Achievements

The Department of Computer Science has played a significant role in nurturing computer education in the region.
The Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programme at the Department was the second such programme introduced in the state of Gujarat.
The PhD (Computer Science) programme started at the Department way back in 1990 and the first 7 PhD (Computer Science) degree-holders in Gujarat were fr om the Department.
The Department started MSc (Bioinformatics) programme for the first time in the state of Gujarat in 2004 under the UGC Innovative Programmes scheme and now offers the only PhD (Bioinformatics) programme in the state.
The Department has a long and fruitful association with the Computer Society of India (CSI) dating back to 1985-86 when the Vallabh Vidyanagar Chapter of the CSI was established.
The Department has organized a large number of academic and research activities in association with the CSI and provided a platform for academicians, researchers and students to exchange ideas and enhance their knowledge and skills. The Department has organized 18 national seminars/conferences and 25 national manpower training programmes including MCA Teachers’ Training Programmes, DCA Teachers’ Training Programmes, UGC Refresher Courses in Computer Science, etc.
The faculty members of the Department have won many awards/honours for their knowledge and contribution, including 3 CICC (Japan) fellowships, 1 IFIP (London) fellowship, Young Scientist Award from the Indian Science Congress, several awards for best research papers in Computer Science, etc. Students of the Department have also won many competitions and left their mark behind wh erever they went in India and abroad.

Individual Achievements

Young Scientist Award (National) from Indian Science Congress Dr. D. B. Choksi (1992)	1
Hari Ohm Ashram Prerit Shree Bhaikaka Inter University Smarak Trust Prize for best research papers Dr. S. M. Patel & Dr. P. V. Virparia (1996, 2000), Dr. D. B. Choksi (2003-04), Dr. D. M. Shah (2009)	4
National Udyog Excellence Award Department of Computer Science and Technology (2001)	1
Jewel of India Award Dr. S. M. Patel (2001)	1
CSI-NST prize for 1st rank Dr. K. M. Jhaveri, (1991)	1
Best Teacher Award Dr. D.B.Choksi (2000)	1
NCST – Rank in first 5 positions J. V. Smart (1995)	1
Fellow of the Gujarat Science Academy Dr. S. M. Patel (2002), Dr. D. B. Choksi (2008)	2

Fellowships

International Fellowships:	No.
CICC & AOTS(Tokyo) Fellowships Dr. K. M. Jhaveri (1992), Dr. S. M. Patel (1994), Dr. D. B. Choksi (1995)	3
IFIP (London) Fellowship Dr. S. M. Patel (1993)	1

Present Status of the Department and Future Plans

Present Status of the Department

Presently the Department runs 6 programmes including Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA), M. Sc. (Bioinformatics), M. Phil. (Computer Science), Ph. D. (Computer Science) and Ph. D. (Bioinformatics). More than 450 students are pursuing various degrees at the Department. Research is being conducted in diverse areas like Information Systems, Knowledge Based Systems, Semantic Web and Ontologies, Software Engineering, Data Communication, Systems Software, Distributed Computing, Image Processing, Speech Recognition, Bioinformatics, Data Warehouses, Knowledge Management, Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, etc. The Department organizes various academic events throughout the year.

Future Plans

The Department aims to strengthen teaching and research in various areas and plans to provide state-of-the-art computing facilities to all the students, faculty members and researchers so that they can remain at the forefront of technology.

The department intends to keep pace with the emerging technology by pursuing research work in the contemporary challenging domains such as :

Image/Voice Processing Applications
Distributed Computing
Soft Computing
Graphics and Multimedia Technology
Natural Language Processing Applications
Web Technology
Wireless Technology
Bioinformatics Applications besides other areas