NIELIT Exam Syllabus 2026: Download O/A/B/C Level Syllabus PDFs

Module Unit

Topics

Introduction to Computer

• Computer and Latest IT Gadgets
• Evolution of Computers & its Applications
• IT Gadgets and their Applications
• Basics of Hardware and Software
• Central Processing Unit
• Input Devices
• Output Devices
• Computer Memory & Storage
• Application Software
• Systems Software
• Utility Software
• Open-source and Proprietary Software
• Mobile Apps

Introduction to Operating System

• Operating System
• Basics of Operating System
• Operating Systems for Desktop and Laptop
• Operating Systems for Mobile Phones and Tablets
• User Interface for Desktop and Laptop
• Task Bar
• Icons & Shortcuts
• Running an Application
• Operating System Simple Settings
• Using Mouse and Changing its Properties
• Changing System Date and Time
• Changing Display Properties
• Add/Remove Programs and Their Features
• Adding, Removing & Sharing Printers
• File and Folder Management
• Types of File Extensions

Word Processing  

• Word Processing Basics
• Opening Word Processing Package
• Title Bar
• Menu Bar
• Toolbars & Sidebar
• Creating a New Document
• Opening and Closing Documents
• Opening Documents
• Save and Save As
• Closing Document
• Using the Help
• Page Setup
• Page Layout
• Borders
• Watermark
• Print Preview
• Printing of Documents
• PDF File and Saving a Document as PDF File
• Text Creation and Manipulation
• Document Creation
• Editing Text
• Text Selection
• Cut
• Copy and Paste
• Font
• Color
• Style and Size Selection
• Alignment of Text
• Undo & Redo
• AutoCorrect
• Spelling & Grammar
• Find and Replace
• Formatting the Text
• Creating and Using User-defined Styles
• Paragraph Indentation
• Bullets and Numbering
• Change Case
• Header & Footer
• Table Manipulation
• Insert & Draw Table
• Changing Cell Width and Height
• Alignment of Text in Cell
• Delete / Insertion of Row
• Column and Merging & Splitting of Cells
• Border and Shading

Spreadsheet

• Elements of Spreadsheet
• Creating a Spreadsheet
• Concept of Cell Address (Row and Column) and Selecting a Cell
• Entering Data (Text, Number, Date) in Cells
• Page Setup
• Printing of Sheet
• Saving Spreadsheet
• Opening and Closing Spreadsheet
• Manipulation of Cells & Sheet
• Modifying / Editing Cell Content
• Formatting Cell (Font, Alignment, Style)
• Cut, Copy, Paste & Paste Special
• Changing Cell Height and Width
• Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
• AutoFill
• Sorting & Filtering
• Freezing Panes
• Formulas
• Functions and Charts
• Using Formulas for Numbers (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division)
• AutoSum
• Functions (SUM, COUNT, MAX, MIN, AVERAGE)
• Sort, Filter, Advanced Filter
• Database Functions (DSUM, DMIN, DMAX, DCOUNT, DCOUNTA)
• What-if Analysis
• Pivot Table
• Charts (Bar, Column, Pie, Line)
• Data Validation

Presentation

• Creation of Presentation
• Creating a Presentation Using a Template
• Creating a Blank Presentation
• Inserting & Editing Text on Slides
• Inserting and Deleting Slides
• Saving a Presentation
• Manipulating Slides
• Inserting Table
• Adding Pictures
• Inserting Other Objects
• Resizing and Scaling an Object
• Creating & Using Master Slide
• Presentation of Slides
• Choosing a Set-Up for Presentation
• Running a Slide Show
• Transition and Slide Timings
• Automating a Slide Show
• Providing Aesthetics to Slides & Printing
• Enhancing Text Presentation
• Working with Color and Line Style
• Adding Movie and Sound
• Adding Headers, Footers and Notes
• Printing Slides and Handouts

Introduction to Internet and WWW

• Basics of Computer Networks
• Local Area Network (LAN)
• Wide Area Network (WAN)
• Network Topology
• Internet
• Concept of Internet & WWW
• Applications of Internet
• Website Address and URL
• Introduction to IP Address
• ISP and Role of ISP
• Internet Protocol
• Modes of Connecting to Internet (Hotspot, Wi-Fi, LAN Cable, Broadband, USB Tethering)
• Identifying and Using IP/MAC/IMEI of Various Devices
• Popular Web Browsers (Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc.)
• Exploring the Internet
• Surfing the Web
• Popular Search Engines
• Searching on Internet
• Downloading Web Pages
• Printing Web Pages

E-mail, Social Networking and e-Governance Services

• Structure of E-mail
• Using E-mails
• Opening an Email Account
• Mailbox: Inbox and Outbox
• Creating and Sending a New Email
• Replying to an Email
• Forwarding an Email
• Searching Emails
• Attaching Files with Email
• Email Signature
• Social Networking & e-Commerce
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Instant Messaging (WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram)
• Introduction to Blogs
• Basics of e-Commerce
• Netiquettes
• Overview of e-Governance Services (Railway Reservation, Passport, eHospital–ORS)
• Accessing e-Governance Services on Mobile (UMANG App)
• Digital Locker

Overview of FutureSkills and Cyber Security

• Introduction to Internet of Things (IoT)
• Big Data Analytics
• Cloud Computing
• Virtual Reality
• Artificial Intelligence
• Social & Mobile Technologies
• Blockchain Technology
• 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing
• Robotics Process Automation
• Cyber Security
• Need for Cyber Security
• Securing PC
• Securing Smart Phone

Units

Topics

Reference Materials

Information Technology Tools and Network Basics

• Introduction to Computer
• Word Processing
• Spreadsheet
• Presentation
• Introduction to Internet and WWW, E-mail, Social Networking and e-Governance Services
• Digital Financial Tools and Applications, Overview of Future Skills & Cyber Security

