The Department of Computer Engineering strives to be a center of academic excellence in computer engineering education, fostering multidisciplinary research and empowering individuals to embrace global opportunities.
• Provide strong conceptual knowledge and hands-on experience to empower students for developing solutions by applyi/ng design thinking using state-of-the-art tools and technologies to shape individuals into successful professionals.
• Foster a dynamic research and innovation ecosystem that drives multidisciplinary advancements in computing.
• Inculcate professional ethics and effective communication skills to nurture leadership potential to address challenges in the field of Computer Engineering.
The Department of Computer Engineering was established in 1983 with the intent to provide quality education to the young aspirants. The department is pioneer in providing education in Computer Engineering among self financed institutes in Maharashtra. A team of 52 teaching and 10 technical staff members under the leadership of Dr. Geetanjali V. Kale unanimously harnesses its potential in all aspects to take the department to greater heights. The department had intake of 60 in 1983 and now the current intake for the undergraduate program is 240. The department has received approval from AICTE to conduct UG program for working professionals with 60 intake from A.Y. 2024-25. The Postgraduate (PG) program in Computer Engineering was started in 2000 with a student intake of 25 and PG in Data Science with an intake of 24 from 2020. Subsequently in 2013, intake is increased to 49 with addition of second division of 24 students. In 2020, the second division of 24 students is converted into PG in Data Science. From A.Y. 2022-23, both Data Science and Computer Engineering PG programs has intake of 12 students each. The department has a Ph.D. research centre, since 2012. All the UG, PG and Ph.D. programs are affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU).
Students are regularly placed in top MNCs with an average package of 13.5 LPA. Our students are pursuing higher education in top universities (Indian as well as Foreign). The department encourages students to participate in various National and International level competitions, project exhibitions, hackathons, sports events and extra-curricular activities. Students have won awards in various competitions including significant achievements in Smart India Hackathon. Department is also assisting students in getting internships at niche companies with pre-placement offers.
● Excellent result in University exams.
● Outstanding placements for students.
● Industry sponsored student projects and in-house product developments.
● Well qualified Teaching and skilled Technical staff.
● Publications at International / National Journals and Conferences by teachers and students.
● Effective participation and involvement in academic activities at university.
● Involvement in Research and active participation in Curriculum development.
● Best student chapters of ACM, IEEE, CSI.
● Organization of Seminars, Workshops, Conferences.
● Exposure of resource persons from Industries, Institutions and Government Agencies.
● Participation in Free and Open Source Software development.
● Student Achievements / Participation in Competitions like Projects, Hackathon, Quiz, Programming and Seminar Series.
● Key positions of department's alumni in industry, development of start-ups and entrepreneurship.
● Step towards Consultancy and Research.
Long Term Goals:
1. Enhancing faculty competency for research activities.
2. Establishing Centre of excellence in Analytics and Intelligent Learning.
3. Getting funded research projects.
Short Term Goals:
1. Enhancing research publications in reputed journals.
2. Intensify Institute Industry collaboration.
3. Boost industry interactions resulting in consultancy.
Find details about PICT Computer Engineering M. Tech. programme in following link:
Information Brochure
Curriculum for M.Tech-CE (2024):
https://pict.edu/time_table_syllabus/
Curriculum for M.Tech-DS (2024)::
https://pict.edu/time_table_syllabus/
Note: For M. Tech.-CE and M. Tech.-DS admission 2024-25 related queries, contact admission@pict.edu, hodce@pict.edu.
About PICT Research Center
The department’s research center was established in the year 2012 under Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) for the faculty of Computer Engineering, Pune. The research center aims to conduct high-quality academic and applied research and provide support for effective exploration and development of quality research work.
The research center is well-equipped with high configuration systems with internet connectivity and access to digital resources like eBooks, eJournal,.Etc. The research scholar undertakes research in various fields like Machine learning, Data Science, Distributed Computing, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Cloud Computing, etc.
Research Supervisors
S.N. |
Research Supervisor |
1 |
Dr. Sarang Joshi |
2 |
Dr. Balwant Sonkamble |
3 |
Dr. Archana Ghotkar |
4 |
Dr. Geetanjali Kale |
5 |
Dr. Anant Bagade |
6 |
Dr. Sheetal Sonawane |
7 |
Dr. Jayshree R. Pansare |
8 |
Dr. Shyam Deshmukh |
Research Scholar Details
List of Research Scholars Ph. D. Awarded:
Sr. No. |
Name of research scholar |
Title of research |
Research Supervisors |
Month & Year |
1. |
Nitin More |
Algorithm and Techniques for Power-Aware Distributed Systems |
Dr. R. B. Ingle |
Feb 2020 |
2. |
Makrand Velankar |
Exploratory Learning for Associative Pattern Matching Algorithms in Computational Musicology. |
Dr. Parag Kulkarni |
Apr 2022 |
3. |
Kalyani Waghmare |
Analysis of Indian Classical Music for Raga Identification using Data Mining Techniques |
Dr. B. A. Sonkamble |
Oct 2022 |
4. |
Anupama Dondekar |
Analyzing and Classifying Flickr Images for Tag Recommendation |
Dr. B. A. Sonkamble |
Oct 2022 |
5. |
Prema Gavade |
Algorithm for embedded media data analytic and feature based personification using machine learning |
Dr. Sarang Joshi |
Oct 2023 |
6. |
Shital Supase |
Algorithms and Methods for Coordinator Election in Distributed Systems |
Dr. J. R. Pansare |
June 2024 |
7. |
Pravin Patil |
Algorithms and Techniques for Security in Multi-Tenant Distributed Systems |
Dr. G. V. Kale |
Mar 2025 |
List of Research Scholars Ph. D. Ongoing:
Sr. No. |
Name of research scholar |
Title of research |
Research Supervisors |
1. |
Jayshree Ghorpade |
Predicting Recommendations based on Heterogeneous Data using Machine Learning Techniques |
Dr. B. A. Sonkamble |
2. |
Hitendra Khairnar |
Traffic path recommendations based on Time Series Data using Machine Learning Techniques |
Dr. B. A. Sonkamble |
3. |
Sumit Shinde |
Multi-model Preventive Approach and Detection of Stress Level Using Machine Learning Algorithm/s |
Dr. Archana Ghotkar |
4. |
Kanase Jayaprabha |
Context aware recommendation algorithms using hyper graph techniques for highly correlated multimodal social network data |
Dr. S. S. Sonawane |
5. |
Madhri Wakode |
Statistical heterogeneity and model diversity invariant aggregation algorithms for federated learning |
Dr. G. V. Kale |
6. |
Niranjan Deokule |
Explainable post-hoc model agnostic algorithms for classification of objects in aerial images |
Dr. G. V. Kale |
7. |
Priyanka Chaudhari |
Algorithm for responsive and explainable human motion synopsis |
Dr. G. V. Kale |
8. |
Pranjali Joshi |
Intelligent approach for evaluation of classification models derived with explainable artificial intelligence |
Dr. A. M. Bagade |
9. |
Yogita Narwadkar |
Multi-document abstractive text summarization using optimization methods and machine learning algorithms |
Dr. A. M. Bagade |
10. |
Reshma Rajanand Owhal |
Food Quality Risk Mitigation Analysis for Multi Modal Data. |
Dr. A. M. Bagade |
11. |
Deepak Mahavir Kapase |
Question Answer Generation for Marathi language based on Cognitive Levels using Learning Techniques |
Dr. S. S. Sonawane |
Last updated: April 28, 2025 at 10:30 am