Information Technology means fusion of Computers and Communication Technology. This has changed the face of the world with its various upcoming technologies in diverse fields of industry and education. The career prospects for the younger generation in information technology are stretched over a wide domain, which comprise service industries such as banking, insurance, communications etc as the students are aware of recent advancements in the fields of computers as well as communications.


Other popular areas that encompass scope for IT and have grown in the recent years are medicine, E-Governance, entertainment and multimedia, scientific research, business intelligence solutions and knowledge discovery in databases. Hence Delhi Technological University (Formerly Delhi College of Engineering) started a B.E. course in Information Technology from academic session 2000-2001 with an intake of 60 students. Looking into the growing demand of these technologies, DTU has started post graduate studies in Information Systems from 2009-10 with an intake of 18 students. Emphasis of B.E. (Information Technology) is to equip students with the fundamental concepts and tools related to Information Technology. This course is designed in such a way to provide foundation of the basics subjects like software development, networking, computer architecture and design, programming, operating systems, multimedia and graphics, analog and digital communication, and computer communications. Specialized knowledge on the analysis and design of information systems, information security, mobile communication, artificial intelligence, soft computing, digital signal processing, computer vision and expert systems, web engineering is imparted. In addition, there are various electives related to emerging Information Technology areas such as intellectual property rights etc. Further, industrial trainings form an important component of information technology curriculum providing sufficient understanding and technical mastery to the students and make them aware of working culture of industry. This training makes the student to understand practical applicability’s of emerging technologies and evolves them as future entrepreneurs or employees. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India has identified Information Security has one of the thrust areas and has entrusted the department of Information Technology, Delhi Technological University to set up an inter-ministerial working group on Information Security Education and Awareness Program. The aim of the Working group was to recommend Information Technology is essential for banking, insurance, communications, medicine, Governance, entertainment and multimedia,scientific research, business intelligence solutions and knowledge discovery in databases an action plan and strategy for Human Resource Development in the area of Cyber Security.

Information Security leading to development of indigenous hardware and software capabilities in the core of Information Security. Information security awareness programs have been organized in different esteemed schools and institutes. Also department plans to start an M. Tech. program in Information Security in near future.

Another project by name “Unmanned Aircraft Systems in an autonomous aerial vehicle development” is carried out by multidisciplinary student of DTU in collaboration with LOCKHEED MARTIN, an US company. State-of-art laboratories in the areas of RF engineering and Web Engineering, Computer Networking, Advance Signal Processing, Information Security apart from various existing laboratories have been developed. Future plans for the advancement and expansion of the research in the areas of information security, computer networks, optical communication and knowledge discovery in databases shall be undertaken.