IT - EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Our country is on the brink of a period of rapid changes. New knowledge learnt through IT enabled services is fast changing the shape of this planet. The wonderful thing is that the knowledge is self-generating. One new discovery leads to a chain reaction of new discoveries and knowledge.

This millennium is an era of information and knowledge. For fast development, we as a nation have to convert ourselves into a society, which is knowledge centric. The IT has played a major role ushering in "Knowledge Revolution" from the earlier concept of 'Data Management', 'Management of Information' to 'Knowledge Management' today.

MERIT

Considering the importance of Information Technology and its impact in changing our nation into a knowledge society, General Mohyal Sabha (GMS) established "Mohyal Educational & Research Institute of Technology" acronym as MERIT.

VISION

Quality is the basis and Perfectionism is the ultimate goal in all our activities. Both are to be practiced on a continuous basis in a committed environment of teamwork that fosters innovation, leadership and expertise, as a result of value added education through self-learning process with hands-on training and online case studies.

MISSION

To create an environment and facilities to mould the youth of the country into top-notch professionals, good citizens, and persons of character and integrity. It is proposed to achieve the above objectives through quality education using a judicious mix of gurukul system and state of the art learning technologies. The thrust is on the building of concepts and fundamentals. We believe, once this is clear rest just follows and leaders in the subject get created. The society would like to confine itself generally to the disciplines of new emerging technologies.

MERIT is Meritorious Organization

With over 100 computers of the latest configurations, 5 fully air-conditioned labs, full power backup, and sufficient internet provisions, MERIT is one of the few institutions, which have such facilities of international standards. Becoming an online testing center for various international testing organizations like TOEFL, GRE, is proof of this.

Contribution to Youth

Youth are the building blocks of society and this MERIT knew from the beginning. Thus, its core functions were planned keeping in mind the following youth-oriented aspects.

1) Education 2) Counseling 3) Employment

Keeping in mind the requirements of different age groups, with different objectives and background, diverse courses have been launched in MERIT. It has become a study center of IGNOU and Jamia Milia Islamia universities with various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It has also become an authorized vocational training center of NCVT, Government of India.

The Second challenge that the youth of today face is the uncertainty in choosing the right path for their career. Keeping this in mind, MERIT took active part in building youth forums and contributed immensely in managing youth camps, where teenagers received guidance and counseling from eminent academicians, scholars and industrialists.

Most of the educated youth of this era feel helpless, when they face the problem of joblessness. This thus became the third front to be conquered by MERIT. i.e., to infuse employable skills and generate employment opportunities for the educated youth. MERIT has played a vital role in this arena by introducing government- approved job-oriented courses. It gives us immense pleasure and satisfaction to declare success of MERIT in this regard. Various job-oriented and vocational training programs conducted by MERIT have benefitted a large number of young professionals; the same is depicted by the number of students getting jobs. A high percentage of COPA and NIELIT students of MERIT have been placed in good organizations. A few of the students have also been given the opportunity to work at MERIT itself.

Some of the courses currently available in MERIT are:

(i) MCA: “Master of Computer Applications” of IGNOU is to prepare graduate students for productive careers in software industry/ academia by providing an outstanding environment for teaching and research in the core and emerging areas of the discipline.
Eligibility: Any Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3(three) year duration from a recognized University” AND Mathematics as one of the subject at 10+2 level or graduation level; else the student is required to pursue and pass the BCS12 course concurrently with IGNOU MCA.
Duration: 3 Year
Admission Period: Twice in a Year (May-June & Nov-Dec)
(ii) PGCGI: “Post Graduate Diploma in Geo-Informatics” of IGNOU is to open a channel of admission for Geo-Informatics course for students who are Graduates and are interested in taking Geo-informatics as a career. This course is generally done by experienced professionals.
Eligibility: Any Bachelors degree
Duration: 6 months
Admission Period: Twice in a Year (May-June & Nov-Dec)
(iii) PGDAST: “Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics” of IGNOU is to open a channel of admission for Statistics course for students who are graduates and are interested in taking Statistics as a career.
Eligibility: Any Bachelors degree
Duration: 6 months
Admission Period: Twice in a Year (May-June & Nov-Dec)
(iv) BCA: “Bachelor of Computer Applications” of IGNOU is to open a channel of admission for computing courses for students, who have done the 10+2 and are interested in taking computing/IT as a career. Eligibility: 10+2 or its equivalent
Duration: 3 Years
Admission Period: Twice in a Year (May-June & Nov-Dec)
(v) ACISE: “Advance Certificate in Information Security” of IGNOU is an advance certificate course for admission for learning Information Security. Eligibility: 10th pass
Duration: 6 months
Admission Period: Twice in a Year (May-June & Nov-Dec)
(vi) CCITSK: “Certificate in Communication & IT Skills” of IGNOU is a certificate course for admission for learning fundamental of computers. Eligibility: 10th pass
Duration: 6 months
Admission Period: Twice in a Year (May-June & Nov-Dec)
(vii) COPA: “Computer Operator and Programming Assistant” acronym COPA is approved by the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and issued by Government of India, Ministry of Labour, and Directorate General of Employment & Training, New Delhi.
Eligibility: 10th pass
Duration: 1 year (2 Semesters)
(viii) Project Training: In the year 2008, in a new initiative, MERIT launched a Project Training programme for B.Tech/MCA final Semester students, with the objective of exposing them to real life projects. Under this programme, MERIT has trained over twenty students. We are happy to say that all these trainees have got very good placements – some of them in eminent MNC’s and some are self-employed.
(ix) Research Initiative: Research work has only started a couple of years ago, the results are overwhelming. MERIT has been able to produce some significant results in
• B.Tech / MCA final Semester Training
• Bringing out International and National Research publications
• Developing Tailor-made Software
• Conducting Conferences, Symposium and Workshops
• Website development
(x) Future Direction: With ongoing developments and dynamic vision of the GMS & MERIT, the biggest hope is that youth of ours will come forward and participate actively in this growth process. MERIT’s aim for the coming days is to become a centre of excellence in IT learning. The following activities have been initiated that will soon become a reality:
• Collaborating with Baba Bhag Singh University, Punjab, for conducting research and other training activities, for which an MOU has been signed.
• Developing and starting a course in BIG DATA ANALYTICS, Business Intelligence, etc.
• Signing MOU’s with industrial units for practical training and placement of our students
MERIT would like Mohyal Youth also to come forward in large numbers and take training/counseling in IT related courses being conducted here. We invite suggestions from the youth and their parents to bring MERIT and its facilities closer to the Youth.