• Libre Office, Getting Started Guide by Libre Office Documentation Team
• Microsoft Office for Dummies by Wallace Wang
• Mastering MS Office by Bittu Kumar, V & S Publisher
• Mastering Office 2016 by Lalit Mali, Notion Press
• Computer Networking by Tittel Ed, McGraw Hills Companies
• OpenOffice.org for DUMMIES by Gurdy Leete, Ellen Finkelstein and Mary Leete

Web Designing & Publishing

• Introduction to Web Design and Editors, HTML Basics 
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• CSS Framework
• JavaScript and Angular Js
• Photo Editor, Web Publishing and Browsing

• HTML5, Black Book, Kagent Learning Solution Inc, 2014
• Mastering HTML, CSS &JavaScript Web Publishing by Lemay Laura, BPB publications
• HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference by Thomas Powell
• Web Design, McGraw-Hill

Programming and Problem-solving through Python Language

• Introduction to Programming, Algorithms and Flowcharts to solve problems
• Introduction to Python, Operators, Expressions and Python Statements, Sequence data types
• Functions, File Processing, Modules
• NumPy Basics

• Python Programming- A Modular Approach (with Graphics, database, Mobile and Web Applications by Sheetal Taneja and Naveen Kumar, Pearson
• Python Network Programming Cookbook by Pradeeban Kathiravelu, Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarkar, PACKT.
• Head First Python by Paul Berry, O’Reilly
• Dive into Python by Mark Pilgrim, APress
• Beginning Programming with Python Dummies by John Paul
• Meuller.

Introduction to the Internet of Things(IoT) and its Applications

• Introduction to IoT – Applications/Devices, Protocols and Communication Model
• Things and Connections
• Sensors, Actuators and Microcontrollers
• Building IoT Applications
• Security and Future of IoT Ecosystem
• Soft skills-Personality Development

• Macro Schwartz, “Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook”, Packt 2016
• Arshdeep Bajga and Vijay Madisetti, “Internet of Things- A Hands-on Approach” Universities Press, 2014
• Massimo Banzi, “Getting Started with Arduino”, 2nd Edition, Oreilly, 2011
• Macro Schwartz, “Internet of Things with Arduino”, Open Home Automation
• Michael Margolis, “Arduino Cookbook”, Oreilly, 2011

Data Structure Through Object-Oriented Programming Language

• Object Oriented Concepts
• Basics of C++, classes and objects
• Analysis of algorithms
• Sorting and Searching
• Elementary Data Structures- Arrays, Linked Lists
• Stack and Queue
• Trees
• Graphs

• Object Oriented Programming with C++ by Robert Lafore
• Object Oriented Programming with C++ by E Balaguruswamy
• Data Structures Through C++ by Yashwant Kanetkar
• Schaum’s Outlines Data Structures Seymour Lipschutz

Computer Organization and Operating System 

• Basic Structure of Computers
• Computer Arithmetic Operations
• Central Processing Unit and Instructions
• Memory Organization 
• I/O Organization
• Operating Systems Overview
• Linux Basics
• Process Management and Shell Script
• Users, Groups and Permissions
• Standard I/O and Pipes
• Finding and processing files

• Operating System Concepts by Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne and Abraham Silberschatz
• Computer System Architecture by Morris Mano
• Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles by William Stallings, Peasons
• Operating Systems: A Concept-Based Approach, by D. M. Dhamdhere, McGraw Hills
• Computer Organization by John L. Hennessy, McGraw Hills
• Computer Organization and Architecture by V. Rajaraman, T Radhakrishnan, PHI

Databases Technologies

• An Overview of the Database Management System
• Architecture of Database System 
• Relational Database Management System(RDBMS)
• Database Design
• Maria DB
• Manipulating Data with MariaDB
• NoSQL Database Technologies
• Selecting Right Database

• Henry F Korth, Abraham Silberschatz and S. Sudharshan, “Database System Concepts”, Sixth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2011
• C.J.Date, A.Kannan and S.Swamynathan, ”An Introduction to Database Systems”, Pearson Education
• Emilien Kenler and Federico Razzoli, “MariaDB Essentials”, Packt Publishing, 2015
• Kristina Chodorow, “MongoDB: The Definitive Guide”, 2nd Edition, O'Reilly
• Saeed K. Rahimi and Frank S. Haug, “Distributed Database Management SystemsA Practical Approach”, WILEY Publication
• R. Elmasri, S.B. Navathe, “Fundamentals of Database Systems”, Fifth Edition, Pearson Education/Addison Wesley
• Alex Giamas, “Mastering MongoDB”, Packt Publisher

Systems Analysis, Design and Testing

• Introduction
• Requirement Gathering and Feasibility Analysis
• Structured Analysis 
• Structured Design
• Object-Oriented Modelling Using UML 
• Testing, System Implementation and Maintenance, Other Software Development Approaches

• Henry F Korth, Abraham Silberschatz and S. Sudharshan, “Database System Concepts”, Sixth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2011
• System Analysis and Design Methods by Jeffrey L Whitten and Lonnie D Bentley, McGraw Hill
• System Analysis and Design by Alan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom, Roberta M Roth, Publisher-Wiley 
• Modern Systems Analysis and Design-6th Edition by Hoffer, George, Published by Pearson Education India
• System Analysis and Design by Dr. Brijendra Singh, Published by New Age International Private Limited
• Software Engineering by K. K. Aggarwal and Yogesh Singh, New Age International Publisher

Big Data Analytics Using Hadoop

• Analyzing and Defining Business Requirement and Introduction to Operating System (Ubuntu)
• Java Programming
• Hadoop Framework and Map Reduce Programming Techniques
• Analysing Data using HIVE, R, RHIVE, HIVE – JDBC
• Introduction to HBASE, PIG and JAQL

