Computer Centre The Computer Centre was established in the year 1992 under a grant from the UGC.  As a central facility, it caters to the needs of various schools, departments, centres and administrative sections of the University. The computer centre staff facilitate conduct of theory, laboratory courses and project guidance for students of various departments. Placement services were offered to the Department of Computer Science. Intranet The campus-wide computer network – Intranet links all buildings and therein the schools/departments/centres/sections on the main campus of the university through Optic Fibre Cable (OFC) backbone, high-speed CISCO switches and router.  Recently, far flung departments on the campus and the Culture-cum-Convention Centre & Guest House were connected to the intranet by wireless mode.  About 600 workstations across the University are connected to this network. Every faculty member, offices of the Deans, Department Heads, Administrative Officers, Library, and at least one class room in each department are connected to the intranet. This intranet serves as the “Information Highway” of the University offering a variety of services to the campus community.It is also proposed to connect,  in near future, the  off-campus centres /units of the University to the intranet. Currently, the services, offered over this platform, are: internet, online journals under UGC-Infonet pogramme, CD database subscription, cataloguing, etc from Library and general computing. Internet 4 Mbps internet access is being provided through a radio link from M/s Software Technology Parks of India, Pondy Technopolis, Pondicherry Engineering College  campus.  Any user on the campus computer network can have access to Internet.  E-mail access is provided to all faculty, staff and research scholars. This is provided all through the year on 24 x 7 basis. UGC-Infonet The Centre is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of the VSAT link of UGC-Infonet. The services available under UGC-Infonet  are offered to the University community using the Intranet.  Access to about 7000 online journals are made available. A large number of research scholars have registered substantial progress in their research work due to this facility. EDUSAT The Computer Centre has undertaken the responsibility of establishment and maintenance of EDUSAT facility provided by the UGC CEC. This is a tripartite arrangement with ISRO, UGC and participating institutions across the country.The Satellite Interactive Terminal  ( SIT) was  recently established and shortly the services under EDUSAT would be made available to the university community. This would provide access to participate in or conduct expert live/recorded classroom sessions to be telecast through EDUSAT network across the nation. Preparation of e-learning materials and access to the huge repository of such materials from the national pool are features of this project. University Automation The Computer Centre would soon implement University Automation  system that would usher in e-governance practices. The software is ready ( data collection, porting of the collected data, validation of processes are in progress), powerful database server clusters with external storage, etc, were procured and commissioned. This project would be completed on a priority basis before the end of this calendar year. Infrastructure Database Server Cluster: High availability SUN multi-RISC processor based database server cluster running Oracle 10 g Enterprise Edition Database Server/Application Server/Internet Development Suite, on SUN Solaris with SUN External Storage, Autoloader and SUN Upteron based application servers with MS Windows 2003 Servers, SUN development workstation. Custom developed 3-tier, web-based, integrated, secure automation software system for e-governance. Computer Systems: Two Xeon servers and 55 new Intel Pentium Multimedia PCs running MS Windows/ Red Hat  LINUX operating environments. Peripherals: A variety of peripherals like Laser Printer/Network Laser Printer/ Dot Matrix Printers/ Inkjet Printers/ Scanner/CD Writers/DVD Writers/Web camera are available. Software: MS Windows Platform:  Windows 2003 Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional Client, Windows 98, Windows 95, Visual Basic, Access and SQL Server, SPSS, Macromedia Suite (Director/Flash/Fireworks/Dreamweaver), MS Project, Adobe Acrobat Editor. Norton Antivirus 2004, Trends Network Enterprises Edition Neat Suite, SPSS. CMIE database. Microsoft Campus Agreement covers bundle of Microsoft products Linux Platform: Red Hat Linux 6.0, Postgress SQL, C++, JAVA 1.1, Squid Proxy Server, Apache Web Server, Lynx, Star Office Suite. Network Management: Cisco Workgroup for Windows, SNMPc. Training Programmes The computer Centre conducts in-house training programmes to impart computer skills to the staff of the  University. It regularly  participates in conducting Refresher and Orientation courses for teachers by the Academic Staff College. Details of Officers/ Faculty s.no  Officers  Faculty 1 Systems Manager & Head Marie Stanislas Ashok,  B.Tech., M.E.  head.cce@pondiuni.edu.in 2 Systems Analyst K. Palanivel, B.E., M.Tech.                              kpalani.cce@pondiuni.edu.in 3 Senior Technical Assistant   S. Kanagalingam, M.Sc., PGDCA        skanagu.cce@pondiuni.edu.in B. Rasan, M.C.A  RHCE rasan.cce@pondiuni.edu.in   Academic Activities Computer Centre is an active partner in running the courses offered by the Department of Computer Science for students of M.Tech., M.C.A., and M.Sc.(Computer Science). The staff of the centre regularly teach theory, lab courses and offer guidance for final semester projects. Research Activities The Computer Centre staff undertake  research in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science and published several research papers on various International/ National Conferences held in India and other countries. Other Activities •    General computing/browsing •    Assist in conduct of all India level admission tests of the University every year •    Identification of suitable IT related systems (computer hardware/software/services), their procurement, installation, training, operations and  maintenance •    In-house software development/computerization •    Consultancy on IT infrastructure to other institutions •    Placement services to the Computer Science students