Dr. Anurag Sharma has been working as the Head of Computer Science and Engineering Department at GNA University, Phagwara, Punjab. He is a Doctorate from NIT, Jalandhar and has 18 years of amazing experience in the teaching sector.

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Which latest program are you offering in your University to help students stand apart from the crowd?

"We are offering B. Tech course to students in the discipline of AI, DS, Cyber Security and Cloud Computing"

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at GNA University is offering Industry driven B.Tech (CSE) course with specializations in Cloud Computing in association with Amazon Web Services, Cyber Security in Association with Palo Alto, Full Stack Development in Association with Oracle and AI/Data Analytics in Association with Oracle to help students outperform and stand apart from the crowd.

Which factors make the programs of your University a best choice for students?

"Amazing career opportunities associated with each course makes them a best fit for students"

The world is changing fast and to stay competitive, one must be ready to embrace these daily IT transformations. Also, technologies like Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Full Stack Development and Artificial Intelligence/Data Analytics is the future of the IT Industry that brings with it the unprecedented job opportunities, freelancing opportunities and entrepreneurship opportunities. Hence associated opportunities with each course and faculties we provide to our students make each course worth pursuing.

What would you say are the best practices of courses your University is offering to students?

"Projects, assignments and certification courses we offer to students makes each course amazing"

The courses we are offering to our students have industry oriented curriculum and skill enhancement programs are also offered to students under each course. Besides this, global certification training is provided to students with zero cost and assignments and projects are assigned to students on a regular basis so that they can implement their classroom learning to figure out solutions to some real world issues and also build new skills before stepping into the corporate world. 

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What are some valuable insights of the programs that students are pursuing from your college?

"The specializations we are offering under B. Tech (CSE) course are the uniqueness"

The study of Computer Science at GNA University involves systematic study of various subjects to acquire, represent, process, store, communicate and access information. And we educate students to make them more competent in areas like programming languages, Web/Software-Development, Database Management Systems, Networks and Security, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, AI, ML and Data Analytics.

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

"Our each course is well designed based on industry demands and taught to them by certified faculties"

The latest B.Tech (CSE) program which we are offering to our students has an up to date syllabus which is developed by eminent industry experts and delivered by the trained, experienced and certified faculty members. Apart from this, emerging technologies like Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Full Stack Development and Data Analytics in association with industries like AWS, Palo Alto and Oracle are taught to students to make them future and job ready. 

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

"Faculties are trained through FDPs and global certification courses"

Although all our faculty members are highly qualified and experienced in their respective areas, with changing technologies and industry demands they also need to up-skill them so that students can get the best knowledge. And to upgrade their knowledge, our faculty members attend various kinds of training, faculty development programs and also do global certification from reputed learning platforms. 

How do you link your University courses and industry demands?

"By making curriculum industry oriented, offering internships to students and organizing workshops and Hackathons"

For the purpose of making our courses more industry oriented, we explain each subject thoroughly and in depth to our students with the support of certified and trained faculty members so that students can understand both the theoretical as well as practical concepts in a better way. Also we provide internships to our students in reputed industries and students receive hands-on experience with cloud, cyber security, AI/ML, full stack development subjects by working on real time projects. In addition to this, industry connect sessions in collaboration with industry people, industrial visits, Hackathons, boot camps and workshops are organized by our college on a regular basis. 

What challenges have you faced while inculcating new programs in your curriculum?

"Preparing faculties in latest technologies and developing industry oriented curriculum were major issues"

The main challenge for us when we were introducing the B. Tech (CSE) course new specializations in curriculum were to train our faculty members in the technologies like AI/Data Science, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing so that they can provide best knowledge to our students. Another hurdle for us was to make the syllabus of these specializations as industry oriented. But over time we have overcome both these challenges by providing training to our faculty members in collaboration with industry experts and designing curriculum with help of IT leaders. 

On what kinds of projects your students are currently working on under their respective courses?

"Our students are working on industrial and research based projects using AI, Cloud Computing and DS"

Our students are working on a wide variety of real time field-based and industry oriented projects and research projects and many of those projects are based on latest technologies like Data Science, AWS Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Internet of Things and Web/Android/IoS etc.

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What career options would be available for students after pursuing courses from your college?

"Abundant opportunities are present in the outside world for students having skills in AI, DS and ML"

There are a plethora of career options which will be available for students in the national and global market at an amazing package after pursuing our latest courses. And they can work as a Cloud Administrator, Cloud Support Engineer, Cloud Automation Engineer, Cloud Consultant, Cloud Data Scientist, Frontend/Backend Developer, Full Stack Web Developer, Cyber Security Architect, Information Security Lead, Cyber Security Engineer, Technical Trainee, Lead Cyber Security Analyst, Machine-learning Engineer, Data Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Deep-learning Engineer or as a Data Scientist.