• Java - The Complete Reference by H. Schildt, Tata McGraw-Hill
• Head First Java by Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates, O’Reilly.
• Programming with Java A Primer by E Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill.
• Hadoop, The Definite Guide by Tom White, O'Reilly
• Hadoop Operation by Eric Sammer, O'Reilly
• Big Data by DT Editorial Services, Black Book
• Apache HIVE Essential, Dayong Du, Packt Publisher
• HBase Essentials by Nishant Garg, Packt Publisher

Data Science Using Python

• Python Language, Structures, Programming Constructs
• Data Science Concepts
• Numpy
• Pandas
• Statistical Concepts and Functions
• Matplotlib
• GUI –Tkinter
• Machine Learning – The Next Step

• Python for Data Analysis by OReilly
• Getting Started with Python Data Analysis
• Python Data Science Handbook: Essential Tools for Working with Data By O’Reilly
• Python for Data Science for Dummies

Web Application Development Using PHP

• Introduction to the Website Development and Introduction to Linux Operating System
• Review of designing of Web pages
• Review of Client Side Validations using various techniques
• Server-side programming language PHP
• Database connectivity with PHP and MySQL 
• Web Services & security vulnerabilities

• PHP and MySQL® Web Development: Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Author: Laura Thomson, Luke Welling
• Beginning PHP6, Apache, MySQL Web Development Publisher: Wrox Author: Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner, Yann Le Scouarnec, Jeremy Stolz, Michael K.Glass Timothy Boronczyk
• PHP: The Complete Reference by Steven Holzner, McGraw Hills
• PHP and MySQL Web Development, Luke Welling, Laura Thomson, Pearson

Full Stack Web Development using MVC Framework

• MVC Infrastructure Basics, PHP Frameworks & Introduction to CakePHP
• Models
• Controller and Views
• PHP Basics and Conditional Logic
• Functions and Error Handling
• Object Oriented Programming
• MySQL Installation and Basics
• Advanced Queries and Data Manipulation using PHP
  and MySQL 
• Creating Dynamic Forms using CakePHP HTML
  Helpers

• PHP and MySQL Web Development: Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Author: Laura Thomson, Luke Welling
• Beginning PHP6, Apache, MySQL Web Development Publisher: Wrox Author: Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner, Yann Le Scouarnec, Jeremy Stolz, Michael K.Glass Timothy Boronczyk
• Learn CakePHP Publisher: Apress Author: Radharadhya Dasa
• Practical CakePHP Projects Publisher: Apress Author: Miller Cheryl

Network Management

• Introduction to Computer Networks
• Introduction: Networks Layers/Models
• Physical Layer
• Data Link 
• Network Layer
• Transport Layer
• Congestion Control
• Application Layer
• Networking Devices 
• Fundamentals of Mobile Communication

• Introduction to Computer Communication Networks
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks

Information Security Management

• Network Fundamentals 
• Introduction to cyber security and attacks
• Cryptography
• Network Security and Countermeasures
• Web Server and Application Security
• Security Auditing
• Cyber Law and IT Act 2000
• Cyber Forensics

• Cryptography and Network Security Principles and Practices, William Stallings, Seventh Edition, Pearson
• Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards Paperback, William Stallings 
• Cryptography and Network Security Paperback, Atul Kahate
• Computer Networks, 5e (5th Edition) Paperback, Tanenbaum 
• Principles of Computer Security: CompTIA Security+ and Beyond, W. A. Coklin, G. White, Fifth Edition
• Cyber Law-Law of Information Technology and Internet Paperback, Anirudh Rastogi
• Hands-on Incident Response and Digital Forensics, Jason Wayne

Internet of Things: A Practical Approach

• Hardware Platform for Prototyping IoT Applications
• Sensors, Actuators and Interfacing
• IoT - Networking & Protocols
• Webserver Basics for IoT
• The IoT Database Management & Cloud Connectivity
• Security for Next Generation IoT, IIoT

• Macro Schwartz, Macro Schwartz, “Internet of Things with ESP8266”, Open Home Automation
• Arshdeep Bagha and Vijay Madisetti, “Internet of Things- A Hands-on Approach” Universities Press, 2014.
• David Hanes, Gonzalo Salgueiro, and Patrick Grossetete "IoT Fundamentals: Networking Technologies, Protocols, and Use Cases for the Internet of Things"
• Michael Margolis, “Arduino Cookbook”, Oreilly, 2011
• Catalin Batrinu “ESP8266 Home Automation Projects”, Packt

Internet of Things using Raspberry Pi

• Introduction to Single Board Computer – Raspberry Pi
• Configuring and Managing Raspberry Pi
• Linux Operating System Basics
• Hardware interfacing - GPIO programming 
• Raspberry Pi-based IoT application use cases

• Simon Monk, “Raspberry Pi - Cookbook”, 2nd Edition, O'Reilly 2017
• Maneesh Rao “Internet of Things with Raspberry Pi 3: Leverage the power of Raspberry Pi 3 and JavaScript to build exciting IoT projects” Packt
• Arshdeep Bahga and Vijay Madisetti, “Internet of Things- A Hands-on Approach” Universities Press, 2014
• Sai Yamanoor and Srihari Yamanoor, “Python Programming with Raspberry Pi”, Packt

Artificial Intelligence Concepts and R Programming

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Applications of AI
• Data Preparation and Machine Learning Basics
• R Programming & Statistical Data Analysis

• R for Everyone By Jared P. Lander
• Artificial Intelligence- Reshaping Life and Business by Prabhath Kumar
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Experts System, by Patterson Dan, W., PHI
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Eugene Chaniak, Drew McDermott, Pearson
• Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach, by Peter Novick, S. J. Russel, Pearson
• R for Data Science, Hardly Wickham, Garrett Grolemund, O’Reilly

