about teachers and also monitor their academic performance on a regular basis. And Faculty Development Programs are arranged by us frequently to keep our faculty up to date with the latest technological developments and train them in the same. Along with this, guest lectures in collaboration with our industry partners are arranged by us for them. Lastly, they do various certification courses to stay updated with the emerging world trends and requirements, which in return help them to deliver best to students.

How do you build a strong connection between your programs and industrial demands?

"By ensuring internships for our students in top companies"

We have established a credit-based learning approach for our courses, and it's mandatory for students to complete a minimum of two internships over the span of two years. These internships which students pursue in esteemed industries educate them about the working culture and processes of the corporate world and also help them to utilize their existing skills and build new ones. Along with this, our Alumni who are working in reputed organizations and companies also help us a lot and bring the best companies in college to recruit students for different profiles. 

What challenges are you facing while inculcating new programs in your curriculum?

"Curriculum development and unavailability of experts to contribute in the process is a real challenge for us"

We are facing different kinds of hurdles at different levels while including new courses in our curriculum. And the most prominent one is curriculum development itself for the courses. And things which make the whole process a bit tricky and complicated is finding out relevant study materials, because sometimes it becomes almost impossible to inculcate a teaching methodology that's easily accessible by students and affordable to us. Along with this, incorporating modern educational and institutional standards and requirements, finding suitable experts to contribute in curriculum development and implementing the defined curriculum are other few issues in front of us. 

On what kinds of projects your students are currently working on under various respective programs?

"They are developing different types of Machine Learning projects"

Our students are developing a wide variety of projects related to Machine Learning which include bulk data review, data forecast and making of data prediction models. And a recent project that I really liked was the Emotion Based Music Recommender System which they developed to predict the mood of a person based on the image captured and then play songs that match their mood, also they made the whole project using OpenCV. 

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What benefits and career options are available for students pursuing these courses from your college?

"Opportunities are and will be limitless for them in the IT and Software industry"

I firmly believe that the benefits which students will receive would definitely contribute to their overall personal and professional development as we educate them using holistic teaching-learning approaches. And we promote the self-learning environment in our institute so that students can discover innovative solutions for real world issues and they can reach out to us anytime for any kind of academic and non-academic support. Also, after successfully completing courses from our college, they can work as a Software Developer, UI/UX Developer, Quality Assurance Professional, Dev-Ops Engineer, Systems Analyst and as IT Managers, etc. They can also start their own enterprise after getting training through our MSME programs.