Title: MTech-information science: a new age proposed programme and its requirement with SWOT analysis in Indian educational context

Authors: Prantosh Kumar Paul; R. Rajesh

Addresses: FBAS, School of Community Science and Technology (SOCSAT), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), SBI Building, Shibpur – An Institute of National Importance, Howrah, 711103 West Bengal, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, Kanyakumari District, Thuckalay, 629180, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract: Information science (IS) is one important domain which is information focused and technology depended. Information science is an interdisciplinary field combines with so many domains which has direct and indirect connection of information, knowledge, and content. Information science is treated as valuable domain for information infrastructure building which including public information system, organisation information systems, and educational information systems building. Information science is a computing allied domain and its importance is gaining rapidly due to advantage of information management. Information science actually comes with MS/MSc degree with flagship programme and in India to such courses are available. Information science treated as valuable domain of applied science and still this subject is not offered as engineering degree or in other engineering programme faculty. Thus, in this paper, some aspects of information science is illustrated briefly; which including characteristics, need, value and domain. However, this paper is especially designed to give an idea of MTech-information science and highlights possibilities of this programme in Indian educational and more clearly engineering learning context.

Keywords: information science; information technology; IST; higher education; academics; UGC; AICTE; I-Schools; India; computing education; MTech; engineering education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJENM.2015.073871

International Journal of Enterprise Network Management, 2015 Vol.6 No.4, pp.286 - 298

Received: 07 Oct 2014
Accepted: 03 Dec 2014
Published online: 27 Dec 2015 *

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