Machine Learning Using Python

• Advanced Python
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Computer Vision
• Natural Language Processing

• Simon Monk, “Raspberry Pi - Cookbook”, 2nd Edition, O'Reilly 2017
• Machine Learning An Algorithmic Perspective by Stephen Marshland
• Programming in Python by Mark Summerfield
• Learning Python By Mark Lutz, David Ascher
• Introduction to Machine Learning with Python by Andreas C Muller, Sarah Guido
• Learning Open CV - Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library by O'Reilly
• Open CV Essentials by Oscar Deniz Suarez, Noelia Vallez Enano by Packt Publishers

Basic Mathematics 

• Sequences & Series
• Matrices and Determinant
• Analytical Geometry
• Vectors
• Differential Calculus
• Integral Calculus

• H Anton, I. Bivens, S. Davis, “Calculus”, John Wiley and Sons
• E. Kreysig, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, 8th Edition. Wiley, 2002, McGraw Hill
• G.B. Thomas, Jr. R.L. Finney, “Calculus and Analytic Geometry”, Pearson Education Asia, Ninth Edition, 2002
• B. S. Grewal, “Higher Engineering Mathematics”, Khanna Publisher

Management Basics

Information Systems

Enterprise Systems

System Development Process 

Information Systems Security, Overview of Project Management and Case Studies

• Management Information System by James O’Brien and Others, 2017
• Management Information System by Kenneth C Laudon, Jane Laudon, 2019, Pearson
• Principles and Practices of Management, L. M. Prashad, 2021 Fundamental of Management, Stephen Robbins, Mary Coulter, David Ce Cenzo
• Management Principles and Practices, CB Gupta, 2016
• Software Engineering, A Practitioner’s Approach, 2017
• Fundamentals of Software Engineering, Rajib Mall, 5th Edition

• Sets & Functions
• Formal Logic 
• Analysis of Algorithms
• Storage and Feature Extraction of Graphs and Trees
• Counting and Combinatorics
• Dynamic Programming 

• Kenneth N. Rosen, “Discrete Mathematics and its applications”, Tata McGraw Hill, 08th Edition
• C.L. Liu, “Elements of Discrete mathematics” Tata McGraw Hill., 4th Edition
• Norman L. Biggs “Discrete Mathematics Oxford University Press”, 2nd Edition
• Trembling, J.P. & Manohar P, “Discrete mathematical structure with applications, Tata McGraw Hill., 3rd Edition
• Vinay Kumar, Discrete Mathematics, BPB, India, 5th Edition
• Dynamic Programming: A Computational Tool Author: Authors: Holger Mauch, Art Lew, 1st Edition
• Python Programming: Using Problem Solving Approach Paperback by Reema Thareja (Author), 1st Edition

• Software Engineering Fundamentals 
• Software Requirements Analysis & Specification
• CASE diagrams and Tools
• Software Design 
• Development of Use cases and UML diagrams
• Coding and Software Testing
• Software Quality and Metrics
• Software Maintenance and Configuration Management
• Object-Oriented Software Engineering 
• Advanced Software Engineering Topics

• Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley, 2009 [9th Edn]
• Roger S. Pressman, Software Engineering - A Practitioner Approach, McGraw Hill, 2010 [7th Edn]
• W.S. Jawadekar, Software Engineering – A Primer, TMH-2008
• Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, Software Project Management (5th Edition), McGraw-Hill

• Operating System Structures
• File System
• Process Management
• Process Synchronization
• Memory Management
• Storage Management 
• Protection and Security
• Virtualization
• Distributed, Networks and Embedded OS
• Case Study: Linux and Microsoft Windows

• Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne “Operating System Concepts”, Willey
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull, “Operating Systems: Design & Implementation”, 2002, Pearson Education Asia.
• Real-Time Embedded Components and Systems with Linux and RTOS by Sam Siewert and John Pratt
• D.M. Dhamdhere, “Operating Systems: A Concept Based Approach”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company.
• A.S. God bole, “Operating Systems”, Tata McGraw Hill
• Richard L.Petersen, “LINUX: The Complete Reference “fifth edition, Tata McGraw Hill

• Introduction to Data Communications
• Introduction to Computer Networks
• Physical Layer 
• Data Link Layer 
• Network Layer 
• Transport Layer
• Application Layer
• Multimedia in Data Communication
• Communication Protocols in IoT 
• Network Programming using Python 
• High-Speed Networks 
• QoS in Data Networks 
• Introduction to Software-Defined Networking

• Behrouz A Forouzan, “Data Communication and Networking”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 06th Edition, 2021
• William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications”, Pearson Education.
• A. S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education.
  William Stallings, Foundations of Modern Networking: SDN, NFV, QoE, IoT, and Cloud, 2016, Addison-Wesley Professional

• Introduction to Statistics & Probability
• Distribution Functions
• Statistical Inference
• Regression Analysis
• Representation of Numbers
• Algebraic and Transcendental Equations
• System of Linear Equations
• Numerical Differentiation & Integration

• Sastry, S.S, “Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis”, 5th Edition.
• Curtis F. Gerald and Patrick O. Wheatley, “Applied Numerical Analysis”, 7th Edition
• Ross, S.M, “A First Course in Probability”., 8th Edition
• Trivedi, K.S., “Probability & Statistics with Reliability, Queuing, and Computer Science Applications”, 2nd Edition
• Python Programming: Using Problem Solving Approach Paperback by Reema Thareja (Author), 1st Edition

• Basics of Communication
• Communication Techniques
• Listening Practices
• Communication in Groups and Teams
• Technical Communication
• Interpersonal Communication Skills 
• Resumes and Interviews
• Presentation Skills
• Technology in Communication
• Collaborative Technology

• Business Communication Today | Fourteenth Edition | By Pearson by Courtland L. Bovee, John V. Thill, et al. 2018
• Fundamentals of Business Communication, 1e by Mukesh Chaturvedi ,2012
• Business Correspondence and Report Writing - A Practical Approach to Business and Technical Communication | 6th Edition by R C Sharma, Krishna Mohan, et al. 2020

• Recap 1 on Relational model and relational algebra
• Recap 2 on E-R models and Normalization process 
• Database Architectures and Open-source databases
• Database Properties and Database Securities
• Queries Languages/ SQL
• Transactions and Concurrency 
• Durability
• Recovery manager
• Concept of Data Warehouses and OLAP
• Advanced Topics

• Bales, Beginning PL/SQL: From Novice to Professional;
• Springer 2007
• Connolly T, Begg C, Database Systems, Fourth Ed, Addison/Wesley 2008
• Connolly T, Begg C, Holowczak R, Business Database Systems. Pearson/AddisonWesley, 2008
• Kifer et al. Database Systems
• Oracle 9iR2 data warehousing Boston, MA: Digital Press, 2003.
• Kimball, Ralph, the data warehouse ETL toolkit practical techniques for extracting, cleaning, conforming, and delivering data Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley, c2004
• Kimball, Ralph & Ross, Margy, The data warehouse toolkit the complete guide to dimensional modeling, second edition New York: Wiley, c2002.
• Hobbs, Lillian, et al., Oracle 9iR2 data warehousing Boston, MA: Digital Press, 2003

• Graphics Hardware – Primitives
• Basic Mathematical Concepts for Computer Graphics
• Graphics Operations –Clipping, Filling
• Transformation 2D – 3D & Projections
• Object Representation
• Multimedia Systems

• David F. Rogers and J. Alan Adams “Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics”(Paperback) McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 2nd edition (July 17 Edition)
• Schaum’s Outline of “Theory and Problems of Computer Graphics” (Paperback) by Zhigang Xiang & Roy A. Plastic McGraw-Hill; 2nd edition (Jan 2015 Edition)
• Prabhat K Andleigh and Kiran Thakrar, “Multimedia Systems and Design”, PHI, 2003
• Mark J. Bunzel and Sandra K. Morris “Multimedia Application Development” McgrawHill Osborne Media; 2nd edition (September 1993)
• Donald Hearn and M. Pauline Baker, “Computer Graphics C Version”, (Papaerback) 3rd Edition Prentice Hall (2002)
• Parekh Ranjan, “Principles of Multimedia”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2017
• Prawal& B. B Tiwari, “Multimedia Systems”, Excel Publication, New Delhi, 2007.
• “Multimedia Demystified” – by Jennifer Coleman, Dowling; McGraw Hill.

• Cloud Computing
• IoT Hardware Platform, Sensors & Actuators
• IoT Connectivity & Cloud Platform
• IoT Frameworks 
• Use Cases – IoT and Cloud Services 

• Cloud Computing: A Hands-on Approach, Arshdeep Bahga, Vijay Medisetti
• The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3, Joseph Yiu, Second Edition, Elsevier Inc.
• The Internet of Things: Key Applications and Protocols, David Boswarthick, Olivier Hersent, and Omar Elloumi, Wiley
• Building the Internet of Things with IPv6 and MIPv6, Daniel Minoli, Wiley.
• Cloud Computing: A Hands-on Approach, Arshdeep Bahga and Vijay K. Madisetti
• Enabling Things Talk, Alessandro Bassi, Martin Bauer, Martin Fiedler, Thorsten Kramp, Springer Open

• Recap on Software Project and Introduction to Project Management
• Project Management Issues 
• Project Planning and Project Estimation
• Project Scheduling
• Risk Analysis and Management
• Software Measures and Metrics
• Quality Management
• Project Tracking Techniques and Monitoring
• Configuration Management, and Project Closure
• Agile Management  

• Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley, 2009 [9th Edn]
• Roger S. Pressman, Software Engineering - A Practitioners Approach, McGraw Hill, 2010 [7th Edn]
• Pankaj Jalote, Software Project Management in Practice, Addison-Wesley, 2002
• Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, Software Project Management, McGraw-Hill, 2017 [6th Edn]
• Robert K. Winsock, Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme Wiley, 2007 (4th Edn)
• Ken Schwaber, Agile Project Management with Scrum, Microsoft Press, 2004.
• Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, Planning Extreme Programming, Addison-Wesley, 2001
• Ben Collins- Sussman et al., Version Control with Subversion, 2002

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Applications of AI
• Advanced Python (Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib)
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Computer Vision
• Natural Language Processing
• Case Study

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Experts System, by Patterson Dan, W., PHI
• Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach, by Peter Novig, S. J. Russel, Pearson
• Machine Learning an algorithmic Perspective by Stephen Marshland
• Learning Python By Mark Lutz, David Ascher
• Introduction to Machine Learning with python by Andreas C Muller, Sarah Guido
• Open CV Essentials by Oscar Deniz Suarez, NoeliaVallezEnano by Packt Publishers Deep Learning with Python by Francois Chollet.

• Introduction to Java and OOP concepts
• Java Concept
• Database Concept and JDBC Connectivity
• Servlet API
• JSP and Database Connectivity
• Hibernate Framework
• Java Web Frameworks: Spring MVC

• Java - The Complete Reference by H. Schildt, Tata McGraw-Hill.
• OCA Java SE Programmer I Certification Guide by Mala Gupta, Dramatic Press
• Professional Java Server Programming by Subrahmanyam Allamaraju, Cedric Buest, Wiley Publication
• Spring in Action 3rd edition, Craig Walls, Manning Publication
• Hibernate 2nd edition, Jeff Linwood and Dave Minter, Beginning Après publication

• Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
• Social Media Marketing (SMM)
• Content and Email Marketing
• Affiliate Marketing
• Web Analytics
• Keyword Planning and Social Media Ad Campaigns
• Lead Generation and Marketing Automation

• Digital Marketing, Second Edition by Seema Gupta, McGraw Hill
• Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, Second Edition by Puneet Singh Bhatia, Pearson
• Digital Marketing, by Vandana Ahuja, Oxford University Press

• Introduction
• Statistical Models in Simulation
• Random Number Generation
• Input Modelling
• Estimation of Absolute Performance
• Measures of performance and their estimation
• Verification, Calibration and Validation

• Jerry Banks, John S. Carson II, Barry L. Nelson, David M. Nicola: Discrete-Event System Simulation, 5th Edition, Pearson Education, 2010.
• Lawrence M. Leemis, Stephen K. Park: Discrete – Event Simulation: A First Course, Pearson Education, 2006.
• Averill M. Law: Simulation Modeling and Analysis, 4th Edition, Tata McGrawHill, 2007
• Introduction to Dynamic Systems: Theory, Models, and Applications. D. G. Luenberger, 1979.
• Numerical Analysis, R. L. Burden and J. D. Faires, 1993.

• Introduction to Distributed and Parallel Computing Technologies
• Distributed Computing and Edge Computing
• Parallel Computing

• Parallel & Distributed Computing by I. A. Dhotre, Technical Publications, 2021.
• Introduction to Parallel Computing, Ananth Grama, Anshul Gupta, George Karypis and Vipin Kumar, Pearson Ed.
• Fog and Edge Computing: Principles and Paradigms by Rajkumar Buyya, Satish Narayana Srirama, John Wiley & Sons, 2019. 

• Introduction
• Data Warehousing
• ETL processes
• Data Mining Primitives
• OLAP engines and OLAP operations
• Supervised and Unsupervised techniques
• Association algorithms 
• Unsupervised algorithms
• Advanced Mining Concepts 
• Applications

• Hobbs, Lillian, et al. Oracle 9iR2 data warehousing Boston, MA: Digital Press, 2003.
• Kimball, Ralph. The data warehouse ETL toolkit practical techniques for extracting, cleaning, conforming, and delivering data Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley, c2004
• Kimball, Ralph. The data warehouse toolkit the complete guide to dimensional modeling, second edition New York: Wiley, c2002.
• Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann
• Series in Data Management Systems) Jiawei Han and Micheline Kamber, ISBN-10
• Arun K Pujari, "Data Mining Techniques" Universities Press. M. Jarke, M. Lenzerni, Y. Vassiliou, and P. Vassiladis, “Fundamentals of Data Warehouses, Springer Verlag New York, Inc. Secaucus, NJ, USA.
• Margaret Dunham, "Data mining: Introductory and Advanced Topics", Prentice Hall; 

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

• Introduction
• Industry Practices and Software Quality
• Understanding Pre-testing documents 
• Testing Techniques and Strategies
• Building Test Cases and Plans
• Verification, Validation and Debugging Techniques and
  Tools
• Quality Assurance and Standards
• Post-testing activities and documents
• Agile Software Development Practices and Agile Testing
• Version Control

• Desikan S, Ramesh G, “Software Testing”, Pearson Education
• Tamres L, “Introducing Software Testing”, Pearson Education
• Mathura A.P, “Fundamentals of Software Testing”, Pearson Education
• Testing Object Oriented Systems, Robert V. Binder, Addison Wesley
• G. J. Myers, The Art of Software Testing
• Beizer, Boris. Software Testing Techniques, 2nd Ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
• Pfleeger, L. Shari. Software Engineering-Theory and Practice. Prentice-Hall.
• Brian Marick, “The Craft of Software Testing”, Pearson Education, 2008.
• Rajani & Oak, “Software Testing: Methodology, Tools and Processes” Tata McGrawHill, 2007.
• R. Pressman, “Software Engineering”, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.

• Introduction
• Image Digitization
• Image Enhancement 
• Image Restoration
• Image Compression 
• Image Segmentation
• Image Registration and Multi-valued Image Processing
• Image Transformations
• Object Detection Process
• Introduction to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

• Rafael C. Gonzalez& Richard E. Woods: Digital Image Processing, Addision-Wesley
• Chanda, D. Dutta Majumder: Digital Image Processing and Analysis, PHI, 2000.
• Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, Steven L. Eddins: “Digital Image Processing using MATLAB”, Parsons Education Asia, 2004
• Nick Afford: Know the basics of edge computing
• Know the Challenges in Federating Edge Resources
• Know the method Data Management in Edge Computing age Processing, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2000.
• Scott E Umbaugh: Computer Vision and Image Processing, PHI, 1998.

• Basic Accounting System
• Accounting Concepts and Standards
• Preparation of Profit & Loss & Balance Sheet
• Financial Management
• Inventory & Receivables Management
• Portfolio Management and IT applications
• Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects

• R.Narayanaswamy: Financial Accounting: A Managerial Perspective, PHI
• MN Arora: Copst and Management Accounting, Vikas Publications
• Prasanna Chandra, “Financial Management: Theory and Practices, 5th Edition, 2001,Tata McGraw Hill.
• Robert N. Anthony and James s. Reece: Accounting Principles
• S.N. Mahesweri : Advanced Accountancy
• M.Y. Khan and P.K. Jain, “Management: Accounting”, Second Edition, 1995 (TataMcGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd, New Delhi.
• R.L. Gupta and M. Radhaswamy : Advanced Accountancy
• Horngran, C.T., Foster G and Sales, S.M., “Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 10th Edition, 2000, Prentice Hall of India.
• Paresh Shah, Management Accounting, OUP
  Ravi M. Kishore, Cost and Management Accounting, Taxmann

• Wireless Communication Fundamentals
• Cellular & Mobile Technologies
• Wireless LAN Technologies
• WSN and WPAN Technologies

• Theodore S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice”, Second Edition, 2002, Pearson Education Asia.
• David Tse and Pramod Viswanath, Fundamentals of wireless communications, Cambridge University Press, First Edition, 2012
• Henrik Schulz And Christian L¨uders, Theory and Applications of OFDM and CDMA Wideband Wireless Communications, John Wily & Sons, First Edition, 2005
• Bluetooth Revealed; By: Miller, Brent A, Bisdikian, Chatschik; Addison Wesley Longman Pte Ltd., Delhi
• Wilson , “Sensor Technology hand book,” Elsevier Publications 2005.
• Andrea Goldsmith, “Wireless Communications,” Cambridge University Press, 2005
• Mobile and Personal Communications Services and Systems; 1st Edition; By Raj Pandya; PHI, New Delhi
• Mobile Communications; By: Schiller, Jochen H; Addison Wesley Longman Pte 

• Introduction
• Fundamentals of Blockchain Technology
• Consensus Mechanism
• Encryption & Decryption Algorithm
• Crypto Currencies and Bitcoin
• Types of Blockchain
• Private Blockchain
• Implementation/Case Studies 
• Standards and possible attacks
• Use Case

• Linear Algebra: Matrices, Vectors, Determinants 
• Calculus: Differential and Integral Calculus
• Analytical Geometry
• Infinite Series 
• Probability Theory and Distributions
• Statistics

• E Kreyszig, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, 10th Ed., 2011, Wiley Publication.
• G. B. Thomas and R. L. Finney, “Calculus and Analytical Geometry”, 9th Edition, 2002, Pearson Education Asia
• Sheldon Ross, A First Course in Probability, 8th edition, 2009, Pearson Education

• Overview
• Process Management
• Storage Management 
• I/O Systems
• Distributed Systems
• Protection & Security
• Case Studies

• Silberschatz Galvin, “Operating System Concepts”, 1999, Addison-Wesley Longman.
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S.Woodhull, “Operating Systems: Design & Implementation”’ 2002, Pearson Education Asia.
• Mark E. Russinovich and David A. Solomon, “Windows Internals 5th Edition” June 2009: Microsoft Press. 

• Introduction
• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and Java
• Performance Analysis Techniques 
• Elementary Data Structures
• Recursion
• Trees
• Graphs
• Strings
• Sorting and Searching Methods

• Jean-Paul Tremblay and Paul G, “An Introduction to Data Structures with Applications”, Sorenson Publisher – Tata McGraw Hill.
• Wiley Higher Education, “Data Structures and Algorithms in Java”, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons. 

• Introduction to Computer Arithmetic
• Register Transfer Language
• Instruction Set Design 
• Pipelining
• Programming the Basic Computer
• I/O Fundamentals 
• Memory Organization 
• Multiprocessor and Multiple Computers

• Morris Mano, “Computer System Architecture”, Prentice Hall of India Edition.
• Pal Chaudhary, “ Computer Organization and Design”, Prentice Hall of India 

• Basic Background
• 3D Viewing
• Representing Curves and Surfaces 
• Solid Modeling 
• Visible Surface Determination 
• Illumination Models & Rendering
• Colour Models 
• Introduction to Animation 

• James D. Foley, Andries Van Dam, Steven K. Feiner & John F. Hughes, “Computer Graphics – Principles and Practices”, 2nd Edition in C, 2005
• Donald Hearn and M Pauline Baker, “Computer Graphics”, 2nd Edition, 2003, Prentice Hall of India. 

• Networking Concepts
• Performance Models
• Multiple Access Networks
• Cell Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
• IP Networks
• Multicast and Internet Working
• End-to-End Protocols
• Multimedia Networking 

• Bertsekas and Gallager, “Data Networks”. 2nd Ed., Prectice Hall India.
• Stallings, “High-Speed Networks and Internet”, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education.
• Peterson and Davie,”Computer Networks-A Systems Approach”, 3rd Ed., Elsevier (India)
• Kurose and Ross, “Computer Networking”, 3rd Ed., Pearson Education. 

• Probability and Information Theory 
• Stochastic Processes
• Queueing Theory and Performance Evaluation
• Optimization
• Laplace and Fourier transform 

• K.S. Trivedi, “Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing, and Computer Science Applications”, 2nd Edition, John Wiley, 2008.
• E.K.P.Chong and S.H.Zak, “An Introduction to Optimization”, 3rd Edition, 2008, John Wiley.
• S.Ross, “A First Course in Probability”, 6th Edition, Pearson, 2010.
• E.Kreyszig, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics,” 10th Edition, 2011, Wiley

• Introduction
• Greedy Algorithms
• Divide & Conquer Algorithms 
• Dynamic Programming Algorithms 
• Amortized Analysis 
• Graph Algorithms 
• String Matching 
• Sorting
• Computational Complexity
• Approximate Algorithms 

• T H Corman et al, “Introduction to Algorithms”, Pearson Education, 2001.
• Aho, Hopcroft, Ullman, “The Design and analysis of computer algorithms”, Pearson Education. 

• Introduction and Background
• Data Preprocessing
• Data Warehousing and OLAP Technology
• Data Cube Computation and Data Generalization 
• Mining frequent patterns, associations and correlations 
• Classifications and Predictions
• Cluster Analysis 
• Mining streams Time series and sequence data
• Applications of Data Warehousing and Data Mining 

• Jiawei Han and Micheline Kamber, “Data Mining Concepts and Techniques”, second edition, 2006.
• Margaret Dunham, “Data Mining: Introductory and Advanced Topics”, Prentice Hall India
• Arun K Pujari, “Data Mining Techniques”, Orient Longman Publishers 

• Introduction
• Compression of Multimedia data
• Multimedia Systems 
• Delivery of Multimedia Data
• Multimedia Information Management 
• Multimedia Programming Tagging (SMIL)
• Introduction to MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
• Virtual Reality

• Ralf Steinmetz and Llara Nahrstedt, “Multimedia: Computing, Communications & Applications”, Pearson Education
• P.K. Andleigh and K.Thakrar, “Multimedia Systems Design”, Prentice Hall India, 1996
• John Vince, “Virtual Reality Systems”., Thomson Training & Simulation Ltd.
• Fred Halsall, “Multimedia Communications”, Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co., 2000. 

• Introduction to Image Processing & Computer Vision
• Image Formation
• Image Enhancement & Restoration
• Color Image Processing
• Wavelets and Multiresolution processing
• Image Compression
• Edge and Boundary Detection
• Morphological Image Processing
• Motion Estimation, Detection & Tracking
• Shape Representation and Reconstruction 

• Rafael C. Gonzalez & Richard E. Woods, “Digital Image Processing”, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education.
• D.Forsyth, J Ponce, “Computer Vision – A Modern Approach”, Prentice Hall, India

• Introduction to Cryptography
• Mathematics of Cryptography
• Introduction to Number Theory 
• Conventional Encryption 
• Pseudo - Random Number Generators (PRNGs)
• Hash Functions and MAC
• Key Establishment and Public - Key Cryptography
• Integrity and Digital Signature

• William Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security, Principles and Practice”, Prentice Hall India.
• Behrouz A Forouzan, “Cryptography & Network Security”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publications 

• Introduction to Soft Computing
• Introduction to Genetic Algorithm
• Genetic Modeling
• Regression and Optimization
• Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling
• Advances Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling 
• Neuro-Fuzzy Control
• Other Hybrid System

• Jang J S R, Sun C T, Mizutani, “Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing”, Pearson Education Edition, 1997, Reprint 2007
• Akerker and Sajja, MS and Jones and Bartlett, MA, USA, “Knowledge-Based Systems”, 2009
• Ian Cloete and Jacek Zurada, “Knowledge Based Neuro Computing” University Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2002
• Oscar Cordon, Francisco Herrera, Frank Hoffmann, Luis Magdalena, “Genetic Fuzzy Systems”, Word Scientific Publishing Ltd., 2001 

• Basic Software Engineering and Study of
  Different Life Cycle Models
• Requirements & Specification
• Design Concept and Methods
• Object-Oriented Methodology for Analysis and Design
• Modeling with UML
• Testing Object-Oriented Systems and Quality Assurance
• Software Architecture 
• Software Agent 

• Pressman R.S., “Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach” Tata Mcgraw Hill.
• Sommerville I., Addision-Wesley, “Software Engineering”

• Discrete-Time Signals & System
• Z-Transform
• Applications of z-transform
• Frequency Analysis of Signals and Systems
• Discrete Fourier Transform
• Implementation of Discrete Time Systems 
• Design of Digital Filters
• Introduction to DSP co-processors
• Applications
• Advance DSP concepts 

• J.G. Proakis, “Introduction to Digital Signal Processing”, PHI
• N.G.Palan, ”Digital Signal Processing”,Tech-Max Publications
• S Sallivahanan, ”Digital Signal Processing”, Tata McGraw Hill.
• Ashok Ambardar, “Analog and Digital Signal Processing”, Thompson Learning

• Introduction
• Inductive Classification
• Ensemble Learning 
• Experimental Evaluation of Learning Algorithms 
• Rule Learning: Propositional and First-Order 
• Artificial Neural Networks 
• Support Vector Machines 
• Bayesian Learning 

• Tom Mitchell, “Machine Learning”, McGraw Hill, 1997, ISBN 0070428077
• Ethem Alpaydin, “Introduction to Machine Learning”, MIT Press, 2004

• Introduction
• Cyber Forensics Tools and Utilities
• Concealment Techniques
• Hardware: Model System Platforms 
• Software: Operating Systems, Network Traffic and Applications 
• Standard Operating Procedures: Digital Forensic Laboratory Accreditation Standards
• Acquiring Data, Duplicating Data, and Recovering Deleted Files
• Forensic Discovery and Analysis Using Back Track
• Privacy and Cyber Forensics

• Albert J.Marcella, Jr. Doug Menendez, “Cyber Forensics”, Second Edition, Auerbach Publications.
• Anthony Reyes & Jack Wiles, “Cybercrime and Digital Forensics”, Syngress.

• Introduction to Software Project Management System
• Overview of Project Planning
• Project Estimation 
• Project Scheduling 
• Organization and Team Structure
• Risk Analysis and Management 
• Resource Allocation 
• Project Tracking and Configuration Management
• Project Contract Management 
• Software Quality Assurance 

• Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, “Software Project Management”, 3rd Edition, 2002, McGraw-Hill.
• 2. Pankaj Jalote, “Software Project Management in Practice”, 2002, Pearson Education, Asia. 

• Introductory Framework
• Wide-Area Mobile Communication Access
• Local-Area Mobile Communication Access 
• Mobile Network Layer 
• Mobile Transport Layer 
• Mobile Databases
• Mobile Server and Management 
• Mobile Operating Systems
• Programming and Language Support
• Security in Mobile Computing 

• Raj Kamal, "Mobile Computing", Oxford University Press.
• A.K. Talukder and R.R. Yavagal, "Mobile Computing: Applications and Service Technology, Creation", Tata McGraw Hill.